J Herskowitz
@jherskowitz.com
🎸 as Quarantine Angst (https://quarantineangst.com/)
▶️ Advising + Tinkering
⏮️ Product @ SeatGeek, Spotify, Tomahawk, LimeWire, AOL music, DigiScents, GameShark & some other stuff
🪹 Brooklyn, NY
▶️ Advising + Tinkering
⏮️ Product @ SeatGeek, Spotify, Tomahawk, LimeWire, AOL music, DigiScents, GameShark & some other stuff
🪹 Brooklyn, NY
I don't know exactly who needs to hear this, but this is good.
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I don't know exactly who needs to hear this, but this is good.
One of the perks of not making music until later in life is occasionally getting messages like this from old friends you haven't seen in decades.
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
One of the perks of not making music until later in life is occasionally getting messages like this from old friends you haven't seen in decades.
I feel like someone at Spotify just stumbled across the flowcharts I made 8 years ago. 😆
artists.spotify.com/royalties-gu...
artists.spotify.com/royalties-gu...
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I feel like someone at Spotify just stumbled across the flowcharts I made 8 years ago. 😆
artists.spotify.com/royalties-gu...
artists.spotify.com/royalties-gu...
Hey look, I took apart the loft I made for my daughter 15 years ago and turned it into a fireplace — and I only yelled profanity a handful of times!
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey look, I took apart the loft I made for my daughter 15 years ago and turned it into a fireplace — and I only yelled profanity a handful of times!
Of all the crazy things I've seen at the NYC Marathon, the craziest so far was the guy on the 3:15 pace running in jeans.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Of all the crazy things I've seen at the NYC Marathon, the craziest so far was the guy on the 3:15 pace running in jeans.
Took less than 5 minutes.
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Took less than 5 minutes.
Left the beach on North Carolina to go hike along the Virginia/West Virginia border.
October 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Left the beach on North Carolina to go hike along the Virginia/West Virginia border.
I'm honestly quite surprised that Spotify is testing inflicting everyone with this UI for a feature that most people aren't going to give a shit about. If you want to just scan the playlist to see what's in it, good luck.
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm honestly quite surprised that Spotify is testing inflicting everyone with this UI for a feature that most people aren't going to give a shit about. If you want to just scan the playlist to see what's in it, good luck.
Asking it to analyze one of my songs it gave a long multi-part explanation although a bit generic. When asked more it basically copped to making it all up.
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Asking it to analyze one of my songs it gave a long multi-part explanation although a bit generic. When asked more it basically copped to making it all up.
It's been 5 years but it's good to see you again HiFi.
Time to fire up the Sonos...
Time to fire up the Sonos...
October 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's been 5 years but it's good to see you again HiFi.
Time to fire up the Sonos...
Time to fire up the Sonos...
What kind of idiot drops new music on the same day as the biggest artist in the world?
🤚 this kind of idiot! But mine is only a 3:47 long 🎸 song - so may I humbly suggest you start there?
🤚 this kind of idiot! But mine is only a 3:47 long 🎸 song - so may I humbly suggest you start there?
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What kind of idiot drops new music on the same day as the biggest artist in the world?
🤚 this kind of idiot! But mine is only a 3:47 long 🎸 song - so may I humbly suggest you start there?
🤚 this kind of idiot! But mine is only a 3:47 long 🎸 song - so may I humbly suggest you start there?
OK, I just forced myself to be done with this new song. It's called Rat Handed and I will drop it on Bandcamp on Monday and everywhere else next Friday.
In the meantime, here's a sneak... 🔊
In the meantime, here's a sneak... 🔊
September 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
OK, I just forced myself to be done with this new song. It's called Rat Handed and I will drop it on Bandcamp on Monday and everywhere else next Friday.
In the meantime, here's a sneak... 🔊
In the meantime, here's a sneak... 🔊
Greetings from Ithaca. Tomorrow we wrap up our 8 day/1200 mile lake roadtrip and head back to city life. Grass touched.
September 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Greetings from Ithaca. Tomorrow we wrap up our 8 day/1200 mile lake roadtrip and head back to city life. Grass touched.
My daughter sent me this picture from her dining hall and I'm now considering pulling her out of school. 🤢
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My daughter sent me this picture from her dining hall and I'm now considering pulling her out of school. 🤢
Yesterday we drove from Lake Placid down through the Adirondacks to check out Schroon Lake, Lake George and Great Sacandaga Lake before heading a couple of hundred miles west to Canandaigua Lake to hang out in the Finger Lakes region for a couple of days. 🚗
September 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Yesterday we drove from Lake Placid down through the Adirondacks to check out Schroon Lake, Lake George and Great Sacandaga Lake before heading a couple of hundred miles west to Canandaigua Lake to hang out in the Finger Lakes region for a couple of days. 🚗
My wife got this voicemail transcription today and I'm definitely going to be making references to it for the next several years.
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My wife got this voicemail transcription today and I'm definitely going to be making references to it for the next several years.
My family's shared album of our dog has now surpassed 1,000 photos in 4 years. I think we have a problem.
September 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My family's shared album of our dog has now surpassed 1,000 photos in 4 years. I think we have a problem.
Today we checked out the islands in Lake Champlain, waved to Canada, headed by Tupper Lake, drank some good beer in Saranac Lake and are now going to hang out in Lake Placid for the next day or so. It's pretty up here. 🚗
September 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Today we checked out the islands in Lake Champlain, waved to Canada, headed by Tupper Lake, drank some good beer in Saranac Lake and are now going to hang out in Lake Placid for the next day or so. It's pretty up here. 🚗
Damn, this Airbnb goes hard.
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Damn, this Airbnb goes hard.
It seems things are going about as expected for the new new new Napster.
August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It seems things are going about as expected for the new new new Napster.
Well, I guess I'm cancelling all my plans today...
August 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well, I guess I'm cancelling all my plans today...
