Brendan Vavra

@brendanvavra.bsky.social

Accordionist, MIDI Accordion creator, VGM Cover Artist, Composer, Software Developer - aka Flake

For some reason 1 out of 4 of my Switch 1 joycons refuses to pair with the Switch 2, and between how new the Switch 2 is and the naming similarities, it currently feels impossible to search for any meaningful troubleshooting on the matter. 🙃

I don't know why, but I feel like mowing the lawn is the closest thing I have to meditation. I guess it's because it's one of the few times I can turn my brain off for an extended time while still doing something productive.

I thought it'd be fun to share a breakdown of the time spent on my most recent video project: Arranging: ~3h Practicing: ~1h Recording Audio: ~2h Editing Audio: ~1h Mixing Audio: ~3h Recording Video: ~2h Editing Video: ~4h Publishing and Sharing: ~1h Total: ~17h

Just played Slippi Unranked for the first time in 3+ years - although I played like hot garbage, I was teamed up with someone chill enough to just mess around with low tiers for a while, so all in all it was one of my better online Melee experiences. ggs

I fear all my years of accordion playing has dulled my composition senses when it comes to harmony and voice leading. I'm too used to only thinking in block chords with only major/minor/7/dim at my disposal, and there's so much more music to be made beyond that...