UPDATE – Feedback Series, MilkyTracker Tutorials, and Jazz Piano!

Hello Patrons!

Hope you’re well.  An update on future content:

Feedback Series

I’ve been thinking about starting a “Feedback Series.”  Patrons can send me their music (Pico-8, chiptune, piano music etc.).  I can make a kind of tutorial video, suggesting areas of improvement, compositional directions, ideas for practice etc.

Being a patron gives you access to lots of tutorials, but sometimes tutorials don’t fill in all the gaps. This will be an opportunity to get some direct feedback!  This is currently a $10 reward, but I'm considering moving it to a lower tier depending on interest and to encourage more people to share their stuff.  I want you to get better at making music! 

What do you think?  Would this interest you!?  Send me your carts!  Send me your recordings!  

MilkyTracker Tutorial Series

I’ve started writing it, and I’m really excited.  It’s going to be for intermediate users and compliment my beginner tutorial series.

Here’s the rough structure. I’m aiming for 16 videos:

• 00 Introduction
• 01 Hotkeys you MUST Know
• 02 Important UI Controls
• 03 SPD vs. BPM
• 04 The Green Column – Volume
• 05 The Green Column – Panning
• 06 Arpeggio (0xy)
• 07 Portamento (1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 5xy, E1x, E2x)
• 08 Vibrato (4xy, 6xy, E4x, Sx, Vx)
• 09 Tremolo (7xy, E7x)
• 0A Note Cut, Note Delay (ECx, EDx)
• 0B Writing in Stereo
• 0C Creating more Interesting Instruments
• 0D Instrument and Samples Management
• 0E ??
• 0F ??

Are there any topics that I’m missing? What other topics would you like to see? The first video should be ready next week!

Jazz Piano Update

After publishing the latest article on hand independence, I didn’t practice piano for a couple weeks.  One reason is because I burnt out a bit.  The other reason is because I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with all my piano video content.  How should I share/publish it?  Without a means to share it, I get a creative backlog, which over time, slows me down and demotivates me.

Anyways, I thought ALOT about how I want to organize and present this and I finally started publishing piano videos on YouTube.  These things are always a work in progress, but now have a template to start with!  I'm slowly getting back into regular practice, and I'll be back streaming on Twitch. Come say hello!

That’s it for now.  Thanks as always for your support.  Stop by Discord and say hello, and send me your music… would LOVE to hear what you’re working on!