PhilosophyEverything should
Everything should
feel easy.
Simple isn't the same as easy. Getting there — in a horn or in a codebase — is the whole craft.
TromboneCode
Slide
"Smooth isn't slow."
My slide moves fast and clean — no hesitation, no scraping between positions. The speed comes from working with the slide, not against it.
Readable
Clean, simple, human-readable.
I use AI constantly, but I still read every line and know exactly what it does — that's the part that hasn't changed.
Articulation
Dead center, on purpose.
Every note starts exactly how it should. Too hard and it's an explosion; too soft and it never starts at all.
Workflow
Still finding what fits.
I'm constantly hunting new tools, skills, workflows — trying to build something that actually fits how I work, not just what's popular right now.
Buzz
50% BUZZ
50% AIR
All buzz sounds pinched. All air has no core. The balance is what makes the sound beautiful.
Balance
work in progress
SpeakEazy and Foil are me trying to build that balance for real — my own tools, my own flow. Still a work in progress. That's okay.
The work disappears. The sounddoesn't.
you only hear what's left
The code disappears. The productdoesn't.
new tool, same me
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David Concerto · dec 2025 · live