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# Music
+I used to play:
+
+- drums
+
+Now I play:
+
+- bass
+- ukulele
+
+<details markdown="1">
+
+<summary>Click to expand infodump on how I got into music</summary>
+
I was not raised a music person. As a young kid I had near zero exposure
-to formal music education.
+to formal music education. Once my parents picked up a synth for me at our
+local supermarket in hope I might amount to something. I never did. Sorry
+mom and dad :(
-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).
+In sixth grade I joined a brass band as a percussionist (that was before
+I wore braces; 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.
+I can't really read pitch, only rhythm. 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
+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.
+On my mom's birthday I sang her "House Of Gold". It remains my favorite
+song to play on ukulele.
+
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.
+adjacent frets (like D and Dm), and especially bar chords (B, Bm, etc). 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.
+So near the end of 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, "BlÄhaj
Simp" and "This Machine Kills Homophobes"](img/index/ibanez.jpg)
@@ -40,7 +59,9 @@ 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.
+</details>
+
+Here is a list of music I made, in reverse chronological order.
## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville)