we new albuming out here

this is a concept i've had kicking around for longer than i care to admit. i'm so hyped to get this out of my brain and into your headphones

USA folk! Merch orders are now open again to the USA, so you can grab your MYTH cassettes (as well as sticker packs and pins) if your heart desires them

(postage is slightly higher than normal in order to cover tariffs and the new USPS fees, which I don't love but it's unfortunately a necessity)

when you fell from heaven did you land on your face

welp this is the best compliment i've ever been given

still thinking about the long and involved conversation i had the other day about why you can have Godzilla VS Kong and Freddy VS Jason but you can't have Godzilla VS Jason

I am, through grace of gourd, a full-time musician and every penny I make I make from yelling at people louder than fuck

I have! And I would! No idea what the process is though

i've decided that a life of second-guessing and doubt is no life at all, and so rather than putting the burden on myself by interrogating every single thing i encounter for evidence of AI i will instead put the burden on the creator - i will assume anything you produce is human-made and if i later find out you used AI i will instantly murder you

oh boy, oh no. this BLOWS, i'm sorry. any advice i could offer is just going to be relevant to my story though, as an operatic singer you're coming from a totally different world

for context, i lost my voice in 2016 for most of a year. it was due to not being trained (i'm still not) and singing in a destructive way too often, as well as a little too much blaze it if we're being honest

singing and songwriting was my life, and i was freaked out by the idea that even if it came back i could lose it again. that's why i started writing some spoken word material, so i'd have something to perform when my voice wasn't up to it

i got my ability to sing back very slowly, and learned even slower over the next ten years how to sing without straining my voice too much. i'm still learning. going on tour was a game changer for me because suddenly i didn't have days or a week or more between shows, i had to be able to sing for three nights in a row without blowing my voice out. and i *love* blowing my voice out. i love pushing my voice to it's limit, screeching, straining to hit high notes, growling, i love that shit. i've learned how to do most of that in a way that's more sustainable but three shows in a row is still my limit and by the third i'm feeling the strain.

i'm not sure if this answers your question. i don't know opera, i don't know how easy it is to set limits for yourself as an opera singer that doesn't impact yourself professionally. limitations are a scaffolding to stop something falling apart, but in my experience you can climb that scaffolding and find yourself in interesting places you wouldn't have gotten to otherwise

well if i told you then it wouldn't have a captivating mysterious aura anymore

slutty morris

add expedition 33 to the dizzying list of games I feel too dumb to play. I'm blasting through it on easy by brute force, but all the different combat mechanics and menus and aaah it's too much for my dumb dumb skullmeat