Category: Music
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FediWave pt. 4: The chat is dancing
So, how did it go? At the time of writing this, the gig happened over a year ago. Life gets in the way of blogging sometimes, huh? But I still remember it very vividly, it being the last time I live streamed playing music additional to it being the last time I played a live…
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FediWave pt. 3: Limits breed creativity
Drawing inspiration from my punk band days, I recalled my trusty pedal board. If you have not played electric guitar – or looked closely at someone playing electric guitar on stage before: Most guitarists will have some form of a pedal board by their feet when they play their instrument. These boards are usually quite…
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FediWave pt. 2: “So.. how do I do this?”
To extend the runtime of my show a bit, I looked back at some demos for new songs that I recorded in early 2024. They were unfinished in places and definitely needed some further work to get them to a state where I’d feel comfortable publishing—but I could see myself playing them live, using the…
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FediWave pt. 1: “F*ck it, we’ll do it live!”
In the spring of 2024, I became aware of a project called ‘Radio FreeFedi,’ an online radio station hosted by folks over on Mastodon, that exclusively plays music made by artists on the Fediverse (Mastodon being a part of the Fediverse). I contacted them and offered my music to be played there, and they were…
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How I ported my music to the GameBoy
In 2020 I helped bring a game called ‘Hamorigami’ to life, a cute little game in which you try to protect a bonsai and help it grow. A year later, I was asked to make its music work on a game boy…
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About a name
When I was a kid, the name Simon felt weird to me. And my middle name Laslo even more so. It all felt wrong. In hindsight, this might have hinted at some other things going on with me. Nevertheless, I had to live with my name for the time being.