Learning

…in which the protaganist pontificates using multisyllabic words about constantly learning – sometime of his own volition, others from situations forced upon his weary but decidedly not bored brain.

AI

You knew I’d get around to typing about AI sooner or later. As usual, an unusual take on AI and humanity. …..or maybe not. You decide!

It’s COLD… or is it?

Perceptions – especially about temperature… are often relative. Thoughts on that plus ducks and doughnuts.

So…who needs “new” mixes?

Craig Anderton wrote a column by that title in the October 2023 edition of mix magazine. That sparked some thinking about how we hear music.

Who am I?

Branding, sure – but which part of my schizophrenic work life would I brand? Or is it easier to just be me, write about whatever [like I do here on TomsTypewriter.com], and get on with life?

Wow

Now that The Week Begins has dropped, AND the performance at Joey Stuckey’s Alive Day is done….. now what?

The Week Begins – a quick look

Some stories about the new album The Week Begins.

Stretch the Tech Budget

Some thoughts about stretching a tech budget at the Day Job. They’ve worked so far – who knows what we’ll be changing in the next few years? I certainly don’t.

Zane Grey

This is what happens when someone who is considerably younger than 100 years old reads a book that is well over 100 years old.

Blank Pages

Is this original?

Constancy

“We humans can be so stupid” sounds like a clickbait opening line – but it isn’t. A Duke’s Mixture of sentences about gender, moon Pies, Chesterton, and…….wisdom?

The Week Begins: Waffle House Breakfast

A great way to start the day, I gotta say.

The Week Begins: Friday Already?

More [hopefully] accessibly deep music. BY THE WAY: I’ll be performing at Joey Stuckey’s Alive Day celebration on September 29th, 2023, at the Douglass Theater in downtown Macon. It’s a FREE show – starts in the EARLY evening [maybe as early as 6] – I’m the first act on the list. Come on down!

The Week Begins: WaterCoolerCoffeeBreak

Yup, a funky name for a track that sounds like some of those in-between moments at work. One of those tunes that started as an experiment, specifically using a softsynth called “Knifonium” by Plugin Alliance [The original hardware unit can be seen HERE – and costs considerably more than I could afford!] But about the […]

The Week Begins: No Problem

The track is titled “No Problem”. Creating it was fun!

The Week Begins: E Z Sunday

Looking for that Easy Sunday Afternoon feeling, when the temps aren’t too hot, the humidity is down, and the mosquitoes aren’t out yet…….

The Week Begins: The Meeting

So you are a composer, trying to show what a presentation sounds like – but only in audio, and without using words. “The Meeting” is what happens.

The Week Begins: Paging Eloise

Jazz and…. Beethoven? This track from the upcoming Week Begins album already has sheet music available – take a look over at TomRule.info. Meanwhile, here’s a story about it……

The Week Begins: The Album

There’s a new Tom Rule album in the works. Here’s some explanation.