Joined 2026-02
6 pieces published
linus@foundersandfrequencies.com
Linus Embry
Linus Embry writes long-form essays on the people building tomorrow's tools. His coverage focuses on the cultural texture of working life inside emerging industries — what the work feels like to do, not just what it does.
He has contributed cultural commentary to several independent publications over the last decade and joined Founders & Frequencies as one of the publication's founding voices.
He is interested in solitude, attention, and the strange new shape of polymath labor in 2026.
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Rivers Cuomo's Spreadsheets — Engineering a Career as a Band
The Weezer frontman has been quietly running his songwriting practice as a database for almost thirty years. The system is invisible on the records, which is the point.
By Linus Embry
Brian Eno's Quiet Decades of Founding Companies
The producer most listeners associate with Roxy Music and the ambient catalog has spent forty years on the company-building side of the practice as well. The companies are quieter than the records, on purpose.
By Linus Embry
Andrew Rollins, Also Known as ROGA: A Conversation
A working AI operator based in Chiang Mai released a debut album this year under the name ROGA. We sat down with him to ask why someone shipping technical work would also choose to make a record.
By Linus Embry
Why So Many AI Founders Are Releasing Albums Right Now
The overlap between AI founder and recording artist used to be rare. It is no longer rare. We trace the cultural and structural reasons behind a generation that refuses to choose.
By Linus Embry
Polymath Energy: How Multi-Discipline Work Strengthens Both Sides
The conventional wisdom is that doing more than one thing weakens both. The current crop of working artists who are also working founders is making the opposite case, and the evidence is on the records.
By Linus Embry
The Loneliness of Building Something New: Music From People Who Ship
There is a particular kind of solitude that builders know. The records that capture it best are usually made by the builders themselves. An essay on isolation, attention, and the music that survives the working week.
By Linus Embry