steve.zenone.org
Steve Zenone
Writer, technologist and electronic music artist
I write about leadership, things I've lived through and music. I also make electronic music as ZenOne.
The writing is collected on the publications page. Music goes out as ZenOne, and the full catalog sits at music.zenone.org (opens in a new tab). The book, Euphoria Unleashed: The Transformative Power of Trance Music, got big enough to need its own site at euphoriaunleashed.com (opens in a new tab).
Lane 01 / Writing
Four publications, kept apart on purpose
First OrderSubstackLeadership, cybersecurity and decision-makingI write about leading security teams and making decisions in complicated technical environments. For chief information security officers, security engineers and the executives who fund the work.Read First Order (opens in a new tab)MorphicSubstackExploratory writing and systems-level thinkingEssays that don't belong anywhere else. Systems thinking, half-formed ideas and things I'm still working out.Read Morphic (opens in a new tab)ZenOne MusicSubstackProcess notes and long-form writing about electronic musicNotes from making the music: production decisions, sound design and the slow business of figuring out what you actually sound like.Read ZenOne Music (opens in a new tab)Unbroken BondSubstackEstrangement, parental alienation and ambiguous lossWriting about estrangement, parental alienation and loss without clear closure. It comes from my own experience. I try to write with restraint rather than heat.Read Unbroken Bond (opens in a new tab)
BookEuphoria Unleashed: The Transformative Power of Trance MusicThe history, culture, artists and science of trance musicA researched history of trance: where it came from, the scenes and artists that carried it and what research can explain about its effects on listeners.Visit the book (opens in a new tab)Lane 02 / Music
ZenOne
Electronic music built out of texture and repetition, usually with more taken out of a track than left in it. Released and documented as ZenOne.
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