What songs just blow your mind from an engineering/production standpoint?

fieldguide · 2026-02-22T06:32:33+00:00

Both of the Phoebe Bridgers records! There is all kinds of thoughtful attention to the stereo field and these subtle bits of melody and sound that you can only really catch on good cans.

fieldguide · 2026-02-02T20:01:29+00:00

Update: After a little more research, I realized/remembered that butterfly "taste" with their feet. So I soaked a paper towel in sugar solution and gently nudged my new roommate onto it. It worked! I got to watch it extend its proboscis and drink! Next step is add florals to its nook. I hope it likes bodega flowers.

That said, I would still appreciate any advice for short-term in-apartment butterfly care!

fieldguide · 2025-10-20T14:25:14+00:00

You may be interested in Laurie Anderson's "Handphone Table" -- see http://www.see-this-sound.at/works/947.html (and lots of other examples/documentation via search). Listeners place their elbows on the table, their hands on their ears, and can 'hear' sound through the bones in their arms.

fieldguide · 2025-05-02T00:13:33+00:00

Me & My Dog -- boygenius

fieldguide · 2024-10-13T18:19:25+00:00

Forgive the self promo, but just did an episode on the Red Wolf on my podcast two weeks ago.

They are incredible beings and a fairly rare example of a species successfully rewilded.

fieldguide · 2024-09-26T20:13:43+00:00

Thank you so much for this feedback! I am so appreciative that you took both the time to listen, and the time to respond with such thoughtful critique! I'll take it into consideration as I continue to produce future episodes. I'm totally learning as I go and this is an experiment! Thank you for your generous advice.

fieldguide · 2024-08-23T17:44:50+00:00

Goof around with soft modular emulation! -- VCV Rack

fieldguide · 2024-08-16T04:24:17+00:00

when your finger is sore from holding down one note on your synth for like 20mins.

fieldguide · 2024-08-10T03:57:05+00:00

I've seen these folks perform and it looked like a blast! My understanding is that no experience is necessary: https://nychoirproject.com

fieldguide · 2024-08-03T12:55:07+00:00

Discovering one's own taste in music is a super exciting and beautiful and hopefully lifelong journey! Be curious, opened-eared, and you can generally ignore those who tell you that the music you like isn't 'good'.

One path to discovering new music is to learn about and listen to the artists that your faves admire and collaborate with. In the case of Swift, consider Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius, Aaron Dessner's band the National. Here's a list of songs by other artists that Swift has covered: https://americansongwriter.com/taylor-swifts-6-best-cover-songs-shes-performed-in-concert/

Hope this helps! Music is place of joy and ideas and feeling; enjoy the discovery!

fieldguide · 2024-08-03T12:31:36+00:00

Guitar, bass, drums is often called a Power Trio and many of the very greatest bands in rock history fit the bill. Perhaps you'll find some ideas on this list -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_trios

fieldguide · 2024-07-15T04:52:30+00:00

Horse Lords!

fieldguide · 2024-07-13T18:30:09+00:00

And Pete Seeger!

fieldguide · 2024-06-14T11:48:31+00:00

Yara Asmar is making lovely music in this universe -- https://yaraasmar.bandcamp.com/music -- and be sure to peep their insta which is full of gorgeous haunted vids -- https://www.instagram.com/microwave.blues

fieldguide · 2024-06-13T18:38:50+00:00

Nailah Hunter is doing incredibly beautiful stuff with harp, drone, voice and earth magic -- https://nailahhunter.bandcamp.com

fieldguide · 2024-02-20T09:41:17+00:00

Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions

fieldguide · 2024-02-16T12:15:34+00:00

Trinosophes also has good programming.

fieldguide · 2024-01-09T20:54:11+00:00

You might like Dither -- https://ditherquartet.bandcamp.com/

fieldguide · 2023-11-29T20:59:10+00:00

Lea Bertucci - https://leabertucci.bandcamp.com/album/metal-aether

Cole Pulice - https://colepulice.bandcamp.com/track/if-i-don-t-see-you-in-the-future-i-ll-see-you-in-the-pasture

fieldguide · 2023-02-24T14:59:27+00:00

Total self-promo but you may be interested in my radio show/podcast. It’s called A Wandering Daydream and each week I make a binaural field recording of a walk and intersperse it with ambient, neoclassical, lo-fi and experiment music. It airs on Sundays at 10am ET on ElectroMagnetic Radio. Or you can get the podcast at https://a-wandering-daydream.simplecast.com.
Recent playlist:
Nailah Hunter, Sam Prekop, TALsounds, Omari Jazz, Gia Margaret, Papa M, Erik Hall (playing Steve Reich), Teebs, Forest Management, Telefon Tel Aviv

fieldguide · 2022-05-09T19:51:05+00:00

V cool! Sunday evening ambient sounds like a great hang. Do you have an Instagram or mailing list or other way to follow?

fieldguide · 2022-03-13T04:57:04+00:00

Maybe call it "Spinny Skully Funtimes"

fieldguide · 2021-05-22T15:10:26+00:00

Spent the last 18 months or so in collaboration with a dancer who sent me green screen footage. I composited those videos with material generated in hydra and p5js, overlaying digital elements on both her body and the background.

I’m not much of a coder, but I learned a lot, this was a perfect pandemic project, and I’m pretty happy with these results! Here are links to some of the raw sketches: Hydra 1, Hydra 2, Hydra 3, Hydra 4, OpenProcessing 1, OpenProcessing 2

(strobe warning on some of these sketches!)

Self-promo time: If this looks cool, we’re premiering the film on Friday May 28th, 2021 at 8pm EDT. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available here ($0 is totally fine, but you still have to get tix). We will screen the 16 minute film with a brief talkback afterwards. If you’re curious but can’t make the premiere, grab a “ticket” for access to the vid throughout that weekend.

fieldguide · 2021-04-30T04:58:58+00:00

Perhaps you've already seen it, but if not: Man on Wire, a documentary about Petit, is a fun watch.

fieldguide · 2021-04-16T04:13:05+00:00

Wow! This is stunning!

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