This one is from way back (original track), dug out because of fascination with recent AI developments. Arthur Clarke’s prose fed into Midjourney as a prompt (some audiobook tape I had on me at the time), which produced the image, so it is relevant in that sense (singularity implied by Clarke, eerily enough, decades ago). Headphones on, for full enjoyment, otherwise you’re missing a lot of low end information.
Breakfast with Courtney – original track
I took part in a 30-Day Challenge, an exercise of ‘letting go’ aimed at overcoming perfectionism and option paralysis that musicians and producers encounter with their creative work. The challenge was to come up one original piece of work within a 24-hour deadline (though often limited to 3-4 hours due to daily commitments). On the first day, Julie joined me, and we recorded the vocal sketches for several potential songs she had been working on. Each subsequent day, we posted a new track as part of the 30-day challenge, featuring the entire production behind each track. Here are some selected pieces from our daily submissions.
(credits: Julie Hintz – vocals, ukulele; Tim Gerwing – guitar, drums on “Oh! Pen Riot”, guitar on “Bone cloud”; Besart Hysniu – the rest)
30 Days Project – the making of – Introducing Julie:
More footage from sessions of the 30-day challenge:
MmmmDreams dead-ends and unexplored anvenues:
The unglamorous creative process, and the takeaway message, be it writing a book, a piece of music, a poem, an essay, or dissertation: just get started and throw some ideas out, try different things 🙂
And Here is MmmDreams, the final submission for the day (of the 30-day challenge), synced to a dance video:
another track with Julie, from the 30-days challenge, set to a dancing video:
Mixed Mind – a mashup/remix with a known song, just for fun
Show at an art gallery (A1 on Hastings), warmup, with fellow musician Tim Gerwing. Original music, impromptu appearance
(c) Besart Hysniu 2025 