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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 08/09/2026

Literally everything you're about to hear was made from a fart. PAX West just wrapped and for one of my panels I was challenged to rescored this scene from Uncharted 2 using a secret sound effect (a fart). So I turned that fart into every instrument you're hearing right now. Best #paxwest yet.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 04/08/2026

The number of AI music startups that cold call me about collabs every week is STAGGERING.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/07/2026

Davinci Resolve’s transcript tool is really hanging my ass out to dry here lmao

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/07/2026

Honestly, Depeche Mode’s run from Black Celebration to Songs of Faith and Devotion is maybe the craziest in electronic music.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/07/2026

Violator is such a perfect album.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/07/2026

I just saw a pharmaceutical anime commercial????

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 29/06/2026

This is genuinely one of my favorite albums of the last year. Listen to Mapquest (I Tell Myself) and try not to *feel* something. You won't be able to.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 24/06/2026

every time! but the brain is always so silly. case in point: Partial Views sounds incredible!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 23/06/2026

I'm less than 24 hours out from the release of my new single and like clockwork this is the time when that little voice is like "every mix decision you made was the WRONG mix decision, pal."

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 23/06/2026

I have a family of three and every time I'm shocked at just how full the cart gets. I'm tall so I always suspect people presume I am singlehandedly eating a compact car worth of food every week.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 20/06/2026

I just caught myself almost writing a THIRD song in a row that the chorus starts with "I can't" which is probably something I should mention to my therapist lmao

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 17/06/2026

One week until Variables drops! I'd love it if you pre-saved it! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/... #musicproduction #idm #pop

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/06/2026

Something I'm cooking for my next course 👀

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 02/06/2026

Procedural music is really fun!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 01/06/2026

Variables song and music video drops June 24th! If you like your pop mixed with IDM then you'll like this track. Pre-save link is in the next reply. Please, pre-save!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 25/05/2026

Easily one of my all-time favorite shows! So good!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 22/05/2026

Depeche Mode Elephant Gym Sting The Japanese House (at a zoo!) The Japanese Breakfast Muna HAIM Tokyo Police Club Boygenuis Nickelback (a funny jr. high story)

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 15/05/2026

It's a great soundtrack and a well deserved win!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 07/05/2026

I am constantly, endlessly torn between wanting my music to be overly dynamic, atmospheric soundscapes and just absolutely loud as fuck bangers. And I just cannot make up my mind ever. Ever!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 07/05/2026

This is so pleasant and that mixer is very aesthetically pleasing, like Dieter Rams designed it or something.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 28/04/2026

I see we share a very similar taste in coffee. Good, good.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 28/04/2026

Happy Birthday, Dustin! I'm very grateful that I get to share time on this floating rock with you!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 28/04/2026

Yeah, see in the PNW *if* any mosquitoes are around they behave like people. If they see you walking towards them on the street, they'll just cross to the other side to avoid human interaction altogether!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 20/04/2026

The lack of mosquitoes is the one thing above all else that will keep me in Seattle for the rest of my life.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 16/01/2026

I often forget to post here but I'm still uploading every Friday to YouTube without fail. This week I'm discussing how awesome sample slicing is!

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Making your own Ableton Slicing presets is SO POWERFUL

YouTube video by ZW Buckley

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 22/12/2025

"con-so-la-she-un" is killing me right now hahahahaha

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 06/12/2025

It's #BandcampFriday and I have a new single out. If you're into meticulously produced pop songs about your inner child then you should 100% give it a listen!

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After It's Done, by ZW Buckley

track by ZW Buckley

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 05/12/2025

My music and YT work is featured on Ableton's blog and homepage this week! Such an awesome experience. You can also listen to my new single there as well! www.ableton.com/en/blog/past...

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 21/11/2025

This is so cool! In perhaps the most understated use of the effect, I've been loving leaving the tremolo at 0% and using the vintage tremolo saturation. It just has such a nice character to it.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 27/10/2025

I've had a few requests so I most definitely will!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 25/10/2025

The thumbnail is everything 😂

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 26/09/2025

I empathize with the difficulty of running a huge event but I would argue that devs have ALWAYS valued GDC but not paying speakers, the high ticket price, and expensive host city has not shown any mutuality. Best of luck with the festival.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 25/09/2025

How many ways can Spotify say “We don’t value artists” without actually saying it?

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 20/09/2025

IN LESS THAN A YEAR! Absolutely wild!!!

Screen capture of my YouTubr subscriber count, which is 10,019.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 20/09/2025

Both have such a cool aesthetic, though!

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 16/09/2025

Prepping slides fro the upcoming term and I'm always grateful for this reminder.

"First, please remember: There are no advanced techniques, only advanced application of the fundamentals."

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 13/09/2025

I googled a question about Digital Performer and google's automatic AI response gives me a video about Logic Pro alongside a screenshot from Ableton Live. 😂

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 11/09/2025

Half of my mixing process is checking in mono and then fixing some of the flippant stereo shit I did when producing 😅

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 10/09/2025

Sega is gearing up for the heist of a lifetime rn

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/09/2025

I wrote yesterday about how shifting contexts end up being both problem and the solution and this email is sure part of the latter.

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ZW Buckley @zwbuckley.com · 09/09/2025

I received this incredibly kind email from one of my subscribers on the clear other side of the world. The fact that my music, writings, and videos has impacted anybody enough to reach out to me from halfway around the world is mind boggling!

“Bro you are doing so well! Hang in there and dont do anything rash! Your teaching style is awesome and inspiring! You WILL reach a point where the numbers turn around again! Stay true to your mission and your core audience! Its not a competition!

Im looking forward to your next videos!

Much brotherly love from Denmark

-Jesper”

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