hi, i’m nuri. this is where i’ll post things i’m working on (when i remember to) — whether its music, or musings, or fiction, or video, or live events, or whatever comes next. if you want to follow along, it’s free, or you can choose to pay. you don’t get anything extra if you pay, but you help support me to keep doing the things, and i appreciate it. 💕
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seeing rainbows, seeing stars
i played my show.
maybe when i have a bit more free time i’ll share some clips.
i recorded the whole thing, but my head and chest were cut off.
whoops
i meant to share my last post today. that is, i was trying to be good to future me and schedule something ahead so i wouldn't have to think of it — in the hopes that i could keep staying ahead of it so i don't wind up with big gaps like recently (to be fair to me, seemingly losing my entire audience was a bit demotivating, but also, this isn't about audience so — whatevs), but then i hit the wrong button and published it immediately.
the abandoned (ish) uke project
i have a performance coming up.
i don't have a link to share with details yet, but i will certainly post here when i do.
this will be my first time performing in public —in real life — in nearly nine years.
more on marai (finally), part 5
hiya! now that i have zero paid subscribers, i have even less idea who's been visiting and reading this blog / process / shitshow. over the weekend i was thinking how i really would like to get back to this story, so i figured i'd continue sharing it in the hopes it would spur me to keep going. if you want to see the whole thing i've shared so far, you can visit this collection.
i was gold
I decided to type this on my phone because reasons, and I was gonna make the title "I was good," but I kind of liked the weird autocorrect.
Maybe that will lead somewhere, maybe not.
But I *was* good. I practiced. I added on to a song snippet so I may even have some new new material for the first show I've played in nearly a decade.
some more boops
i see people are still visiting here. i don't know who you are, but "hi!"
for some reason keyboards / synths seem to be what's coming out recently. i don't know if any of this will turn into a final project, but i guess that's why i share the process, as messy as it is.
greensleeves revisited / the high road
i know there's almost no one watching / listening at this point, but i've never really been sharing for an audience, i suppose. this stuff is going to get shared / put out there whether anyone's listening or not. i guess that's always been my thing — whether i want to or not, i'm going to do the things whether anyone gives a damn about them or not.
still plugging along...i guess
i'm not great at titles.
i'm trying to keep going with this october (now february) album project. i decided i needed to do...something with it today, since i haven't really produced anything today, and had a very busy work day that kept me away from thinking about anything else really. so i did a brief sketch.
revisiting marai - ok, reijishiin (or however i spelled it), part 4
There's been a little voice in the back of my head for the pst few days / week or so urging me to get back to work on this story, but also i'm not really feeling it in this moment right now, so — i'm going to share another part in the hopes that it spurs me to write about what's next. i have somewhat of an idea, and it involves (SPOILER ALERT) the main character and someone who — as of the part i'm posting below — hasn't been introduced yet, posing as serving staff on a cruise ship in order to sneak their way past immigration officials to find her daughter. then some more shit happens, i haven't really fully thought through beyond that.
more of marai (or whatever), part 3
i thought i had already posted something today, and then i realized i hadn't 🤣
i'm still kind of recovering from covid, so i'm not quite 100% and ready to work on new music yet, and i didn't feel inspired to work on writing today — frankly, my day job kind of took over big time today, starting right at the jump (which is saying something when you work from home).
quick update + more uke stuff
so, i've decided to skip that grant application this time around. i don't feel like i have a work that neatly fits their guidelines, and i don't want to try to shoehorn something i've got into a place where it won't fit — which is kind of a relief, because i really just want to focus on making that piece the best version of itself it can be, because it's kind of important to me.
between your sheets
my personal opinion: this is the best / most complete of the uke-based tracks i started on back in october... so, you know, it's all downhill from here 😅
returning to marai (part 2)
in the spirit of inspiring me to keep going, i'll post a larger chunk of this nascent novel today. if you need it, here's the link back to part 1. a reminder that *** means a break between sessions of writing, not necessarily a break between scenes.
Jewel of Marai (working title) - part 2
keep on sharing wips
i know the vox are barely audible in this one — most of these quick little uke tracks never got to the point where i felt good enough about them to sing full-throated.
starting on marai (part 1)
I was going to share another stream-of-consciousness journal kind of piece here today, but i'm a little tired of it. The point i was going to make anyway is that i should just do the art i want to do, and i suppose part of the reason why i want to share unfinished works / works in progress here, is to drive me to finish them.
i'm trying to post without listening
if i actually listened back to these before putting them up — i might now share them at all 🤣
consider that my voucher on quality 🫠
i'm literally going through, in the order i drafted these songs. we're almost to the "most complete" one (that's number 5) — but even that one needs a lot of work still.