EMBRACE THE BOUNCE

Aaron Lammer joins Great Life Work to reflect on CoinTalk, Exit Scam, music, collecting vinyl, and Tokyo audiophile bars (and so much more.)

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We cover a lot in this one!

Topics include:

• Reflecting on CoinTalk
• Working close to the action, crypto obsession deepening
• Why crypto isn’t a final resting place for Aaron’s brain
• Why Aaron has no interest in app development anymore
• Why Aaron has no idea what his interests will be in 5-10 years
• How Aaron’s laziness helps him avoid certain would-be addictive hobbies (he’ll never fly fish)
• Wistfully remembered being addicted to video games
• Why Aaron is getting into review culture
• James explains renunciation (No TV/No Movies)
• Aaron is getting into condensed edits of soccer games
• Aaron’s reading habits
• Learning other people canon’s - books, rare records
• Thoughts on record collecting
• What Aaron likes in HiFi
• A basic starter set up: 2 speakers + an amp + a high-quality source
• Aaron talks the role of music-making in his life now and how he currently approaches it
• Explains his longstanding musical collaboration
• Why Aaron focuses on playing with the tools rather than creating a finished product
• Aaron digs into his music making workflow
• hoarding bits? Hard drive space is cheap
• How to embrace the stereo bounce
• Why computer interfaces are not particularly creative
• Why you should make decisions and bounce out bits
• Aaron’s recommended music gear
• Why knobs are infinitely better
• A readinbg of John Berryman’s Dream Song #14
• The Difference between music and poetry to aaron
• James talks about late night “freak show” game
• Aaron talks about visiting an audiophile bar in Tokyo
• Exit Scam and writing for podcasts

Thanks for listening!

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