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Michael
@michaelharding.bsky.social
I do music, sort of.
New guitar day; yes, I do play guitar
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yep
September 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My supervisors emailed me to ask how I am doing and I’m tempted to respond to them with this image
September 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
August 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
For real. I was looking at this yesterday and he spells common triads as these monstrosities
August 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This reminds me of the Walkie Talkie building in London. The parabolic window shape literally melted cars
August 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
These ‘double’ time signatures are something I’ve began to use quite recently. A lot of my stuff is metrically ambiguous and hella syncopated
July 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Seven months (on and off) I spent doing this, purely for academic reasons
July 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wind players prefer flats while string players prefer sharps

Meanwhile, keyboard players:
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Speaking of pets, my late dog. Either circus music, white noise or some Satanic chanting
July 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The only thing scarier than the sound of this piece is how difficult it is. I cannot wrap my head around how bizarrely complicated it is
July 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Messiaen uses it once at the end of the thirteenth movement of Livre Du Saint Sacrement (without an E so I guess it’s eleven notes); I’m not particularly sure what the symbolism is but it’s utterly brutal
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tried to sight read this. KIA
July 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I hope it went down like this
June 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The solution is more manageable but still ridiculous
June 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
dangit. fortunately it’s a quick fix in Dorico
June 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
April 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I think I’ve said it before but we used to call one of our cats Weemo too; she really was a weemo
March 31, 2025 at 7:38 AM
If Messiaen can write pianissimo in this register for the flute then so can I
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who. Wrong answers only:
March 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
4 is the only sane choice
March 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’m beginning to think music isn’t a serious thing
February 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I always wanted a Zweihänder for no other reason than joy
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In 2025 I feel like we should all adopt David Lynch’s idea of artistic justification
January 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On the topic of impossible virtuosity, Florentz:
January 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM