I think 15ips should be a seasonal blog. It seems like I go through two or three intensely creative periods each year and then lay fallow in between.

Just wanted to post something here to let the folks who subscribe to the feed know that there’s some more content on the way, so keep your eyes open

I’m feeling kind of project-y right now, which is convenient because I discovered four dead tape inputs on my mixer. There were two dead inputs on the mixer when I bought it, and I blew one last weekend (I’ll explain later), and I discovered another today. Huh. That’s pretty irritating, but it’s fixable.

In other news, I’m networking a lot these days and looking for opportunities to collaborate. I may even do an installation piece but we’ll see if I can pony up the cash for materials. I may do some pieces to accompany some spoken word material, which is something I’ve wanted to do for some time now. My eventual goal is to provide sound and audio for experimental films but I’m saving that for when my portfolio is a little more established.

I’ve also been fighting a case of near-burnout. I have numerous projects in the works and it’s hard to balance that with my job and my social life. I’m taking two days off next week and I’ll use that time to rest my head (and ears) and then chart a course for these projects. I would love to be a full-time working artist but there’s years of work and preparation ahead before I get to that point. I began my current career about ten years ago without schooling or formal training and so I expect it’ll take as much work to get to a similar point in a new career. Just when the callouses on my boot strap-pulling fingers began to heal…

To conclude this post, here’s a bunch of cats in an IKEA store:

This piece is hauntingly beautiful. Let the video play and listen closely.

Edit: A Cranioclast album can be downloaded through this blog post.