Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
I just got done with a wonderful online class taught by the great Sarah Belle Reid!
I came into Create With Courage thinking I was pretty good in dealing with my self doubts and my ability to create, but I joined in hoping to learn more about just getting started with more projects and how I could get myself to create more often. What I came out with was the discovery that self doubt, perfection, and procrastination are all different labels for the same thing: fear. I thought I had my fear in check (I still don't feel like I'm crippled by it), but I noticed that I have underlying tendencies that I thought were one thing, and by mislabeling it I hadn't even considered addressing it. Sarah had some wonderful advice to share about conquering fear over the course of this week, and I'm sure I'll be absorbing and utilizing all of this advice for many months, maybe years to come.
Sarah, if you read this, I am inspired that you have not only put together a week's worth of fantastic information, but you did so entirely free of charge and open to anyone and everyone who needed to hear it. Thank you so much for being open and sharing your experiences!
About the patch:
I have been thoroughly enjoying the process of patching the Empress ZOIA pedal, and now Euroburo, and the idea to craft a live performance around this device has been growing in my head. I still have a lot of experimentation to do and questions to ask until I figure out what that exactly looks like, but I figured I'd start with my NiftyCase rack and see where that goes.
The ZOIA (with the bright blinky lights) acts as the sequencer as well as the effects processor to the Moog Mavis (with the keyboard buttons). The patch loaded onto my ZOIA is my own Subsequent patch (you can find it on PatchStorage); inspired by the Moog Subharmonicon, it has two small sequencers that run with an emphasis on polyrhythms. That controls Mavis, in which I've set up and patched to get a percussion/bell-like quality using FM, sample and hold, the VCA and filter acting together to emulate a Buchla-esque low-pass gate. All this together can make crazy sounds, but using some key controls as well as the keyboard made the system very performative and fun to interact with, which reminds me of that contemporary "west coast" mentality and tonality. Being able to play against the ZOIA's sequence with my interjections was a very fun experience (wish I captured the movements I was involuntarily making!), and even though this wasn't a perfect take by any means, I figured someone may enjoy this enigmatic conversation, or find inspiration in it.
I just got done with a wonderful online class taught by the great Sarah Belle Reid!
I came into Create With Courage thinking I was pretty good in dealing with my self doubts and my ability to create, but I joined in hoping to learn more about just getting started with more projects and how I could get myself to create more often. What I came out with was the discovery that self doubt, perfection, and procrastination are all different labels for the same thing: fear. I thought I had my fear in check (I still don't feel like I'm crippled by it), but I noticed that I have underlying tendencies that I thought were one thing, and by mislabeling it I hadn't even considered addressing it. Sarah had some wonderful advice to share about conquering fear over the course of this week, and I'm sure I'll be absorbing and utilizing all of this advice for many months, maybe years to come.
Sarah, if you read this, I am inspired that you have not only put together a week's worth of fantastic information, but you did so entirely free of charge and open to anyone and everyone who needed to hear it. Thank you so much for being open and sharing your experiences!
About the patch:
I have been thoroughly enjoying the process of patching the Empress ZOIA pedal, and now Euroburo, and the idea to craft a live performance around this device has been growing in my head. I still have a lot of experimentation to do and questions to ask until I figure out what that exactly looks like, but I figured I'd start with my NiftyCase rack and see where that goes.
The ZOIA (with the bright blinky lights) acts as the sequencer as well as the effects processor to the Moog Mavis (with the keyboard buttons). The patch loaded onto my ZOIA is my own Subsequent patch (you can find it on PatchStorage); inspired by the Moog Subharmonicon, it has two small sequencers that run with an emphasis on polyrhythms. That controls Mavis, in which I've set up and patched to get a percussion/bell-like quality using FM, sample and hold, the VCA and filter acting together to emulate a Buchla-esque low-pass gate. All this together can make crazy sounds, but using some key controls as well as the keyboard made the system very performative and fun to interact with, which reminds me of that contemporary "west coast" mentality and tonality. Being able to play against the ZOIA's sequence with my interjections was a very fun experience (wish I captured the movements I was involuntarily making!), and even though this wasn't a perfect take by any means, I figured someone may enjoy this enigmatic conversation, or find inspiration in it.
