Bay Mud

My cart for #bandampfriday is filling up already! If you're looking for something unique for your collection, here's where I'm at in various forms:
baymud.bandcamp.com - Electronic
patientwhales.bandcamp.com - Ambient Folk
lordplunder.bandcamp.com - Supervillain Crooner

I appreciate you listening!

In advanced of #BandcampFriday, I added another new folky track to the almost-complete Patient Whales album. Listen close for the layers of MIDI guitar under the real thing:
patientwhales.bandcamp.com/track/at-a-g...

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YouTube video by Bay Mud I Made a Live Soundtrack Using Only Phone Notifications

Got to be part of a fun and challenging one-night art event recently that had me doing a live ambient soundtrack using only phone notification sounds. Super fun in the end! youtu.be/dnjBLuF_YTQ?...

YouTube video by Bay Mud An Expert's Guide on How To Fail Online Music Challenges

With another annual #RPMChallenge about to begin, it seemed like a good time to re-share these totally non-sarcastic words of wisdom: youtu.be/FgUNPQON6RM

YouTube video by Bay Mud Randomizing Effects with MIDI Lost + Found & Deluge Jam

Did you know MIDI can randomize the effect selection of the Chase Bliss Lost + Found? Super fun to automate MIDI parameters via the Deluge (which is also providing a jam for the L+F to process) youtu.be/g34eqyKSh6g

That's the dream! Ha

That's a good approach! I should try more small releases and genre-morphing under the same project

Thanks! Yeah, the attack really separates it from a regular guitar-like sound. Super fun

Enjoying the variety so far! I always feel I have to keep different projects separate, which gets messy (so many Bandcamps. Ha) and appreciate that you blend genres from release to release

Oh nice! Will dig in. Thanks for sharing

Oh great! Small world. Ha

Do you still make music? I saw poetry on your page, which is something I've not delved much into (aside from lyric writing)

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Thanks! It's been fun experimenting with all the MIDI guitar stuff. I come from a folky background, so it's a nice way to merge things with synth ambience

YouTube video by Bay Mud Ambient Performance: Triggering Synth Arps via MIDI Guitar (Fishman TriplePlay and Midicake Arp)

@mohaynow.com this video experiment was the inspiration (including the melody), but imagine a folky song over top. Ha youtu.be/EhpSJuH41Us?...

Not yet, but it's coming together more folky than I described initially (MIDI guitar synth arps are background layers). Will be added to this growing collection next week, I hope! patientwhales.bandcamp.com

Do you mean in terms of my computer? I'm just using an old PC laptop (but works well for my recording needs). The overall question was more of a joke, as I'm having too much fun with MIDI guitar at the moment and want to add it to everything

Infinite MIDI guitar arps does sound like the way to go

YouTube video by Bay Mud My New Favourite Guitar Rig Is a Keyboard

I've been obsessing over playing the Reface CP electric piano sounds via guitar (with a MIDI pickup), so here we are. A bit of ragebait, a bit of fun (also I'm actually in this one here and there)
youtu.be/8RoTSyrLPew

There are no limits to how many MIDI guitar arp tracks a guy can use on a folk recording, right? Asking for a...me

YouTube video by Bay Mud Exploring the Chase Bliss Lost + Found Using Only a Vocal Loop

Was aiming for a demo of my favourite combo effects on the Chase Bliss Lost + Found, but ended up getting lost in this vocal loop jam instead. Super fun box with many uses www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZw...

YouTube video by Bay Mud What I Actually Made in 2025 (Beyond the Gear)

Figured I'd balance the scales after that GAS-heavy gear video and talk about all the creative stuff I worked on over 2025. Hopefully interesting to someone! Lots to come in 2026
youtu.be/_soiEKwxBIw

Also my first time using the Chase Bliss Lost + Found! May be hard to tell, but basically anything that sounds like a synth, bells, harmonica, etc. is probably the Resonator and/or Pitch Repeater. Also obvious Gen Lite tape start/stops at the beginning and end, because I had to. It's the law.

3rd Year (I've Got It All), by Patient Whales from the album Patient Whales Ate The Sea

Happy 2026! Just snuck a 7th folky track on the Patient Whales album. This was half written eons ago at school, then forgotten until recently. If you're curious about the woes of a pretentious green-haired art student with mono, this one's for you patientwhales.bandcamp.com/track/3rd-ye...

Time for another listening party from the RPM Challenge monthly REM series (got a new folky track being premiered). Always a fun, inspiring time rpmchallenge.com/en/radio

This video was fun, from a gear-nerd perspective, but it makes me want to do something a bit more substantive, like a recap of all the creative things I did with the gear in 2025. Maybe that will be next week's outing?

YouTube video by Bay Mud The Gear I Bought & Sold in 2025 (and Why)

I enjoy seeing what gear choices people make, so I figured it would be fun to go through the stuff I bought/sold in 2025 (spoiler, I bought more than I sold this year. Oops) youtu.be/OpfSCzpVgpU

Just doing my part to make sure we've all got something under the tree

YouTube video by Bay Mud Zoom L6max Bounce Recording Explained (It’s Not Traditional Overdubbing)

Nothing says "Christmas Eve" like a tutorial on a convoluted feature of a niche mixer, so fill your stockings with a tutorial on how to use bounce recording on the Zoom L6max youtu.be/its4TTyVv34

YouTube video by Bay Mud Harsh Noise Meets Ambient: SOMA RoAT + Microcosm

Another old-school, no-talking jam this week, featuring the unlikely pairing of SOMA RoAT and Microcosm. Super fun youtu.be/dvpAtYBKVAM