A SOLO CREATOR BATTLES A BAD MOUTH, EXPERIMENTS WITH A VINTAGE DAW, AND TELLS A SURREAL EPSTEIN TALE WHILE PLANNING MONTHLY MUSIC DROPS — Ep. 24

Dead-of-night energy. Freezer-burned ice cream. A sore mouth that won’t shut up—and somehow the most productive studio session in weeks. We come back from a break with a simple promise: new music on the last Friday of every month, starting with a double single called Get a Grift. The plan only works if the workflow does, so we unpack why a gifted Roland workstation beats a distraction-heavy laptop, how hardware limits can boost creativity, and why two upcoming instrumental tracks lean into jagged rhythms and haunting motifs.The conversation swerves, as late nights do, into the drag of headline noise and the fog around high-profile cases. Instead of feeding speculation, we take the tension and make story: first, a surreal tour-van scene that seeds the song title Lacerated Halo; then a tight, noir-tinged short story about an agent, an island, and the slow echo of institutional failure. Fiction becomes a filter for hard topics—less outrage, more clarity—and a reminder that art can hold complexity without amplifying chaos.Between riffs, we talk focus, habit, and the small rituals that keep a solo creator moving when life gets messy. A monthly cadence sets the bar. A hardware DAW reduces decision fatigue. Pain and constraint shape cleaner choices. And a shoutout roll call of listeners from Detroit to Osaka proves the weird, stubborn magic of showing up. Hit play if you want a window into process, a few strange stories, and a practical roadmap for making more with less. If it resonates, subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a quick review—then tell me what tool keeps you creating when the night won’t quiet down.Support the show