Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I made a thing: musicmachinery.com/2026/09/13/i...musicmachinery.comIntroducing WarpI like music — especially electronic music. Over the years I’ve accumulated synthesizers, drum machines, and other MIDI-controlled devices. Since I’m a programmer, I want to write programs that con… 110
Reposted by Paul LamereKevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Maine Dems had a lot of perfectly fine candidates for the nomination for governor who now have some time on their hands ... 5476
Reposted by Paul LamereMusicBrainz @musicbrainz.org · 20/06/2026Just MB things: "There’s Lagtrain song by inabakumori. This JP song has Russian translation made by Sati Akura. The original song has also TF 2 parody by ilovememes and that parody has Russian translation made by Nezapominay (Не Запоминай), which uses Russian translation written by Sati Akura..."community.metabrainz.orgRussian translation of Team Fortress 2 parody that uses Russian translation of original song. Which relationship should be used in this case?I don’t know where should I even start. There’s Lagtrain song by inabakumori. This Japanese song has Russian translation made by Sati Akura. The original song has also Team Fortress 2 parody by ilovem... 0114
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Congrats Last.fm. always at the top of myt list of cool music tech companies - support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is...last.fmLast.fm | Play music, find songs, and discover artistsThe world's largest online music service. Listen online, find out more about your favourite artists, and get music recommendations, only at Last.fm 140
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 03/05/2026SmarterPlaylists 3.0 officially released www.reddit.com/r/smarterpla...reddit.comFrom the smarterplaylists community on RedditExplore this post and more from the smarterplaylists community 010
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 07/03/2026SmarterPlaylists by the numbers - musicmachinery.com/2026/03/06/s...musicmachinery.comSmarterPlaylists by the Numbers — A Decade in ReviewSmarterPlaylists launched on July 25, 2015 as a side project — a visual programming tool that let anyone wire together Spotify sources, filters, and combiners to build playlists that no single Spot… 010
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Hey everyone — SmarterPlaylists is back online at smarterplaylists.playlistmachinery.com Read more about it at musicmachinery.com/2026/03/03/s...smarterplaylists.playlistmachinery.comweb 020
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 28/02/2026SortYourMusic and OrganizeYourMusic are back online now. sortyourmusic.playlistmachinery.com organizeyourmusic.playlistmachinery.comsortyourmusic.playlistmachinery.comSort Your Music 250
Reposted by Paul LamereBen Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Listen, if you put a song in a mix tape for one person and then reuse that song in someone else's mix tape that's unethical. These are just the rules, I don't make them. Two songs by the same band can never be back to back, it's the law. Shit is complicated. 293481239
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Hey all. Thanks for all the tips on some of my apps being offline. It is due to a change in how Spotify supports authorization in web apps. Hoping to dive in to fix soonish but it’s a busy few weeks so :shrug: 160
Reposted by Paul LamereEd Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 25/11/2025It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans 14623
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 11/10/2025@eelstretching.com someone finally built it - fulghum.io/album-cardsfulghum.ioAlbum Cards: Rebuilding the Joy of Music Discovery for My 10-Year-OldWhat's the modern equivalent of flipping through CDs? Physical album cards with NFC tags that bring back the tactile joy of music discovery. 140
Reposted by Paul LamereJonty Wareing @jonty.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Tonight I got the director of Hackers (1994) to sign my copy of the novelisation and discovered it was the first time he'd ever signed one. It was also the first time he'd ever seen one, and in fact the first time he found out it existed. 1927
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 08/07/202580s - "I can't work because the power is down" 90s - "I can't work because the server is down" 00s - "I can't work because the internet is down" 10s - "I can't work because AWS is down" 20s - "I can't work because the AI is down" 30s - "I can't work because the AI is up" 050
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 24/05/2025I vibe coded the Periodic Table of Music. It took less than 10 minutes. Give it a go: plamere.github.io/periodic-tab... 2100
Reposted by Paul LamereTony Pennino @beatnikprof.bsky.social · 04/05/2025#MusicSky #MayTheFourth 518132342055
Reposted by Paul LamereOliver Bown @olliebown.bsky.social · 30/04/2025For PhD students working at the intersection of music and AI in any discipline, based *in and around London*, some last-minute slots have opened up for participation in an in-person seminar series hosted by QMUL’s Centre for Digital Music (C4DM) and run by Georgina Born’s MusAI project. 153
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 26/04/2025@eelstretching.com WTF?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ccq...youtube.comTiki Bar TV, Appendixes, and Rideable Robot Horses | E13 | DiggnationYouTube video by Diggnation 150
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I had a wrestling match with mypy today. I finally turned to gpt-4.1 for help (it was really helpful). At the end of it all, when we finally got mypy to submit, gpt-4.1 celebrated our victory with this aphorism: "Remember: Static type checking is for you; you are not for it." Words of wisdom 020
Reposted by Paul LamereJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act. Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes? Staffer: a DL and birth certificate. Me: The documents don’t match Staffer: Then a marriage certificate. Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too? Staffer: No Me: See the problem? 15785158814595
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 03/04/2025In my best Tim Minchin voice: “only a non-nazi can call a Nazi “Nazi”. 130
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Fun fact: A single Mac Studio with 512GB of memory has more memory than *ALL* 6 million Apple ][ family computers sold by Apple in its 15 year run 030
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 20/02/202520 Years ago I posted about the million song iPod. At that time, the enabling tech was Janus - Microsoft's DRM . Choice quote: "I wouldn't be surprised if Apple decides to roll out their own subscription-based iTunes based upon their own DRM." dukelistens.playlistmachinery.com/DukeListens/...dukelistens.playlistmachinery.comMillion song iPod - Duke Listens! 020
Paul Lamere @plamere.bsky.social · 16/02/2025If you run a/b tests or user surveys to help you decide whether or not to launch a product, this New Coke article might give you pause. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke 021
Reposted by Paul LamereD’Epitomee of 92% @epitomee.bsky.social · 15/02/2025cc: @Gavin Newsome It’s time to build a CDC & NIH in California with the folks who were fired from the feds. In fact, I think each blue state governor needs to scoop up these scientists, healthcare workers and laboratory workers asap. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social 650154423322
Reposted by Paul LamereJ Herskowitz @jherskowitz.com · 14/02/2025Oh right, I forgot about that. It's all the old school folks I could find at the time. go.bsky.app/LJbt1tc 111
