Everyone thinks genius work requires time and effort and a whole lot of luck and innate ability, and it often does, but more than anything, the best thing you could possibly do to create a work of genius

I woke up 2 hours earlier than I had planned and was about to go back to sleep when I noticed a notification as I checked the time. My song had released on streaming platforms. This release is a little

I started playing music in Tokyo in 2010 but I discovered myself as an artist between the mountains and the ocean on a tiny little island with both city and village life 10 minutes apart from each other

Somehow 5 days went by and I was completed deflated and unable to work on the album but then last night at 10 PM, all the excitement came back and so started mixing again until 3 AM. I think the overwhelming

I never claim to be obsessed with music. I believe music is ingrained in our DNA. I believe it is what breaths life into us. It is an emotional representation of the geometry that makes up existence. I'm

For those who are unaware, I am currently working on a 10 track studio album. A few months ago I released a live album on streaming called “Resonance Experiments 1-2” which features 3 of the songs from

An October release for the album is looking more and more unlikely, but I am wondering if that’s not a good thing. Having that as the original deadline was a good idea because I got my ass in gear for

This week is really testing my limits. I woke up and had class for 2 hours, then I met a friend visiting from overseas. Then two more classes, then I went to a concert with another friend from overseas

I just pushed submit on our first single from our first studio album (or rather, home-studio album). As excited as I am, I know how much can happen in two weeks and I know that excitement fades a fair

Due to various circumstances of the five different people I contacted to mix my album, ranging from work and breakups to prison time, I started trying to mix one of the 10 songs on the album to a level

Last night I realized it’s 2026. It suddenly occurred to me that I have memory of almost anything that happened in 2022 or 2023 or 2024 or the first half of 2025. My mind is nearly blank. I can remember

I needed to get half the work out of the way before I could make a chart that would organize what work was left to do, otherwise the workload would completely overwhelm me. The preliminary mixing alone

Conviction. That’s all that was missing. I wish someone could have made that diagnosis earlier. All my blaming the world, blaming those who stood in the way, all those years caught in the victim trap,

I thought our first completely completed track was completely completed, but the more we listened, the more we decided we wanted to make it better. We spent the entire afternoon adding new vocal tracks

I found a working version of the song that was corrupted and so now I have 80-90% complete versions of 8/9 songs, though there’s one I may re-record. I thought it’d be a good time to share a little peek

I keep pushing myself to stay ahead of schedule, partly because I’m excited to release music seriously for the first time, but then also because I have no idea what might go wrong along the way. I’m nearing

Just 5 days ago I completed my first seriously recorded song. Today I have half an album. I have to give myself a pat on the back. I made a very good plan before I started recording and I’ve been putting

Last night at 2 AM, after two 10-hour days, I finally pushed export on what will be the final recording of the first song of my first album. It was “take 4”, so in total I’ve probably spent over 40 hours

We just recorded and mixed for about 10 hours with a short dinner break. I’ve literally never done such difficult work in my life but the first song of the album is finally nearing completion. Today we

Last night we recorded some more vocals and it looks like we have added most of what needs to be added to these two songs. Now it’s time to start cleaning up, taking away what isn’t needed. I feel quite