Polygon Rainbow

04/19/2024

04/19/2024

I have realized that social media is an addiction that I have no hopes of overcoming so long as it’s present in my life. I have no desire to be famous or even recognized for my art anymore, but the addictive nature of this platform and the way it preys on creatives keeps me screaming into the void to “look at me” despite me wanting to disappear completely.

Seala and I have been doing tremendous amounts of unpacking our lives and our traumas in therapy and it’s brought an awareness to my day to day behavior and mental state that I’ve been mostly dissociating from and turning a blind eye to and I cannot keep following this rabbit hole to my demise.

24 hours from now I will be deleting, not deactivating, any and all traces of me, and Polygon Rainbow from social media. I have decided to leave things that are already on streaming platforms and bandcamp, but I will no longer be actively posting or sharing new things to either. I will also be performing my last set as Polygon Rainbow at Applecross Music and Arts Festival - 2024 If you know me, you know that I couldn’t stop creating if I tried, I’m just going to turn that focus inward.

My biggest fomo about deleting socials is losing connection with so many people I truly love. If you’re seeing this, and you want to stay connected, please shoot me a DM with your contact info.

It’s time for me to detach from this mess, and be with my family.

Much love.
-Chris

04/17/2024

I think that’s a wrap.

You’re welcome for the art.
You’re welcome for the music.

See you when I see you.

04/16/2024

D106

04/14/2024

24.105
Cinema4D

04/13/2024

day104

04/12/2024

24.103
uncontained

04/12/2024

If you haven’t seen yet, it looks like AI generated music is here for good.

The last time I dabbled with an AI music generator I was super underwhelmed. There were like 5 genres to choose from and the output was tacky and generic.

This time however, my mind is absolutely blown. I could not have had a more different experience. It reminded me of the first time I used MidJourney. Wow, I can’t believe that this is where we are.

Admittedly, it’s a bit frustrating that I’ve been producing music for 10 years, and now an algorithm is better than I am. Once I set my ego aside and marvel at the idea, I find myself more excited for the possibilities. There will be people who can hear artifacts and lossy degredation in AI music, but I think other people will embrace it as we have vinyl and tape static and VHS distortion.

My biggest takeaway is that if I’m being completely honest, I’m likely to rarely listen to other artists anymore once the generation is almost instantaneous. Every sound I could want to hear is at my fingertips now.

S**t is bananas. The cat is out of the bag. Etc. Etc.

Here is the final product from one afternoon of play.

16 track album