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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 --
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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.
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
maybe i'll just cook all day today to destress
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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what a game. Nice to see Taysom get back into his groove and for Shough to play such a solid QB game

#WhoDat #Saints
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
what a throw by Shough and catch by Olave! #WhoDat
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Interception! #WhoDat ⚜️
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
okay I'll take that, but still, it shouldn't have come to that in the first place

#WhoDat #Saints
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
that's a lot of BS

#WhoDat
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Overall #Saints have looked good in both defense *and* offense this game. Small victories #WhoDat
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
happy #caturday everybody
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
new Clark album released today, been listening to it both actively and passively. Generally I like it, I just wish all of the tracks were longer. good example:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D13b...
Gift and Wound
YouTube video by Clark
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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i see a lot of concert postings and can't help but notice we're moving back away from diverse programming. it'd be great to not pat ourselves on the back too quickly and avoid going back to business as usual.
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
so rather randomly I'll be soon creating an LLC for domain hosting/website design for louisiana-based arts individuals and nonprofits at a deep discount, and it's annoying to me how my plan to pitch "No AI" as a company policy would be broadly perceived as shooting myself in the foot
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
partner discovered the FF Tactics update.

Weird to have voice actors. And narrative text that moves at a normal pace
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Mamdani: "Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
what a day
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
MAMDANI!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
started playing @terrycavanaghgames.com's "Egg" at a time when I have no eggs in the house for breakfast and our car is still in the shop.

Poor planning on my part
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
long but worth it article
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies do.

Read the story: www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If you see this, quote with a vampire other than Dracula
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
give 'em hell tomorrow @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
writing for 18 percussionists is interesting
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
so now that I'm not traveling for a long stretch, I've been feeling tired pretty much the entire time i've been home.

It's as if all of the travel I did in Oct has caught up to me and now I want to take a weeks-long nap to recouperate
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
let's go shuck (yes I know it's spelled shough) #WhoDat
October 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
all I can say is that if I was the saints defense, I works be immensely frustrated with the offense rn #whodat
October 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM