We transform challenges into opportunities, simply by accepting how little we know of all that can be know, and by opening up our minds to different knowledge and ideas, and our hearts to the voice of our intuition, which we too often try to drown out due to fear of following it, of being faced … Continue reading Day 171.
Day 170: Learning to Die Daily
It’s a good day. Yes, life is weird, but it’s good. You won’t always be able to do what you want. It’s been one of the hardest things I’ve had to learn. Actually, it’s a lesson I’m constantly having to relearn, and which I’m sure I’m still not learning. Surrender doesn’t make you weak. Life … Continue reading Day 170: Learning to Die Daily
Day 169: Unpopular Opinion on Famous CEO Killer
It’s crazy to me to see just how many people are supporting Luigi, the famous CEO killer, and asking for him to be freed. If you know me, you know I’ve always been a huge critic of the world we live in, and of the way society is set up by the rich and powerful … Continue reading Day 169: Unpopular Opinion on Famous CEO Killer
Day 168: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 8)
I’ve been writing about my journey into hardware-based music production and sound design for the last few years, and about just how rewarding the whole experience has been for me, in terms of coming from a DAW production background, but also just in general. Having a hands-on approach and workflow to making music has really … Continue reading Day 168: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 8)
Day 167: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 7)
These past few days I’ve been writing about my recent journey into hardware-based music production and sound design. It’s been about three years since I bought an MPC One, which opened the doors to a world of possibilities for me, as I stopped viewing music production as simply a means to an end, namely making … Continue reading Day 167: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 7)
DAY 166: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 6)
These past few days I’ve been writing about my journey into hardware-based music production these past few years, and how it’s totally reignited my love and passion for music production in an unexpected way. I’ve mentioned that it all started with switching from FL Studio on the PC, which had been my main tool for … Continue reading DAY 166: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 6)
Day 164: Getting Into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 4)
I've been writing about my journey into hardware-based music production for the last few years. It's been a great experience so far, and I've learned a lot, but I know I still have a lot to learn. I started out by writing about a few devices which have greatly inspired me, each with its own … Continue reading Day 164: Getting Into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 4)
Day 163: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 3)
These past few days I’ve written about my journey into hardware-based music production, which started about three or four years ago. The first post I wrote was about some of the hardware that inspired me at the very beginning of this journey, namely the Akai MPC One, the Elektron Digitakt, and the Arturia MicroFreak. The … Continue reading Day 163: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 3)
Day 162: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 2)
Yesterday I wrote about my journey into hardware-based music production over the last few years. I had initially intended for it to be a useful post about certain things I’m sure would be helpful for anyone who’s only getting into the idea of setting up a home studio, or just starting to mess around with … Continue reading Day 162: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 2)
Day 161: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 1)
These past few years I’ve gotten really into hardware-based music production. I can’t think of any deep philosophical topic to write about today so I figured I’d write about my musical journey these past few years, and maybe I can offer some tips to anyone who might be looking into getting started with a Dawless … Continue reading Day 161: Getting into Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 1)
Day 160
500 Words, Day 160. I often find myself in utter amazement as I gaze at some beautiful scenery. Standing face to face with the beauty of nature and the vastness of the planet can be an awe-inspiring and even mystical experience. Although this is the case, the beauty of nature and life is so impactful … Continue reading Day 160
Day 159
500 Words, Day 159. Streets. Roads. Cars. People in pieces of metal speeding along the highway during the early morning hours in a small country at the center of the American continent. I block out the noise as I put on my earphones and walk, and I watch and observe as the day begins. Grey … Continue reading Day 159
Day 158
500 Words, Day 158. I really liked yesterday’s post. Good posts make me feel like a writer. Today I stare at a blank page and have no idea what to write. It makes me feel like an imposter. Like someone who wants to write, or to be a writer. What’s the difference? Well, a writer … Continue reading Day 158
Day 157
500 Words, Day 157. I admit I have no clue what I’m doing. That’s okay because I’m sure most of the world doesn’t know either. What they’re doing I mean. Why does that make it okay? Because I want to be like everyone else? Yes and no. I don’t want to be like anyone else, … Continue reading Day 157
500 WORDS, DAY 156: Growing Up In Two Different Cultures
I was born in the beautiful, tropical country of Honduras, a small nation located in Central America, bordering Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, where my mother’s family is originally from. I’m part Brazilian as well from my father’s side but my brothers and I were all born in Honduras where my parents met. In all … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 156: Growing Up In Two Different Cultures
500 WORDS, DAY 155: Life In A Haze
What is this life I live now? So far from the days of excitedly reading psychedelic trip reports on Erowid, longing for a vision of life I always imagined and romanticized in my thoughts, a life of travel and adventure and freedom. What is this life, this 9-to-5 life, with this hypocritical society and all … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 155: Life In A Haze
500 WORDS, DAY 153: What’s Yours Is Yours
If it’s meant to be it’ll be. Don’t stress over the past. Don’t stress over the future. Believe in God, believe in the universe, believe in love, believe in friendship, believe in goodness. Believe, and go forward into the unknown, without hesitation. Remember that life is for living, not for thinking about. Whatever’s meant for … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 153: What’s Yours Is Yours
500 WORDS, DAY 152: Just Us & This World
I thank God that I can see nature and truly love it, that I can recognize the inherent beauty in this life and recognize it as something pure and powerful. I love the fact that I can just look around me and I can enjoy all the colors of the plants, of all the trees … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 152: Just Us & This World
500 WORDS, DAY 151: Musical Journey: Rapping, Software, Hardware, Modular
I started making music on FL Studio back in 2010/2011. Well… actually, that’s not true. I started making music on a program called Acoustica Mixcraft. Looking back now it’s definitely not a professional DAW in the same way the well-known ones are, but I was able to do what I needed on it, and what … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 151: Musical Journey: Rapping, Software, Hardware, Modular
500 WORDS, DAY 150: Fear
Fear takes on many forms, some not very obvious. We have all been brought up to believe the classic notion that life is unfair and that the planet which we live in is a dangerous place. Often times as we are growing into adulthood, we are discouraged by our families from travelling and seeing the … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 150: Fear
500 WORDS, DAY 147: Be There For Each Other
It's hard watching someone we love suffer, and knowing there's not much we can do about it; wishing we could take away their pain and see them smiling, as they usually are. It's a frightening feeling, when we realize just how little in this life is within our control. Anxiety creeps up, the heartbeat speeds … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 147: Be There For Each Other
500 WORDS, DAY 146: Life is a Series of Nows
Be here now. It’s all we can really ever learn to do to get by. If we’re not present for our greatest victories, why did we work so hard to achieve them? If we’re not present in our sorrow, then are we simply suffering in vain? Life can be complicated. It can be cruel and … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 146: Life is a Series of Nows
500 WORDS, DAY 145: Disconnect
As we advance in the fields of science and technology, in artificial intelligence and robotics and automation of every kind; as we study and work so hard to invent and develop and then further improve every invention we can think of, every device we can dream up that would undoubtedly make our lives easier, we … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 145: Disconnect
500 WORDS, DAY 144: The Source of Life
Beyond time and space, and all form as we know it. Beyond face and name and any recognizable figure, beyond any description or attempt at an explanation. Beyond the sound and the silence, beyond all good and evil, all duality and complexity; beyond all doctrine and dogma is the truth of all that is, the … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 144: The Source of Life
500 WORDS, DAY 143: A Moment of Stillness
I get it. You don’t want to fall behind, or miss out on anything this life has to offer. We live in a fast-paced, ever-changing world, and we’re all trying to get ahead in some way. Some are trying to beat everyone else, while some are only interested in beating themselves, or the version of … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 143: A Moment of Stillness
500 WORDS, DAY 142: Time Flies
Time flies while we sit around idly thinking about it. Time is life, and although it provides us with a blank canvas to start our journey from, it is also active, and is constantly on the move. It can be the harshest truth, and it serves as a constant reminder of our impermanence as human … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 142: Time Flies
500 WORDS, DAY 141: Hermetic Principles of Polarity & Gender
According to Hermetic philosophy, which is summed up nicely in the Kybalion, a 1908 work written by “the Three Initiates” (speculated by some to be William Walker Atkinson), one of the seven principles of nature, otherwise known as the Seven Hermetic Principles, is the principle of polarity. Everything can be seen from two perspectives and … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 141: Hermetic Principles of Polarity & Gender
500 WORDS, DAY 140: Living is Life’s Purpose
We have to be willing stand for what is right even in the face of adversity; especially in the face of adversity. If we are always our true selves then we are simply and humbly fulfilling our mission on this planet, and if we know that we are actively trying to do good and our … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 140: Living is Life’s Purpose
500 WORDS, DAY 139: Meaning and Pleasure
In the face of a seemingly increasingly hostile world, it can be very tempting to retreat into the comfort of what we enjoy, and to think we can forever be comfortable in our own little bubble, with nothing the activities and interests we enjoy. It can be tempting to feel as if we have the … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 139: Meaning and Pleasure
500 WORDS, DAY 138: Boredom (Part 2)
Yesterday I wrote about the increasing levels of boredom in the world, and about some possible causes of it, despite us having access to so much media and entertainment. This whole issue reminds me of a quote from Viktor Frankl that has always inspired me, that says that “when a person can't find a deep … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 138: Boredom (Part 2)
500 WORDS, DAY 137: Boredom (Part 1)
Earlier today I saw the title of an article that stated that, despite people today having access to an ever-expanding selection of all kinds of media and entertainment, and despite steadily increasing levels of consumption of digital media and entertainment, people are continuously finding themselves more and more bored with life. Now, I didn’t actually … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 137: Boredom (Part 1)
500 WORDS, DAY 136: Yoga: Work and Concentration
The word ‘yoga’ comes from the same root as the word ‘yoke’. A yoke is used to bind two animals together. In much the same way, yoga is the art and science of coming together with the Absolute, with the spirit and consciousness of all that is, with what we might normally call God. Yoga … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 136: Yoga: Work and Concentration
500 WORDS, DAY 135: Positivity & Compassion
Strive at all times to become a completely positive person. Life is unpredictable so, as far as I’m concerned, we can never really outsmart it. We can’t hope for an easy life, because we could get it, but we could also get the total opposite. The only way we can be sure that we have … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 135: Positivity & Compassion
500 WORDS, DAY 134: We Have to Keep Moving
Wow. I can’t believe I’ve posted on here for one hundred and thirty-four days straight. I’m not sure what my last record was, but I’m pretty sure this is the longest I’ve gone with this goal. I’m almost half a year in, and in a way, it actually seems to be getting easier, as if … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 134: We Have to Keep Moving
500 WORDS, DAY 133: Life is Love, Love is Life
All that we are is a result of what we have thought. A thought is a seed, that if cultivated, can grow into a deed. Actions have reactions, and if repeated, they become habits. Habits are the fabric of our lives, they are what make up our days, and what we fill up our days … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 133: Life is Love, Love is Life
500 WORDS, DAY 132: Dual Nature
We live in a world of duality, where everything has a certain degree of polarity. As human beings living in this world, we are not separate from it, but a part of it. W are one with nature, since we are really no different from the rest of it. We have our own polarity, and … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 132: Dual Nature
500 WORDS, DAY 131: Communication
Communication is so important. Whether we’re talking about friendships, family, romantic relationships, co-workers, or collaborators of any kind, everyone could benefit from having better communication, and therefore understanding, between each other. Even entire communities, nations, and groups of all kinds would benefit greatly from better communication with other groups in their communities. There are so … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 131: Communication
500 WORDS, DAY 130: A Hip-Hop Legend
If there’s one thing I’ve been doing for a long time, and that I enjoy and know how to do, it’s listening to music. I’ve been a longtime listener of music of all genres by all kinds of artists. Sometimes I listen to random albums, but mostly I listen to artists’ full discographies from beginning … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 130: A Hip-Hop Legend
500 WORDS, DAY 129: We Don’t Know What Is Real
We all like to act as if we know what is real, as if we can possibly grasp the magnitude and wonder of life and everything it could possibly be or mean. We laugh at supernatural claims and spiritual beliefs. We are all very sophisticated in our own minds, whether we would like to recognize … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 129: We Don’t Know What Is Real
500 WORDS, DAY 128: Ready for Whatever
Expectations are tricky. Often times, we would most likely find that we wouldn’t have gotten so disappointment by a situation’s outcome, had we not expected it to go in a very different way. When things don’t go our way, it can sometimes feel like we need to rebel, or simply keep a bad attitude, about … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 128: Ready for Whatever
500 WORDS, DAY 127: Choose Your Thoughts
Stay vigilant, and be aware of complications that could arise, but don’t dwell on possible disaster. Life is full of danger, but it is also full of beauty and amazing experiences. So much of our lives, and whether we feel comfortable and happy with them, comes down to how we perceive life, with how we … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 127: Choose Your Thoughts
500 WORDS, DAY 126: Time is Not Money
Some people love to say that time is money. According to them, time is nothing but a resource for making money. In today’s material world it can really seem like that’s the case, but I know for a fact that so many people are struggling with this concept and with its implications on their lives, … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 126: Time is Not Money
500 WORDS, DAY 125: We All Have Wisdom to Share With Each Other
This post is part of an ongoing writing series. I’ve challenged myself to post at least five hundred words a day on here, indefinitely. Some days I write the post that same day, some days I use something pre-written. I started with the idea of each day’s topic continuing from the previous day, although that … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 125: We All Have Wisdom to Share With Each Other
500 WORDS, DAY 124: Art, Including the Art of Living…
This post is part of an ongoing writing series. I’ve challenged myself to post at least five hundred words a day on here, indefinitely. Some days I write the post that same day, some days I use something pre-written. I started with the idea of each day’s topic continuing from the previous day, although that … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 124: Art, Including the Art of Living…
500 WORDS, DAY 123: The Joy of Reading and Art
This post is part of an ongoing series, or writing experiment. I’ve challenged myself to post at least five hundred words a day on here, indefinitely. Some days I write the post that same day, some days I use something pre-written. I started with the idea of each day’s topic continuing from the previous day, … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 123: The Joy of Reading and Art
500 WORDS, DAY 122: Embrace the Now!
“The secret of it all,” says Walt Whitman, “is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment – to put things down without deliberation – without worrying about their style – without waiting for a fit time or place.” Now, I don’t really know what the throb or the gush are, … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 122: Embrace the Now!
500 WORDS, DAY 121: Can’t Hide From Life’s Lessons
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while then you know I’m a stoner, and have been one for a while now, and I’ve gone through many different stages of use, setting up all kinds of goals for moderation throughout the years, at times following through and at times not so much. Now, although … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 121: Can’t Hide From Life’s Lessons
500 WORDS, DAY 120: The Importance of Balance
Balance is really one of the most important things we can learn and practice in this life, if not the most important thing, since it applies to absolutely everything. Everything, and I really do mean absolutely everything, has to be balanced. Not everything is, but everything should be, in order for some degree of order … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 120: The Importance of Balance
500 WORDS, DAY 119: All You Need is Love
Love can be such a beautiful thing, but I feel like it's unfortunately severely misunderstood by society at large. I think people underestimate the power of love because it seems to many like little more than a nice concept, only a mere fantasy which hardly translates to real life, especially when it comes to romantic … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 119: All You Need is Love
500 WORDS, DAY 118: Melancholy/Nostalgia
Joy and sadness all come over me and converge into a constant feeling of melancholy, a faint satisfaction which is strange to try to describe, as I think of what I’ve sacrificed and what I’ve gained, both consciously and unconsciously, throughout the fleeting years of my life up until now. That melancholy has become so … Continue reading 500 WORDS, DAY 118: Melancholy/Nostalgia
Day 165: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 5)
These past few days I’ve been describing my journey into hardware-based music production over the past few years. I’ve been producing music for over a decade. I started out on the PC, using FL Studio and various VSTs like Nexus, Serum, and Omnisphere. It wasn’t until a few years back that I decided to finally … Continue reading Day 165: Hardware-Based Music Production (Part 5)
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