I’m working a freelance gig composing music for an alarm clock which is a really interesting job since the clock uses a hyper-directional speaker with a limited frequency response and I essentially have to write everything in a 2-octave range - I basically am forced into working under an Oblique Strategies card.
hey i don’t really use this website as often as i used to anymore – sorry about that; if you’re interested in following my life for some reason hit me up on twitter: @nickpitman
Arcanist #001 is complete. I built this for my friend @nckptmn of @for-everest. The first prototype was built in a Weber 6S100 chassis, and was my first amp build. This takes all of the tonal cues from that amp, but with great improvements in build quality and design.
The overall design concept is to combine some of my favorite tones. You can find the chime of an AC30, the bloom and low end of an Orange OR series, and the hi-fi clean tones of an early Sunn amp. It’s mainly a pedal platform, but with the idea that a good boost pedal can serve as the primary drive.
My current plan is to play this hard for a while while making some changes to the preamp. Once that is all said and done I’ll be making a demo video and taking some proper photos to gear up for preorders. More info on that when I get my bearings.
i was lucky enough to borrow the arcanist prototype at broken world fest 2015 and as soon as we finished our set i told John “i need the next one of these that you make.” it’s the best sounding amp i’ve ever played and I can’t thank John enough for his help making this happen.
The dot com site is a CLONE of ofsds.org (and a bad one at that)
DO NOT DONATE THROUGH oldfriendsseniordogs.com
i can’t speak to why the sites don’t match or what that could mean but the sanctuary has publicly said that they need to move within 60 days and linked to the oldfriendsseniordogs.com website for donations……….
i have talked a lot a shit about soylent and how rob rhinehart’s way of ‘optimizing’ his life and environment is at best discomforting and at worst sociopathic (read his weird fucking blog post about dating to see what i mean), but i got my first 12-pack of soylent and as a person who has a bad habit of skipping meals AND has a pretty narrow and not always nutritional comfort zone with food, this is revelatory.
im moving and trying to obtain a new apartment in a new city for my partner and i. im disabled, mentally ill, and in a pretty tight situation. im trying to not be homeless come october 1st. any little bit helps. if you can, please donate to my bandcamp and receive my new birthday ep sarahcowell.bandcamp.com
im feel scummy having to make this post, but if you can’t donate, please share.
