Beat freak in residence (Friends)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

We’re joined this week by the beat freak in residence himself, the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Listen along as we talk about how we make our beats, what inspires us for our music, and some behind the scenes on our latest albums.

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Featuring:

• Breakmaster Cylinder – Website, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Our Albums

• Next Level: Buy on Apple Music or Bandcamp. Stream on Spotify or Apple Music.
• Theme Songs: Buy on Apple Music or Bandcamp. Stream on Spotify or Apple Music.

Notes from the show

• Watermelon Sugar X Seaside
• The Song Michael Jackson ‘Stole’ From Hall & Oates
• Sia - Elastic Heart feat. Shia LaBeouf & Maddie Ziegler (Official Video)
• Halt and Catch Fire Theme
• Pole Position Theme Song (Cover)
• Osmo Coding Jam
• Let’s Rescore Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ballroom Blitz (Wayne’s World)
• Bohemian Rhapsody (Wayne’s World)
• Jay_cee: Castlevania NES Speedrun in 10:45 (WR)

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บท

1. Let's talk! (00:00:00)

2. The beat freak in residence (00:00:38)

3. Our big exclusive library (00:01:40)

4. Billie Jean + Hall And Oates (00:03:08)

5. BMC's favorite genre (00:04:42)

6. Ever say no? No can do. (00:05:35)

7. BMC-ified (00:08:00)

8. Sunken Barge Zone (Adam's Sudden Death Version) (00:10:04)

9. Pole Reposition (00:14:10)

10. Halt & Catch Fire (00:15:48)

11. Where do you get these names? (00:17:27)

12. How to art (00:19:15)

13. Adam found BMC "In the wild" (00:20:00)

14. BMC doesn't self-promote (00:22:55)

15. Will you write me Polka? (00:23:12)

16. Sponsor: Traceroute Podcast (00:24:50)

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17. Challenge me (00:26:25)

18. BMC's instruments (00:28:37)

19. Making samples (00:29:50)

20. Droid sounds (00:31:14)

21. Wayne's World and "The Ballroom Blitz" (00:34:44)

22. Wayne's World and "Bohemian Rhapsody" (00:36:07)

23. Let's make a todo list (00:36:57)

24. Next Level (00:38:08)

25. Why BMC? (00:40:28)

26. Leonard Cohen is the worst (artist name) (00:42:26)

27. Artist beefs (00:44:20)

28. Moby's "Extreme Ways" (00:45:02)

29. BMC & fame (00:47:58)

30. Sponsor: Sentry (00:49:21)

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31. The Sia way (00:53:01)

32. BMC on YouTube (00:57:02)

33. Is this like Foley? (00:59:09)

34. Give us a behind the scenes (01:01:13)

35. What excites you about the process? (01:03:08)

36. Favorite "Next Level" track? (01:03:34)

37. What's next? (01:07:55)

38. Concerns putting out an album (01:12:18)

39. Games from BMC's past (01:14:16)

40. BMC shares fun facts (01:14:56)

41. Thank you BMC (01:15:59)

42. Ok, we're out! (01:19:11)