my old garageband tracks finally have album covers

After my last post, I couldn’t stop thinking about those old GarageBand tracks. They were just audio with no artwork, so I decided to give them a little upgrade. 

I made album covers for them and reposted them on my YouTube channel. Same music as before, but now they look like real releases. 

They’re still rough, and that’s fine. It’s the same music from when I was just experimenting. Now it’s easier to look back and see where I started. 

If you want to hear them, they’re on my YouTube channel.

my new favorite passion project

I recently started learning how to make YouTube Shorts. More specifically, I’ve been using Google Flow and YouTube Omni to create videos, and I’m having a lot more fun with it than I expected. 

One video in particular turned out better than I thought it would. It’s a video I generated, paired with music I made and a poem I wrote. When I watched it back, it felt like all the different art styles I’ve picked up over the years had finally landed in the same place. The music, the poetry, and the AI and tech side of things all fit together. 

Honestly, the transition was pretty easy for me. I’ve always been into tech and coding, so working with these tools feels natural. The more I use them, the more I enjoy them. Every time I sit down, I find something new I can do, and it’s starting to feel like a way to really capture the kinds of things I want to make. 

I’m not trying to turn this into anything bigger than it is. It’s a passion project, and it’s something I enjoy.

i almost deleted this

There's been several times that I almost deleted this from my YouTube Channel. A few years ago, I was making music with GarageBand. I was experimenting, learning and creating things without knowing where they would lead. 

Looking back, it's tempting to delete the old stuff and move on. But every now and then, I think there's a reason to leave it there. Not everything you create has to be perfect. 

Sometimes it's enough to look back and remember where you started.

why i switched back to my pixel

A few weeks ago I sat on my iPhone, and it didn't survive. Not only did the back get wrecked, it also took out the NFC and GPS. That meant no Apple Pay, and I had to navigate the old-school way, with an actual map. 

Instead of fixing it, I decided to go back to my Pixel. I already had the phone, the watch, and the earbuds, so the switch was easy. What I wasn't used to was having Gemini everywhere. On the iPhone, I never felt like I had an AI built right into the phone. I was always tapping the ChatGPT app. 

Now I just say "Hey Google" and I'm having a conversation, wherever I am. It's been really helpful. 

I also really missed having a dedicated Blogger app on the iPhone. Not having one almost made me not want to use the platform anymore. 

Another thing I noticed right away was the weight. My Pixel is a lot lighter than my iPhone, and they're both Pro models. 

Overall, the Pixel just feels more intuitive. It also has some cool features, like screen recording with the selfie camera on, which basically lets you make TikToks if that's your thing.

So yeah, sitting on my phone was a pretty expensive mistake, but I'm happy to be back.

spacex lighting up the sky

It was a pretty typical morning. I was having my morning coffee before work when I noticed two people who looked like they stop jogging to look at something in the sky. I looked up too. 

At first, I didn't think much of it, but then I remember hearing about SpaceX launch a few days earlier. I didn't expect to see it myself, but there it was.

I pulled out my phone and tried to get a video. The footage isn't the greatest, and I had to go to work before I was able to see the jellyfish effect, but it was still cool to see. 

I wasn't out looking for anything special. I was just drinking my coffee before work, and suddenly I was watching something that was going to be on the news later. 

Not a bad way to start the day.