Leo Aram-DownsJan 17, 20216 minTop 10 Albums of 20202020 was, most certainly, a year. Tons happened, all while, simultaneously, absolutely nothing happened at all for lots of us. It was...
Leo Aram-DownsDec 30, 20207 minA Year in Time: 2020 Edition2020 was the year none of us expected, with a profound impact on how our time is spent. This is a breakdown of how my time was spent.
Leo Aram-DownsMay 28, 202037 minMy 50 Favourite Albums of the 2010sThis was a blog post I meant to make during the Year of Everything, but I never really felt like I had the time to sit down and consider...
Leo Aram-DownsDec 30, 20197 minA Year in Time 2The last song of the Year of Everything comes out tomorrow, and now is the time to do a bit of reflection. But my plans for an actual...
Leo Aram-DownsDec 26, 20195 minThe Year of Everything: A ReflectionAt time of writing, there is only one song left to put out. Honestly, I never really thought this far ahead to the project actually...
Leo Aram-DownsDec 7, 201916 minTop 10 Albums of 2019Much to my weird mixture of sadness and relief, 2019 is coming to a close. It’s been exciting, eventful, and exhausting and I wouldn’t...
Leo Aram-DownsJul 11, 20194 minQuarterly Review 2Given the decline in frequency of these blogs being written, it feels like mere minutes since I did the last quarterly review. That’s...
Leo Aram-DownsJul 4, 20194 minTour FeelingsSo I’ve just gotten home after the best part of 2 months’ worth of touring with a theatre production. We did a week in Sweden and then 5...
Leo Aram-DownsJun 1, 20195 minas is. - Song Breakdown I’m pretty sure I just wrote and released my best song to date. I don’t even say this flippantly, I have a lot of criticisms when I look...
Leo Aram-DownsApr 19, 20195 minThe Case Against Perfect PitchI feel like there's a lot I need to try and qualify before I just jump straight into a topic like this. First and foremost, I have...
Leo Aram-DownsApr 13, 20192 minThe Noise.Let’s talk about success. And more importantly, let’s talk about a phrase that’s been thrown around at more seminars and masterclasses...
Leo Aram-DownsApr 5, 20194 minQuarterly Review 1I can’t believe this is already a quarter of the way through. So much planning and writing and work is already out in the world and it...
Leo Aram-DownsMar 8, 20195 minThe Numbers. It’s coming up to the first quarter of the way through this project, and I’m starting to think about the kind of things I want to include...
Leo Aram-DownsMar 4, 20192 minNormalityOne big takeaway from this project so far has been a kind of discovery about how I value routines. A lot of the things I want to try and...
Leo Aram-DownsFeb 22, 20192 minThe first roadblock.I’ve formed a small habit of going to the beach and speaking into my audio recorder, and these rambles will form some of these blogs,...
Leo Aram-DownsFeb 12, 20196 minBallad of Oara: Project BreakdownIt’s time for a new project. It’s also time for a totally new direction by the look of it. Ballad of Oara was one of these things that...
Leo Aram-DownsFeb 7, 20193 minI'm Not ReadyThis title has been sitting in my spreadsheet of things I want to talk about, and I’ve always put it off because I’ve not really known...
Leo Aram-DownsFeb 1, 20194 minFun, and games part 1: Salt. I'm surprised I made it almost 10 posts in and not talk about video games, but consider that streak well and truly broken as of today....
Leo Aram-DownsJan 23, 20192 minThe "Cynth"This week's song, "Slow Fall" has a kind of fun production thing mixed super super low and I thought I'd just quickly break down. It was...
Leo Aram-DownsJan 17, 20199 minA Year in Time I’ve been making notes and thinking about this blog post for most of the latter half of last year, so being able to sit down and write it...