Musicians Should Learn To Laugh At Themselves For Having Crappy Influences

Originally posted on CERUMENTRIC:
One time, I left my music player’s speakers on low while I was dozing off. I heard this one electropop-style song there and wondered, “What kind of shitty band is that and why is that shitty song on my playlist?” Turns out it was one of my old songs. I don’t…

Back With A Vengeance (A Momentary Break More Like) And Some Reflections

Define Your Own Success, and Fuck The Naysayers

Originally posted on CERUMENTRIC:
To those who keep telling me to never give up, thank you so much. You don’t know how much that means to me. I will be busy in the next few weeks squeezing in studio time in between taking care of my two asthmatic sons, taking care of an old semi-blind…

Gloom Antidote – The First 2015 CERUMENTRIC Mixtape

Random Poems Are Best Handwritten (Or So I Think)

Not So Ambient, Dying In Obscurity, and Future Nerds

Originally posted on CERUMENTRIC:
It’s turning out that what I intended as an ambient music side project is becoming less ambient and more like a slasher B-movie music score. I signed up for the RPM Challenge of coming up with ten tracks before February is over and I’m figuratively running around like a headless chicken.…

Fight or Flight – or Why I Hate Being Too Nice To A Fault

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