NEWS of NOW
Last updated October 29, 2024
Teaching
Teaching Survey of the Music Industry (MMP 100), Acoustics (MMP 125), and Songwriting (MMP 301) at Ball State University.
Entrepreneur
Community
Leading the Muncie Ukulele Club's weekly jams and public appearances
Playing piano and organ at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Playing keyboard and singing Saturday nights at Vera Mae's restaurant with background tracks
Developing musiccasting.org to help onboard musicians to Podcasting 2.0 and micropayments over the Lightning network
Playing piano and organ at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
Playing keyboard and singing Saturday nights at Vera Mae's restaurant with background tracks
Developing musiccasting.org to help onboard musicians to Podcasting 2.0 and micropayments over the Lightning network
Music Production
Producing and publishing compositions through SuperScore. Exploring with a Yamaha P525 keyboard, Risa electric ukulele, Studiologic bass pedals, and Moog Minitaur synth, which sounds so much better with wooden ears. Have upgraded sound pallete with Superior Drummer, Reason, and Keyscape.
Listening and Watching
- Cal Newport's Deep Questions podcast and YouTube channel
- Long-form videos to wean myself off social media
- Jacob Collier videos revealing how he thinks and works
- Podcasting 2.0 podcast: Adam Curry & Dave Jones
- History of Rock and Roll in 500 Songs: Andrew Hickey
- No Agenda: Adam Curry & John Dvorak
Reading
- Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of Iron Integrity, Mike Studeman.
- Discipline is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control, Ryan Holiday
- 4000 Week: Time Management for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman
- Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius, Ryan Holiday
Hobbies
Making funny videos.