July 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~100% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): No Problems - Ginger Root - Indie Pop/Funk Super busy month, it鈥檚 only now in August I feel that I have some free time. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Personal Proposal to my lady Result: A I proposed to Laura and she said yes! It was terrifying, emotional, and beautiful. Here鈥檚 how it went down: Laura and I came to the realization that we鈥檇 need to get married to really move to America and to let her have any freedom there. Otherwise she鈥檇 be chained to a company or not able to work. ...

August 6, 2025 路 6 min 路 Conor Lamb

June 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~90% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Strange Overtones - Brian Eno, David Byrne - New Wave Really was another party month. I haven鈥檛 had a weekend to myself in June, and may was also being out a lot. Been a bit stressful with all the obligations and I just want to sit inside and work on music / side projects, but the todos keep adding up. I am having fun though. ...

July 5, 2025 路 4 min 路 Conor Lamb

May 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~80% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Brakhage - Stereolab - Alternative May was both a really fun and stressful month. There鈥檚 so much friend activities going on as the Berlin summer opens up. Before I got everything done, I had a similar overwhelming anxiety I had last month. I basically had too much to do and not enough time for everything. I always felt guilty when I wasn鈥檛 working. ...

June 2, 2025 路 6 min 路 Conor Lamb

April 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~90% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): HOT TO GO! - Chappell Roan - Girl Power Pop April and May are great months in Berlin. A good portion of the public holidays are crammed into these 2 months. I鈥檝e definitely been taking advantage of that, but I probably could have been a bit more productive. I鈥檝e had this strange and chronic anxiousness the last week or 2. It鈥檚 an anxiousness that I find I鈥檓 prone to. ...

May 4, 2025 路 6 min 路 Conor Lamb

March 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~80% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Dragonborn - Jeremy Soule - Skyrim Soundtrack For the second year in a row I鈥檝e missed the February retrospective. Totally fell through the cracks some how. I guess I鈥檒l use my goals from January here. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Music - Solo Project | Band Project Finish 1 SE.CORP song Result: F I have around 5 50-75% finished songs, which have actually been fun to make. But I just need to set aside a weekend when we鈥檝e finished modergator to get really finish them. Side Projects Have Modergator shipped. Results: B Modergator was shipped, although not in Feb but in March. I鈥檓 happy with the product, but we really don鈥檛 have anyone using it yet. Still have some main stuff to build before we aim to shut it by the end of next month (hopefully) if it doesn鈥檛 work. Our release was basically to nobody, see this post. That hurts. ...

March 30, 2025 路 5 min 路 Conor Lamb

January 2025: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~90% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Picar贸n - Mexican Indie Time flies. Each retrospective I鈥檝e completed marks a month of my life, I can see in the files here that they are really starting to pile up. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Music - Solo Project | Band Project Prepare for the CORP. release show Results: A Our release show went spectacularly. It took up a good bit of my mental space for the first 3 weeks of Jan. The anticipation and coordination were always on my mind. ...

February 1, 2025 路 5 min 路 Conor Lamb

2024: Conor's Yearly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~80% Song Of The Year (listen while reading!): New Tricks - Petite League - Indie Pop How did I do with last year鈥檚 goals? 馃煛聽Kill SkinTheory or get it off my mind completely. Results: A The wheels are in motion, SkinTheory as an Inc. is officially no more. I haven鈥檛 thought about it much. SkinTheory the app is still alive, and kind of just sitting there in a holding pattern until I want to come back to it, or apple/google make a change to the app store. ...

January 7, 2025 路 7 min 路 Conor Lamb

December 2024: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~60% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Romeo - Sures - Indie Pop Planned for this, but wasn鈥檛 able to get much done between being in the US, catching up with friends, and being in Ireland for Xmas. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Music - Solo Project | Band Project Plan (Marketing / Performance) for Berghain release show Result: C+ Hashed out the basic idea for the performance with Josh but I need to really set the performance stuff in stone. Marketing has been pretty minimal. ...

January 2, 2025 路 3 min 路 Conor Lamb

November 2024: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~70% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan - Pop Last month I was a bit too ambitious in my goal setting. I spent the last week of the month on holiday in the US, so I was unable to work on anything productive there. Before I left, I ended up being pretty busy as well. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Music - Solo Project | Band Project Put together a 3 song set to film with SE.CORP Result: A+ Put together 3 songs and played them for a mates little web show thing. ...

December 10, 2024 路 5 min 路 Conor Lamb

October 2024: Conor's Monthly Retrospective

Goals Met: ~90% Song Of The Month (listen while reading!): Boy Toy - STRFKR - Synth Pop October was interesting. I actually got the bulk of my goals completed within the first 2 weeks. But I鈥檓 tired of seeing people and parties. I didn鈥檛 get a lot of time for head space or extra curricular work. I鈥檝e also been sick for like 3 weeks. How did I do with last month鈥檚 goals? Work None ...

November 3, 2024 路 4 min 路 Conor Lamb