Jacob Alan Smith
@chronicmusician.bsky.social
Composer and pianist
Virginia Tech (BA), UNCG (MM)
Co-founder of Ivory Out of Time
Virginia Tech (BA), UNCG (MM)
Co-founder of Ivory Out of Time
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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I have been as impressed by the normal people of this country as I have been disgusted by elite institutions and every bit of optimism I have that we are going to make it comes from that
It's incredibly demoralizing to constantly see the highest institutions of government and academia and the most important and widely seen news outlets knuckle under one after another, but then to see the gulf between that and the bravery of communities and neighbors and teachers - that's something
January 10, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I have been as impressed by the normal people of this country as I have been disgusted by elite institutions and every bit of optimism I have that we are going to make it comes from that
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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i’m a believer in ineffective altruism. i think that everyone in america should be issued a vga to s-video cable adapter and a bale of hay
September 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
i’m a believer in ineffective altruism. i think that everyone in america should be issued a vga to s-video cable adapter and a bale of hay
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If you played an instrument back in high school and stopped: we are in a golden age of decent cheap instruments.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
January 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you played an instrument back in high school and stopped: we are in a golden age of decent cheap instruments.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
The guitars are better, the amps are better. The pedals are cheaper, the wind instruments are actually instruments and not just shaped like them, etc.
Jump back into it.
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Is it bad when you show someone the bass line you need to learn and they say “that looks like a flute part”
December 28, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Is it bad when you show someone the bass line you need to learn and they say “that looks like a flute part”
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I've just invented the music genre "bagpipe jazz" and you're all going to find out what it sounds like unless my demands are met
December 20, 2024 at 10:29 PM
I've just invented the music genre "bagpipe jazz" and you're all going to find out what it sounds like unless my demands are met
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watching videos on music theory and slowly feeling my brain turning into oatmeal
December 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
watching videos on music theory and slowly feeling my brain turning into oatmeal
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"My wife's made a spreadsheet of all the great composers."
"Purcell?"
"Yes, that's how spreadsheets work."
"Purcell?"
"Yes, that's how spreadsheets work."
November 19, 2024 at 7:43 PM
"My wife's made a spreadsheet of all the great composers."
"Purcell?"
"Yes, that's how spreadsheets work."
"Purcell?"
"Yes, that's how spreadsheets work."
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Put video game music in symphony halls. DONT tell them it’s from a video game. Watch how they lose their minds.
November 14, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Put video game music in symphony halls. DONT tell them it’s from a video game. Watch how they lose their minds.
woah guess I'm here now
November 16, 2024 at 2:19 AM
woah guess I'm here now