Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 14/09/2026The Ashfield Lighted Boat Parade was brilliant.photography.tracemeek.comPhoto Essay: The Ashfield Lighted Boat Parade—Photos by Trace MeekOn the evening of Saturday September 12, the Town of Ashfield, Massachusetts hosted a spectacular public art event—the Ashfield Lighted Boat Parade. 131
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 25/06/2026The dark forest theory of the internet, by Yancey Strickler. (Via Greg Storey, a.k.a., Brilliantcrank brilliantcrank.com)ystrickler.comThe dark forest theory of the internetIn his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem, author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe. When we look out into space, the theory goes, we’re struck by its silence. It seems lik... 010
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 09/06/2026I don’t know whether punk truly is the way, but this essay provides food for thought. brilliantcrank.com/punk-is-the-...brilliantcrank.comPunk is the way.Though I know the answer already, my mind sometimes wanders and then wonders if the world is ever going to feel normal again. And the answer is always "nope." There's simply too much change happening ... 010
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 27/03/2026I love your paintings. The exact right color in the exact right place, with the exact right touch. You make it look easy! 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 27/03/2026House lights? I’d be happy for a bit of backing vocals in my monitor, thanks. 😉 010
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 08/03/2026Tumultuous times call for protest songs. I put all my heart into this one. I hope you enjoy it. ❤️✨ Stream unlimited times for free on my Bandcamp page.tracemeek.bandcamp.comAlien Double, by Trace Meektrack by Trace Meek 051
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 28/02/2026Thank you, all of you who visited my show, or checked out my work on my website as it was progressing. Your friendship and support means a lot to me, and I’m thankful that you came out to view and consider my work. ❤️✨ 020
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 03/01/2026I’m having an art show, and you’re invited. Reception: February 7th, 4–7 PM at the ECA Gallery in Easthampton, Massachusetts.tracemeek.comLost Town — Paintings by Trace MeekI’m having an art show, and you’re invited. I’ll be showing my work the entire month of February, 2026, at the ECA Gallery in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday f... 030
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 23/12/2025Joey Pesce, Clark Goodpaster, and I will play and sing music at First Night Northampton. We have an 8:00 slot in the “Workroom” at the Noho Center for the Arts, at 33 Hawley St. in Northampton, Massachusetts. Admission buttons: www.firstnightnorthampton.org/buttons. Hope to see you there! 130
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 26/10/2025Went to an amazing concert: Ezra Furman at the Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass. Left feeling hopeful and connected, despite the precariousness of our times. 020
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 21/10/2025This is my current favorite guitar signal path, for what it’s worth. (From top right to bottom left. Not shown: noise gate at the beginning.) I’m mostly all “in the box” these days, on account of I love the sound of <<< STEREO GUITAR >>> and infinite diversity of sound. 030
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 19/10/2025Interesting choices! I too have the TU-3 and love it. I tend to place reverb after delay, for my own stuff. What amp are you running this into? 210
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 30/09/2025An inadvertent visual collaboration between my camera and the computer screen I was projecting it to. 120
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 29/09/2025Thanks for these! I’ve been enjoying the playlist, and discovering some new-to-me music. 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 15/09/2025I use and recommend Artmill (artmill.com), based in Chicago. Specifically, their flush mount product. Good luck. 120
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 11/09/2025A friend and I went out on an evening kayaking expedition on the Connecticut River, to see the moon rise over the water. We got a bonus shooting star out of the adventure. He saw it in real-time. I discovered it later, while editing my photos. 171
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 09/09/2025In fact, Murmur would make it into my top four “desert island” albums by any band: 1.) Murmur 2.) Velvet Undrground: Velvet Underground 3.) Joni Mitchell: Blue 4.) My Bloody Valentine: Loveless 010
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 09/09/2025I side with Mike for the first two. 1.) Murmur 2.) Automatic For The People 3.) Reckoning 100
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 09/09/2025✨ Something about exposed tape like that seems so fragile and tenuous, so potentially fraying, if you will. 😉 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 08/09/2025Fascinating and soothing electric guitar + tape loop performance by Portland, Oregon-based Marcus Fischer. Also love the raw industrial ambience of the space.youtube.comBenson Amps Presents - Marcus Fischer Tape Loop PerformanceYouTube video by Benson Amps 140
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 30/08/2025Looks like a cool project! A fun way to explore other worlds. Great photo, too! 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 20/08/2025A 🔥 song by a new favorite band, Deep Sea Diver, featuring new fave singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jessica Dobson. The video captures some of the fervor and absurdity of our time, and the song just smokes. Enjoy the earworm.youtube.comDeep Sea Diver - What Do I Know (Official Video)YouTube video by Deep Sea Diver 050
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 07/08/2025Yes! It was fun finding a place for that one. Thank you for the assist! 010
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 06/08/2025I wrote a song.tracemeek.comSomeday Café — Trace MeekHey little doeIf you cross the road thereCareful you goIt’s a crazy human flow The name of this pondMeaning “place of many waters”Take a pictureI’ll be here until I’m not Someday neighbors Will drink ... 161
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 03/08/2025Rick, I’d love to chat sometime about writing, recording, mixing, and mastering. I’ve been honing my skills in this craft, and it would be fun to swap tips and compare notes. I agree, sometimes it’s best to re-record, to get things more right. Bass can be so pesky! 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 15/07/2025It’s also the name of Steinbeck’s truck in “Travels with Charley.” Interesting origin story! 110
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 07/07/2025I made another painting. “Looking Up” Acrylic on canvas 30 by 30 inches ==== I’ll be showing this in February 2026 at the ECA Gallery in Easthampton, Massachusetts. 061
Trace Meek @tracemeek.com · 20/06/2025What better day than a breezy, fall-like first day of summer to introduce a painting that I just finished yesterday. Set in autumn, it is an ode to our connectedness (by way of one attribute that we all share—our mortality). I am calling it “Ghost Trees.” 040
