Electronic Metal & Chapman StickBlog
A collection of blog posts about music, technology, and other topics that interest me.
Kids these days … why aren’t they into music?
10/23/2025
Why kids aren't interested in music, and the experiment I made to change that with my kid
Read MoreThe underwhelming explosion of live music streaming
4/14/2020
An opinion piece on the pandemic's live music streaming trend, and why it quickly died
Read MorePoisoned Bread
2/20/2020
A post about Facundo Cabral's idea of joyless work and its fruit, poisoned bread
Read MoreMusic creators don’t need masters
1/5/2020
An encouragement for musicians to not follow schools, teachers and masters
Read MoreWhy I Ditched Wordpress to Save My Music Release and What I Did After
10/20/2019
The story of how my hacked wordpress site led me to build this website, and the tools I used
Read MoreThe truth in conspiracy theories
6/23/2023
A post that explores the idea of conspiracy theories not as lies, but as reflection of what people want the world to be to hold their beliefs
Read MoreDisrupting subjectivity — How tech, true art, and politics challenge social norms
4/2/2018
How art actually changes the world
Read MoreWhy are so many coders musicians? Part 3
3/6/2018
Third part of a series of posts exploring the overlap between programmer and musicians. This third piece explores the craft mastery (virtuosism) and collaborative dimensions of both disciplines
Read MoreWhy are so many coders musicians? Part 2
2/25/2018
Second part of a series of posts exploring the overlap between programmer and musicians. This second piece explores the shared trait of music and code as abstractions that are materialized into material experiences
Read MoreWhy are so many coders musicians?
2/23/2018
First part of a series of posts exploring the overlap between programmer and musicians. This first piece explores the common trait of long-term commitment to learning
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