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New comment by vectordust in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vectordust — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:09:48 +0000

That is a mighty compliment that this reminds you of Jónsi, thank you for that! He has been an inspiration of mine for a long time, amongst a long list of other very talented artists.

I had no idea about his Obsidian project, I will certainly be taking a look at that, thanks for the recommendation!

New comment by vectordust in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vectordust — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:33:33 +0000

Thank you so much for that! I've actually been debating starting a self hosted blog (or maybe a Substack...) to capture and document my process and provide more context around the music I'm producing, maybe I'll spend some time working on that this weekend!

Edit: for anyone who may be interested, I've created a Substack for this: https://substack.com/@vectordust

I'll likely setup a self hosted blog on vectordust.com to mirror any Substack posts I make as well, so I truly own those posts.

Subvert – The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace

vectordust — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:37:18 +0000

Article URL: https://subvert.fm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695205

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New comment by vectordust in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vectordust — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:48:25 +0000

> Bonus if you are friends who are also into it and you can jam together :)

How does one find these people? Asking for a friend! :D

I've also gone down the synthesizer rabbit hole: prophet-6, full modular setup (rip bank account), subsequent 37. It's great fun!

New comment by vectordust in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

vectordust — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:44:12 +0000

Despite AI starting to crowd this space, I've been spending all of my free time learning music production (doing it the old fashion way without AI). It's a great mix of technical and creative problem solving. Mostly focusing on dark ambient/cinematic composition, playing around hardware synths (Prophet 6, Subsequent 37, modular / eurorack, Digitone II).

If anyone is curious, I put out a single recently (remaster from last year): https://soundcloud.com/vectordust/ion-dunes-1

My main personal goal right now is to release a full length album this year.

New comment by vectordust in "AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart"

vectordust — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:06:32 +0000

> there were still plenty of albums being produced and I think it's the same today.

agreed with this, I would almost go so far as to say there are more full length albums being created than ever before.