I often have a hard time getting motivated to make stuff.
I’ve been looking for ways to trick myself into starting pieces.
One is to compose ringtones, notifications, and alarms for my phone.
I got tired of the selection of my phone’s built-in sounds, so I set out to make some that were more distinctive. I first came up with around 8 alarm and notification sounds and have been using them for the past year or so.
I’ve tried some online book-tracking sites (The Story Graph being the latest) and it’s motivated me to just (or also) post such info on this site.
So: Read(ing)
Fuck Trump and anyone who supports him.
Like that piece of shit Musk.
I deleted my Twitter accounts. I had a number of them for all sorts of purposes (back in the day the API was an interesting tool). Now it’s a white-nationalist cesspool of vile propaganda.
I realize this is a trivial thing in the scheme of things, but nonetheless, if you have a Twitter account, delete it. Stop propping up that fascist scumbag Musk.
You should do the same for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, for related reasons. Zuckerberg is happy to spread utter bullshit propaganda that literally gets people killed, all for pure greed.
Billionaires are not your friend.
I’ve been stuck in a creative limbo since the death of my wife a few years ago.
A big part of it is that so much of my sense of self was based on my relationship with her. So much of the joy of making art of any kind came from sharing it with her. She didn’t always care for what I made, often referring to my music as “scratchy guitar” (a term I came to embrace). But when she died there was, unsurprisingly, this great void.
I've assembled a page of music by artists I think merit your consideration.