Tag: Do You Want to Play

  • Finishing the Tech Battle and Releasing a New Anthem for Lehi Pioneers

    Finishing the Tech Battle and Releasing a New Anthem for Lehi Pioneers

    As a follow up to last week, the journey of tech hasn’t fully ended. But it is getting very close to being finished…

    While out on vacation in the Northern California area, I didn’t have a lot of downtime while my girlfriend and I were running around to wine tastings and amazing meals. Despite that, I was able to fix some email issues I had.

    The fantastic thing is, my email has never worked this well. Very consistent, and not getting stuck anywhere. Plus substantially better spam removal before it even hits my inbox. Ahhh.

    Websites are working smoothly without choking. Which means I can update the web store. Another ahhh thing, where it’s a sigh of relief.

    There’s a few more websites I have to transfer over, but they’re low hanging fruit. The task at hand is an sftp server so that I can transfer files with co-writers and music supervisors. Once that is done, I’m ready to fully relax and use it to its potential.

    Last week I heard from my girlfriend’s co-workers that they really appreciated the anthem for their school’s team. I was told they thought it was super cool. Apparently there is a plan in place to get it into their games for audio backing. Which is music to my ears.

    This week is the follow up release for Lehi High School with a version of Do You Want to Play for Lehi High’s basketball team. As they say: “Go Pioneers!”

    Stay tuned…

  • Overcoming Tech Hurdles to Deliver the New Birmingham Squadron Theme

    Overcoming Tech Hurdles to Deliver the New Birmingham Squadron Theme

    The end of my Kubernetes nightmare is around the corner. So is another musical release. Lots of little changes finally starting to work and take shape.

    It’s been several months of intense learning as it relates to Kubernetes / Microk8s. In the last several days some obstacles have finally been overcome. I’m hoping to have a solution to my last problem within a few hours. Hopefully not more than 24 of them.

    As much as I like to dick around with tech, this was probably a situation where I bit off a bit more than I could easily chew. Definitely lives up to my adage of “start before you are ready.”

    One thing I learned on the journey is that some AI is great for research. Some can kind of code, but if you don’t keep an eye on it, it will drop the ball in big ways. As long as I make notes along the way of what worked, I’m ok. When I don’t there’s trouble.

    The great thing is, as soon as this solution is given or clarified in a few hours I can start getting back to the real work – RECORDING!

    Like this morning…

    While I’m waiting, I opted to work up another version of Do You Want to Play. The version I worked this morning will make it’s debut in a few weeks.

    Timelines are getting shorter sometimes. Like today’s release. It was recorded months ago. Artwork done, months ago. And now it makes for a sunny debut for the Birmingham Squadron. Very fitting for a cloudless blue sky where I’m at today.

    If you’re a fan of basketball and the G League’s Squadron, then today is your day! Celebrate it loud and proud. I know I will.

    Stay tuned…

  • Why Letting Go of Bad Systems Can Lead to Your Next Big Win

    Why Letting Go of Bad Systems Can Lead to Your Next Big Win

    There’s nothing more disappointing than realizing something is not working. The result requires understanding that it is time to dump the procedure that isn’t working and come up with another one that will.

    A slew of musicians, or rather people who want to be musicians, will create a piece of music and get very attached to it on a personal level. Nothing wrong with that. However, in the business of music – pro musicians tend to let go of taking anything personal about what is said about music they have created.

    This is an important aspect to writing music and definitely very important when co-writing.

    Same can be said for creating something with tech. Yes, I’m still working thru issues with something tech related. I was anticipating having it finished last Friday. Sadly, a small bit of the system kept failing. In fact it’s the major thing that I’ve been attempting to solve for well over a month.

    Frustrating!!

    Last night was a moment of needing to dump it all again to go after a different tactic. Later today, that new tactic will hopefully solve the issue. Finger’s crossed.

    Yesterday was another one of those moments where you get some good news from your network of people you work with. I got a call about a piece of music that created for a commercial. Turns out my creation got picked. Mind you, it wasn’t exactly as I created it. The connection decided it was advantageous to speed up the music to a faster tempo.

    A lot of composers or musicians may get bent out of shape about that. I thought, well, if it gets me the gig, more power to it. And sure enough, it has worked to my favor.

    Now if A.I. could be something that gives musicians or composers more power to make money, it would be great. But I don’t hold A.I. companies with the ability to be honorable or ethical when it comes to creators. And certainly our current government isn’t following the law about it.

    Which is extremely sad.

    What isn’t sad is another new release. This time for those who are fans of the Valley Suns basketball team. That’s right another version of Do You Want to Play (Valley Suns). Pass it like a pro basketball player to those who would love to blast it loud and proud.