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Just released the beginnings of a new project as part of the RPM Challenge. 2 tracks so far with more to be added as they come. If you like it folky with weird percussion and the odd synth, then this might be for you! #patientwhales

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Someone clicked on my Chase Bliss Onward video with "one-strum" in the title and still complained about the lack of riffs

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Here's my "raccoon wizard" from the latest weekly drawing challenge from @dimitrispanta.bsky.social's Discord. Been having fun following these prompts so far

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Was told a rough mix I'm working on for the #RPMChallenge "could easily be an HBO title sequence", which was some nice encouragement. Hope to be able to share the finished track soon

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Thought I'd have fun seeing how far the Chase Bliss Onward pedal can push just a single strum from a guitar. Turns out, very far if you account for all the secondary functions and DIP switches. Hopefully this is interesting to someone!

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Been getting back into semi-regular sketching by way of @dimitrispanta.bsky.social's weekly Discord art challenges. I first joined in time for the "Pirate Queen" prompt and did a quick fountain pen portrait of Zheng Yi Sao, who was apparently one of the most successful pirates

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About to cancel Distrokid and it feels oddly good. Bay Mud releases will still be up on Bandcamp

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A Monday off from work, should you be so blessed, is a great day to spend some time discovering indie music! Here are this week's 5 entries in the Other People's Music series: www.etherdiver.com/2025/02/14/o... Mid-'00s indietronica, chill lo-fi hauntology, chiptune, DnB and a little alt-rock!

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Still time to submit for the Deluge Preset Competition, so I figured I'd help spread the word by looking at some (hopefully) neat little sound design ideas as starting points/ways to push a preset a little further (I am not affiliated, just think it's a fun idea) youtu.be/uxzgAp_fKPQ

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Took me a minute to realize where this sound was coming from. Turns out my old acoustic guitar really wanted to be part of this ambient synth jam youtube.com/shorts/uHfT4...

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New Other People's Music just dropped! This week offers stoner-friendly selections of hip hop and garage rock, plus some electronic chamber music and exotic downtempo! www.etherdiver.com/2025/02/07/o... #musicsky #MusicDiscovery

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Any other Deluge users planning to submit for the preset competition? I expect some excellent presets from a few synth wizards and hope to do a few myself. Been having fun experimenting with the S&H and Random Walk LFO shapes as a start. Here's the submission form: forms.gle/RmzB39RFGNPz...

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Got carried away recording this first RPM Challenge song until late last night. Looks like it's going to be more of a guitar-based project than I was expecting, but we go where the momentum leads!

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I have masochistically tried to collect a song from all the RPM Challenge projects I could find on Spotify. Inspiring to hear what folks have created over February's past open.spotify.com/playlist/2fc...

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For this year's #RPMChallenge I'm trying to go in loose, but with some criteria of the sort of music I'd like to make - Write/record songs that are reproducible live in some capacity - Try to include vocals Will it result in a new direction for Bay Mud, or a new project entirely? Who knows

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This is still one of my favourite song challenges (create a track on the Deluge using only samples from an old movie). Editing the video was fun too youtu.be/8KFVoGs71u4

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Got my Chase Bliss Mystery Box! Figured I'd do an unboxing then a quick first play with it, so here's a lot of rambling, including bad jokes about hummus and some fumbling with knobs of a fun new pedal (with the Deluge providing a guitar track to mangle) #cbmysterybox youtu.be/2VnC5xkipC0

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It finally happened! I got called out as a "gear tuber" for offering my opinion on synth gear. Does that mean I can start collecting my free stuff and payola now?

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Thought it might be fun to do a rundown of the live setup I put together for a recent ambient synth performance. Do you like gear? And rambling? Here you go!

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Was asked to paint a pair of shoes for Hamilton Winterfest. Pretty happy with how they turned out (the theme was "space"). Should remember to post more art (which means I should remember to more drawing/painting)

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I was so nervous during my set the other night but it seemed to go over well. After I was finished a lovely person I didn't recognize passed me a folded piece of paper with this drawing (and transcription of my awkward banter)

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Anyone else gearing up for the RPM Challenge next month?

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A snippet from my ambient live set the other night. Was fun to build a performance around some loose ideas and tricks youtube.com/shorts/G7HC3...

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The "final" rig for tonight's Bay Mud set as part of Noise Night in Hamilton (8PM, Doors Pub). A rough plan of live ambient improv based on some loose ideas and tricks. Should be fun!

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Finally finished my walk-through of some of the new Deluge features in the 1.2 community firmware. Hopefully this is interesting to someone, as the volunteer devs are really cooking! youtu.be/IiwvwLqUmq4

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This mess of wires is coming with me for my set as part of Noise Night in Hamilton tomorrow night

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Still working on my Bay Mud set, but excited to get out there live again on Sunday night in Hamilton!

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A big box of pedal parts is always exciting

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My friends' adorable children signed Lord Plunder up for all-ages karaoke the other night. Alas, the list was too long and we never got that far, but a mask was hastily cut out of construction paper, just in case #lordplunder

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Caught a glimpse in the mirror and got a fright that I'm starting to share a few too many similarities with Slow Horses-era Gary Oldman

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