One Take

Done in one take early this morning. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Making the World Better

One of the basic concepts of quantum mechanics, the physics of the very small, states that a particle essentially has two states of being: a set of potentials and the particle itself. A very rough approximation would be, say, a season of American Idol. The set of potentials would be all of the contestants who [...]

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Confirmations of Doing the Right Thing or The End of SAD?

Tuesday was easily one of my most productive, and happiest, days in months. I composed a new instrumental, a new choral piece, then restarted the Zetaman webisode demo track I was working on. Yesterday I composed yet another instrumental and completed the demo track. At the same time, summer has decided to show up here [...]

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Key Slam Therapy

I just finished doing something I haven’t done in a very long time: I sat at my keyboard and just played. I wasn’t trying to write anything in particular. Actually, no, that’s not quite true: I am trying to write something, but I’ve got Mr. Insecure in the way. So I stopped trying to come [...]

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Crossing Uncanny Valley

Yesterday morning I succumbed to gear lust and picked up a PS3. I could rationalize it because my roommates also were looking at getting one, too, and I just beat them to the punch. They wanted to play the most recent version of Ratchet & Clank, a series they’d enjoyed on the original PlayStation as [...]

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OstiNote: Plans for 2010

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One-Hour Challenge

What can you make in an hour?

OstiNote: Tools

OstiNote: Tools from Ostin Drais on Vimeo.

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Changes happen in life

Just when you’ve settled into a life pattern, something comes along which knocks you out of your rhythm. This has been a constant in my life the last few years. Or, to put another way, the old saw about the only constant being change has certainly held true. Things have been tracking poorly over the [...]

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OstiNote: Joe Saturday

OstiNote: Joe Saturday from Ostin Drais on Vimeo. View the film here: JoeSaturday.com

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