Tag: Layers of Meta
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Which dreamed it?
A colleague of mine was telling us about Google’s “Notebook LLM” which enables you to upload or point to as specific body of content and then get a summary, chat about the content, or even have the LLM generate a semi-plausible sounding synthetic “podcast” in which two perky morning-show type hosts discuss what you’ve shoveled…
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What I should be writing
Was just talking to EB yesterday about structured procrastination, but now I have this weird sort of twisted loop where I really do want to at least do some morning pages and write down whatever’s on my mind but what’s on my mind is that the writing I need to be doing right now is…
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First impressions
I’m back in the product business. As we get closer to the scheduled June release of No One Does It Solo Only, I have to think about packing, merchandising, distribution, website, and so on. I mean, I like thinking about things like that. I liked it when I was in book publishing, I like it…
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I love it when a plan comes together
I don’t want to jinx anything but it feels like we are on track for a June 11 release date for my album (in digital formats). We’re in the homes stretch now
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Listening partly
This evening we’re having a listening party at the Rorke place. After some pizza and non-gluten food and mingling, we’ll listen to the 46 minutes or so of my record in the form of twelve preliminary mixes. Many of the core players, who are also, friends, will be there to give their feedback and notes.…
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You’ll know when
This whole album project evolved somewhat naturally from my ongoing songwriting efforts. As far as I can tell, writing songs is the best writing medium for me. I’ve written short stories, novels, poetry, and plays, and in each case I feel that I was able to carve out something worthwhile from time to time, but…
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Dirty ol’ tune
In that same spirit of catching my breath toward the end of the year I find I never did share any of the rough mixes of the third song we recorded this year, which must have been back in April. This one benefited a lot from having John Hanes on drums, and I feel he…
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Nobody called it that
At least in my day, nobody called our neighborhood on the upper east side “Carnegie Hill,” although that’s what they call it today and maybe some folks, like realtors, even called it that back then. A bunch of things converged in 2020. I was getting a bit more intentional about songwriting. I read the wonderful…
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Why I use a chamois
So a lot have been going on. Usually I rush over here breathless with excitement about my latest recording session but now I’m in catch-up mode again. Back in October I took off a long weekend for my birthday, and on that Friday went to Megasonic to record “Sham Song” (also known as “Chanson”). After…
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Never been to Narnia
One sign of how busy I’ve been lately is it’s taken me weeks to share the latest rough mix from my “Pleasant Valley sessions,” something called “Finn’s Song” informally and “Stand Up, Mixer!” inexplicably:
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…and into the studio we go
Got a rough demo in the can already!
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Ain’t No Sunshine
this house just ain’t no home any time she goes away