I’m getting lots of confidence boosts musically lately. A long-time collaborator said I had really turned a corner recently, another friend asked if I'd been studying music theory, and members of the Disquiet Junto community have been incredibly kind and supportive with feedback.
Y'all, this is what it's about. Let's make more art.
ICYMI: my first book is out and available everywhere! "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life the unsung heroes of responsible technology and the science fiction that inspired them.
(If the price is a barrier for you, please DM for a discount code.)
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It's here! Available now from Apress/SpringerNature, "We Just Build Hammers: Stories from the Past, Present, and Future of Responsible Tech" brings to life tales of the unsung heroes of responsible tech, and the science fiction that inspired them.
Find your copy at your favorite online bookstore, or learn more at https://thehammerbook.com
Boosts appreciated!
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Also in Disquiet Junto news: I was profiled on disquiet.com and had the chance to share some thoughts about studio practice, the importance of keeping a schedule, and how naming things is actually pretty easy.
https://disquiet.com/2025/02/18/junto-profile-coraline-ada-ehmke/
My vintage Korg M3R got some play last night, on a meditative yet unsettling track I've called “It Takes Two to Dissociate”. Also features slide steel, electric guitar with ebow, and organic vocals.
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https://soundcloud.com/coralineada/it-takes-two-to-dissociate
Disquiet Junto 0686 asked us to "consider how the process of breathing in and out slowly can lend shape to a piece of music." I initially conceived of this response as a calm and meditative little pi
The only AI that I will tolerate in my studio came out in 1989
Oh hey, the Sudre's Violin track "A Foolish Consistency" appears in the current episode of Disturbing Dreams. You get a solid hour of dark ambient and experimental electronica-- why not listen as you work? (My track is #4.)
https://www.mixcloud.com/AudioInterface/disturbing-dreams-20-nov-2024/
h/t @xylander
h/t to @ntnsndr for getting me thinking about protocols.
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More about this week's Disquiet Junto: https://disquiet.com/0669
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Coraline Ada Ehmke
