Sockpuppet
@sockpuppet.band
Totally a real band and not just @beesbuzz.biz pretending.
Check out our #music at https://sockpuppet.band/!
Check out our #music at https://sockpuppet.band/!
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Sockpuppet
@sockpuppet.band
· Mar 30
Sockpuppet
Sockpuppet
n. A puppet made from a sock or similar garment.
n. (Internet) An alternate identity used by someone in order to appear as if they are someone else.
v. To maintain one or more such alterna...
sockpuppet.band
More detailed info about me:
• Grew up thinking I'd be a musician
• Became a software engineer
• Burned out hard
• Now I make game soundtracks and sing about cats and mental health and stuff
• So, turns out kid-me was right
Check out my music, live shows, and other social links at sockpuppet.band
• Grew up thinking I'd be a musician
• Became a software engineer
• Burned out hard
• Now I make game soundtracks and sing about cats and mental health and stuff
• So, turns out kid-me was right
Check out my music, live shows, and other social links at sockpuppet.band
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In about 20 minutes I'll be a guest on "What The Puck," talking about Trans Academy! www.twitch.tv/puck
Puck - Twitch
What The Puck! Episode 5 Feat. Studio Penrose and Trans Academy | !gg !merch
www.twitch.tv
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In about 20 minutes I'll be a guest on "What The Puck," talking about Trans Academy! www.twitch.tv/puck
My full set from Skyline Aurora Fest is on YouTube. Please enjoy the music and also consider sending a donation to #FeedingAmerica. feedingamerica.org
youtu.be/4e9JuW1GleU
youtu.be/4e9JuW1GleU
Skyline Aurora Fest
YouTube video by Sockpuppet
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
My full set from Skyline Aurora Fest is on YouTube. Please enjoy the music and also consider sending a donation to #FeedingAmerica. feedingamerica.org
youtu.be/4e9JuW1GleU
youtu.be/4e9JuW1GleU
I haven't felt like working on novembeat for the last few days but on the plus side I've made a lot of progress on reuploading my music catalog to YouTube in a self-administered way. I'm super proud of the visualizer I built for Refactor, for example, all in FFmpeg! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Refactor - YouTube
Album released 2015/06/14
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I haven't felt like working on novembeat for the last few days but on the plus side I've made a lot of progress on reuploading my music catalog to YouTube in a self-administered way. I'm super proud of the visualizer I built for Refactor, for example, all in FFmpeg! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Posted a blog post about my current music projects, including a plan for hopefully something better than the current state of streaming music for independent musicians. sockpuppet.band/blog/2959-Go...
Goings-on in the Sockiverse
Hello! I think it’s been a while since I’ve talked about what’s going on with the band and what sorts of things are happening. So here’s a casual collection of updates along those lines.
sockpuppet.band
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Posted a blog post about my current music projects, including a plan for hopefully something better than the current state of streaming music for independent musicians. sockpuppet.band/blog/2959-Go...
For those who are interested in doing short-run or on-demand drop-shipping for their CD releases, I just got my first batch of Kunaki CDs and tl;dr, they're fantastic. sockpuppet.band/blog/2010-Re...
Review: Kunaki CDs
My first batch of CDs from Kunaki arrived today, and here’s a brief review of how they turned out.
sockpuppet.band
October 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
For those who are interested in doing short-run or on-demand drop-shipping for their CD releases, I just got my first batch of Kunaki CDs and tl;dr, they're fantastic. sockpuppet.band/blog/2010-Re...
I wrote a post about Bandcrash, the software I use (and wrote) to accelerate a whole bunch of parts of my music publishing. Now it also supports CD authoring!
sockpuppet.band/blog/3367-Ba...
sockpuppet.band/blog/3367-Ba...
Bandcrash: Not just for self-publishing
If you’ve poked around this website you probably know that I wrote and use Bandcrash to build the embedded players for the music previews. You might also be aware of it as the tool that I use to publi...
sockpuppet.band
October 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I wrote a post about Bandcrash, the software I use (and wrote) to accelerate a whole bunch of parts of my music publishing. Now it also supports CD authoring!
sockpuppet.band/blog/3367-Ba...
sockpuppet.band/blog/3367-Ba...
Major update: My music is leaving the various streaming platforms (particularly Spotify), and I don't know when it'll be coming back. sockpuppet.band/blog/2156-Wh...
I'll do what I can to keep it available on YouTube Music, at least, since that's the one service that lets me self-administer.
I'll do what I can to keep it available on YouTube Music, at least, since that's the one service that lets me self-administer.
Where’d your music go?!
Today I removed all my music, except The War Machine, from Spotify, for the reasons explained in that song (and also in this lengthy diatribe).
sockpuppet.band
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Major update: My music is leaving the various streaming platforms (particularly Spotify), and I don't know when it'll be coming back. sockpuppet.band/blog/2156-Wh...
I'll do what I can to keep it available on YouTube Music, at least, since that's the one service that lets me self-administer.
I'll do what I can to keep it available on YouTube Music, at least, since that's the one service that lets me self-administer.
Someday I need to remember to set up automatic blog posting here! I did a really good show with @archive.org last Friday and I wrote up how it went, and also some of my thoughts about archive.org itself and how they relate to my own future plans. sockpuppet.band/blog/1238-He...
Hello Internet Archive!
Today I had my first gig with the Internet Archive in their mini concerts series. It was a really good experience (and if you’re a musician, especially one who performs online, I urge you to sign up f...
sockpuppet.band
September 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Someday I need to remember to set up automatic blog posting here! I did a really good show with @archive.org last Friday and I wrote up how it went, and also some of my thoughts about archive.org itself and how they relate to my own future plans. sockpuppet.band/blog/1238-He...
The War Machine is now on Spotify! It would be really funny if this anti-Spotify song became a hit there. open.spotify.com/album/2R8S3c...
The War Machine
open.spotify.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The War Machine is now on Spotify! It would be really funny if this anti-Spotify song became a hit there. open.spotify.com/album/2R8S3c...
Oh yeah some of my music is now available on KVRR, a streaming radio station that broadcasts VRChat musicians 24/7!
kvrradio.com
kvrradio.com
KVRR
kvrradio.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Oh yeah some of my music is now available on KVRR, a streaming radio station that broadcasts VRChat musicians 24/7!
kvrradio.com
kvrradio.com
Hey y’all, songfight live is in seattle this year, August 8-9 at Jellyfish Brewing in Georgetown. I’ll be going on at 6:30ish on the 8th. sockpuppet.band/live/2658-So... for more info!
Song Fight! Live! Five and Twenty
Song Fight!’s annual show will be taking place in Seattle, WA at Jellyfish Brewing Georgetown (917 South Nebraska Street) on August 8 and 9. Some subset of Sockpuppet and possible guests will be going...
sockpuppet.band
August 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Hey y’all, songfight live is in seattle this year, August 8-9 at Jellyfish Brewing in Georgetown. I’ll be going on at 6:30ish on the 8th. sockpuppet.band/live/2658-So... for more info!
I have a couple of albums in here. There’s a lot of amazing games, too. Every purchase supports queer creators and is an incredible deal for you, as well. Plus, many of these games have been delisted thanks to puritanical bullshit. Please support independent creators.
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I have a couple of albums in here. There’s a lot of amazing games, too. Every purchase supports queer creators and is an incredible deal for you, as well. Plus, many of these games have been delisted thanks to puritanical bullshit. Please support independent creators.
Hey y’all I have a new single coming out on Friday. You can preorder it at mirlo.space/sockpuppet/r... or wait for it on my Bandcamp. It’ll be released to streaming in around two weeks.
The War Machine
An album by Sockpuppet
mirlo.space
July 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hey y’all I have a new single coming out on Friday. You can preorder it at mirlo.space/sockpuppet/r... or wait for it on my Bandcamp. It’ll be released to streaming in around two weeks.
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✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
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Okay, well.
Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies.
Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.
Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies.
Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.
July 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Okay, well.
Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies.
Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.
Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies.
Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Major Indie Marketplace Itch.io Shadowbans NSFW Content, Trans Authors Impacted
A dangerous escalation against free speech and literary preservation from a longtime haven for transfeminine literature.
thetransfemininereview.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:02 AM
🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING: In a dangerous evening escalation of the anti-porn war on the gaming industry, indie platform @itch.io has banned a number of NSFW titles and delisted thousands of others.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
Trans authors are caught in the crossfire.
MasterCard, Visa, and anti-porn group Collective Shout drove the ban.
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People keep telling me that I shouldn't be mad at @itch.io, just the payment processors.
They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night.
Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.
They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night.
Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
People keep telling me that I shouldn't be mad at @itch.io, just the payment processors.
They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night.
Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.
They are fundamentally misunderstanding why I was up until 4am reporting on this last night.
Itch is withholding trans authors' incomes. If you stiff my girls, then yeah, we have a fucking problem.
I do not create NSFW content myself.
However, most of what I do these days is make music for games which would be considered NSFW, often just because they include LGBTQ+ characters.
Simply *being* trans also makes me inherently NSFW in these peoples' minds.
However, most of what I do these days is make music for games which would be considered NSFW, often just because they include LGBTQ+ characters.
Simply *being* trans also makes me inherently NSFW in these peoples' minds.
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I do not create NSFW content myself.
However, most of what I do these days is make music for games which would be considered NSFW, often just because they include LGBTQ+ characters.
Simply *being* trans also makes me inherently NSFW in these peoples' minds.
However, most of what I do these days is make music for games which would be considered NSFW, often just because they include LGBTQ+ characters.
Simply *being* trans also makes me inherently NSFW in these peoples' minds.
The most recent @transacademy.bsky.social video is up. I’m super proud of this one, not just for the music I made for it, but also for being a part of such an amazing, supportive community that is able to make everything that lead up to this happen to begin with. youtu.be/zznBjBfAlBI
Trans Pride VR 2025 Retrospective
YouTube video by Trans Academy
youtu.be
July 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The most recent @transacademy.bsky.social video is up. I’m super proud of this one, not just for the music I made for it, but also for being a part of such an amazing, supportive community that is able to make everything that lead up to this happen to begin with. youtu.be/zznBjBfAlBI
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The game industry is a bit of a mess right now and it’s hitting all of us, but when things get bad, they’re often toughest on marginalized folk.
So. @aiviwave.com and I are launching the Rising Star Patronage Project to support game composers & make great music!
www.gofundme.com/f/video-game...
So. @aiviwave.com and I are launching the Rising Star Patronage Project to support game composers & make great music!
www.gofundme.com/f/video-game...
Donate to Video Game Music for a Cause, organized by Star Victoria Power
The economy is garbage and it feels like we’re all doomed. I know it seems like there… Star Victoria Power needs your support for Video Game Music for a Cause
www.gofundme.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The game industry is a bit of a mess right now and it’s hitting all of us, but when things get bad, they’re often toughest on marginalized folk.
So. @aiviwave.com and I are launching the Rising Star Patronage Project to support game composers & make great music!
www.gofundme.com/f/video-game...
So. @aiviwave.com and I are launching the Rising Star Patronage Project to support game composers & make great music!
www.gofundme.com/f/video-game...
Reminder: If you're listening to music on Spotify, you are not paying the musicians you are listening to. Instead you are paying Joe Rogan and helping Daniel Ek to fund the war machine.
Literally any other streaming service is a more ethical choice and most of them support the artists way more.
Literally any other streaming service is a more ethical choice and most of them support the artists way more.
July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reminder: If you're listening to music on Spotify, you are not paying the musicians you are listening to. Instead you are paying Joe Rogan and helping Daniel Ek to fund the war machine.
Literally any other streaming service is a more ethical choice and most of them support the artists way more.
Literally any other streaming service is a more ethical choice and most of them support the artists way more.
I wrote some words about how to go about making CDs and vinyl these days. sockpuppet.band/blog/2798-CD...
Also I posted an update about elasticStage: sockpuppet.band/blog/1085-el...
Also I posted an update about elasticStage: sockpuppet.band/blog/1085-el...
CD and vinyl manufacturing options
I’ve been looking into physical releases again lately. After my recent vinyl releases, my various polls have found that people are much more interested in buying things on CD than vinyl, because they’...
sockpuppet.band
June 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I wrote some words about how to go about making CDs and vinyl these days. sockpuppet.band/blog/2798-CD...
Also I posted an update about elasticStage: sockpuppet.band/blog/1085-el...
Also I posted an update about elasticStage: sockpuppet.band/blog/1085-el...
It is unfortunate that Vrelium is still only on xitter and hasn't started posting on bsky for some reason, but here's the poster for the upcoming show this weekend. I hope you can make it to some of it!
June 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It is unfortunate that Vrelium is still only on xitter and hasn't started posting on bsky for some reason, but here's the poster for the upcoming show this weekend. I hope you can make it to some of it!
For those who couldn't make it to my booth at @furality.org this year, here's a nicely looped version of my booth video you can watch any time you want! youtu.be/5oIwosuZW9s
Furality Somna booth (looped 3x)
YouTube video by fluffy
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
For those who couldn't make it to my booth at @furality.org this year, here's a nicely looped version of my booth video you can watch any time you want! youtu.be/5oIwosuZW9s