Episode 01
First One Out
Where it starts. No plan, no script: just pressing record and seeing what happens.
Reviews · Guides · Thoughts · Vlogs
Blog.
Game reviews, music production guides, photography notes, design, and whatever's on my mind. 21 posts, no schedule: just whenever something's worth saying.
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Gaming · Deep dive
GTA VI Plays Like Red Dead 2 Moved to Vice City — Every Gameplay Detail So Far
Six-star wanted levels that need witnesses, cops who remember your outfit, 600,000 animations, Focus, fuel, body changes and a Criminal Profile. Everything known about how GTA VI actually plays, and why it feels so much like Red Dead Redemption 2.
November 2026 · 10 min readRead →
Gaming · Thoughts
I'm a PC Gamer. I Bought a PS5 Pro for GTA VI Anyway.
My rig is a Ryzen 3900X and an RTX 2080 Ti, and I live on Steam. But GTA VI launches on consoles only, and history says PC players wait a year or more. I wasn't going to sit that out, so I bought a PS5 Pro.
November 2026 · 4 min readRead →
Music · Track story
Spectral Spaceships — Writing a Song About Space with Bojangles
The challenge from Bojangles was simple and strange: make a track that's all about space. Here's how Spectral Spaceships came together — the sounds, the theme, and pushing it all the way to a finished single.
June 2025 · 4 min readRead →
Music · Guide
Music Theory for Beatmakers
You don't need a degree to write a melody that moves. Keys, scales, and chord movement, explained the way a producer actually uses them in Ableton.
June 2025 · 7 min readRead →
Photography · Approach
Shooting the City
From LA to Boston, I shoot the moment, not the setup. Here's how I read a street, when I press the shutter, and why I'm chasing the second look — not perfection.
June 2025 · 5 min readRead →
Photography · Guide
Night Photography Tips: Best Practices for Low Light
Tripods, fast glass, manual mode, long exposures and light painting — the best practices for capturing the world after dark, the way I shoot the city at night.
June 2025 · 7 min readRead →
Photography · Essay
Street Photography Ethics: Balancing Creativity with Respect
Consent, privacy, dignity, and the line you don't cross. How to shoot strangers in public honestly — and why ethics make the work stronger, not weaker.
June 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Photography · Guide
Mastering Street Photography: Capturing Candid Moments
Gear, light, blending in, composition, and motion — the techniques I lean on to catch the fleeting candid moments that make urban photography sing.
June 2025 · 7 min readRead →
Gaming · Reviews
Top Indie Games of the Year: Reviews & Recommendations
Silksong, Hades, Spiritfarer, Ori, Carrion and more — the indie titles pushing creativity and innovation, with honest reviews and who each one is for.
June 2025 · 7 min readRead →
Gaming · Essay
Gaming Communities: Building Connections in the Virtual World
From arcades to Discord — how gaming communities form, what keeps them healthy, and why they're about belonging as much as playing.
June 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Design · Essay
The Fusion of Art & Technology
From digital painting to 3D, generative art and NFTs — how digital tools reshaped traditional art forms and opened up new ones entirely.
June 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Design · Guide
Color Theory for Digital Artists
The color wheel, relationships, temperature and palettes — how to use color to set mood, create emphasis, and balance a composition.
June 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Design · Essay
Art & Emotion: How Digital Design Can Evoke Feelings
Color, composition, imagery, movement and sound — the tools digital artists use to stir emotion and connect with an audience on a deeper level.
June 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Music · Guide
What I Learned About Mixing Frequencies — And Why It Changed How I Make Beats
Why my beats sounded muddy — and the frequency map that fixed it. Who owns what range, kick vs 808, and stereo placement, broken down the way I wish someone had told me.
May 2025 · 8 min readRead →
Gaming · Review
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon — In-Depth Review
Everyone called it "Dark Souls with mechs" before it dropped. They were wrong. FromSoftware built something entirely its own — and it deserves to be talked about on those terms.
April 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Music · Story
How My Cousin Got Me Actually Making Music in Ableton
A friend tried to teach me dubstep and nothing clicked. Then my cousin sat down with me over hip-hop and everything changed in one session. Here's exactly what happened.
April 2025 · 5 min readRead →
Thoughts · Essay
Los Angeles Will Always Be Home — Even When It's Not Easy
Growing up in LA shapes you in ways you don't notice until you leave. And once you've left and come back, you see the city completely differently.
March 2025 · 5 min readRead →
Gaming · Ranking
Why Resident Evil Has My Permanent Loyalty
Not just a game — a franchise I've been loyal to through the good, the bad, and the ones people love to argue about. Here's my honest ranking of every entry.
March 2025 · 6 min readRead →
Thoughts · Essay
Starting Things Late — And Why I'm Done Apologizing for It
I started making music at an age when most producers already have years on me. I started this site when most people my age had moved on from blogs. Here's how I've made peace with that.
February 2025 · 4 min readRead →
Music · Process
Making Something Every Day — What That Actually Looks Like
I say I make something in Ableton every single day. But what does that really mean? Not every session produces something worth keeping. Here's the honest version.
February 2025 · 4 min readRead →No posts match that.
Video Logs
Vlogs.
Unfiltered, no script. Life, gaming sessions and whatever's happening in real time.
Episode 02
Back At It
Picking up where it left off. More real moments, same energy, no filter.
Episode 03
The Long One
The longest one yet. If you've been following since episode one, this is where things open up.
PlayLab · Free
Reading about it is step one. Now try it.
24 free, hands-on labs for theory, songwriting, mixing and sound design, with a real piano and sound in your browser.