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One hot summer’s day in the early ’80s, a restless schoolkid alone in the music room for a forgotten misdemeanor spent the hour hammering a drum kit for the first time, and when it was over, the supervising teacher signed his report card with the fateful words: “excellent drummer!”
Throughout the ’90s and ’00s I played in “happy-clappy” churches and toured with a college band 'Kurios'. I’ve always had music in me, but as an undiagnosed autistic kid with ADD, I never learned to play a “proper” instrument — I just wanted to hit things.
Now at 55, and no longer able to manage a full kit, I’ve found ways to get the music out of my head and into yours. From my home studio, I use Reaper, an Arturia Minilab 3, and a collection of plugins to create everything myself.
I don’t support the flood of “AI slop”, but I also don’t condemn every use of AI. As a musician and an engineer, I see AI as a creative tool — one that helps turn my melodies and vocals into professional-sounding tracks through apps like Ace Studio, Audime, and Suno Studio.
I may not sing or play guitar, but with technology & passion, I can transform melodies hammered out on my MIDI module into songs that mean something, to me at least. The stories and lyrics are all me — born from experience, honesty, and the scribbles of an angsty autistic teenager who still believes his poetry is deeply profound. 😅
One hot summer’s day in the early ’80s, a restless schoolkid alone in the music room for a forgotten misdemeanor spent the hour hammering a drum kit for the first time, and when it was over, the supervising teacher signed his report card with the fateful words: “excellent drummer!”
Throughout the ’90s and ’00s I played in “happy-clappy” churches and toured with a college band 'Kurios'. I’ve always had music in me, but as an undiagnosed autistic kid with ADD, I never learned to play a “proper” instrument — I just wanted to hit things.
Now at 55, and no longer able to manage a full kit, I’ve found ways to get the music out of my head and into yours. From my home studio, I use Reaper, an Arturia Minilab 3, and a collection of plugins to create everything myself.
I don’t support the flood of “AI slop”, but I also don’t condemn every use of AI. As a musician and an engineer, I see AI as a creative tool — one that helps turn my melodies and vocals into professional-sounding tracks through apps like Ace Studio, Audime, and Suno Studio.
I may not sing or play guitar, but with technology & passion, I can transform melodies hammered out on my MIDI module into songs that mean something, to me at least. The stories and lyrics are all me — born from experience, honesty, and the scribbles of an angsty autistic teenager who still believes his poetry is deeply profound. 😅