Kevin @kevinhiggins@mstdn.social

I got to go on a forest ramble today for the first time in maybe 6 months (lockdown easing) God it really cheered me

Little fishies flashing silver as they flip from side to side

Sorry Mother Nature - that's not a tree, it's a cyclic graph!

Here I am playing the last exercise I composed #piano

Another big pile o' third-species #counterpoint. I'm getting the hang of the various mannerisms used to arrive at a targeted note. And the last couple of attempts here are coherent right through. Repetition is both friend and enemy, it gives necessary structure, but if it happens by accident (say a recurring scalar descent) it sounds bad. #classical #Music #composition #practice #musescore

Damn! That was a serious chunk of work

Writing javadoc comments this morning... it's slow work

Just learnt how to do #MIDI #groove templates using SWS in #reaper

Now that I've had my #website going for a couple of months I... realise forcefully that I should sort out a content management system! #static gen like all the cool kids of course

Made an improved version of my #vst #synth, find out more on the blog https://drumchant.wordpress.com/2021/04/15/synth-update/

Been listening to Mozart's G Minor String Quintet a lot... because I'm jazz-trained, a lot of #classical playing strikes me as rushing the tempo - but I wonder are there any contemporary string groups that play with a more metronomic groove?

If I've time later I also may also play with this particle #vfx software https://www.rigzsoft.co.uk/timelinefx-particle-effects-editor/ - I'm such, such a fan of gratuitously sensuous and fun tools

Been on a down-to-earth, accepting vibe recently and it's involved returning to older projects instead of always striking out for new frontiers. Today I'm gonna try enhance an old #vst #Software #synth I was prototyping last year

My site's been spruced up with some new bits! https://kevinhiggins.dev/

I was mentioning the alluring titles of Westerners' commentaries on Daoism - here's one that's available online http://cjfraser.net/publications/skepticism-and-value-in-the-zhuangzi/

Late spring has brought the return of dappled sunlight! Nice

Wow nice maths-for-coders piece. Now I have a practical idea how I'd code spline interpolation, unlike after reading the Wikipedia article! https://codeplea.com/introduction-to-splines

More #counterpoint #Music #composition #practice. Getting more adventurous, but large-scale coherency remains bloody elusive!

I saw a bullfinch in the park today! What a gorgeous little bird. Brick red underneath, jet black on top, with a grey band on the wings

Finally getting around to dual-booting #Linux. I've chosen #xubuntu