Why aren’t you on…

Spotify? All I can find is The War Machine

All of my reasons for not being on Spotify aside from The War Machine are explained in The War Machine.

If you want a bit more detail, read this older blog post.

Tidal?

I actually am on Tidal, but their artist management is currently broken in such a way that most of my releases don’t appear on my actual artist page. Hopefully this gets fixed at some point, but in the meantime you can check this dumping ground where most of my stuff seems to end up (along with a few other artists who also release as “Sockpuppet”).

[insert other streaming provider]

I try to keep my stuff on as many streaming providers as possible (except Spotify, for the reasons explained above), but not all of them accept my music for various reasons. If there’s a specific one that you’d like to see it on, please let me know and I’ll see what I can do!

One of your releases isn’t on streaming

I’ve been slowly rebuilding my streaming catalog after having an issue with a previous distributor. I’m focusing just on making releases available that I think people will actually listen to; if there’s something I’ve released that you want to hear on your streaming provider of choice and which isn’t there, please let me know!

What the heck is your avatar?

I’m a critter!

What’s that?

It’s an anthropomorphic human.

Oh. … Wait, what?

Don’t worry about it.

There’s a lot of music here. Did you make all of it?

Unless otherwise specified, yep! Most of my music is my own original work, with a small handful of covers and collaborations.

Where do I even begin listening?

Over on the releases page you can filter by genre, instrument, and topic, which might help.

What software do you use?

For music I mostly use Logic Pro, which I started using in 2004 and has been my main DAW since 2005. I also make somewhat heavy use of Native Instruments instruments.

For video editing I mostly use DaVinci Resolve although for some things I still use Final Cut Pro.

For artwork I generally use Affinity Studio although I’m not super thrilled with the direction it’s going in so I’m likely to switch back to Krita, especially now that 6.0 is out.

What instruments do you play?

Piano, cello, violin, viola, drums, guitar, bass, hand percussion, and a few other things to varying levels of proficiency.

What’s your live VR performance setup like?

I have a whole article on that.

When/where can I see you perform live?

I try to keep my live performance calendar up-to-date (and there’s also a calendar you can subscribe to via Google Calendar/iCloud/etc. if you’re so inclined), and also try to remember to post upcoming shows to my VRChat group. Past recordings usually show up on my YouTube channel.

I’m also sometimes found doing karaoke or open mics with VRelium and Moonlit with Trans Academy.

How else can I keep up with you?

You could always join my Discord community. This site also has feeds you can subscribe to via your favorite feed reader, via Mastodon/Fediverse/etc. at @sockpuppet.band@sockpuppet.band or at @fluffy@plush.city, and via Bluesky at @bsky.sockpuppet.band.

Last night Furality opened up a dealer’s den preview so that we could check that our booths are set up correctly, and as a treat we got to see a decent chunk of the world and the overall style of the show, and I gotta say, it’s incredible. The Furality team have knocked it out of the park this year, and have really outdone themselves. From what I’ve seen this isn’t just going to be an incredible con, it’s going to be an amazing VRChat experience, and I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of it.

If you’re at all in VRChat (even if you aren’t at all interested in furry stuff), or heck, even if you’ve been thinking of trying VRChat out, I highly recommend coming to Furality Somna so that you can experience the joy. Also, you don’t need a VR setup to use VRChat! it just helps with the immersion (although just a warning, if you play it on desktop or cellphone you’ll probably end up really wanting to get a headset anyway).

Also, I plan on doing various impromptu shows at various places throughout the con, and if you see me wandering around, feel free to come up and say “hi!”