W22 - 5_29_26 Tek Naw
By ENC_ on May 31, 2026 5:46 pm
Network opportunity came through AL's former work friends. Work on indie game music and sound design possibly. Unconfirmed. Still talking. Planning on making some demos to see if I am right fit for the project. Submitted educational application to other employment prospects and waiting on responses. Cycled across town on bike to deliver papers for background check. Person not there to talk but was told papers would be delivered. Worked on voting w/ AL. Discussed B-day plans. Cataloged movie collection in spreadsheet. Talked extensively about abstract local organization and led to discussing joining or creating DSA chapter or something else. Reflected on organizing efforts I participated in when I was younger during canvasing, charitable work, and labor advocacy. Always stuck on the internal motivational problem. Everyone always is. Looking at small ways to move the needle. Hoping to do more. Art and social coalition building. Lots of shower thoughts 
Ate out w/ AL and took some walks. Met up with T&D T&K and had brunch on the long weekend. Reflected on my Dad's stories and his family. Tried to remember family history that is foggy to me. Grateful for my wife. Trying to sleep in my bed and not on the floor. Sleep average greatly improved from years prior. Up from 4.5 to 7 hours.
Media Consumed: The Age of magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell, Road to Perdition (2002), Predator Badlands (2025), Classic Tetris, Pokemon Yellow, Frank Zappa - Joe's Grage I,II, & III - The man From Utopia, Disasterpeace - It Follows OST, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow - Annihalation OST, Sinoia Caves - Beyond the Black Rainbow OST, AFX - Analog Bubble Bath, Advance Base - Horrible Occurrences, VA - Micro Music For Micro People,
Software Used:
Defelemask
Ableton
Alm QuaidraVerb
ALM ALMicon
Izotope Ozone 10
Song written for the Sega Genesis. Made a few this week. Been enjoying re-visiting pushing against the limitations of old chips lately. Feeling out the FM modulation automation possibilities in this one. Changes don't reoccur until next note is played. Old limitation of Yamaha's FM chips. Deflemask's Genesis rom exporter is broken so skipped hardware recording this time. Instead tinkered with stem export and applied light post production on song to "modernize" it. Interested in exploring this with actual hardware w/ several passes of recording different rom exports w/ muted channels. Completed a few other tracks this week for a compilation. Song length does not meet WB requirements though. Also had a long LSDJ session recorded as a demo for something. Thinking about what to do with the recent long LSDJ stuff.
file Names: 5_29_26 Tek Naw ableton, 5_28_26 TekNaw Deflemask,
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