Week 25 - dadboy - You don't have to be the pariah

Hello everyone! Happy Father's Day. This was more ambientish speedtrash - this has been super liberating and fun. I don't know if it's any good, but I also don't really care! I'm having fun and it feels expressive and that's all that really matters to me. I had a conversation with a good old friend today, and it would be too much to try to summarize here, but at a certain point he was looking to me for advice on successfully putting himself and his art out there. Part of what he's struggling with (as I understood it) was how to put things out there and winsomely connect with people when he consistently feels unlikable, or like a pariah (a word he specifically used). This really resonated with me, and I feel like I've struggled in many similar ways. I did my best to express to him that I don't think he's a pariah - he's not perfect, but no one is. I care for him, and I think many others do as well, and I'm eager to hear what he has to say. He doesn't (and I don't) have to inhabit that role to protect himself before anyone else can put him down. It was a good call, and it was a good chance for me to share something I've been starting to believe myself. Anyways, that was bouncing around the ol' noggin when I came up with this, so I decided they're connected! Anyways, hope you enjoy! Arp/bass are two simple modular patches, that fifth pad is the TEO-5, the lead is m8 macrosynth, and the drums are just some samples. I did some of my normal m8 ambient goofery to step on it some. Have a great week, friends! We're almost halfway there! 2026 CC Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works (BY-NC-ND)