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diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..58cddb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +# Music + +I used to play: + +- 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. + + + +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.) + + + +</details> + +## My music + +Here is a list of music I made, most recent first. + +### [This Song Will Uncure Your Depression](uncure-your-depression.md) + + + +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) + + + +I recorded the ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result +is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". + +## Not my music + +- [Review of My Chemical Romance discography](mcr_discog_review.md) +- [Playlist to put on on my deathbed](deathbed_playlist.md) +- [How I Discover a Band](band_discovery.md) +- [Review of _Clancy_](clancy_review.md) |