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diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md index 58cddb2..67db426 100644 --- a/docs/music/index.md +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -1,76 +1,27 @@ # Music -I used to play: +For the curious, I wrote [how I got into +music](./how_i_got_into_music.md). -- drums - -Now I play: - -- bass -- ukulele -- a midi keyboard, if you even consider it an instrument - -<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. We would listen to Mandopop and Cantopop, and -mom would hum tunes while she did dishes, but that was it. - -There was once my parents picked up a 88-key keyboard 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 (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 and the drum kit, but -I did learn the timpani and 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, 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 -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 (like D and Dm), and especially bar chords (B, Bm, etc). My -setlist effectively stopped expanding as of 2022. - -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. +## My music -![Body of a red bass with stickers of Konqi, twenty one pilots, "BlÄhaj -Simp" and "This Machine Kills Homophobes"](img/index/ibanez.jpg) +I release music on [my self-hosted Faircamp](/jam/). Sometimes I write +a blogpost about it below. -I learned most of my songs from [Rod -Nieder](https://www.youtube.com/@rodnieder). +### [At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb](at-the-risk-of-feeling-dumb.md) -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.) +![Album cover. yellow smoke on a red +background](img/at-the-risk-of-feeling-dumb/cover.png) -!["Charcoal frost metallic" (grey and black) PJ bass in mint -condition](img/index/squier.jpg) +twenty one pilots cover made from scratch. -</details> +### [Diag](diag.md) -## My music +![Album cover. Simplified birds-eye view of a university +diag.](img/diag/cover.png) -Here is a list of music I made, most recent first. +My entry to [Fedivision 2024](https://fedivision.party/) representing the +Sacred Municipality of Deez Nuts. ### [This Song Will Uncure Your Depression](uncure-your-depression.md) @@ -81,11 +32,6 @@ beige](img/uncure-your-depression/album-cover.jpg) My first attempt at actual composition. Involves synthesized equipments, bass, rapping, singing, and samples. -### Choker - -I recorded this with my friend Ryan in August 2023 but I haven't got -around to writing a blogpost - ### [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville.md) ![Editor window in Ardour DAW](img/early_sunsets_over_monroeville/editor.png) @@ -99,3 +45,5 @@ is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". - [Playlist to put on on my deathbed](deathbed_playlist.md) - [How I Discover a Band](band_discovery.md) - [Review of _Clancy_](clancy_review.md) +- [Review of Radiohead discography](radiohead_discog_review.md) +- [Clancy Tour](clancy-tour.md) |