filament garden
blog
an introduction
hello! as you have probably seen from my homepage, my name is alexa. i'm a transgender woman from the US who is really into music.
a somewhat long time ago, i went to music school in my current city, New Orleans, got a composition degree, got burned out after a couple years of playing as a professional accompanist and a failed journey to graduate school, and now i'm finally healing and picking up the pieces, starting with electronic music, a relatively new foray for me.
i have a few favored tools these days, but my favorite at this moment has to be openMPT. tracker music just clicks better than piano roll DAWs for me for reasons i'll get into in the future.
what i long for musically is expressions of both emotion and functional beauty. i've been playing some trad jazz, doing some transcriptions, studying up on some soul, and getting back in touch with 20th century classical repertoire. i love arnold schoenberg.
also, check out my EP on bandcamp at https://syntheticgoddess.bandcamp.com, made in the PICO-8 fantasy console.
currently, i live with three humans and three cats, and i care about them all deeply.
it's nice to meet you all, and take care!
xoxo alexa