Downupright
@downupright.bsky.social
Queer boi-ish from Buffalo. I'm a producer, composer, & DJ, as well as a full-stack developer. They/them. I bring startups to prod and make outlandish concept albums that intentionally mix-and-match genres, focused around a base of EDM & pop.
The first review of Troubleseekers is in, from Chris Hedden!
"feels both old and new... futuristic dystopian gloss of Cyberpunk 2077... smoky barroom chords... Downupright makes this postmodern world feel every bit the size it’s meant to convey."
onthebackedgeofthebeat.substack.com/p/the-deck-o...
"feels both old and new... futuristic dystopian gloss of Cyberpunk 2077... smoky barroom chords... Downupright makes this postmodern world feel every bit the size it’s meant to convey."
onthebackedgeofthebeat.substack.com/p/the-deck-o...
The Deck Of Downupright: Deal Me In For This Stacked Troubleseekers Soundtrack
A Journey From Fortuna To The Oligarchs
onthebackedgeofthebeat.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The first review of Troubleseekers is in, from Chris Hedden!
"feels both old and new... futuristic dystopian gloss of Cyberpunk 2077... smoky barroom chords... Downupright makes this postmodern world feel every bit the size it’s meant to convey."
onthebackedgeofthebeat.substack.com/p/the-deck-o...
"feels both old and new... futuristic dystopian gloss of Cyberpunk 2077... smoky barroom chords... Downupright makes this postmodern world feel every bit the size it’s meant to convey."
onthebackedgeofthebeat.substack.com/p/the-deck-o...
NEW DOWNUPRIGHT MUSIC FRIDAY! After a year in the making, today the Troubleseekers OST is released: all streaming sites, and pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp!
Made in collaboration with @foolsmoon.bsky.social, this soundtrack brings the TTRPG's world to life.
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
Made in collaboration with @foolsmoon.bsky.social, this soundtrack brings the TTRPG's world to life.
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
Troubleseekers (Official Soundtrack), by Downupright
13 track album
downupright.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
NEW DOWNUPRIGHT MUSIC FRIDAY! After a year in the making, today the Troubleseekers OST is released: all streaming sites, and pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp!
Made in collaboration with @foolsmoon.bsky.social, this soundtrack brings the TTRPG's world to life.
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
Made in collaboration with @foolsmoon.bsky.social, this soundtrack brings the TTRPG's world to life.
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
@florgoth.bsky.social following up for your release announcements, today's the day, 2x!
1) that OST for a TTRPG is out, PWYW on Bandcamp!
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
2) a new Kickstarter is launched for an album where Backers submit the lyrics!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
1) that OST for a TTRPG is out, PWYW on Bandcamp!
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
2) a new Kickstarter is launched for an album where Backers submit the lyrics!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Troubleseekers (Official Soundtrack), by Downupright
13 track album
downupright.bandcamp.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
@florgoth.bsky.social following up for your release announcements, today's the day, 2x!
1) that OST for a TTRPG is out, PWYW on Bandcamp!
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
2) a new Kickstarter is launched for an album where Backers submit the lyrics!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
1) that OST for a TTRPG is out, PWYW on Bandcamp!
downupright.bandcamp.com/album/troubl...
2) a new Kickstarter is launched for an album where Backers submit the lyrics!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
now which will arrive first, my first backer or my first spammer offering to promote the project for me :P
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
now which will arrive first, my first backer or my first spammer offering to promote the project for me :P
We are LIVE now with DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH!
A modest $300 a goal, and a few tiers based on your syllable count and Proper Noun status, get you in on this project where you pick a word the new album has to use! What FUN! Delight me or challenge me, your call!
tinyurl.com/dont-put-words
A modest $300 a goal, and a few tiers based on your syllable count and Proper Noun status, get you in on this project where you pick a word the new album has to use! What FUN! Delight me or challenge me, your call!
tinyurl.com/dont-put-words
MAKE 100: The Album Where You Impose Your Lyrics On Me
"DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" is Downupright's new audience-involvement experiment where backers supply the words for the songs.
tinyurl.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
We are LIVE now with DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH!
A modest $300 a goal, and a few tiers based on your syllable count and Proper Noun status, get you in on this project where you pick a word the new album has to use! What FUN! Delight me or challenge me, your call!
tinyurl.com/dont-put-words
A modest $300 a goal, and a few tiers based on your syllable count and Proper Noun status, get you in on this project where you pick a word the new album has to use! What FUN! Delight me or challenge me, your call!
tinyurl.com/dont-put-words
Quick update on this- it will go live a little closer to 1 EST. I have some ducks to get in a row before launching. Have your words ready!
Tomorrow we're putting DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH live on Kickstarter around 12 EST!
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Coming soon: MAKE 100: The Album Where You Impose Your Lyrics On Me
"DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" is Downupright's new audience-involvement experiment where backers supply the words for the songs.
www.kickstarter.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Quick update on this- it will go live a little closer to 1 EST. I have some ducks to get in a row before launching. Have your words ready!
INCREDIBLY specific audience for this joke, but I was listening to Satie and I had a musical vision of Knife Party's "Centipede", but right as it builds up to the drop, at the last minute the voice goes "Gymnopedes" and then the drop is Gymnopedies #1
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 PM
INCREDIBLY specific audience for this joke, but I was listening to Satie and I had a musical vision of Knife Party's "Centipede", but right as it builds up to the drop, at the last minute the voice goes "Gymnopedes" and then the drop is Gymnopedies #1
Tomorrow we're putting DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH live on Kickstarter around 12 EST!
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Coming soon: MAKE 100: The Album Where You Impose Your Lyrics On Me
"DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" is Downupright's new audience-involvement experiment where backers supply the words for the songs.
www.kickstarter.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow we're putting DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH live on Kickstarter around 12 EST!
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Hope you've been brainstorming what word you want to contribute to the album's lyrics. It's a Make 100 project, so there are only 100 total slots... back early! :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
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The pre-launch page for my new Kickstarter is now active! DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH is going live soon and you can sign up here to be notified as soon as it launches!
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Coming soon: MAKE 100: The Album Where You Impose Your Lyrics On Me
"DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" is Downupright's new audience-involvement experiment where backers supply the words for the songs.
www.kickstarter.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The pre-launch page for my new Kickstarter is now active! DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH is going live soon and you can sign up here to be notified as soon as it launches!
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
The pre-launch page for my new Kickstarter is now active! DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH is going live soon and you can sign up here to be notified as soon as it launches!
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Coming soon: MAKE 100: The Album Where You Impose Your Lyrics On Me
"DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH" is Downupright's new audience-involvement experiment where backers supply the words for the songs.
www.kickstarter.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
The pre-launch page for my new Kickstarter is now active! DON'T YOU PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH is going live soon and you can sign up here to be notified as soon as it launches!
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
Ready to challenge me on the new "Backers choose the words for the lyrics" album? 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dow...
I've got a new Kickstarter dropping later this week. Keep your eyes peeled: two years after the nuttiness that resulted from "Sixty Songs, Sixty Genres" where the backers help pick the genres, I'm doing something even MORE audience-involved! Get ready to back and do your worst 😉
January 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I've got a new Kickstarter dropping later this week. Keep your eyes peeled: two years after the nuttiness that resulted from "Sixty Songs, Sixty Genres" where the backers help pick the genres, I'm doing something even MORE audience-involved! Get ready to back and do your worst 😉
One of the hardest skills I have struggled with my entire sound design/synthesizer career is "using a square wave without causing a casual listener to instantly think of video games or chiptunes". It is so much harder than you think and beginner sound designers really start from behind on this.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
One of the hardest skills I have struggled with my entire sound design/synthesizer career is "using a square wave without causing a casual listener to instantly think of video games or chiptunes". It is so much harder than you think and beginner sound designers really start from behind on this.
@florgoth.bsky.social and @etherdiver.bsky.social ! I would like to put you both on watch for next week's release of my first game soundtrack Friday the 16th. It's an ambient electronic OST for a TTRPG and it will be on Bandcamp (as well as streaming), it's pretty niche but up your alleys I feel!
January 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@florgoth.bsky.social and @etherdiver.bsky.social ! I would like to put you both on watch for next week's release of my first game soundtrack Friday the 16th. It's an ambient electronic OST for a TTRPG and it will be on Bandcamp (as well as streaming), it's pretty niche but up your alleys I feel!
Just sent the Troubleseekers OST off to the distributors. Can't wait for you all to hear this one. Much more chill and background than typical Downupright but just as dense, with oodles of easter eggs to ambient, electronica, and postmodern composers!
January 1, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Just sent the Troubleseekers OST off to the distributors. Can't wait for you all to hear this one. Much more chill and background than typical Downupright but just as dense, with oodles of easter eggs to ambient, electronica, and postmodern composers!
I'm just about to submit the official Troubleseekers OST to streaming and bandcamp, as well as get ready to distribute it to backers of the crowdfunding! I am really jazzed for everyone to hear it. It's an emotional, mid-fi walk through nostalgia and a bit of a postmodern drip—great for ambience.
December 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm just about to submit the official Troubleseekers OST to streaming and bandcamp, as well as get ready to distribute it to backers of the crowdfunding! I am really jazzed for everyone to hear it. It's an emotional, mid-fi walk through nostalgia and a bit of a postmodern drip—great for ambience.
Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" always haunted me since I saw it at like 12 years old. It's so terrifying in a surreal but mundane way and I've never made sense of it. Of all time, though, it has to be this gorgeous but unsettling, bittersweet one by Chem Bros + Beck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC2d...
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" always haunted me since I saw it at like 12 years old. It's so terrifying in a surreal but mundane way and I've never made sense of it. Of all time, though, it has to be this gorgeous but unsettling, bittersweet one by Chem Bros + Beck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC2d...
I ran into a drunk Andy Dick in LA at an Irish pub, was day-drinking with my Dad. ~2pm. He was hammered, took his shirt off, touched us inappropriately, and tried to steal our bikes. Which as far as I understand it is basically like getting his signature.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I ran into a drunk Andy Dick in LA at an Irish pub, was day-drinking with my Dad. ~2pm. He was hammered, took his shirt off, touched us inappropriately, and tried to steal our bikes. Which as far as I understand it is basically like getting his signature.
I finally switched to Brave today, and there are legitimately entire sites I don't recognize visiting now without the quantity of ads there were before. They look so different they don't register as the same sites.
December 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I finally switched to Brave today, and there are legitimately entire sites I don't recognize visiting now without the quantity of ads there were before. They look so different they don't register as the same sites.
Was listening to Slipknot today and heard "Pulse of the Maggots" and thought that title kind of has a christmas-carol ring to it. Carol of the Bells, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Faeries, Pulse of the Maggots. Just like you remember from christmases past ✨
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Was listening to Slipknot today and heard "Pulse of the Maggots" and thought that title kind of has a christmas-carol ring to it. Carol of the Bells, Dance of the Sugar-Plum Faeries, Pulse of the Maggots. Just like you remember from christmases past ✨
Waking up a version of Bill from three lifetimes ago to shake them awake and tell them that this is happening in 2025: Chapin's back with the definitive book on MTG strategy.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Coming soon: Next Level Magic Forever: The MtG book I wish existed
The void ends soon. Featuring contributions from many of the game's most brilliant minds.
www.kickstarter.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Waking up a version of Bill from three lifetimes ago to shake them awake and tell them that this is happening in 2025: Chapin's back with the definitive book on MTG strategy.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
Whenever you get an interview with one of these billionaires who has a variant on this idea, your first (and really only) question should be "can you enumerate which specific laws it is that you believe society should not be applying to you?"
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Whenever you get an interview with one of these billionaires who has a variant on this idea, your first (and really only) question should be "can you enumerate which specific laws it is that you believe society should not be applying to you?"
Virtual (online) holiday party at work today
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Virtual (online) holiday party at work today
I recently completed my goal of churning off Spotify (as a consumer) over to Apple (would have picked Tidal, but Apple's free for me). Here is my experience about one week in.
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I recently completed my goal of churning off Spotify (as a consumer) over to Apple (would have picked Tidal, but Apple's free for me). Here is my experience about one week in.
After years and years of trying to Be Less Online for a variety of reasons (all the usual suspects, yknow... too much news... distracting from real life... etc...) it's actually just really been kicking in the last six months or so.
I don't even know if I did better; being online just got worse.
I don't even know if I did better; being online just got worse.
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
After years and years of trying to Be Less Online for a variety of reasons (all the usual suspects, yknow... too much news... distracting from real life... etc...) it's actually just really been kicking in the last six months or so.
I don't even know if I did better; being online just got worse.
I don't even know if I did better; being online just got worse.
How did folks like "We Gotta Stop 'Em" ft. Corey Pietrzak on Friday? :) Now to go see if I can get it played at Bills games lol
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
How did folks like "We Gotta Stop 'Em" ft. Corey Pietrzak on Friday? :) Now to go see if I can get it played at Bills games lol