About me#
Hi, I’m Blaine. I enjoy reading, building software, hiking, making music, and playing games.
My wife and I, along with our two wonderful dogs, Willow and Piper, live in Salem, VA, USA in the beautiful Roanoke Valley of the Appalachian Mountains. I work remotely as a software engineer.
I’m a progressive democrat and secular humanist. I spend my freetime working for progressive change in local government.
About this site#
Here you’ll find posts about my several hobbies, new projects I’m working on, political and business ramblings, and random stuff I enjoy.
Latest post#
March 18, 2025The old sound is the new sound
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There’s nothing quite like the lofi sound of degraded tape. The wow and flutter caused by the mechanics of the machine, the imperfections created by a tape that’s been played for years.
Ambient and experimental music has trended toward the sound of tape for a long time. One specific trend I find very interesting is tape loops.
In a tape loop, a section of magnetic tape is cut and spliced end-to-end, creating a circle or loop which can be played continuously, usually on a reel-to-reel tape recorder, making the sound repeat endlessly.
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