Birthday week. Watched a lot of movies. Got the music gig and set to score and sound design. Working on final negotiations. Took a long bike ride w/ my wife and ate out at new mexican place w/ local friends.  Top notch. Everyone came to hang out after. Best on the island but pricey. Summer heat coming in. VTC called and talked for an hour or so. ABC and T sent card from Texas. Tried to keep it light. AL gave me present w/ new notebook case and notebooks for when I walk around. Started cataloging ideas and concepts from things I consume and think about. Spent a day out reading in the park. T&K gave me new book to try. Need new bike saddle. Old on is disintegrating. Lasted 3 years or so. Running new configuration on bike bags. Handle bar bag to the saddle.

Went to another birthday w/ J&E at fantastic Japanese restaurant that was soon closing. Met a new couple and talked about his work in music and her interests in anime. Discussed life experiences and also comparison of German labor laws/ social programs vs. United states Drove home a friend. Got home and made my track.

Media Consumed:
I Love Boosters (2026), Backrooms (2026), Disclosure Day (2026), The Age of Magical Overthinking by  Amanda Montell, Skee Mask - Resort, John Williams - Jaws, Djrum - Under Tangled Silence, Tim Reaper - SFS - Undercooked, Area 51 - Let it Move you, Gigi Masin & Charles Hayward - Les Nouvelles Musiques De Chambre, Vol.  2,

Software Used:
Ableton
Izotope Ozone 10
TFP Flip
ALM ALMICON
Sound Toys Decapitator

Operators w/ generative modulation and sequences. All sounds made with Operator. 3 tracks only. Stuck to the limitation. Completed w/ laptop speakers only and visual mixing. Made to slowly come together and then fall apart. It was a quick affair while trying not to over think the outcome. Experimenting only. Committed by exporting and uploading before listen back properly. Want to surprise myself w/ some blind production. Let the universe decide.

Test song made using the new Naive Tracker w/ stock sounds. Made while in the bath w/ the first hour with the software.

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