Catalog
Everything I Make
The full shelf from the desk that wrote THE SIGNAL CHAIN — the books, the essays, the apps, and the company underneath them
One catalog for the whole body of work — Jason Colapietro, who plays as Johnny Suede. It starts where this site starts: guitar and tone, a book about six strings and the life around them. From there it widens to four more books on AI — who owns what a creator makes, and how the machines decide what to recommend — the apps I build for musicians, and Suede AI, the company building practical tools for creators and software agents. Pick a shelf and start reading.
Shelf 01 · 5 items
Read — guitar & tone
This is the writing the whole site is built around — guitar, tone, and the parts of a record that never make it onto a lead sheet.
- The Signal ChainA guitarist's history of amps, effects, and electric tone, braided with a self-taught player's field notes, theory, a songbook, and 111 song lessons. It grew out of the earlier self-taught instruction thread once published as The Guitar Without a Number, which now lives inside it. Four sample lessons are free to read; the complete and final edition is $19.99.Read the book
- Print the QuietNine free essays on tone and dynamics — Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah, the loudness war, the compressor, the sound of the room itself.Read the essays
- The Suede 100Every effects pedal worth naming, ranked 1 to 100, head to head. No honorable mentions, no genre excuses. The list the press won't print.See the ranking(opens in a new tab)
- Suede DNAAn archive of 400+ guitar rigs and signal chains across decades of recordings — the exact gear and routing behind the tones that defined the records.Explore the archive(opens in a new tab)
- Guitar ServicesJason Colapietro's guitar work in one place: the books, an engineering-grade signal chain reference, chord and scale libraries, and AI practice tools.Browse the guitar work(opens in a new tab)
Shelf 02 · 4 items
More books — AI, ownership & the creative future
Same hand, different string. These titles trade the fretboard for the bigger questions: who owns creative work once the machines can make it too, and who the machines name when somebody asks.
- Suede Labs: The Human Authenticity LayerThe case that origin and ownership are the only marks AI can't fake — and the layer Suede Labs builds to prove them.Read on Amazon(opens in a new tab)
- Proof as InfrastructureHow to build systems that hold up when nobody trusts anybody — proof baked in, not bolted on. The blueprint under the registry.Read on Amazon(opens in a new tab)
- Stake Your ClaimSpeeches and hard truths on flipping the AI onslaught into an asset you own — autonomous agents, real claims, generational wealth.Read on Amazon(opens in a new tab)
- The Screenshot: Why AI Recommends Your Competitors, and How to Fix ItHow answer engines decide who to name, how to see your own gap with your own eyes, and how to repair the pages the machines misread. Eleven chapters, free in full.Read the book(opens in a new tab)
Shelf 03 · 8 items
Play & practice — the apps
Tools built by a guitarist who got tired of practice apps that nag. A free chord-and-scale reference, a coach that answers in plain English, three studios that take your craft seriously, and a companion that pushes back.
- The Strumly free courseA guided course in three stages — Foundations, Repertoire & tone, and Train with the coach — built on the free tools. No account, no paywall: start playing in orderStart the free course
- guitarchords.infoA free guitar reference site with no paywall and no account required: chord library, scale trainer, chromatic tuner, and metronome. A Suede Labs project.Open the tools(opens in a new tab)
- StrumlyAsk your guitar coach anything, any hour, and get a straight answer — tuner, metronome, chord and scale tools, song help, and an ear trainer built inTry it free(opens in a new tab)
- Suede Guitar Tuner & StudioA real guitar studio on your iPhone: tuner, timing drills, chord tools, a rig workbench, setup diagnostics, room health, and session captureGet it on iOS(opens in a new tab)
- FretPulse: Guitar PracticeAuto-generated daily practice routines with real-time scrolling notation and BPM tracking. Free with optional Premium at $9.99/mo — built for guitarists who want structure that moves.Get it on iOS(opens in a new tab)
- Suede Studio VoiceMap your range, watch your register shifts, and build voice routines that hold up. Local-first — your practice stays on your phoneGet it on iOS(opens in a new tab)
- Suede Studio MuseThink out loud with a dry-wit bandmate who works ideas with you and tells you when they're bad. Not a yes-manOpen in browser(opens in a new tab)
- Suede: AI Music GeneratorA workspace for generating, organizing, and exporting AI-assisted musical ideasGet it on iOS(opens in a new tab)
Shelf 04 · 5 items
More from Suede — studio, promo & community
Beyond the practice apps: the studio where a track gets made and shipped, the creator marketplace that puts it in front of people, the map you explore music on, and the community that argues tone with you.
- Suede AI StudioThe studio where the track gets made and shipped — an AI producer builds it, you keep the stems, and a real person releases it to 55+ platforms. Own 100% of your masters.Open the studio(opens in a new tab)
- PromoA creator-content marketplace: brands post a brief, creators compete on their own channels, and you pay only for the posts that perform — creators get paid fast through Stripe.Open Promo(opens in a new tab)
- Suede AI SocialA guitar community built on real rigs — talk tone, share pedalboards and tone recipes, and post in the forum with players whose gear is actually on the page.Join the community(opens in a new tab)
- Suede CosmosA navigable galaxy of music: stars cluster by genre and brighten by relevance. Click any one to explore the map.Explore the map(opens in a new tab)
- GuitarHubThe open guitar editorial hub — reads, rig guides, and gear breakdowns. Front door to the Suede AI Social community for players who want more than a forum.Read and explore(opens in a new tab)
Shelf 05 · 4 items
Company & developer tools — Suede AI
Suede AI builds practical products for musicians, creators, and software agents.
- Suede AIThe company under the apps, creator tools, and agent services in this catalog.See the platform(opens in a new tab)
- Suede AI Agent StudioBuild a visual agent flow and publish it as a paid x402 endpoint. Your automation earns every time another app calls it — the publishing layer for paid agent services.Open the studio(opens in a new tab)
- Suede Creator SkillsA 20-skill pack for AI coding agents: design and copy lanes, SEO/AEO/AI EO audits, Suedify site workflow, rights-passport tools, campaign and launch utilities, code grading, and the Johnny Suede writing and design modes. Install into Claude Code in one command.Get the skills on GitHub(opens in a new tab)
- Suede Producer DiscoveryThe public discovery entry point for Producer by Suede Labs: the x402 manifest, A2A agent card, OpenAPI spec, and llms.txt summary for paid media work settled in USDC on Base.Open the discovery index(opens in a new tab)