• Seeded Tunes – Scene and Labels

    Seeded Tunes – Scene and Labels

    A ‘scene’ is a nebulous concept, but it’s pretty well understood. David Byrne in How Music Works talks about the necessary ingredients for a music scene, including location and venue(s), with a description of the old and new CBGB’s in NYC. Julian Cope in Head On describes the nepotistic maelstrom of Eric’s in Liverpool in (read more)

  • Seeded Tunes – Random?

    The lynchpin/keystone/root idea of Seeded Tunes is to use a random number generator (RNG) to drive the creation of text, images and music. Regular RNGs are not truly random. They use stuff like the current date, combined with internal values such as drive space and other numbers to come up with something that resembles a (read more)

  • Pixel Art Alphabet Chart

    Pixel Art Alphabet Chart

    I wanted to have an alphabet chart on A&E’s wall, but I couldn’t find one I liked, and then I thought why not make my own, and then I thought why not make it in a distinct art style, and so I came up with… The Pixel Art Alphabet Chart First I thought of interesting (read more)

  • Seeded Tunes – Why

    I’m a frustrated musician, in that I would like to be a musician but I have been cruelly prevented in chasing this dream by A) a lack of innate talent and B) a lack of will or discipline to learn. Sure, I’ve dabbled. There have been attempts to get some kind of music project going (read more)

  • Original Art Prints for Sale

    I’ve been creating various designs inspired by things I’ve seen, places I’ve been, or just abstract experiments. You can buy them in my shop here. You can find Bauhaus, Op Art, De Stijl, 60s, 30s, 70s, Modern, AI, and many other styles. More designs always in the pipeline. Orders are fulfilled by Printful, and are…