about me…
music obsessive with a wild passion for beautiful and efficient systems. has trouble choosing a single focus. advocates for human-scale thinking & design.
Latest solo music: blixbyrd.bandcamp.com
Duo w/ Greg Wilder: doctorbody.bandcamp.com
Sonic intelligence consulting: patternsonix.com (for sound/music businesses incorporating AI/machine learning)
Web design/development: punktdigital.com (for artists/arts organizations) | wickedgoodweb.com (for small/medium businesses)
Too Much Music podcast: toomuchmusicpodcast.com (or your podcasting platform of choice) | TMM on YouTube
Me on Mastodon: @[email protected]
YouTube channel: youtube.com/@AlisonWilder
Latest Posts
Hello GPT, My Name Is…
I wrote the following introductory text for my personal ChatGPT account when I wanted to use it to help me brainstorm (???) ideas for my new YouTube channel. As I’ve already found with prompt writing, it was clarifying to describe … Read more
An Onion of Seething Teenage Christianity
Like a fundamentalist Russian doll marching band. Like a god damn onion of seething teenage Christianity. That’s what really revs up the hormones in Abilene, Texas.
Finally, a Snow Day
Got in a little snow shoeing and went sledding with my favorite 2-year-olds and their adults. What a great snow day! I didn’t realize how much I was missing the snow until I saw it this morning.
2023: The Year of Becoming a Bit More Like Everyone Else
I have always had an originality complex. I blame the Germans. But before we start shaming Germans (love you, Germany!), let’s step back a bit. For my entire adult life (b. 1981), I’ve had a hard time connecting with contemporary … Read more
Two New YT Vids
After literally years of thinking, “Hmm, I should make some videos” and then proceeding to do everything BUT make videos, I made some videos. Here they are: When I decided to finally sit down and do this, I made one … Read more
Studio Revamp – Again, Some More
My first live performance in 12 years made me re-think my studio — here’s how I’m making my studio time more performance-oriented. (This one’s for the gear-heads.)