reillypascal

reillypascal, 4 days ago to Blog

Unsurprising, but good to have explicitly laid out:

"The overall effect of looking at my Substack dashboard is 'wow, Substack is really getting me an audience! If I leave Substack, half of my subscription channel will dry up.' It’s clear that this is the impression other writers, the media, and investors are getting as well, because they praise Substack about it all the time."

https://escapethealgorithm.substack.com/p/is-substack-exaggerating-its-network

#Substack #Newsletter #Blog #Blogging #Writing #Algorithm

reillypascal, 4 days ago to Blog

I did a write up of setting up Webmentions on my site! I had mentioned it earlier, but there was one stumbling block that took me longer to figure out.

Webmentions let me get notified when people share my posts, respond to my comments on other sites, etc., and lets me use my site for a lot of the kinds of interactions I'd otherwise have to do on social media.

https://reillyspitzfaden.com/blog/05-21-2024

#IndieWeb #Blog #Webmentions #Microformats #WebDev #WebDevelopment #Programming #Coding

reillypascal, 5 days ago to SmallWeb

We usually call a blog on the Gemini protocol a "gemlog," but what if we followed the same pattern as "web log" → "blog" and called them "glogs"?

#Gemini #GeminiProtocol #SmallWeb #SmolWeb #Gemlog #Blog #Shitpost

reillypascal, 8 days ago to ai

"This whole AI cycle was fueled by fantasies, and when people stop falling for them the bubble starts to deflate. In The Guardian, John Naughton recently laid out the five stages of financial bubbles, noting AI is between stages three and four: euphoria and profit-taking."

https://disconnect.blog/ai-hype-is-over-ai-exhaustion-is-setting-in/

#AI #AIHype #AIBubble #Tech #TechNews

reillypascal, 12 days ago to MaxMSP

Some sound combos I'm trying out

#MaxMSP #Musodon #NoiseMusic #ExperimentalMusic #Feedback #Noise #SoundArt #ElectronicMusic

A screen recording of Max/MSP with an inset of me placing a tin with a contact mic on the speaker of a small amp to make feedback

reillypascal, 15 days ago to SmallWeb

I'm at an odd place with my personal website. Before Dec. 2023, it was a "professional portfolio" for my compositions. Now that I'm interested in the IndieWeb community, I want to make something more personal. I don't think I want to make two sites, but I do still need a portfolio for my composition work.

I just read @maggie's post on "digital gardens" and I really like that idea. (1/n)

https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history

#IndieWeb #DigitalGarden #SmallWeb #SmolWeb #Blog #Composer #Musodon

reillypascal, 16 days ago to Spotify

"'It appears Spotify has returned to attacking the very songwriters who make its business possible,' said David Israelite, the NMPA’s president and CEO [...] 'Spotify’s attempt to radically reduce songwriter payments by reclassifying their music service as an audiobook bundle is a cynical, and potentially unlawful, move [...] We will not stand for their perversion of the settlement we agreed upon in 2022.'"

https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-songwriters-less-mechanical-royalties-audiobooks-bundle-1235673829/

#Spotify #Streaming #MusicNews #TechNews

reillypascal, 16 days ago to internet

I've been feeling exactly like this comic, but I got a cheap retro alarm clock and started keeping my phone in the living room at night. It's really nice

#WebcomicName #SocialMedia #Clock #RetroTech

A small white circular alarm clock with a classic 8-segment LCD and a blue backlight. It also gives temperature and date.

reillypascal, 19 days ago to opensource

Music platform @mirlo is raising funds to keep running! They let listeners buy directly from musicians, with only 7% going to the platform. They're owned by a worker co-op and open-source too

I really appreciate what they're doing, especially with the instability at Bandcamp

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo/mirlo

#Musodon #Mirlo #Bandcamp #Kickstarter #Fundraiser #OpenSource #Coop #WorkerOwned #WorkerCoop

reillypascal, 21 days ago to CASIO

I got a new watch! I realized having a basic digital watch would let me leave my phone in my bag more often, which helps me spend less time checking it. Plus this looks extremely 90s and I love it

#Casio #Watch #Retro #RetroTech #80s #90s

reillypascal, 21 days ago to internet

"Ecologists have reoriented their field as a 'crisis discipline,' a field of study that’s not just about learning things but about saving them. We technologists need to do the same. Rewilding the internet connects and grows what people are doing across regulation, standards-setting and new ways of organizing and building infrastructure, to tell a shared story of where we want to go."

https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet

#Internet #Web #Enshittification #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Infrastructure #Tech

reillypascal, 21 days ago to Blog

New blog post! I talk about making this "broken radio" sound I posted about a few weeks ago: https://hachyderm.io/@reillypascal/112242684024114281

The sound is pretty involved, so this week I'm talking about just the glitchy looper part. I will make a part 2 soon, to talk about combining the looper with radio noises.

https://reillyspitzfaden.com/blog/05-04-2024

#Blog #ElectronicMusic #ExperimentalMusic #Glitch #MaxMSP #SoundDesign #Composer #RSS

reillypascal, 23 days ago to ExperimentalMusic

@radiofreefedi is looking for donations to cover hosting costs and keep the station running. I really like their mission — I'm listening to the experimental hour on their specialty channel, and I just discovered this cool track from @cmdr_nova: https://eyeshadow2600fm.bandcamp.com/track/degradation

https://blog.radiofreefedi.net/2024-rff-infrastructure-fund

#RadioFreeFedi #ExperimentalMusic #Radio #InternetRadio #CommunityRadio #FediMusic

reillypascal, 24 days ago to workersrights

Happy international workers day! A friend shared this on another platform and I thought it was cute

#InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay #Socialist #DSA #WorkersRights #Cats

reillypascal, 27 days ago to ExperimentalMusic

Chair scraping (slowed + reverb)

Unfortunately he's not on here, but this guy Petr Válek/the VAPE has some pretty wild noises

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6S477pKrKh/

#Noise #NoiseMusic #Reverb #PerformanceArt #ExperimentalMusic

Two people standing on either side of a wood chair in a large, white, reverberant room with tile floor and stone carvings on the wall. They drag it slowly and theatrically back and forth, making reverberant scraping noises.

reillypascal, 29 days ago to listentothis

"Sounds a bit like early Scanner collaborating with a handful of classical musicians, but everyone is on datura (in a good way)."

Thanks to @etherdiver for a lovely review! You can read the blog post here, and make sure to check out the other musicians as well: https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/04/25/opm-electroacoustic-magic-and-more/

#ListenToThis #MusiciansOfMastodon #Musodon #ExperimentalMusic #MaxMSP #ContemporaryClassical #ElectronicMusic #SoundArt

reillypascal, 1 month ago to space

@skrishna is super cool and I love this newsletter! https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112332886203206306

It's about the latest news in space and astronomy, and the RSS link is here: https://rss.beehiiv.com/feeds/BX2SPZ0naG.xml

#Space #Science #Stem #RSS #Newsletter

reillypascal, 1 month ago to privacy

This guy made a tool that beeps every time a website sends data about you to Google. The beeps blur into a continuous buzz: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/tracker-beeper/

I use Privacy Badger (https://privacybadger.org/, blocks trackers), uBlock Origin (https://ublockorigin.com/, adblocker), Firefox, and the SearXNG search engine (https://searxng.ca/ or find instances at https://searx.space/), but it's annoying I have to.

#Privacy #Tracking #Google #AdBlock #uBlockOrigin #Security #SearchEngines #SearXNG

A video of navigating various popular news sites (Daily Mail, nu.nl, telegraaf.nl) in Chrome. A terminal is visible in the background, running a program that beeps ever time the site reports back to Google.

reillypascal, 1 month ago to 3DPrinting

If I had the money for a 3-D printer I would absolutely do things like this

#3DPrinting #Shitpost #Crocs #Maker

https://laughingsquid.com/3d-printed-giant-crocs-hat/

reillypascal, 1 month ago to classicalmusic

I have a new track out today! https://applytriangle.bandcamp.com/track/if-this-reaches-you

It's a glitchy, experimental trio for flute, clarinet, and MIDI keyboard/Max. There are Morse code and other ham radio samples, electric piano, and bowed cardboard box, and it's surprisingly groovy.

The full album has 11 different composers, and you can find it here: https://applytriangle.bandcamp.com/album/oxalis-triangularis-vol-2

#ContemporaryClassical #ExperimentalMusic #NoiseMusic #ChamberMusic #Clarinet #Flute #MIDI #MaxMSP #HamRadio #AmateurRadio @synths

reillypascal, 1 month ago to ai

"We must think more deliberately about which technologies are necessary to build a better world and where it actually makes sense to roll out digital tech or AI tools. Those democratic deliberations can’t just be based on the marketing claims of tech companies, but need to account for the real impacts and material footprints of those technologies."

#AI #DataCenter #DataCenters #eWaste #ClimateChange #Sustainability

https://disconnect.blog/ai-is-fueling-a-data-center-boom/

reillypascal, 1 month ago to fountainpens

I got a new fountain pen, and it has the trans flag colors! It's a Hongdian N9 with a "long blade" or architect nib. The nib took me a bit to get used to, but I find it gives particularly nice shading to my inks, and has a wet flow, which I appreciate.

Here I'm using Sailor Studio 024 ink and Cosmo Air Snow paper.

#FountainPen #FountainPens #Hongdian #TransPride #Stationery #Pen #Writing #Handwriting

reillypascal, 1 month ago to Musicproduction

"What made me put my coffee down this morning was 'synthetically generating music', which apparently now falls under 'needs to disclose'.

Them’s fighting words.

Let’s say I fiddle with some knobs on my Eurorack setup (that’s a music synthesizer if you don’t know), and decide to upload it in the background of a video. Am I now making 'altered content?'"

#MusicProduction #MusicTech #AI #Policy #YouTube #Deepfakes

https://vkc.sh/youtubes-bad-ai-disclosure-policy/

reillypascal, 2 months ago to composer

I'm getting my music on PeerTube, and here's the next one! It's for 2 pianists, 2 percussionists & "no-input mixer." The outputs of the mixer are connected back to various inputs, and I can unmute various channels to get feedback. The percussionists are playing a homemade speaker instrument, megaphone & more.

#Musodon #Composer #ElectronicMusic #NoiseMusic #Experimental #ExperimentalMusic #Noise #ContemporaryClassical #Piano #Percussion @contemporarymusic

https://makertube.net/w/raJPvm2wD7nhn2Vrrve4Vy

reillypascal, 2 months ago to Blog

I finally have an RSS feed for my blog! I was initially trying to figure out a way to automatically generate it based on my posts, but I found it was actually quite easy to type it out by hand.

https://reillyspitzfaden.com/blog/feed.xml

#Blog #RSS #Syndication #ExperimentalMusic #ElectronicMusic #NoiseMusic #SoundDesign #MaxMSP #CPlusPlus #JUCE #WebDev #IndieWeb