Ask HN: Do you create music? let's hear it

Hello! I've been reading HN forever and just want to say how much I appreciate the community. It's not a surprise how many of you are musicians. Almost every coder, engineer (of all disciplines), or otherwise technical person I've worked with has some kind of music background - from marching band to Death Metal. I've always loved that.

I've been making websites almost as many years as I've been in band - which (yikes) is basically a large INT. Being a coder freed me to go on tour and I was lucky enough to get out there for nearly 20 years (in my own band or as hired gun) and am still getting out there - albeit shorter trips. I'm super grateful. I've released music from a few different projects this past year or so...

Dream Demon (Released an ep on Friday, songs vary from Tortoise to Sunny Day Real Estate) -Louder: https://dreamdemonband.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-our-song -Softer: https://open.spotify.com/track/2H8gkIa8M4SPO6IGEasdKa?si=efa...

Manuok (genre varies from indie to electronica) https://open.spotify.com/artist/1lhCQZlWyYA1KPOHDHWtqr

The Color Forty Nine (mellow) https://alfredhowardwritessongswithfriends.bandcamp.com/trac...

Anyway, enjoy! I know I'll continue to enjoy reading the articles and comments here for years to come.

I’ve recently been delving into solo composition and production after being part of a rock band for the better part of my musical “career” due to the pandemic. Modular synthesizers have opened up a whole new manner of thinking in regards to creating music, and I’ve been having a blast trying to understand this new paradigm - https://open.spotify.com/artist/24DaBLXr68RdgcQ9HZM1CZ?si=jk...

Great post idea!

These days I compose electronic, ambient space music with synths, modular and otherwise, and sometimes acoustic bass and field recordings. In a previous life stage I played bass in jazz ensembles in and around Boston.

https://soundcloud.com/user-944725336/sets/introducing-patie...

https://patientfrog.bandcamp.com/

I've been singing a song every day since November, part of my power-off activities. I recorded before and after about two months. Before then I'd never sung more than Happy Birthday so I expect most people can sing better, but I love it.

Here's a recording, which includes a story about how This Land Is Your Land brought me to tears at the litter everywhere https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo.... I also pick up litter daily, though I've been doing that since 2017.

I spent around five years playing and composing for a prog/death metal band :) https://open.spotify.com/track/0Dv4n2pNxb3aJ8WE9KjMKO?si=9ec...

Not everyone's cup of tea!