Hello, it's tromboneboi9, member of tilde.town.
Teenage centrist (slightly libertarian). And yes, I do enjoy grilled cheese. Especially sharp cheddar on sourdough.
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Last updated: 2024-11-19
I have a Bandcamp but nothing's there as of now. Some of my more orchestral-style notated pieces and arrangements are on my YouTube.
I played trombone and tuba in school but nowadays I play electric bass and a bit of guitar and piano.
I am a composer and huge theory nerd though, especially regarding tuning theory and microtonality, or “xenharmonics”.
I use Scala quite often to screw around with scales. Some of the scales I've made reside here.
I tend to find inspiration from theoretical concepts or isolated aesthetics rather than other composers, but here are some people I can point to:
I've tried to learn several world languages (namely German and Mandarin Chinese), but I can't say I'm fluent in anything other than American English.
But I am very into Toki Pona: mi ken toki kepeken toki pona. tenpo mute la mi toki kepeken nimi pu kepeken nimi ku suli kepeken nimi ante pi mute lili. toki pona la nimi mi li jan Tolonpon.
I'll collect just about anything that I find interesting, stuff from old computers to recorders to slide rules.
But these days I mostly focus on collecting typewriters and decks of playing cards.
I technically have around 10 or 12 typewriters, but I plan to sell around half since it consists of too many electric machines with broken parts or obscure ribbons that need replacing. Kind of a shame.
But now and then I find myself a good, solid mechanical from the 60's. They're like miniature printing presses.
I've been collecting playing cards since about second grade; their flexibility in design and concept peaked my interest. I'm pretty decent at card magic and a beginner at cardistry, but these days I look for obscure decks from other nations, to see how they conceptualize a deck of cards.
Italian regional cards (of which around 20 designs exist) interest me a lot for that reason. I currently have the decks from Naples, Piacenza, and Piedmont.
If that peaks your interest too, you'll want to check out TaroBear's Lair.
But I started developing my own international auxiliary language because apparently most existing IALs are terrible. For now, it's just called AKIAL. More info here.
In the future I might make a more artistic language for game development, or maybe for an RPG if I ever get into that.