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It made a bad instrument worse and I didn’t pursue Charlie’s techniques much longer than I did Stanley Jordan’s (about 3 months each), but it did crack open the door a little wider to my future as an instrument hacker and designer. Thanks again for supporting what I do dad ❤️

lousy instrument was holding me back. Later, in my relatively short “Charlie Hunter phase”, I cut all the frets to 2/3rds and put bass guitar strings in there for the bottom two. This effectively gave me two strings of fretless bass to do my walking-bass-plus-comping-thing.

and how they largely grew from my performance concepts. Big thanks to Ableton and The GRAMMY Museum for putting together such an outstanding event. It was an honor and a privilege to be there!

It will now journey back to Shakey’s hands, and ultimately to another wearer who can benefit from its immense, dare I say, Mojo? Thanks for the outstanding suit Jules!

It has served me well for many years, appeared at many shows, and helped make me the spokesperson for an ad campaign on billboards in Kyrgyzstan (no joke).

the museum's Chief Curator Jasen Emmons, and Brendan Hogan who designed a slew of other activities for the exhibit. There will be loads of Ableton-flavored music tech juiciness to enjoy. I hope to see you there!

exhibit: Sonic Playground. I'll be talking about the two interactive instruments I designed for the exhibit and give a live performance of some original music. We'll be joined by

Much love to all my Hoosiers!
See you soon in Chambana!
…or maybe that little city nearby called Chicago? ;-)
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offering support as we began our family life together. I already miss my friends who moved away from Indianapolis (obviously), but the fact that they keep in touch gives me hope that I’ll continue to grow the friendships I’ve found here in Indy for a long time to come!

I’ll miss the fine people at Machyne Makerspace who gave me a place to craft my inventions while helping me learn new fabrication techniques. I’ll miss Mélanie’s colleagues at Butler University who have been so incredibly kind to us from the moment we set foot in this city,