Gaines Post Transmitting from the Void

Welcome to Episode 03 of the Beyond Language’s Reach podcast (audio version)! In this episode, I introduce Arvolin, one of the main characters in an upcoming novel I am writing called Timbre. Arvolin is a Caller, and this piece of prose will give you an idea of what that means. After reading it, I …

Welcome to the Beyond Language’s Reach podcast, in audio-only form! In this first episode, I introduce the podcast and read a section from a science fiction novel I wrote a long time ago. After that, I improvise a bit of music inspired by that piece of prose, on acoustic guitar. The original video …

Welcome to Episode 04 of the Beyond Language’s Reach podcast (audio-only version)! In this episode, I read a piece of prose I wrote that explores ideas of community and solitude, who we are as humans, and what lies beyond our human world. As always, I then play a piece of music inspired by that pie…

Episode 05 of the “Beyond Language’s Reach” podcast: “Unthawed”. As with previous episodes, I read a piece of my writing before playing some music directly inspired by it. This time I do so on guitar, and once again the music is completely made up on the spot. When improvising, I try to get into my…