Eric James Soltys
@kootenay-eric.bsky.social
I’m a Canadian software developer and a hobbyist creating art and music in the BC Kootenays.
https://esoltys.github.io/
https://esoltys.github.io/
Exploring an incredible collection of free, open‑source music tools—synths, effects, trackers, samplers, and full DAWs. A reminder of how deep and creative the Linux audio ecosystem has become. #MusicSky
linuxdaw.org?l=o
linuxdaw.org?l=o
Linux DAW
Quality audio software for Linux Audio Production such as LV2, VST2, VST3, and CLAP effects, synthesizers and sampler plugins.
linuxdaw.org
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Exploring an incredible collection of free, open‑source music tools—synths, effects, trackers, samplers, and full DAWs. A reminder of how deep and creative the Linux audio ecosystem has become. #MusicSky
linuxdaw.org?l=o
linuxdaw.org?l=o
No snow on the ground in the valleys, but the mountains look pretty even when running errands.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
No snow on the ground in the valleys, but the mountains look pretty even when running errands.
Nice YouTube channel for campfires on the TV youtu.be/8KrLtLr-Gy8?...
4K 📺 Campfire in foggy Forest by the River 🔥 100% Authentic Sounds
YouTube video by FOX NATURE
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Nice YouTube channel for campfires on the TV youtu.be/8KrLtLr-Gy8?...
Reposted by Eric James Soltys
Keep your holiday season merry and bright with SomaFM's holiday channels! Tune in at somafm.com/holidays/ or in our apps!
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Keep your holiday season merry and bright with SomaFM's holiday channels! Tune in at somafm.com/holidays/ or in our apps!
Happy solstice!
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rFfj...
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rFfj...
Solstice
YouTube video by Eric Soltys - Topic
music.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy solstice!
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rFfj...
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
music.youtube.com/watch?v=rFfj...
"The Inca's precise stonework is often depicted as shrouded in mystery. Yet their construction methods were documented by early Spanish chroniclers. These historical records, supported by physical evidence, reveal how the Inca quarried, transported, split..."
www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_c...
www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_c...
Masonry Techniques of the Inca’s Master Builders - Earth As We Know It
The Inca's precise stonework is often depicted as shrouded in mystery. Yet their construction methods were documented by early Spanish chroniclers. These historical records, supported by physical evid...
www.earthasweknowit.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The Inca's precise stonework is often depicted as shrouded in mystery. Yet their construction methods were documented by early Spanish chroniclers. These historical records, supported by physical evidence, reveal how the Inca quarried, transported, split..."
www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_c...
www.earthasweknowit.com/pages/inca_c...
Winter shoreline
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Winter shoreline
Cool Sites for Real Music Discovery
open.substack.com/pub/offlinec...
open.substack.com/pub/offlinec...
Cool Sites for Real Music Discovery
six sites that make music discovery feel personal again
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Cool Sites for Real Music Discovery
open.substack.com/pub/offlinec...
open.substack.com/pub/offlinec...
Finished The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson last night. It was good, but not really for me—and that’s ok. I’m glad I read it, since it’s been a while since I picked up a novel that plays with language this much. Flip side is that it felt a bit like Mariah Carey trilling on too long.
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finished The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson last night. It was good, but not really for me—and that’s ok. I’m glad I read it, since it’s been a while since I picked up a novel that plays with language this much. Flip side is that it felt a bit like Mariah Carey trilling on too long.
The nieces came over yesterday to decorate. I love my girls. 🤗
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The nieces came over yesterday to decorate. I love my girls. 🤗
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Looks like our first real snowfall ❄️
December 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Looks like our first real snowfall ❄️
I can understand why it's a good idea to involve a philosopher to shape the character of an interactive product. I don't understand "AI welfare" though. To me, it's like arguing for the welfare of an NPC or fictional character.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aG...
A philosopher answers questions about AI
YouTube video by Anthropic
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I can understand why it's a good idea to involve a philosopher to shape the character of an interactive product. I don't understand "AI welfare" though. To me, it's like arguing for the welfare of an NPC or fictional character.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9aG...
It's always a good interview when I have to pause every couple minutes, because I'm looking something up in Copilot: vocal coach Doug Peck, Kathleen Hannah's autobiography, listening to Paramore and The Linda Lindas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEk...
Hayley Williams | Good Hang with Amy Poehler
YouTube video by Good Hang with Amy Poehler
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's always a good interview when I have to pause every couple minutes, because I'm looking something up in Copilot: vocal coach Doug Peck, Kathleen Hannah's autobiography, listening to Paramore and The Linda Lindas.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OEk...
I'm enjoying following threads on generative music this morning. Tero Parviainen's interactive presentation "How Generative Music Works" is delightful.
teropa.info/loop/#/title
teropa.info/loop/#/title
How Generative Music Works
teropa.info
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm enjoying following threads on generative music this morning. Tero Parviainen's interactive presentation "How Generative Music Works" is delightful.
teropa.info/loop/#/title
teropa.info/loop/#/title
Lovely interactive article about "How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports". I didn't know he created his own notation.
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lovely interactive article about "How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports". I didn't know he created his own notation.
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
I don't have many listeners on Apple Music, but I'm happy Montréal is my Top City for 2025. I'm especially curious about people using Shazam to find my music because where are they hearing it?
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I don't have many listeners on Apple Music, but I'm happy Montréal is my Top City for 2025. I'm especially curious about people using Shazam to find my music because where are they hearing it?
Instead of a Christmas single I wrote a Winter Solstice song for my witchy friends and family ❄️
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Instead of a Christmas single I wrote a Winter Solstice song for my witchy friends and family ❄️
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
Reposted by Eric James Soltys
This is my sister, Sheri-Lynn Bissonnette. If you know anything at all, please contact me here or the RCMP.
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
Kamloops RCMP searching for missing 57-year-old woman
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in locating a missing 57-year-old woman, who hasn't been see...
cfjctoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is my sister, Sheri-Lynn Bissonnette. If you know anything at all, please contact me here or the RCMP.
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
Added a new 5-track lo-fi chill example to my Contour project (music composition as code). Includes playback and exporting as midi or wav.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Added a new 5-track lo-fi chill example to my Contour project (music composition as code). Includes playback and exporting as midi or wav.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
Quanta Magazine: "Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms."
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science | Quanta Magazine
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Quanta Magazine: "Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms."
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
Contour, my music composition as code Typescript framework, now has two MCP servers to help Claude Code or Github Copilot with music theory and pattern visualization.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Contour, my music composition as code Typescript framework, now has two MCP servers to help Claude Code or Github Copilot with music theory and pattern visualization.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
New features added to Contour my music composition as TypeScript code project. github.com/esoltys/cont...
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New features added to Contour my music composition as TypeScript code project. github.com/esoltys/cont...
Trying out the new #GoogleAntigravity agentic dev environment with Gemini 3 Pro. First impressions are good as it's fast and I really like the Implementation Plan and Walkthrough documents it produces.
antigravity.google
antigravity.google
Google Antigravity
Google Antigravity - Build the new way
antigravity.google
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trying out the new #GoogleAntigravity agentic dev environment with Gemini 3 Pro. First impressions are good as it's fast and I really like the Implementation Plan and Walkthrough documents it produces.
antigravity.google
antigravity.google
Not sure if there's interest, but the first public release of Contour: A TypeScript-first framework for algorithmic and procedural generative music. Build compositions using functional patterns, explore music theory, and create music impossible on physical instruments.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Not sure if there's interest, but the first public release of Contour: A TypeScript-first framework for algorithmic and procedural generative music. Build compositions using functional patterns, explore music theory, and create music impossible on physical instruments.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/