jazzsequence | I make websites and things

Hi, I’m ChrisI make websites and things. Lately, I’ve been experimenting a lot with Large Language Models (colloquially known as AI) to test their capabilities and to help make my job and D&D Dungeon Mastering life easier. Feel free to click around to learn more about stuff I like to do and/or am working on.

A History of Bedroom Music Production — Part 2

RPM2011 is 9 days away and it seems appropriate to finish this retrospective series before RPM starts. Part 1 of this series covered the early beginnings of my interest in music up through high school and eventually turning to the computer as a means for producing and recording music. Part 2 will cover how that…

January 22, 2011
Beyond Black Mesa (via @lukestevens…

Beyond Black Mesa (via @lukestevens via @jasonopus via @knight777)

January 22, 2011
Create a pop hit in 8 hours

This is something I would never do: try to create a hit pop song in 8 hours. It’s not that I couldn’t, it’s that I wouldn’t. These guys, on the other hand, did. I think it’s awesome. You can download their song, “Lights, Camera, Action” here. (right-click, save as…)

January 21, 2011
What did you put in my vag?! (via @vegasgeek via Fail Blog)

What did you put in my vag?! (via @vegasgeek via Fail Blog)

January 21, 2011
Why dual-boot Linux when you can run it from a USB flash drive?

I’ve been a sideline fan of Linux for a long time. My very first experience with it was buying one of those 800 page, dictionary-sized technical manuals for Linux which came with Red Hat, Slackware and Caldera. I effectively destroyed my Windows 95 box trying to get Red Hat installed and failing. After that, I was much more cautious,…

January 21, 2011
via @10TimesOne via @aburtch via @CrewsControlInc

via @10TimesOne via @aburtch via @CrewsControlInc

January 21, 2011
Random Song of the Day #15

Today I’m going to do some shameless self-promotion for the random song of the day: my remix of Amanda Palmer’s “Map of Tasmania” from her new album “Amanda Palmer Goes Down Under.” To be brutally honest, I don’t really like the song all that much. I saw “remix contest” and I jumped to enter before…

January 21, 2011
Random Song of the Day #…uhh…14

Yes, it’s been a while since I’ve done one. I’ve been waiting until I had a chance to figure out which one of @TheBoyEllis’ songs on Soundcloud I should use. In the meantime, this one comes courtesy of @tpbdotorg: Now I’m going to go download his album, which you can do, too, right here.

January 20, 2011
[RPM2011] Writing a soundtrack for a book

For anyone curious, here’s a copy of my notes (an earlier draft, I’ve added to them a bit since).

January 19, 2011
A History of Bedroom Production — Part 1

Mark started his history of music production yesterday, and I thought I would follow suit. I’ve never documented the process. As I warned on his blog, my history is messy and doesn’t involve fancy equipment. In fact, to a large extent, it mostly involves the cheapest equipment available. But I’ll get to that. It all…

January 18, 2011