Paul Pereyda Karayan - the unauthorised autobiography

Cute Accordion tricks - transposition and translation

I am a classical oboist by training and a software engineer by trade - which means I’ve got some aptitude for making tools to help learn Cajun Accordion.

Building a Cajun Accordion I can live with... [brief edition]

pk
Blog , Software , Music , Art

The chronicles some of the work I’ve done to produce an electronic / computer-mediated cajun accordion instrument that isnt $$$ and explores some of the user experience (UX) possibilities - including that the squeezebox’s physical limitations are actually a gift for the musician!

Zydeco: my new metal?

pk
Blog , Software , Music , Art

Francophone music takes a sharp turn South Alcest’s most recent album, Les Chants De L’Aurore, was released on June 21, 2024 - and co-incided with my listening to The Bosstones and some of the only folk music I can tolerate: Neko Case.