Beyond Language's Reach

Welcome to Episode 09 of the Beyond Language’s Reach Podcast!In this episode, I read from an old journal I kept when I was nineteen years old and exploring around southwest China by myself. This particular entry involved riding a bicycle deep into the mountains north of Kunming to get to a town I'd seen on the map called Luquan. After reading the prose, I improvise some music on a clay flute I made; the music is inspired by the memories and feelings the journal entry left me with. If you would like to watch the video versions of these podcase episodes, you can find them all here:The Beyond Language’s Reach Podcast (video version)Thank you for listening! The Beyond Language’s Reach podcast is my attempt to combine my two passions—writing and music. Feedback is always welcome! This is a work in progress, and I’ve decided not to edit out any mistakes / bloopers / etc., so feel free to give me a piece of your mind in the comments section.Otherspect is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free subscriber (or, if you already are one, I welcome you to support me even further by upgrading to a paid subscription for only five bucks a year!). Thank you :-) Get full access to Otherspect at otherspect.substack.com/subscribe

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Welcome to Episode 08 of the Beyond Language’s Reach Podcast!This episode, I do a couple of things a bit differently to previous episodes: Rather than read a piece of my own prose and then improvise music to it, this time I read a piece written by someone else—namely, wordsmith Franky Dyson. The original piece can be found on her Substack, here: Love Me Like It's the End of the WorldI encourage you not only to check out her work, but do your soul a favour and subscribe. Her writing has me in absolute awe. Definitely worth a regular reading! The other thing I do a bit differently will be revealed later in the episode ;-) If you would like to watch the video versions of these podcase episodes, you can find them all here: The Beyond Language’s Reach Podcast (video version)Thank you for listening! The Beyond Language’s Reach podcast is my attempt to combine my two passions—writing and music. Feedback is always welcome! This is a work in progress, and I’ve decided not to edit out any mistakes / bloopers / etc., so feel free to give me a piece of your mind in the comments section.Paid subscription now permanently 90% off:Also, THANK YOU for subscribing! You have my gratitude. I will continue to post the bulk of my content for free, but if you would like to support and encourage me further in my creative endeavours (from which I am trying really really hard to make an income!), I invite you to upgrade to a paid subscription using the button below. I have activated apermanent 90% discount on annual, monthly, and group subscription plans, which means that for only about 5 bucks (US$5.00) per year (or AU$7.50 per year), you can support my writing & music efforts and help me keep going with them. A paid subscription will also give you exclusive access to my short stories and serialised book chapters as I publish them. As of writing this, I’ve posted a couple of short stories, and will be posting the first book chapter soon! There is also a subscription tier, the “Diehard Fan” tier, which gives extra goodies, in case you’d like to help me out even further. But whatever your level of support—even if you just remain a free subscriber—THANK you thank you thank you for all your support and encouragement, as well as for taking the time to read this :-) Get full access to Otherspect at otherspect.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Episode 07 of the Beyond Language’s Reach Podcast! In this episode, I jones for an instrument, find one in my parents’ house (I’m overseas visiting as I record this), and play out my sentimental mood along five very old but adequately faithful strings. In addition, I read a bit of romantic prose I wrote many years ago. :-) ❤️❤️For those of you interested in watching the video version of this episode, here it is:Podcast Episode 07: More (video version)Thank you for listening! The Beyond Language’s Reach podcast is my attempt to combine my two passions—writing and music. Feedback is always welcome! This is a work in progress, and I’ve decided not to edit out any mistakes / bloopers / etc., so feel free to give me a piece of your mind in the comments section.Also, THANK YOU for subscribing! You have my gratitude. I will continue to post the bulk of my content for free, but if you would like to support and encourage me further in my creative endeavours (from which I am trying really really hard to make an income!), I invite you to upgrade to a paid subscription using the button below. I have activated a permanent 90% discount on annual, monthly, and group subscription plans, which means that for only about 5 bucks (US$5.00) per year (or AU$7.50 per year), you can help me keep going with my writing & music efforts. In addition, you will get exclusive access to my short stories and serialised book chapters as I publish them. Currently I’ve posted two short stories, and will be posting the first book chapter soon! Thank you for your time :-) Get full access to Otherspect at otherspect.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 06 of the “Beyond Language’s Reach” podcast: “Wake Up”. As with previous episodes, I read a piece of my writing before playing some music directly inspired by it. This time I do so on guitar, and once again the music is completely made up on the spot. When improvising, I try to get into my head and heart the feeling the piece of writing gave me, and then just run with it, see where it takes me. This one transported me right back to early 1993…. The piece of prose I read during this episode comprises a cluster of entries from a journal I kept while traveling around southeast China and eastern Tibet. I was nineteen at the time. Arya makes another cameow :-) For those of you interested in watching the video version of this episode, I have posted it on YouTube, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPEa4lYgQoIThank you for listening! The Beyond Language’s Reach podcast is my attempt to combine my two passions—writing and music. Feedback is always welcome! This is a work in progress, and I’ve decided not to edit out any mistakes / bloopers / etc., so feel free to give me a piece of your mind in the comments section.Also, THANK YOU for subscribing! You have my gratitude. I will continue to post the bulk of my content for free, but if you would like to support and encourage me further in my creative endeavours (from which I am trying really really hard to make an income!), I invite you to upgrade to a paid subscription using the button below. I have activated a permanent 90% discount on annual, monthly, and group subscription plans, which means that for only about 5 bucks (US$5.00) per year (or AU$7.50 per year), you can help me keep going with my writing & music efforts. In addition, you will get exclusive access to my short stories and serialised book chapters as I publish them. Currently I’ve posted two short stories, and will be posting the first book chapter soon! Thank you for your time :-) Get full access to Otherspect at otherspect.substack.com/subscribe