Aspiring music and audio person. Recovering military.
Fiction: trashy science fiction and fantasy from my youth that mostly hasn't aged very well. Non-fiction: military history, popular science, music
More commonly found at: @venya@musicians.today.
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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's heroic opposition to Hitler in 1944 cost him his life. In this intriguing, well-paced tale of …
Cameron Holt, protagonist of the zombie thriller "Orpheus," tells in his own words how he survived the first days of …
The Union of Humanity exists only because the aliens demanded it. After a hundred different treaties and countless broken promises, …
Enter a new frontier. "An empty apartment, a missing family, that's creepy. But this is like finding a military …
Now in paperback, returning to the universe of New York Times Notable book This Alien Shore comes a new space …
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the future of global warfare
In 2014, …
Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly …
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do …
“I DON’T BELONG IN THE MILITARY. I DON’T WANT TO BELONG.”
Tanner Malone never aspired to heroism. For him, the …
Published to glowing reviews, The Big Truck That Went By is a crucial look at …
Been meaning to read this for quite a while.
I had somehow never even heard of Sound on Sound, so this one was my entry into his other work there, and one of the few magazines I've seen that treats normal human budget DAWs and equipment and tools with something resembling respect.
Throughout the ages, mankind has been fascinated with the ruins of previous societies. The desire to gain a greater understanding …
You've learned the basics of bass, so now it's time to explore new styles and …
Not sure about “comprehensive,” but this is a helpful resource for getting your feet wet with styles you may not be as familiar with.
This is the right-hand man for players who live and breathe bass, or for beginners …
One of the first books I ever bought for bass guitar, it’s basically a curated collection of articles from Bass Player magazine in the late 90s. Quite old now, but a lot of it is still very applicable, especially for those just getting started. I order a used copy to give out to new bass players from time to time.
