Personal Work ︎

Ideas, Music, Writings

This space serves as a landing page for the miscelanous creative projects Sam works on in his free time. Including writings, design-lead ideas, and ambient music under the title Sound Image.

House of Longing by Sound Image
Music Project / 2023

A 3 track EP of ambient electronic music.

Spiral Index by Sound Image
Music Project / 2023

A 4-track EP exploring the emotional pitfalls of grief.

Memory Access, Demos by Sound Image
Music Project / 2022

A 5-track EP that was made while exploring memories as audible spaces. Recorded between August & November of 2022.

On The Lost Decade, and Where We’re Going Next
Writing Project / 2022

A dissection of a decade-long struggle to navigate cultural trends and identity within a new framework + an outline on how maximilism and fluidity are leading us into the future

Shirl’s Slot Machine by Sound Image Music Project / 2022

A 10-min ambient single exploring themes of family, home, and connection

123 (EP) by Sound Image Music Project / 2022

The first release of ambient demos under the moniker Sound Image

Good Start Community Project / 2020-2022

A 500+ member graphic design based discord community started by Sam Kotrba and Ryan O’Connor in 2020.

Now & Then Book Club Community Project / 2020

A loosely scheduled online book club developed during early days of the pandemic

Directing The Now Design Project / 2020

A undergrad senior-year thesis project exploring our position as proprietors of the future, via AR and Filter technology

[Info]

︎ : Kotrba.sam@gmail.com
︎ : @samkotrba

Thanks for visiting my site, if you’d ever like to connect feel free to reach out to me via email or anywhere online! I’m always interested in a conversation about design, vinyl collecting, skateboarding, books, chess, or your favorite wikipedia page.

Site last updated March 8, 2024

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The playlist below is a small collection of music and artists I’ve been interested in lately. It’s connect to my Apple Music account and will be updated frequently over time. Hope you enjoy!