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There's pretty good amount of programmer that are musician I think. _Correct me if I'm wrong_ but I think there's an interview with Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead

There's pretty good amount of programmer that are musician I think. _Correct me if I'm wrong_ but I think there's an interview with Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead that says he obsessed with computers and played around with BASIC when he was younger.

dtaht 3y ago
There are a lot of programmers that dabble as musicians, and vice versa. Licklidder was a pretty good guitarist, I am told.
- 65 3y ago
  There are also a lot of visual artists who dabble in programming, and vice versa. Programming is an incredibly creative activity so I can see why there is overlap.
nostrademons 3y ago
Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater published a couple apps to the App Store. I'm not sure whether he actually wrote them or served as a product manager and had a contract programmer implement them, but they're pretty cool. Even more old-school, there's Tom Scholz of Boston, who was an MIT-trained engineer who built his own amplifiers and founded a company to market them. A bunch of his inventions are probably familiar to most guitarists: all Rockman branded pedals and other equipment, the Power Soak and Yellow Jackets to get saturated tube amp sound at low volumes, etc.
nchase 3y ago
Lots of folks are on this list! Todd Rundgren said “If it weren't for my musical career, I probably would have ended up attending college to become a computer programmer.”
robust-cactus 3y ago
This was me - made websites for my band, friends bands, made ticketing website for promoter friend, made websites for custom gear companies, ended up in a events startup then to the moon. Yes CS degree happened in the middle of all that too.
- burgerrito 3y ago
  To think that (relatively?) small things like that could jumpstart a career... I'll be honest, I'm still young and I wonder what kind of journey is ahead of me
  - robust-cactus 3y ago
    My only advice is, just play around, and try different things. Freelance for a while and charge terribly low amounts of money. Partner up with different types of people on ventures - yea this requires trust and you will get grifted from time to time. But through it all, you're learning and building skills. Hell you're having fun. Maximize for "f**ing around and finding out"

dtaht 3y ago

There are a lot of programmers that dabble as musicians, and vice versa. Licklidder was a pretty good guitarist, I am told.

65 3y ago
There are also a lot of visual artists who dabble in programming, and vice versa. Programming is an incredibly creative activity so I can see why there is overlap.

nostrademons 3y ago

Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater published a couple apps to the App Store. I'm not sure whether he actually wrote them or served as a product manager and had a contract programmer implement them, but they're pretty cool. Even more old-school, there's Tom Scholz of Boston, who was an MIT-trained engineer who built his own amplifiers and founded a company to market them. A bunch of his inventions are probably familiar to most guitarists: all Rockman branded pedals and other equipment, the Power Soak and Yellow Jackets to get saturated tube amp sound at low volumes, etc.

nchase 3y ago

Lots of folks are on this list! Todd Rundgren said “If it weren't for my musical career, I probably would have ended up attending college to become a computer programmer.”

robust-cactus 3y ago

This was me - made websites for my band, friends bands, made ticketing website for promoter friend, made websites for custom gear companies, ended up in a events startup then to the moon. Yes CS degree happened in the middle of all that too.

burgerrito 3y ago
To think that (relatively?) small things like that could jumpstart a career... I'll be honest, I'm still young and I wonder what kind of journey is ahead of me
- robust-cactus 3y ago
  My only advice is, just play around, and try different things. Freelance for a while and charge terribly low amounts of money. Partner up with different types of people on ventures - yea this requires trust and you will get grifted from time to time. But through it all, you're learning and building skills. Hell you're having fun. Maximize for "f**ing around and finding out"