Setting a new frame around some old songs.

And what it spells for the future of independent music on the web.

• Reason #1: Einstein didn’t say it. Though the quote is often attributed to him (and sometimes Mark Twain or Benjamin Franklin), there is no recorded evidence of Einstein himself ever having made thi…

Celebrating three years of (In)Sitze by going green, going dark, and going independent.

"What is the meaning of life?" // Philosophers ponder to no end // Like a dog chasing its own tail.

In 2024, I put out a collection of one-off lo-fi iPhone Memo-demos made with a drum machine and looper setup called 5 easy dems on Soundcloud. Two years later, to put a new spin on the EP, the tracks …

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's a little limerick I wrote day of 03/17/2023. Cheers! 🍻🍀

Midnight at Noon awoke to the world on 03/07/26. Listen wherever you get your music. This post provides an inside look at the song, illustrating the lyrics, construction, credits, and colophon. For an…

This term STINKS!

Many English speakers make the claim, “I sit in front of a screen all day.” This would imply the screen sits behind “me.” Yet, no doubt the screen sits squarely in front of me,…

“Dawn of the Augur” (alt. title “The Crossing of Auspices”) dropped on 01/22/2026. Listen wherever you get your music. These Liner Notes serve to supplement the release, provid…

I made the news today // It all happened at once: // Someone peering down at their //phone, alarmed as, // All of a sudden, in a great reflex of //passion, // I boldly declared, "fire, FIRE! Flee to t…

My gaze scrapes the blue-gray skyline // Over scores of peaks and bumps of shadow // A reservoir peeks out like an alien-Lump, a stumpy kind of ship // Sitting adrift there on the shore of the broken …

Hey, readers of (In)Sitze and music lovers! I made a list of my Top 10 favorite albums to come out in 2025, with listening links (YouTube or Bandcamp) for each one and brief writeups of my impressions…

THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING

On Friday, November 7th, 2025, I released a new single, “hapless romantics.” For anyone curious for more context, here’s a post unfogging some of my thoughts, feelings, reflections a…

My first blog post on (In)Sitze was over two and a half years ago. I wrote it over a (perennial) family spring break trip to Pensacola, FL, in early 2023, at a time when both my position as a musician…

Creative BLOCKS Are Meant for Playing with: I’m unsure what to write about. All I know is the title. Come to think of it, I can’t even imagine what I would write about. Instead, I find mys…

If technique were the only path to prestige, we would be suffocated by a pantheon of power players all getting their shred-on with no recourse to creative spirit. Granted, when it comes to music’s str…