On the art of Splash! II
My most recent collaboration with my friend and fellow video game musician, Christoph Jakob, is a Splatoon-inspired album called Splash!...
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- Jun 9
- 7 min
On musicians finding the "right" game devs
Yesterday, I placed in a game jam for the first time in my 11-year history of participating in game jams. The game that took my team and...
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- Jun 4
- 10 min
About my French songs and speech
A fair number of you are aware by now that my stage name, Troisnyx, is pronounced the French way (literally, as trois-nyx). You may also...
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- Apr 15
- 5 min
The perils of marketing the self
Honest question, folks. When you're all on your own, and would rather spend your days writing the kind of music that moves hearts, then...
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- Mar 2
- 5 min
How it began
I can trace the starting points of various aspects of my musicianship to different events in my life; today, I'd like to talk about them....
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- Feb 19
- 3 min
Returning to "The Drummer's Prayer," pt. 1
This song, which I consider my best release to date, is getting a music video, and its first filming day is 24 February 2023! Ahead of...
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- Feb 14
- 3 min
A little game called Dawngrown
This Valentine's Day / Friends' Day, regardless of whether you celebrate it, I would like to talk about a tender little game, called...
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- Jan 2
- 6 min
The precarity of online spaces
CW: discussions of disinformation, racism, transphobia, xenophobia, and general bigotry Last month's news has revealed that after a slew...
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- Dec 26, 2022
- 9 min
My first Christmas as a professional organist
I am an organist and fledgling music director, having only started on New Year's Day 2022. It won't be long before my first anniversary...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 6 min
The long cultural journey behind my drumming
Much of my rhythmic influence does not come from popular influences (or, incidentally, whoever is touted to be the hottest new drummer in...
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- Oct 1, 2022
- 9 min
Musings of a minority organist
Sometimes, I love the power and potential of the pipe organ. Other times, like today, I sincerely wish it to go the way of the dodo. CW:...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
The year of great change, part 2
It's been a hot minute since the last post, eh? I previously wrote about personal projects I've been working on. Now, I'd like to talk...
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- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
The year of great change, part 1
I'd like to preface this post with an image. This is the cover of a major personal project I am currently working on. This is Tempus...
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- Mar 7, 2022
- 9 min
Musical musings on International Women's Day
Three days before International Women's Day, I debated if I shouldn't touch on my journey as a multidisciplinary composer, musician, and...
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- Feb 21, 2022
- 2 min
"Just keep bein' you"
As I neared 1,000 Twitter followers, I started a poll to see what my musician friends would want to hear or see from me to mark that...
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- Feb 20, 2022
- 2 min
Why video game covers are a rarity from me
Some of you who have been following my musical journey know that I posted the occasional video game cover piece now and then during my...
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- Feb 3, 2022
- 7 min
On my experiences with the concept of "music theory"
As a foreword to all of this, I am going to be heavily citing Adam Neely's video on "Music Theory and White Supremacy" a good bit, as it...
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- Dec 26, 2021
- 5 min
My first attempt at a short film scoring competition - and the influence behind it
I feel many of you might be able to relate with the sentiment I had when going into this -- I am musically capable; let me try my hand at...
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- Oct 30, 2021
- 6 min
"Select Adventure" pt. 4: The Drummer's Prayer, pt. 2
After having talked about the artwork and the process behind this track, I took a long break because I was swamped with recording and...
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- Oct 18, 2021
- 5 min
"Select Adventure" pt. 3: The Drummer's Prayer, pt. 1
Previously, I'd written about the artwork, and the process behind it, as well as my thoughts behind each of the islands that would...
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