mendel (he/him)
@mendel.mendellee.com
NOLA-based composer
former collegiate music educator (prim marching band)
versipel.org ED - rhythmx.org Board VP
hobbyist of video/tabletop games, poker, data, and cooking
-- while not all new music is for everyone, there exists new music for everyone --
former collegiate music educator (prim marching band)
versipel.org ED - rhythmx.org Board VP
hobbyist of video/tabletop games, poker, data, and cooking
-- while not all new music is for everyone, there exists new music for everyone --
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mendel (he/him)
@mendel.mendellee.com
· Feb 15
Career pivots and perseverance in new music: Interview with Mendel Lee
Mendel Lee (he/him) (b. 1975) is a New Orleans-based composer whose music explores both the evolution of singular ideas over a long period of time and layered syncopated rhythmic patterns and hemio…
soundpudding.com
For those that don't know about me or my creative practice, a good way to do so is through the sound pudding interview I did with @adamscottneal.bsky.social
soundpudding.com/career-pivot...
Hi there, it's nice to meet you.
soundpudding.com/career-pivot...
Hi there, it's nice to meet you.
I hereby declare that the plural for "cucumber" is "cucumbi"
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I hereby declare that the plural for "cucumber" is "cucumbi"
tonight i went to a show featuring my two good friends Megan and Alan who played a rave-based show with live saxophone and mezzo-soprano vocals.
it was outstanding, and they're outstanding people
it was outstanding, and they're outstanding people
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
tonight i went to a show featuring my two good friends Megan and Alan who played a rave-based show with live saxophone and mezzo-soprano vocals.
it was outstanding, and they're outstanding people
it was outstanding, and they're outstanding people
I'm drafting my next personal newsletter, and I just used the term "eyesight gymnastics".
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm drafting my next personal newsletter, and I just used the term "eyesight gymnastics".
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New Orleans culture bearers may be forced out of Musicians’ Village after property sale
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
New Orleans culture bearers may be forced out of Musicians’ Village after property sale
New Orleans culture bearers living in Musicians’ Village will have to pay at least triple the rent they currently do or face being evicted after Habitat for Humanity sold their
www.nola.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New Orleans culture bearers may be forced out of Musicians’ Village after property sale
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
www.nola.com/gambit/news/...
The ASCAP+ award I get isn't much, but I'm always glad to get something. #composition
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The ASCAP+ award I get isn't much, but I'm always glad to get something. #composition
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
while we were out on our walk this morning, there was a sign that said:
ART AND PLANT
*address*
it's such a curious sign. either it's a noun and a verb, or it's two nouns but there's only one plant? Or maybe they're making "art" a verb? I really want to know what's going on
ART AND PLANT
*address*
it's such a curious sign. either it's a noun and a verb, or it's two nouns but there's only one plant? Or maybe they're making "art" a verb? I really want to know what's going on
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
while we were out on our walk this morning, there was a sign that said:
ART AND PLANT
*address*
it's such a curious sign. either it's a noun and a verb, or it's two nouns but there's only one plant? Or maybe they're making "art" a verb? I really want to know what's going on
ART AND PLANT
*address*
it's such a curious sign. either it's a noun and a verb, or it's two nouns but there's only one plant? Or maybe they're making "art" a verb? I really want to know what's going on
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
I've been catching up on "The Floor" as a popcorn game show, and i'm annoyed at the mentality shift being pushed by the show itself favoring -EV aggression.
As an amateur poker player who hates "results-based" thinking over +EV, there's an incident that happened in S04E02 that really bothers me 🧵/5
As an amateur poker player who hates "results-based" thinking over +EV, there's an incident that happened in S04E02 that really bothers me 🧵/5
December 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've been catching up on "The Floor" as a popcorn game show, and i'm annoyed at the mentality shift being pushed by the show itself favoring -EV aggression.
As an amateur poker player who hates "results-based" thinking over +EV, there's an incident that happened in S04E02 that really bothers me 🧵/5
As an amateur poker player who hates "results-based" thinking over +EV, there's an incident that happened in S04E02 that really bothers me 🧵/5
I watched "Lost In Starlight" the other night.
Early on, it struck me that no US film distributor would back an animated sci-fi set-in-the-future *romance*.
Not that it's a genre I'm versed in, but fwiw it was outstanding, def one of my favs.
Visually stunning. Intelligent and sweet.
Go watch.
Early on, it struck me that no US film distributor would back an animated sci-fi set-in-the-future *romance*.
Not that it's a genre I'm versed in, but fwiw it was outstanding, def one of my favs.
Visually stunning. Intelligent and sweet.
Go watch.
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I watched "Lost In Starlight" the other night.
Early on, it struck me that no US film distributor would back an animated sci-fi set-in-the-future *romance*.
Not that it's a genre I'm versed in, but fwiw it was outstanding, def one of my favs.
Visually stunning. Intelligent and sweet.
Go watch.
Early on, it struck me that no US film distributor would back an animated sci-fi set-in-the-future *romance*.
Not that it's a genre I'm versed in, but fwiw it was outstanding, def one of my favs.
Visually stunning. Intelligent and sweet.
Go watch.
Reposted by mendel (he/him)
Immigrants and Latinos have been so essential to disaster recovery that a statue in New Orleans honored the workers who helped rebuild after Katrina: www.wwltv.com/article/news...
December 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Immigrants and Latinos have been so essential to disaster recovery that a statue in New Orleans honored the workers who helped rebuild after Katrina: www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Huge thanks to Quartetto Obrigado for giving me the opp to write for them for our Louisiana-focused new music festival this past September. As always, vertical rhythmic alignment is one of the trickiest things about my music, and they did a fantastic job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSp6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSp6...
Mendel Lee - The Great Boil Escape
YouTube video by Versipel New Music
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Huge thanks to Quartetto Obrigado for giving me the opp to write for them for our Louisiana-focused new music festival this past September. As always, vertical rhythmic alignment is one of the trickiest things about my music, and they did a fantastic job
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSp6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSp6...
steering away from socials towards direct email newsletters has definitely been a positive choice for me these days, so if you have a newsletter, please alert me to it.
also feel free to sub to mine as I've started a monthly one (not on substack). sign up at the bottom of mendellee.com
also feel free to sub to mine as I've started a monthly one (not on substack). sign up at the bottom of mendellee.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
steering away from socials towards direct email newsletters has definitely been a positive choice for me these days, so if you have a newsletter, please alert me to it.
also feel free to sub to mine as I've started a monthly one (not on substack). sign up at the bottom of mendellee.com
also feel free to sub to mine as I've started a monthly one (not on substack). sign up at the bottom of mendellee.com
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"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
Grant — Artists and Mothers
www.artistsandmothers.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
holy shit that onside kick
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
holy shit that onside kick
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One photo, two worlds — the Día de los Muertos parade at the gates of St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One photo, two worlds — the Día de los Muertos parade at the gates of St. Roch Cemetery, New Orleans.
i've hit a point where i visit fb maybe once every 3-4 months, mostly on laptop.
I do still have the app on my phone for edge-case usage, but I'm thinking of finally taking the step to delete because the amount of reengagement notifications it pushes on me is increasingly more annoying
I do still have the app on my phone for edge-case usage, but I'm thinking of finally taking the step to delete because the amount of reengagement notifications it pushes on me is increasingly more annoying
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
i've hit a point where i visit fb maybe once every 3-4 months, mostly on laptop.
I do still have the app on my phone for edge-case usage, but I'm thinking of finally taking the step to delete because the amount of reengagement notifications it pushes on me is increasingly more annoying
I do still have the app on my phone for edge-case usage, but I'm thinking of finally taking the step to delete because the amount of reengagement notifications it pushes on me is increasingly more annoying
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
Animals As Leaders
Radiohead
Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians
Plaid
Brian Blade
plus all of the new music concerts that I curated/funded
Animals As Leaders
Radiohead
Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians
Plaid
Brian Blade
plus all of the new music concerts that I curated/funded
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
Metallica (with Coheed and Cambria & Seether opening)
Treble Charger (with Sum 41 opening)
Meghan Trainor
Sloan
Great Big Sea
The Trews
Metallica (with Coheed and Cambria & Seether opening)
Treble Charger (with Sum 41 opening)
Meghan Trainor
Sloan
Great Big Sea
The Trews
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
Dir en Grey
The Bygones
Family Values (Evanescence, Flyleaf, Korn, & more)
Twenty One Pilots
Picnic Q101 (Bastille, Walk the Moon & more)
Reina del Cid
Cage the Elephant
Andrew McMahon
Panic! At The Disco
I listed more. Not the correct order.
Dir en Grey
The Bygones
Family Values (Evanescence, Flyleaf, Korn, & more)
Twenty One Pilots
Picnic Q101 (Bastille, Walk the Moon & more)
Reina del Cid
Cage the Elephant
Andrew McMahon
Panic! At The Disco
I listed more. Not the correct order.
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you have seen.
Animals As Leaders
Radiohead
Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians
Plaid
Brian Blade
plus all of the new music concerts that I curated/funded
Animals As Leaders
Radiohead
Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians
Plaid
Brian Blade
plus all of the new music concerts that I curated/funded
pluribus is paced like a show that is more designed for the Netflix paradigm of "release a lot of episodes at once" rather than "release one episode a week"
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
pluribus is paced like a show that is more designed for the Netflix paradigm of "release a lot of episodes at once" rather than "release one episode a week"
happy thanksgiving prep day
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
happy thanksgiving prep day
In high school, I developed an interest in marching band, computer programming/tech, and composition all at the same time. My parents wanted me to go into computer science, I wanted to become a band director. 🧵 of 6
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In high school, I developed an interest in marching band, computer programming/tech, and composition all at the same time. My parents wanted me to go into computer science, I wanted to become a band director. 🧵 of 6