FIELD NOTES

1. WED OCT 28, 2026

   compact.school: an otherworldly approach to music

   A music school run by a gray alien: guitar, producing in a DAW with a Bitwig Certified Trainer, and analog, digital and wavetable synthesis. In English and Japanese.

   · #News · #compact.school
2. MON OCT 26, 2026

   A Case for Retrograde

   The double retrograde, a Galaxy Red Ken Strat with a GK-5, and an old brown Gibson case that turned up at exactly the right time.

   · #Gear · #Gibson · #Retrograde
3. THU OCT 22, 2026

   Smooth Operators

   Elektron now sells smooth button caps, and five of my boxes are getting them.

   · #Studio · #Elektron
4. WED OCT 14, 2026

   Rushed Jamming

   A shoulder on the mend, a Hofner Cavern standing in for the MTD, and a first run at Rush’s “Tom Sawyer.”

   · #Live · #Rush
5. WED OCT 7, 2026

   Give me a Reason… 😊

   From a first film score in Logic to building one-person live backing tracks in Reason.

   · #Studio · #Reason
6. FRI SEP 25, 2026

   Songs in the Key of Life at 50, at USC

   A free night at Bovard Auditorium, a student band that knew every note, and Stevie Wonder with a call to action. His full speech, in English and Japanese.

   · #Live · #Stevie Wonder