The Future of My Music Life tends to take twists and turns, and is usually a lot more fun when that's the case. I often get caught up in the present to the point where I can't see past the bend at all. Some might call that a good thing: living in the moment. Some might call that same thing being shortsighted. I used to believe that my future never really mattered and found it much m » Continue Reading
There's a very cool website I stumbled across while listening to NPR one fateful Friday afternoon called artbreeder.com . It allows you to combine images and "breed them," in a manner of speaking, to get some new, crazy shit. I'll attach some of my favorites to the bottom of this post so you can see what exactly I'm talking about. There are a couple different modes to play with including portraits... » Continue Reading
France and Family Recently I've been getting really into my French heritage; my dad is a native of the Southwest, not too far from Bordeaux. I returned to college for no "real" reason and found myself as a declared "Francophone Studies" major (whatever that means). In reality, I think I gravitated towards the major because it deeply troubled me that my father never really had a true conversation ... » Continue Reading
Direction in Life and Life in Montréal I used to wake up and write three pages of continuous thought in the mornings in Montréal. It was a time of more leisure and of more freedom. I had worked my ass off over the summer at a bakery to afford this time off. But the question that stuck in my mind was, "time off from what?" My life hadn't exactly been full of rigorous activity » Continue Reading