David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Bandlab's constant hectoring about subscriptions has also put me off continuing with Sonar, beyond the catastrophic mess with the plugin manager. The guy initial stumble with Reaper was just default organization of media, which resulted in two lost audio tracks -- fortunately easily fixed! 010
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Before the end of Hotelia 2026 I gave up on Cakewalk Sonar, which had so many things going wrong, and spent my last time there working on a new piece in Reaper, using some new plugins. Well...the learning curve caught me, resulting in me having to recreate two tracks. 110
Reposted by David Alexander McDonaldMari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 07/08/2026.....it's been called "magnificent," "intelligent," and "written by a friend of mine." And it's a fairly short read, too! 283
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The two post-ending series are rather poor. The first film is okay, the second was a dud. However, Ryan Coogler is working on a...revival? reboot? Something. New characters and all. It could be interesting, though I think I'd sooner see a continuation of "Lovecraft Country." 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026They should have asked Coppola to help out. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It's not a new sequel but the second movie I WANT TO BELIEVE revisited to edit it into an R-rated sorta-horror film. I have no idea what that extra subtitle is about, though. This will be the second recut, I note. There was an extended version a few years back. 100
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It's Bandcamp Friday again, the day when artists on the site get most of the revenue from sales. Yes, I'm noting that I have music for sale, including this. davidalexandermcdonald.bandcamp.com/album/hoteli...davidalexandermcdonald.bandcamp.comHotelia 2025, by David Alexander McDonald3 track album 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Aside from the rough recovery this week, my HP laptop went down with a hard drive issue. So, that needs to be dealt with before I tackle the studio setup and get to mixing. 020
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Production on the music side was good -- there'll be more than one improv piece on HOTELIA 2O26, with the first edited already (I'll do a beauty pass this week) plus three new compositions -- it might be four, as another was started in Sonar before it shit the bed. Or it might go on ARTLAB3. 110
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The music, on the other hand, went great, despite Ken Boe not participating as much with his readings in conjunction. I had to switch DAWs towards the end as Bandlab has seriously enshittified Sonar; I'll use Reaper going forward. I also now have very loud monitors. 100
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Well, that's Hotelia 2026 wrapped up, an event even more queer coded than the original. I was last man out, young Basil (who did the collage wall) preceding me by only a few hours. My plan to write in the mornings went sideways, alas, and I only produced two poems this year. 131
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Hotelia 2026 is running now and we're about to ramp into the weekend when *everything* goes Barmy Army. You can also pick up my Hotelia 2025 EP at DavidAlexanderMcDonald.bandcamp.com for all of $3. Or get all of my work there! 011
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Oh, I'm sure there's a few stupid enough to believe Muskrat. 221
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I can probably show my work with poetry, as that starts handwritten. Past that? I rarely save draft documents electronically. I rarely saved typewritten drafts and printed drafts go into the recycle bin once I'm done with them. With music I might have CDs or digital copies of early mixes.... 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I had to use a Cap'n Crunch whistle to get long distance from a box in the middle of the street. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The most immense and most phenomenally boring fireworks as artillery display there in DC. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026More to the point, could anyone still *breathe*? 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026That time that an editor strongly suggested that I dedicate myself to writing more like Ian Fleming. With a mention that he lived in both countries I'd lived in (England, and Jamaica.) This was in regards to science fiction. Not a notable element in Janes Bond novels. 010
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 09/07/2026He had reason to be testy about sports given the necrotic jousting wound that spent ten years killing him. I have a little empathy for him on that front, although my wounds have all healed, finally. For now. Also, I played Hank 8 in a school play. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026And now I want a donut. Ah well, if my medical ride ever shows up I can get a danish from the clinic dispenser. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Or Warren Peace Café started making them.... 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The Bisbee groups on Farceborg are currently loaded with donut jokes after Bisbee PD did a mass rollout through Warren District and thus woke up all the retired hippies. As there's no information about what prompted it, I noted that we must have had a donut shop open. 100
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It's very likely the end of SpaceX. Musk needed to be completely ringfenced from the company, but that effort failed when he forced the stock swap for xAI. 010
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 03/06/2026static.klipy.comDad Jokes Aht Aht: Dad Joke Party DanceALT: Dad Jokes Aht Aht: Dad Joke Party Dance 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Hopefully that won't be cutting it too close. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Does one need to be a current SFWA member for this? If not, it might be worth my participating in this prior to my upcoming Hotelia residency (July 20th - 27th) given that I might be performing parts of CRY HAVOC (depends what I have written) along with music (the main reason I'm there.) 100
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 08/05/2026My ADHD and Bipolar medication just got restored and is being balanced. Take that away and I might as well give up on everything I'm scrabbling to regain, and then just end it. I'm too old to bounce again. 050
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Hoping you feel better soon! We miss you around here still. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I hope so. I'm at that point where I just want to trash all of my gear and go run into the hills. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Of course, as a project goes operatic in scale my brain tries to crash me emotionally. 110
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Wrestling with the big thing, a sudden idea that got inflated to giant size but not by me. 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Trust the process!media.tenor.coma red monster truck is going down a rocky hillALT: a red monster truck is going down a rocky hill 000
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Satellite was one. There's a few. My bane this past week and change has been in things such as spoken word performances. Iconography turned to pebbles in my mouth. I forget what the next one was, but that wouldn't fix.... 010
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Miami Loco 2026. Compersion performing at 411Space despite issues with their van requiring a rescue. Once again, a great show. I have a video but it's too long. Boo. 030
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Fatigo on the main stage...and the UFO! 030
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Miami Loco 2026. Miami and Globe are side by side mining towns in Arizona. I was screwing up with video, so this is abrupt and missing a pump -- the one actually making the *putt* sound. 120
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Miami Loco 2016. I played music -- using guitar and effects pedals for the first time in one of these -- read a short story, and performed poetry, which accidentally themed itself (work written in Ireland, though I did get two clown poems in.) 020
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Oops, unforced error. Not KCRW, but KROQ. 010
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 05/04/2026That would be "See You On The Other Side" by Brian Briggs (actually the late John Holbrook, who fell backwards into being Bearsville's best engineer.) Heard it on KCRW, where it became a radio hit. It took *five years* to track it down. youtu.be/UhM7B27SMvg?...youtu.beSee You on the Other SideYouTube video by Brian Briggs - Topic 110
David Alexander McDonald @davidam.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Here we go again. I'm set to read again, as well as performing experimental music behind Ken Boe and in conjunction with others at 411 Space. 010