Sockpuppet.

Symphonic followup

Over on Reddit, someone asked about TooLost, and I mentioned that I used to use them and to avoid them like the plague and I said that I’ve been using Symphonic. They had some followup questions for me and I felt that my answer was detailed enough that I should also post it as a blog post here for future reference.

This is sort of a followup to my previous review about them; nothing has really changed but I’ve had more encounters with their support side of things that I have a more detailed picture on what it’s like to work with them day-to-day.

A Man Like Steve

A silly jungle remix of a classic Marcus Brigstocke bit

Bandcamp alternatives

Just when I was starting to think that Songtradr’s acquisition of Bandcamp was turning out to not be the big problem everyone predicted, they’ve gone and shaken everything back up by laying off the remaining Bandcamp engineering team.

This, uh, is not a good sign.

So, anyway, while I’m not planning on dropping Bandcamp entirely just yet (and will still be uploading my new releases there for the foreseeable future), here’s some of the other places I sell my music.

Projekt: Community PJKT Fest 2026

Sockpuppet was selected as one of the performances for Projekt: Community’s PJKT Fest 2026! Woo!

Royals (player piano)

A version of Royals as arranged for chamber ensemble by me and performed by Alnwlsn’s player piano

Feed (player piano)

A version of Feed as performed by Alnwlsn’s player piano

Deadnames, Ko-Fi and itch updates

When I first released Deadnames I mostly only included the various in-progress forms of what would eventually end up on Transitions, but I also included the original and Plus 5 versions of 120 MPH, which I’d updated for Love and Monsters.

I think I had also meant to include Safety in Numbers for the same reasons, but it ended up slipping my mind. Maybe I thought it would get its own separate release somewhere? But I have no idea when or where that might be.

So, last night I finally got around to remastering the original version and adding it to Deadnames, so if you already bought that album digitally, you should now be able to redownload it and get the updated audio.

The CD version was already at pretty close to the maximum length of a CD, and adding Safety in Numbers to that pushed it way over, so the CD version that’s available now is missing the two hidden tracks in favor of Safety in Numbers. I only know of one person who actually has a physical copy of Deadnames other than myself, so I don’t think that impacts anyone.

But anyway, updating the files on my Ko-Fi shop made me also realize that Bandcrash had a stupid bug that was preventing the MP3 files from getting the cover art tags (which is something I really should have had a proper automated test for, but the state of that code’s tests is kinda abysmal). So I’ve now reuploaded all of the MP3 versions to Ko-Fi and itch.io, so in case anyone’s actually bought any of my albums there, you’ll want to redownload the MP3 version from the respective library.

This also wreaks havoc with the Musicbrainz metadata! I’ve submitted some updates there although who knows how long it’ll take to get accepted.

Anyway. This whole thing affects, like, ten people. But I figured I’d post about it so people would know.

VRelium Pridefest!

I am, as always, pleased as punch to have done a half-hour set with VRelium for the 2026 Pridefest!

For future VRelium shows, join group RELIUM.8220 for access, or watch on Twitch.

Repair My Heart (player piano)

A version of Repair My Heart as performed by Alnwlsn’s player piano

Trans Academy: a short TPVR set

During this time I performed a short set during a break between panels at Trans Academy’s Trans Pride VR festival.

For future Trans Academy events, join group TRANS.7885.

Furality Ultra booth video: behind the scenes

The video I made for my Furality Ultra booth was a lot of work, and I’d love to walk folks through the process!

The assumption some people have is that I got a whole bunch of people together to perform in sync, but that is absolutely not the case. Instead, every single critter, and many of the visual props you see, are on their own separate chromakeyed layer, composited using DaVinci Resolve, each one acted by me personally.

Skyline

Skyline Festival!

Some site updates

Hey y'all, I’ve made a bunch of changes to this website, mostly structural.

The big one is that now all of my albums are available for sale on Ko-Fi, and I’ve also restructured the “buy box” under the player preview to better show what the various icons even are.

I’ve also refreshed the website stylesheets to hopefully make them more maintainable, but in doing so it’s possible I broke something. Please let me know if you come across any issues like that!