There haven’t been any major changes, but I’ve adjusted or removed elements that were slow to load or visually distracting.
I think it’s a little easier to look at now—hopefully. I’ll probably continue making small updates like this from time to time.
Until around the age of 25, I was firmly an analog person. But since the end of last year, I’ve been learning programming more seriously and rebuilt this website myself.
In doing so, I’ve come to realize how challenging it is to weave my own policies, stance, and thinking into the very structure of a design.
It’s something I try to do in music as well, of course—but working with a different kind of language and design logic really does change how intentions take shape.
I can’t yet create complex gimmicks or interactivity, so for now I’m wrestling with how to distill my ideal for this space into its basic structure.
think I mentioned this in my last monthly update, but a piano finally arrived at home—and lately I’ve been posting a few videos where I combine the grand piano with various effects.
The uploads are irregular, but whenever I feel like “I want to try this,” I try to record and share it as a video if I can.
I’m just so happy to be able to practice piano again that I’ve been doing these quiet, low-key exercises. Being able to practice is such a joy.
Playing someone else’s piece kind of feels like I’m absorbing nutrients through my fingertips.
Well, that’s how I put it—but really, tuning my body to read and respond to the score naturally is just pure learning. And honestly, it’s just fun.
How do you make fleeting time audible? How do you approach notes that decay almost immediately? How much dynamic range can you bring to a piece?
The piano, in particular, has evolved so many times (a kind of “update,” to borrow the language of this post), and that evolution changes a lot depending on the era the composer lived in.
It might sound obvious to people who’ve studied music history, but rediscovering and re-experiencing those “obvious” things through playing is still such a joy.
I touched on this in a past post about the piano, but I’ve had complicated feelings toward performing.
When I first started working with a DAW, I actually stopped playing altogether for a while.
At that time, I ended up throwing away a good number of the scores I used during my student years.
Not all of them, but a significant amount seems to be missing now—and that makes me really sad.
Back then, I was probably so inexperienced that taking an extreme step like that felt like a declaration of commitment to myself—a way to leave no escape route.
But now I just think, why did I do that?
These days, I’ve been slowly buying back some of those scores. Scarlatti, for instance.
I don’t think there’s anything else particularly worth noting here.
I’ve been reading various books—though I wish I had time to read even more. I also want to listen to more records.
At some point, I’d like to jot down some thoughts or casual notes about the books I’ve read. Something like that.