Twitter has turned into a bastion of selfish, unintelligent tribalism that shames people for not being “on the team.” I’m sorry to say that I saw a few posts in my feed here, today, that were shaming people due to their race, and not being on the teams of others.
Is humanity doomed?

Sometimes ARP2600

I find politics to largely be simple thinly-veiled tribalism; people feeling valid through seeing similar perceptions and opinions in others. I prefer practical and beneficial governance. But I do find that Liberal people are, on average, the creative people.

Hey, haters! ARP McCartney for your Christmas synth tutelage!

The other morning, I was able to spend a little time with the MiniBrute again… with an audience… the illustrious Liebes.
I am reminded that despite being a small-keyed affordable synth, it is incredibly powerful, capable of a startling array of synthesis type sounds and more.

For much of my life, I imagined meeting someone who wrote music like I did, was like me, and was staggeringly intelligent. Of course, such imaginings were fantasy. And yet, I found that person. Here is me with my unbelievably amazing partner, Christine Anderson.

Recently, I visited the glorious United Kingdom and was able to hang out with a couple of great friends: fellow synth demonstrator Alex Ball, and synth industry icon Dave Spiers… in Dave’s astounding vintage synth studio.

The synthesizer is the ultimate realization of the centuries-long quest for humans to exert complete control over the authorship of sound.
That’s not to say it isn’t fun to use to create prog rock solos, filter sweeps, or sequenced techno.
But it is sad how pigeonholed it has become.

I believe that it was to indicate that sailors, in particular, were to take warning.

Here I am with the incomparable Liebes.

Earlier this year, or late last year, or some time at some point (I have lost the ability to make or organize memories, i guess), I was at Analogue Solutions playing the then-largely-unheard Maximus. I probably don’t need to say that it was utterly SPECTACULAR.

Hi, it’s me! Marc Doty. You know, from the Internet.