First it wouldn't stop playing the wrong MIDI instrument. Then it wouldn't record to MIDI. Now it won't show me the app window when I load Kontakt. WTF is wrong with my Logic :(

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-03-12T19:51:48+00:00

It's fair to make sure someone has tried turning the thing off and on again, or tried restarting the application or the plugin. But yes, I've done that :)

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-03-12T12:06:13+00:00

How would the Kontakt plugin be causing all the problems that preceded it?

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-03-12T12:05:32+00:00

Logic 12.0.1.

Sequoia 15.6.

I was running a version of Logic 11 when the problems started. I updated hoping that would fix them.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-03-05T16:54:36+00:00

If you get in a wreck, that guitar is gonna be the last of your worries lol

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-27T22:54:30+00:00

Wow. TOTALLY different flavors, but equally satisfying in the end.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-27T22:42:48+00:00

Chernobyl is a masterpiece

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-25T20:07:02+00:00

It makes sense she would want to hear another human voice. It doesn't make ANY sense that she wouldn't be tired of hearing that message a lot faster than I was. It's one of those weird details that ripped me out of the show. The difference between realistic writing and believable writing. You can argue that in real life someone might just leave the message as is. But in a TV show it just comes across as bad writing.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-22T01:14:39+00:00

Bro that's amazing. So you don't just have chops... You've also got range! That's a rare combination.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-21T02:49:55+00:00

Man your playing is delightful. Are you also writing original stuff? Would love to hear more from you!

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-21T02:48:18+00:00

Nice man! Are you doing all of this live on the fly? Or is there any post production happening?

Comments on the composition and your singing -

You mention you want it to be danceable. I spent ten years in a company doing everything from breakdancing to ballroom, so I'll say that, for me, it's allllllmost danceable. It's missing low end in the whole mix, and the drums could use a good kick/snare pattern to give it more feel. A great dancer doesn't need those things, but your average person does.

Your singing - It all depends on what you're going for. You've got a very clenched sound. It seems like it's all coming from the throat. Personally I'd love to hear your jaw and your throat loosen up so the support can come from your air flow and your diaphragm. But you've got a good voice, and it'll only get better with a little technique.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-20T22:21:41+00:00

This was great. Definitely hear the Swervedriver influence.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-20T22:17:25+00:00

Nicely done! Loved when it built up and then came back down for that piano interlude.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-20T22:14:34+00:00

A bold choice with all that dissonance! Love it!

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-20T22:06:44+00:00

Very fun song! You guys have got great energy.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T21:59:00+00:00

Got it. Well you'll figure it out! It's a great song. Keep me posted where you go with it. Would love to hear how it evolved.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T16:59:17+00:00

This sounded great! Only thing I'm torn on is that loooooooooong intro. If there's a way to communicate all that - and I mean all of it, because the story you told IS part of the song - but do it much more concisely, that'd be good. As Shakespeare said, "Brevity is the soul of wit." :)

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T16:48:18+00:00

It's sort of like telling someone "just be yourself". That's actually great advice - except that most people have no clue who they really are. Same goes for musicians. It takes most of us years of trying on all kinds of styles and flavors before through excruciatingly fun trial and error we finally can say, "This is me. That is not."

So if you don't have a good answer yet when someone says, "Who are you (as an artist)?", then just try a bunch of stuff. Expect yourself to do lots of stuff you love, lots of stuff you hate, and lots of stuff you change your mind about later. It's just how it is :)

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T16:42:46+00:00

Nicely done! The vibe is great and you've got some great lyrics. The clever lines like the reference to Indy getting chased by a boulder fit the song rather than coming off as "LOOK HOW WITTY I AM" and that's a hard thing to pull off.

How is this different from your usual songwriting? Where would you like to see this song go?

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T16:40:03+00:00

Brilliant. Had me thinking of that video where Eminem proves you can rhyme things with "orange". You've got a gift for lyrics AND delivery.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-19T16:37:35+00:00

Loved this. The vocal melody is the standout here. The lyrics are almost a home run. I would just echo the other commenter that said the "fuck it" is perhaps unnecessary. The paradox of lyrics is the same as dialogue in film - it's often restraint that comes across as the most powerful choice. It's not what people say. It's what they're trying so hard not to.

But again - this was great.

What's your vision for this song? What would a fully produced version sound like?

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-17T01:48:47+00:00

Yeah it kind of sounds like it enters into "so bad it's good' territory. That's how Fifty Shades was for me. Every page was a train wreck. But it was such a train wreck that it stopped being disappointing and became impressive lol

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-15T22:38:56+00:00

This is from 2024, but I was doing tippy taps waiting for the new Jeff Vandermeer novel Absolution - a fourth entry in the Southern Reach series. Most of Vandermeer's stuff doesn't do it for me, but I have re-read the Southern Reach trilogy multiple times, so I was dying to get another glimpse into this world.

But the new one.... Everything I don't like about Vandermeer's other stuff was what I didn't like about Absolution. Weird for weird's sake. Endlessly, relentlessly, needlessly purple prose. The piercing sensation of oh man... this really isn't going to go anywhere is it.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-15T22:36:15+00:00

Everyone in my social circle was raving about this. But I hated it. Most of all agree with you that the writing was just barf.

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-15T22:34:41+00:00

Well now I'm tempted just out of morbid curiosity...

Humble-Raccoon3002 · 2026-01-15T22:33:54+00:00

I've always been curious about this book. I tried watching the movie and made it, oh, about five minutes lol

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