Archive - Open Studio

productive play

Instructions for an unproductive session

Jun 25 •

Timbaland's a-pop dystopia

the first AI music producer

Jun 18 •

ecosystems are composing the music now

A24, Ottomilo, and the rise of creative director music

Jun 11 •

on the fear of 'pissing around forever'

Jun 4 •

May 2025

Making Time: A Field Guide to Finishing Music

Preface and Introduction

May 30 •

finding time vs. making time

how to make use of the time you've made

May 28 •

the conditions of insight

on stillness, switching mediums, and why ideas don’t come when called

May 21 •

advice and practice

on knowing, doing, and the space between

May 14 •

on recipes, reference tracks, unpredictable alchemy

May 7 •

April 2025

systems thinking

on what making music teaches you about making anything

Apr 30 •

the limits of experimentalism

can someone explain to Lil' Yachty to me?

Apr 23 •

the arc of a project // thinking seasonally

Apr 16 •

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