Soundole🌱
@soundole.bsky.social
AKA Peter Anthony Smith, a Sydney-based musician and game-dev who teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium, manages the Da Capo Music second-hand sheet music store, and covers video game music on Youtube. Vegan for the animals.
I love how 80s futurism couldn't conceive of other types of screens (at least in the near future), so everything still used CRTs. It's such a striking aesthetic contrast!
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I love how 80s futurism couldn't conceive of other types of screens (at least in the near future), so everything still used CRTs. It's such a striking aesthetic contrast!
Thank you, that's very kind!
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you, that's very kind!
The detail that CRT blending lends to that is UNREAL.
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The detail that CRT blending lends to that is UNREAL.
That sounds rad, what's in your chicory salad?
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
That sounds rad, what's in your chicory salad?
Thank you for the kind words and share! I really appreciate it! :)
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thank you for the kind words and share! I really appreciate it! :)
I've never seen one in person, either! Apparently only a handful have been made, and they were scored for by a few late romantic/modernist composers. I know Strauss, Wagner, and Stravinsky have written parts for them, but everybody just plays those excerpts on bass in B-flat.
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I've never seen one in person, either! Apparently only a handful have been made, and they were scored for by a few late romantic/modernist composers. I know Strauss, Wagner, and Stravinsky have written parts for them, but everybody just plays those excerpts on bass in B-flat.
Most of the time it's pretty obvious what's going on, because there will be a continuation of the register between clef changes, so it's not quite as bad as it sounds. But yeah, the historical cul-de-sacs for orchestral wind writing are many and varied!
October 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Most of the time it's pretty obvious what's going on, because there will be a continuation of the register between clef changes, so it's not quite as bad as it sounds. But yeah, the historical cul-de-sacs for orchestral wind writing are many and varied!