Jeffery Saddoris

Jeffery Saddoris


Latest Episodes

Iteration 117: A Bunch of Potential Somethings
September 27, 2023

Are you overwhelmed? Do you ever get overwhelmed? Man, I do. All the time. My brain is always on and processingeither trying to process existing ideas or trying to figure out where to put all of the new ones that I havent had time to really think about.

Iteration 116: Almost Back to Normal
September 25, 2023

Im still not quite 100% myself, but I wanted to share a quick update. Yesterday was day 12 since testing positive for COVID, and it was the first day that I finally tested negative. Both Adrianne and I had very mild cases, especially compared to some of

Iteration 115: Even Unicorns Can Get COVID
September 13, 2023

I know Im a little late on this Iteration and I apologize for that. As you can hear, my voice doesnt sound the way it normally does and maybe thats a good thing. Maybe it sounds better.In the Iteration I was going to do, I was going to talk about findi

Iteration 114: 40 Years in a Phone Call
August 28, 2023

This Iteration was going to be about some of my recent musical explorations into things like VCV Rack and the Arturia MiniFreak (which I may actually end up selling), but instead Id like to share a recent story with you that sort of blew my mind.CONNECT

Iteration 113: Fried Dough and Photographs
August 23, 2023

When I was a kid, one of the things I would look forward to every year was going to the fair. The LA County Fair was massive and in elementary school we always got free ticketsI think they were stapled to our report cards, but I could be wrong. Although

Iteration 112: Art is Everywhere
August 22, 2023

Over the weekend, Adrianne and I watched a fantastic new documentary by Anton Corbijn called Squaring the Circle. Its about Hipgnosis, the legendary design agency in London formed in the late 1960s by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, or Po to his fr

Iteration 111: I Don't Care What You Think
August 08, 2023

Ive come to the conclusion that I can no longer care what you think about my work. And its not that I dont care about you as an audience, but if Im worried about you liking what I make while Im still making it or even in deciding what to make, Im no

Iteration 110: To AI or Not to AI?
July 31, 2023

Ive hesitated to really talk much about AI, mostly because Ive been on the fence about whether I think its got the potential to save us or destroy us, and depending on who and what you read, it seems like its 50/50 either way. Its just too soon to te

Iteration 109: Finding a New Openness
July 24, 2023

I know were only a little over the halfway mark, but if I could recommend one book as my must read of 2023, it would be Rick Rubins The Creative Act: A Way of Seeing, despite the fact that I havent actually read it from cover to cover. Let me explain

Iteration 108: Summertime Stories
July 17, 2023

This is my eighth summer living on the East Coast and aside from the heat, I am still not used to the humidity. Actually, I dont think I ever will be. I spent the first 48 years of my life living in Southern California and starting when I was about 4 unt