David J. Nichols

I don’t know what I did to deserve this life, but I’m certainly not complaining. Just spent the past two hours listening to Nine Inch Nails rehearse.

My nerdiness has reached new heights. I spent all morning watching videos about Klingon music theory.

It’s great! I love that all the Serum 1 presets work flawlessly with it, and you can keep 1 & 2 installed and running concurrently, which is pretty cool. Also thanks again for letting me know Serum 2 was a free upgrade! I wouldn’t have known if it wasn’t for your stream.

I love that wacky place

Are you in Slab City???

Pfft, you would say that, Daaavid.

Osaka

Momma killed it last night. I spend so much time working with huge arena bands who lip sync to prerecorded vocals and use computers to make everything sound perfect, I almost forgot how refreshing it is to just be in a room with other humans playing, singing, and sharing art.

Just a casual night workin with Phish. Such chill vibes.

Clicked the ❤️ icon after reading the first paragraph. Unclicked after reading the second. 👎🏽

So good!

So gross.

Making a spaceship game and teaching myself Unreal in the process. Here's spaceship prototype #1 with a fun barrel roll mechanic. Until now, all my gamedev experience has been in music/audio. If anyone wants to teach me Unreal, I'll trade you for instrument/music composition/audio lessons!

Drina & Sava David J. Nichols · Album · 2022 · 9 songs

This little indie rock album I put out in 2022. open.spotify.com/album/2AugVo...

A few photos from Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou a few weeks ago. Shot using an Olympus XA with Kodak UltraMax 400 and Lomachrome Metropolis film.

Also if you get some of the newer versions, let me know how they sound!

I may have a few of those in a closet somewhere. I used them to make old 4-track recordings ages ago. I’ll let you know if I find any.

Yep! Living authentically, being true to yourself, and not giving a crap what anyone else thinks. 100%!

Cheung Chau, Hong Kong.

So good to be back in the homeland. I missed this city so much!

It was so fun! Really hoping they announce Seattle as an expansion city. The demand for PWHL is definitely there.

New goal for 2025: look like a character from Cyberpunk 2077.

Year-end recap:

I did super rad stuff in 2024.
I will continue to do super rad stuff in 2025.
Life is good
Be kind to each other.
I love you all.

I spy molasses cookies! 🤤

Sound check for John Legend.

Working with Billie Eilish for the next couple nights. Check out the size of this stage! And the entire thing is a giant video screen. Gonna be a fun one!

Just got the dumbest haircut of my life. Might even be worse than the time my mom accidentally buzzed a bald spot in the back of my head and had to cover it up with mascara before sending me off to the first day of fourth grade.

I look like Lord Farquaad.