The Private Program

Longform navel-gazing about music, with a focus on songs and synthesizers.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

We've gotta go back

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Hey, so it's been a year since I've written in this thing. Life got in the way, and I'm comfortable with that. But I've been...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

All music is pop music (or, James and Johnny Mercer)

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Hi, I’m back. I got a job, and it’s been eating up a bunch of time and physical and mental energy. On top of that, I’ve been mixing a recor...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Support in the Maker Age

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Sometimes working with music equipment, especially vintage gear, can feel like being an antique car enthusiast - things break, fuses blow, ...
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

My Roland Story

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My first piece of synthesizer hardware ever was a Roland MC-505 “groovebox.” Then the first software I used was ReBirth, which emulated Ro...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The New Basics: A Recording Equipment Guide for The Rest Of Us

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I love talking about gear with people. My longtime friend Joel from Sister Sister recently called me up to pick my brain about an upcoming ...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The limits of control?

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I recently obtained my bucket list synthesizer/sequencer setup: a Roland System 100m modular and Roland MC-4 sequencer. I’ve wanted one of ...
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Hortonius
Chicago, IL, United States
Obsessed with synthesizers, voltage controlled effects, old things, navel-gazing about songwriting.
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