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author | Frederick Yin <fkfd@fkfd.me> | 2023-09-03 23:42:14 -0400 |
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committer | Frederick Yin <fkfd@fkfd.me> | 2023-09-03 23:42:14 -0400 |
commit | 3217bac13f3f204d28d37e83b59f086b83749074 (patch) | |
tree | 3fec2f12d6f50a6634066e61527d3968bf17138c | |
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meta: move related posts to music/ and umich/
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As a young kid I had near zero exposure +to formal music education. + +In sixth grade I joined a brass band as a percussionist (the conductor +looked at my teeth and said "nyeh"). For most of my band career I was in +charge of the bass drum, but I did learn the snare drum, the timpani, and +the drum kit a lil bit. My favorite performance however was Takarajima, +where I played the agogo (the soul of this musical number, despite being +just one bar over and over again). + +As a side effect, a disadvantage I had to all the other band kids was that +I can't really read pitch. I did not know what a Bb minor was. + +Fast forward to 2021. The summer I graduated high school, I decided to +challenge myself to learn ukulele. My father got one secondhand for me. it +turned out you only need a tiny set of "easy" chords to get started. You +can sing in other keys with a capo. And if that doesn't work, the song +probably isn't made for the ukulele anyway. + +The uke sounds pretty, sure, but I'm afraid my hands are too fat to press +adjacent frets, especially bar chords. My setlist effectively stopped +expanding as of 2022. + +So in the winter break, early 2023, I took the other extreme and invested +in a bass (known in guitar world as long boi). It is a red Ibanez GSR200 +PJ bass, the only model that'll ship in 3 days. The date of arrival is +2023-02-02. + +![Body of a red bass with stickers of Konqi, twenty one pilots, "Blåhaj +Simp" and "This Machine Kills Homophobes"](img/index/ibanez.jpg) + +I learned most of my songs from [Rod +Nieder](https://www.youtube.com/@rodnieder). + +However only less than a week later I found out I was somehow admitted +into UMich. Afraid that the airline might wreck it, I decided not to take +it with me across the ocean. Instead, I will buy a Squier that costs about +the same. (I know it makes no real difference, but I kinda prefer the +Telecaster-style headstock that has all pegs on one side.) + +Sorry about the infodump. Here's the blogposts under this category. + +## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville) + +![Editor window in Ardour DAW](img/early_sunsets_over_monroeville/editor.png) + +I recorded the ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result +is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". diff --git a/docs/projects/index.md b/docs/projects/index.md index 40deb60..bc1a59b 100644 --- a/docs/projects/index.md +++ b/docs/projects/index.md @@ -40,14 +40,6 @@ beginners are now ex-terrified beginners. My first workshop made from scratch. Well prepared tech-wise but not social-wise. -## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville) - -![Editor window in Ardour DAW](img/early_sunsets_over_monroeville/editor.png) - -Unlike previous engineering projects, this one is musical. I recorded the -ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result is an acoustic -cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". - ## nand2tetris ### [Part 1](nand2tetris_1) diff --git a/docs/random/index.md b/docs/random/index.md index 05c7fbf..9c34d64 100644 --- a/docs/random/index.md +++ b/docs/random/index.md @@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ Nevertheless, occasionally I leave a permanent trace along the way. - [xkcdbot](xkcdbot) - [Playlist to put on on my deathbed](deathbed_playlist) - [Of Potato Chips And Food Globalization](potato_chips) -- [Lessons in the US of A](us_lessons) diff --git a/docs/umich/index.md b/docs/umich/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de608b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/umich/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# University of Michigan + +so basically i live in ann arbor now + +- [Lessons in the US of A](us_lessons) diff --git a/docs/random/us_lessons.md b/docs/umich/us_lessons.md index f17dc4f..61bedb9 100644 --- a/docs/random/us_lessons.md +++ b/docs/umich/us_lessons.md @@ -44,3 +44,22 @@ some facts, because everything works different here. - My apartment has a coaxial port for internet which I've never seen in my life - Michigan law does not require you to have a front license plate + +## September 2023: Settling down + +### The good + +- They hand out free shirts and swag at the pride event +- Drag shows, fully unhinged +- I can just _get_ a Kroger card? Like for free? + +### The bad + +- Ann Arbor buses just… stop operating at 20:00 on Sunday?? +- _One_ bus per hour?? Unimaginable in Shanghai + +### The neither + +- My textbook is "loose leaf", which means a pile of pages I have bind + myself. Pro: I can carry only the chapters I want. Con: I have to use + zipties as a dirty hack before my binder arrives |