https://bphogan.com/2019/Recent content in 2019 on Brian P. HoganHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 23 Dec 2019 12:36:00 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/12/new-song-ph-balance/Mon, 23 Dec 2019 12:36:00 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/12/new-song-ph-balance/I’ve been working on a new tune for a few months, and today I finally had the time to finish it off. It’s got a nice mix of crunchy guitar and classic 303 sounds mixed in with more heavy drums and synths. Happy with how this turned out. Give a listen!https://bphogan.com/2019/12/live-recording/Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:38:58 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/12/live-recording/I’ve been working on a new tune. I decided to capture myself doing some improv with pieces of the tune.https://bphogan.com/2019/12/oldschool/Sun, 01 Dec 2019 15:31:05 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/12/oldschool/When I was in college, I spent hundreds of hours using ReBirth, a music-making app that emulated two Roland 303 bassline synths, an 808 drum machine, and a 909 drum machine. Rebirth also had a number of effects and filters included. Unfortunately, support for ReBirth died many years ago. It doesn’t even run on macOS. If you were lucky enough to buy an iPad version a few years ago, you can still use that, but it’s no longer supported since Roland threatened to sue them so they took it off the store.https://bphogan.com/2019/11/moving-the-blog/Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:59:01 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/11/moving-the-blog/About seven months ago, I began moving this site from a WordPress setup to a static site using Hugo, which I’m writing a book on right now. There’s still a ton of work to do, but it was bugging me that I didn’t have my own place to write. I’d been delaying writing a ton of content because my site wasn’t “ready”. But “ready” is a relative term anyway, so I pulled the trigger and made the swap.https://bphogan.com/2019/10/my-new-ep-hack-to-the-80s/Tue, 01 Oct 2019 19:37:20 -0600https://bphogan.com/2019/10/my-new-ep-hack-to-the-80s/In celebration of Hacktoberfest, which has a pretty great 80s theme, I composed a 5 song EP of synthwave tunes. I limited myself to virtual recreations of classic synths like the Roland 707 drum machine, the Yamaha DX-7 synth, and the Roland Jupiter-8. Give it a listen!