Today's soundtrack is Insinnerator: Hypothermia, whose sound harkens to the classic thrash metal bands of the 90s. Energetic and a lot of fun. This morning, I'm reading the introduction of John Grant's An Introduction to Viking Mythology (available in here). Vikings were both chivalrous and barbaric; they had devised philosophies and mythologies that excused "the … Continue reading 08.19.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Announcing my new album, "Cephalopod, Eater öv the Void" by Everstorm's Eve
It's been a year in the making, and I'm so proud to announce the official release of my new album Everstorm's Eve: "Cephalopod, Eater öv the Void". I've done a lot of reading and research while preparing to write and record this project. It has lyrical themes of astrophysics, calculus, space exploration, and (of course) … Continue reading Announcing my new album, "Cephalopod, Eater öv the Void" by Everstorm's Eve
08.18.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Society's Finest: The Journey So Far. This morning, I'm reading the sixteenth chapter of The Cartoon Guide to Physics by Larry Gonick and Art Huffman. If we take a battery, put a wire on its positive side, connect that to a light bulb, connect that light bulb to another light bulb, and … Continue reading 08.18.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
08.17.2018: An Entire Day of Recording
This is my 200th blog post! Today's soundtrack is Tallah: No One Should Read This. Mike Portnoy's (my drumming idol) son, Max Portnoy, is the drummer for Tallah. The freshest metal I've heard in years. They call their genre "nu-core" and it's such an apt description. It's like Slipknot and Korn and Katelepsy and Spawn … Continue reading 08.17.2018: An Entire Day of Recording
08.16.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Pentatonix: PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I. This is going to be another short post, but I'm super excited about the progress I've made today. 1) My music now has its own site: everstormseve.com. 2) I've commissioned an artist on Fiverr to create the cover art for the upcoming album that I'm … Continue reading 08.16.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
08.15.2018: One Lesson of Coding
Today's soundtrack is William Fitzsimmons: Pittsburgh, a beautifully melancholic and strangely nostalgic album. This afternoon, the Randomizer has decreed that I shall learn one lesson on freeCodeCamp. Today, I'll be learning how to use HTML to make checkboxes. Like radio boxes, checkboxes are a form that allows a site to receive user inputs; however, checkboxes … Continue reading 08.15.2018: One Lesson of Coding
08.14.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Texas Hippie Coalition: Dark Side of Black, an album that sounds like the love child of Pantera and Black Label Society. I spent this afternoon's session writing lyrics for my upcoming metal album. I've now finished writing lyrics for five of the album's songs. Making good progress!
08.13.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Frank Ocean: Blond. This afternoon, I worked on writing lyrics for my upcoming metal album. I've now completed writing lyrics for four of my songs. I'm enjoying the juxtaposition of themes that this album will feature: calculus, astrophysics, and gigantic world-eating cephalopods. Stay tuned for more details...
08.12.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Fen: Winter. This evening, I'm reading the thirteenth (and final!) chapter of the first book of Aristotle's Ethics. Since we now know that happiness is "an activity of the soul in conformity with perfect goodness" (p. 51), what is goodness? More specifically, what is human goodness or happiness? It is a "right … Continue reading 08.12.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
08.11.2018: 30 Minutes of Game Development
Today's soundtrack is Bloodgood: Detonation, a classic hair-metal album with Christian lyrics and great musicianship. This afternoon, I'm working on making some sliding pixelated doors for my elevator game. I'm using Pyxel Edit for this project. I want lots of detail in this animation, so I made each frame 80x60 pixels rather than the regular … Continue reading 08.11.2018: 30 Minutes of Game Development
08.10.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is The Ruins of Beverast: Rain Upon the Unjust, an epic atmospheric black metal album. This afternoon, I'm reading the fifteenth chapter of Larry Gonick's The Cartoon Guide to Physics, "Electric Currents." Alessandro Volta invented "the electric battery in 1794" (p. 128). He found that two rods made of different kinds of metals … Continue reading 08.10.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
08.09.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Panic! At the Disco: Pray for the Wicked, a fun album. I really enjoy the song "High Hopes" from it. Today, I'm working on writing lyrics. I've been jotting down a bunch of ideas over the past six months or so; now that I have my song structures established, I'll be working … Continue reading 08.09.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
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