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Andy Hunt is a musician, programmer, consultant, award-winning/best-selling author and publisher. One of 17 authors of the Agile Manifesto, co-founder Pragmatic Bookshelf publishers. If you pitch AI "solutions" you are dead to me.
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Ok, I actually spat coffee at this one. The hidden power of music. Also, iguanas.

I've learned an interesting truth about mixing music. A lot of folks ask, "how do you know when a mix is done?" Fair question; most art is never done, merely abandoned.

But when you get to the point when really small fadar moves — just a db or two — unbalances the mix and screws it all up? Yeah you're almost done now.

Upbeat Christmas ballad, a love song with smooth male vocalist that ask, What do You Want for Christmas?
This folk-inspired pop track exudes a tender warmth, weaving a romantic, reflective narrative with a tapestry of acoustic guitar, piano, french horn, cello, and soft percussion. Listen here: https://s.disco.ac/mberlmekkfng
Merry Christmas! From the new album: Upbeat, busy funk and horns Christmas love song with female vocals.Outstanding bass and funk guitars performance. A a cool, confident vibe, featuring a lively blend of percussion, acoustic and electric guitars, bass, synth, piano, and vibrant brass and saxes. Listen on Disco: https://s.disco.ac/gvozjjxluexs

Here's my picks for the ghosts for a certain orange menace:

Past: Jeffery Epstein
Present: AOC
Future: Greta Thunberg

My new track for Halloween: "Ghost Story", a very Pink Floyd-y story track featuring Ben Botfield on vocals, Sérgio da Silva on drums, and the great Breno Machado on guitar. I wrote it and did the Keys and production.

Preview link: https://s.disco.ac/hcbhuegtbqxx

New love songs for Christmas! https://s.disco.ac/amvqwzefrdzq
Featuring guests and friends on cello, french horn, vocals, guitars, drums. Other instruments by me. All written, mixed and produced by me — no AI here.

I make music that paints epic, dramatic moods. My latest release is "A New Adventure" (2025), listen and download now at https://s.disco.ac/jhqagddyndvo

Each piece builds tension, drama and excitement, with convenient edit points, well-formed builds, hits and releases for easier editing. Splashes of bright, bold hope and positive energy weave throughout, leaving your audience excited, inspired and uplifted.

ONE STOP clearance, no samples, no AI, no hassles.

Weatherly Hall

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. After the Second Civil War, Henry buys a long-abandoned, desolate mansion from the pre-Internet era to get away from it all: away from the mass surveillance and constant monitoring of the new paranoid state at the very edge of civilization. But there's m...

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