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My Tracks - April 2026

A selection of my music production work from April 2026. I move freely between funky house, chillsynth, ballads, techno, hard house and instrumental soundscapes. I build tracks around rhythm, mood and tiny sparks of emotion that grow into something bigger. Some tunes hit hard, some float, some just wander in and make themselves at home. Many of the tracks have been remastered and almost all album art has been updated, so the tracks have been republished. ...

April 30, 2026 · 1 min · James M

My Tracks - March 2026

A selection of my music production work from March 2026. Browse other months All Tracks

March 1, 2026 · 1 min · James M

Music: My Favourite Artists, Bands, DJs, Composers, Concerts & Theatre

A curated, living list of the artists, players, and shows that have shaped my listening and playing over the years. Grouped by category and condensed into tables for quick scanning. Favourite Artists & Bands Genre Artist 90s Dance Awesome 3 90s Dance Cappella 90s Dance D:Ream 90s Dance Hyper Go Go 90s Dance Shades of Rhythm Dance / Electronic Jeremy Ellis Dance / Electronic Mezerg Funk & Jazz Jamiroquai Funk & Jazz Matt Johnson Funky House Purple Disco Machine Instrumental Al Marconi Instrumental Jean-Michel Jarre Instrumental The Piano Guys Pop Bronski Beat Pop Calvin Harris Pop Coldplay Pop Craig David Pop Curiosity Killed The Cat Pop Daði Freyr Pop Deacon Blue Pop Dead Or Alive Pop DJ Fresh Pop Enigma Pop Enya Pop Erasure Pop Gloria Estefan Pop Howard Jones Pop Jimmy Somerville Pop JLS Pop Josh Groban Pop Kool & The Gang Pop Kylie Minogue Pop Level 42 Pop Lighthouse Family Pop Limahl Pop Mariah Carey Pop Michael Bolton Pop Michael Jackson Pop Paul Hardcastle Pop Pet Shop Boys Pop Rozalla Pop Spandau Ballet Pop Take That Pop Technotronic Pop The Communards Pop Tony Mortimer Pop Westlife Pop Whitney Houston Pop Years & Years Pop Youngr Rock Eagles Rock Fleetwood Mac Rock The Beach Boys Rock The Cure Singer Songwriters Barry Manilow Singer Songwriters Carpenters Singer Songwriters Christopher Cross Singer Songwriters Stevie Wonder Synthwave Sunglasses Kid Trance Above & Beyond Trance Armin Van Buuren Favourite DJs Genre DJ Hard House Andy Farley Hard House Andy Whitby Hard House BK Hard House Carl Nicholson Hard House Guyver Hard House Paul Glazby Hard House Paul Maddox Trance Andy Bagguley Trance Armin Van Buuren Other Jaguar Skills Favourite Keyboard Players & Pianists Player Link Anthony Marinelli YouTube Barry Manilow YouTube Bartek Krzemiński YouTube Bert Smorenburg Website Howard Jones YouTube Jean-Michel Jarre YouTube Jordan Rudess YouTube Matt Johnson YouTube Robby Sharp YouTube Simeon Amburgey YouTube Stevie Wonder YouTube Thiago Pinheiro YouTube Favourite Composers Composer Notable Works Alan Menken Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Pocahontas, Tangled, The Little Mermaid Andrew Lloyd Webber Cats, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Phantom of the Opera Dario Marianelli Everest Hans Zimmer Gladiator, Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight, The Last Samurai, The Lion King James Horner Aliens, Apocalypto, Apollo 13, Titanic John Williams A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Catch Me If You Can, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Harry Potter, Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Superman Tom Salta Halo, Prince of Persia, Tom Clancy franchise Tom Salta is an ASCAP award-winning and BAFTA-nominated composer, one of the most versatile and prolific artists/producers working across film, television, advertising, and video games. ...

January 8, 2026 · 3 min · James M
Playing and creating music intuitively

Why I Play & Create Music Intuitively

Playing by ear - discovering by accident The Joy of Surprise I don’t play the piano to master it. I play it because sometimes it surprises me. That sounds backwards, especially in a world obsessed with progress, scales, grades, and measurable improvement. But the thing that keeps pulling me back to the keys isn’t control - it’s discovery. It’s that moment when my fingers land somewhere they’ve never quite been before and something clicks. A sound appears that I didn’t plan, didn’t predict, and definitely didn’t know I knew. ...

January 7, 2026 · 5 min · James M

My Tracks - January 2026

A selection of my music production work from January 2026. Browse other months All Tracks

January 1, 2026 · 1 min · James M

My Tracks

A selection of my music production work spanning various genres and styles. These tracks explore themes of ambient soundscapes, electronic textures, and atmospheric production. Browse by Month April 2026 - 21 tracks March 2026 - 15 tracks January 2026 - 5 tracks December 2025 - 72 tracks November 2025 - 17 tracks October 2025 - 13 tracks August 2025 - 10 tracks June 2025 - 9 tracks Total: 162 tracks

December 5, 2025 · 1 min · James M

My Tracks - December 2025

A selection of my music production work from December 2025. Browse other months All Tracks

December 1, 2025 · 1 min · James M

My Tracks - November 2025

A selection of my music production work from November 2025. Browse other months All Tracks

November 1, 2025 · 1 min · James M

AI Tools & Frameworks

AI Tools Art & Graphic Design AutoDraw - fast drawing for everyone Adobe Firefly - generative AI tool with Generative Fill, part of Adobe Photoshop Cleanup.pictures - remove unwanted object, defect, people or text from your pictures DALL·E 2 - creates realistic images & art from a description in natural language Deep Nostalgia - animate your family photos Instorier - picture to 3D tool Leap - generate images, edit them, fine tune models, retrieve text context and more with best-in-class APIs and SDKs Leonardo - create stunning game assets with AI Microsoft Designer - stunning designs, made lightning fast with AI Midjourney - generates images from natural language descriptions, called “prompts” (similar to OpenAI’s DALL-E & Stable Diffusion) PixTeller online image editor & animation maker to create posters, animated gifs, logos, banners, invitations, flyers, animated logos, video thumbnails & more Playground - create any image from your imagination Stockimg AI - generate with AI: book covers, wallpapers, posters, logos, stock images, illustrations & art StyleDrop - text-to-image generation in any style ChatBot BuddyGPT - the power of ChatGPT, on WhatsApp & Telegram ChatGPT - an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) Cohere - build incredible products with world-class language AI Google Gemini - conversational generative AI chatbot developed by Google (formerly Bard), available in free and Pro tiers Kaizan - uses conversation intelligence to highlight client health and what will increase revenue Perplexity - chatbot that uses machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to respond to user questions Playground - explore the capabilities of various AI models developed by OpenAI Quickchat - technology to build AI assistants that talk like a human Typewise - AI writing solution for customer service and sales teams Chrome Extensions alicent - browser extension for ChatGPT Compose - Chrome extension that cuts down your writing time with AI-powered autocompletion & text generation FinalScout - ChatGPT-powered email finding & outreach at scale Voilà - personal AI assistant for supercharged productivity Poised - AI-powered communication coach that helps you speak with confidence and clarity Wiseone - helps you master any topic you are reading online by bringing relevant and reliable information Customer Support Forethought - generative AI for customer support Design Flair - AI design tool for branded content Galileo AI - creates delightful, editable UI designs from a simple text description Co-Pilot AskCodi - speed up the development process through tools, ask Codi AI to answer coding questions, explain code, document, or test code GitHub Copilot - cloud-based artificial intelligence tool developed by GitHub and OpenAI to assist users of Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Neovim, and JetBrains integrated development environments by autocompleting code. KoPylot - open-source AI-powered Kubernetes assistant to help developers & DevOps engineers easily manage & monitor their Kubernetes clusters Monica - Chrome extension powered by ChatGPT Replit - build software collaboratively with the power of AI, on any device, without spending a second on setup UseChatGPT - use ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat & Claude on any website without copy & pasting Wiseone - AI-powered browser extension that offers a new way of reading & exploring information Gaming Nvidia Game AI Voyager - open-ended embodied agent with large language models (LLMs) Marketing Automizy - email marketing software designed to increase your email open rates Music Audoir - AI lyrics & poetry generator Beatoven - create customisable royalty free music that elevates your story Boomy - create original songs in seconds Brain.fm - get more done with less effort & unlock your best self on demand LALAL.AI - extract vocal, accompaniment & various instruments from any audio / video Muzeek - aim to save venues and promoters a ton of time, help artists and their teams automate opportunities Soundraw - royalty-free AI generated music WavTool - make high-quality music with an AI assistant in the browser, for free Project Management LiquidPlanner - project management solution that dynamically adapts to change and manages uncertainty to help teams plan, predict, and perform with confidence Prompt Engineering Borriss The Advanced Prompt Writer Tool - write complex prompts in seconds Text to Speech & Voice Cleanvoice - removes filler sounds, stuttering and mouth sounds from your podcast or audio recording LOVO - AI voice generator and Text to Speech Murf - AI voice generator and Text to Speech Speechify - mobile and desktop app that reads text aloud using a computer generated Text to Speech voice Voicemaker - online free Text to Speech converter Video Descript - write, record, transcribe, edit, collaborate, and share your videos and podcasts Elai - build customized AI videos with a presenter in minutes without using a camera, studio and a green screen Steve AI - make professional videos in minutes Website Builders 10Web - AI-powered WordPress platform Durable - AI website builder that generates an entire website with images and copy in seconds Writing AISEO - AI writing assistant that delivers undetectable, human-like content in just a few clicks Beautiful - jumpstart your presentations Bertha - create engaging content without the hassle of creating it Decktopus - AI-powered presentation generator Fireflies - automate your meeting notes: record, transcribe, search and analyze voice conversations Gamma - start writing beautiful & engaging content with none of the formatting and design work Jasper - AI writer and AI art generator Kickresume - create a beautiful resume in minutes using AI & customizable templates Notion - organizational tools including task management, project tracking, to-do lists, bookmarking, and more Ocoya - create and schedule social media, content marketing & copywriting quicker using AI Paperpal - real-time, subject-specific language suggestions that help you write better, faster Postwise - craft engaging posts with AI, schedule effortlessly and watch your followers grow Quillbot - AI-powered paraphrasing tool to enhance your writing Saga AI - write faster, and do better work directly in Saga with the help of a digital AI assistant Scribe - automatically create step-by-step guides in seconds simply by watching you work Simplified - supercharge content creation Sudowrite - AI novel writing assistant that makes the creative writing process more fun and interactive Text Blaze - eliminate repetitive typing and mistakes Trinka - online grammar checker and language correction AI tool for academic and technical writing Writesonic - create SEO-optimized and plagiarism-free content for your blogs, ads, emails, and website 10X faster YouTube Eightify - YouTube summaries powered by ChatGPT TubeBuddy - optimize your YouTube channel faster Other Adriel - handle complex marketing campaigns and reach your advertising goals AdScale - boost your ad performance by automating everything from ad creation, and optimization, to audience targeting and performance tracking Akkio - predictive AI for Analysts Audiense - audience Intelligence platform, helping marketers and consumer researchers to be innovative and develop relevant audience-centric strategies through proprietary social consumer segmentation Bardeen - mission is to help people leverage technology, do more of what they love, and stay in the flow Brancher - connect AI models to build AI apps in minutes, with no-code Decoherence - create what can’t be filmed DoNotPay - the world’s first robot lawyer Fyle - real-time expense management Google Flood AI Hints - AI assistant that integrates with any software to perform tasks on your behalf Krisp - improves the productivity of online meetings with its AI-powered Voice Clarity and Meeting Assistant Lavender - sales email assistant powered by AI Mixo - helps entrepreneurs quickly launch and validate their business ideas MosaicTrack - smart recruiting solution that leverages the cognitive power of artificial intelligence to read through resumes and social profiles to find the best talent based on culture fit and skill set Nosto - commerce experience platform - an integrated suite of data-fueled personalization and merchandising solutions Octane AI - Shopify app for AI-powered customer engagement Outfits AI - try on any outfits using AI Regie - AI sales assistant for email Snazzy - gives you great content ideas for social media ads, landing pages and more Sprout Social - extract real business value from social Taskade - AI-powered workspace for productivity TldV - AI meeting recorder and summarizer Twain - AI writing assistant Vondy - AI app builder Voyado Elevate - intelligent search and merchandising for online retailers Warmer - AI cold email outreach WNR - prompts made easy with AI templates Research Consensus - search engine that uses AI to extract and distill findings directly from scientific research SciSpace - do hours worth of reading and understanding in minutes Scholarcy - reads your research articles, reports and book chapters in seconds and breaks them down into bite-sized sections Spec-driven Development (SDD) GitHub Spec Kit - toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development (SDD) - specifications become executable, directly generating working implementations rather than just guiding them Twitter BlackMagic - enhanced Twitter for pro tweeters Hypefury - personal assistant to grow & monetize your Twitter audience Tribescaler - get more impressions, grow a better network and earn more money Tweet Hunter - build & monetize your Twitter audience Tweetlify - create viral tweets, grow followers & make money AI Research Companies Boston Dynamics - create exceptional robots that enrich people’s lives Fast.ai - making deep learning easier to use Google AI - a division of Google dedicated to artificial intelligence Midjourney - independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species OpenAI - AI research and deployment company Stability - building the foundation to activate humanity’s potential Tesla AI & Robotics - developing & deploying autonomy at scale in vehicles & robots Related Reading List of AI GitHub Projects The Complete AI Developer’s Guide: Resources and Best Practices List of AI Courses & Learning Resources AI Conferences Worth Following AI Explainers

October 28, 2025 · 8 min · James M

My Tracks - October 2025

A selection of my music production work from October 2025. Browse other months All Tracks

October 1, 2025 · 1 min · James M