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diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f9e272 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# Music + +I was not raised a music person. 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. + + + +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) + + + +I recorded the ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result +is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". |