Pollinators such as this Canadian Tiger Swallowtail butterfly are all over the orchard now. A bit out of sync with the apple and cherry blossoms, but that’s okay. Just let the grass grow long and it turns into a field of wildflowers. What a lovely scene.

Thanks for the news, LinkedIn... So maybe this is just me, but it seems like a bad thing? Are you just feeling like this is an inevitability at this point? It doesn't have to be, especially now.

I want to connect with more creative builders aspiring homesteaders aspiring full-time RV'ers unlikely tech entrepreneurs If you’re someone building and dreaming right now, drop it in the comments and let's connect

I had quite some fun tracking down a TrustPilot reviewer from last year... and converting his 1-star into 5-stars. Worth the effort. Leave no stone unturned.

Fruit is a lagging indicator. I was walking through our orchard just now. We’ve been slowly developing it for about ten years. Feels a lot like building products and businesses for 20 years: prepare the ground prune what drains life protect what’s fragile wait longer than you wanted And every once in a while, by the grace of God, the pollinators pass through.

kid staying close to home for college, doubling down on the faith, and setting up Roth IRA > kid leaving home

artisanal all-organic free range wild caught audio editing is alive in northern Minnesota

I spent years writing about sovereignty. Land. Family. Road life. A house in the forest. Work on your own terms. Here is the part people don’t talk about: If the business can’t feed the family, sovereignty becomes theater. I’ve pulled from savings for months while rebuilding a technical company from a forest studio in Minnesota. No VC cushion. No day job. No institution behind me. No romance left to hide behind. Just the question every independent builder eventually has to answer: Can the work actually carry the life? I’m going to document the rebuild honestly: what gets attention what brings revenue what was wishful thinking what modern tools actually help what breaks when the bills meet the dream Not guru content. Field notes. And yes, the work is real: apps, firmware, audio engines, product systems. If you know a founder with a stuck technical product, send them my way. But the deeper question is bigger than my company: A lot of “independent life” content shows the cabin, the land, the road, the tools, the family, the freedom. Almost none of it shows the spreadsheet. I still believe in independent life. But I am done acting like the romance matters if the numbers do not work.

Name another music tech company where this blocks the road to the studio. We'll wait. 🫎 📍 Two Harbors, MN — Lake Superior North Shore #musictech #proaudio #northshore #moose

This goes for all small business: shaming them for using tools everyone else uses will simply lead to the end of small business. What an irony that only soulless conglomerates will remain.

2 giant cedars - the twins, one of my favorite spots. Impressive. Just a short hike from the studio, away from our tiny clearing. If you’ve heard about the fires up here, we’re okay. Some folks lost their homes. Spend time in the wilderness today. Find the peace that can only be found in God’s creation, unspoiled.

Any Doctor Who fans in the house...?

Who doesn’t want to listen to Orbital through BigSky and a Studer? Fidelia 2 hosts plugins right inside the player — for when your music library deserves a unique signal chain. 3 AU slots. Built-in DSP. No subscription. No data collected. #MacAudio #Audiophile #AUv3

Fidelia is in the best place it has ever been. Stability is excellent. The feature set is deep. And for the kind of listener it was built for, we sincerely believe it’s the best music player app available. #Fidelia #Audiophile #MusicTech

Fidelia 2.0 is live. Complete rebuild under the hood. Mastering-grade DSP built in — headphone crossfeed, psychoacoustic dither, reference SRC. No plugins. No subscription. Familiar face.

The music industry looks like some locked fortress from the outside. Opaque. Gated. Hollywood-level nonsense. But once you're actually in it, especially on the tech side, you realize that's total nonsense. It's not just the two giant players or private equity swallowing every cool old brand. It's hundreds of scrappy 1-10 person outfits grinding away. Building a weird new instrument, a core plugin engine, a suite of tools that actually matter. Pushing the needle forward and keeping some real creative soul alive. That keeps this whole thing breathing. And yeah, it matters a ton to people like me. @weareaudiofile is just one of those small crews. A bunch of our direct "competitors" are legit friends. Without all these little players, music tech wouldn't exist. Or if it did, it'd be soulless corporate sludge. If you're in this world (sound designers, plugin makers, tool builders, synth hackers), you already feel it. Let's not let it turn into just another consolidated, algorithm-driven void. Support the indies who still give a damn: buy their stuff, share their work, shout them out, collaborate when it makes sense. The soul of music tech depends on it. What's one small music tech thing you're using right now that actually changed how you create? Drop it below. I want to check it out. (And yeah, that's me on the beach a few minutes ago. No filter, no corporate headshot. Just keeping it real.) #MusicTech #AudioEngineering #IndieDev

$8.11 in my personal checking account. Never been more focused. There's something clarifying about betting on yourself. You find out what's real fast. Building anyway. Watch this space. #offgrid #sovereignbuilder