Hum, Buzz, & Hiss

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Weekly new music recommendations with an emphasis on ambient music, plus creative reflections, artist features, and occasional song demos by me

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About Melted Form

Ambient and electronic music maker, writer/poet, couch potato. Writing about creativity and artโ€™s role in life. Curating music, especially ambient.

AKA S. D. Cowley, author of โ€œShifting Senses, Lifting Lenses: A Book of Poems and Songs.โ€

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