Writings, musings, opinions, recipes, and generally anything that is not specifically music or photography — though musical or photographic subjects may be pondered here.
I consume a lot of content on YouTube. Probably too much. But I get a lot out of it, and I’ve learned a lot about different techniques, software, and gear for both music and photography — mostly from a few key YouTube content creators. While… Read More »Some Favorite Music-Related YouTube Channels
Seems Korg listened and learned that, for the price, the Nautilus workstation didn’t offer everything that customers want, so they’ve made new versions with aftertouch. Still not poly aftertouch, but, better than nothing. And, the price will be the same as the non-aftertouch models (prior… Read More »Korg Add Aftertouch to Nautilus
My friend Kevin sent me a link this morning to a video on YouTube; Procol Harum’s Whiter Shade of Pale illustrated by AI. The creator of the video had used MidJourney to create all the images, and had created an image for each line of the song.
… despite a bump in the road here and there, playing in 7Souls has been the absolute best band experience I have ever had and I think the world of every member, present and past. It truly has been an experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
I found this on the wayback machine at archive.org today — my own recipe for a pasta dinner. It’s one of the earliest posts from any version of gerenm.net that’s archived there. The date was October 3, 2002. Ingredients: One can diced tomatoes (or, substitute… Read More »GerenM’s Lite Pasta Surprise
For those who didn’t notice, I embarked upon a challenge in January to produce a music jam each day. In other words, 31 pieces of new music in 31 days. They didn’t have to be long. They didn’t have to be complete. They didn’t even have to be good. That wasn’t the point. The point was to make time every day to make music.
As you may know, I’ve been participating in this year’s Jamuary, and I’ve been sharing the results on here, as well as on YouTube and Instagram. Even just a week in, it’s been quite a rewarding experience, despite a couple of frustrating days. Just what… Read More »#JAMUARY2023 Week 1 BTS Video and Lessons Learned … So Far
Well, it’s that time of year again … the time when I don’t make a New Year’s resolution. Except, this year, I sorta am.
The iPhone 13 Mini is not particularly fancy as smartphones go, but it’s well-featured with a quite decent two-camera setup.
I don’t make new years resolutions, or at least, I haven’t. But since last year was so different, I’m going to be different this year. Most of the time when people make resolutions, they do things like “improve my diet and lose 30 pounds” or… Read More »Resolution(s)
A nice history of one of my favorite places…
On occasion, I cook. On rare occasions, I write about it.
For some time, I’ve had this feeling that, somewhere along the lines, I missed something important. You see, many years ago, for various reasons, I decided to take a shortcut to a career. I was a horrible student in high school, and I was washing… Read More »Filling Gaps
Fair warning. This one’s going to take a while… I’m usually not a fan of “listicles”; web articles that are number lists of things you must (or must not) do to be successful at one thing or another. But I did find some at hubpages.com… Read More »Building A Successful Band
I’ve been meaning to put this up for a few months now. I wrote it back in November, after a poetry reading night at Birdies in town. This was my impression, written mostly in about forty minutes after we got home. Pretty girl in the… Read More »A.D.D.