Cross-posted from "I took a several year hiatus from making music. Reaper on Linux (among other things) made me come back as speed-skirmish" by @speed_[email protected] in [email protected]

I used to make music (specifically drum and bass / breakcore, with an industrial twist. Occasionally ambient music to change things up). I stopped for several reasons:

1. Life responsibilities
2. Self doubts about my skills, and other mental health stuff
3. FLStudio (my old DAW) doesn't run well on Linux, even through Wine Bottles.

It's been a couple years since 2022. Since then I'm in a better headspace + life is better + embraced Reaper, which runs like a dream on Linux.

The description of this community seems like it's ok with posters sharing their music, so here goes:

• Post hiatus stuff (only one song for now): https://soundcloud.com/speed-skirmish/sets/2025-mix
• 2020-2022 (all breakcore / drum and bass / IDMish): https://soundcloud.com/speed-skirmish/sets/2020-2022a
• Ambient Songs ("It was never Lost" is actually from late 2024, when I was testing out FLStudio on wine bottles. The others are several years older) https://soundcloud.com/speed-skirmish/sets/ambient-songs

Let me know what y'all think.