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diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md index 548c058..f2020cd 100644 --- a/docs/music/index.md +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -8,22 +8,26 @@ 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. 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 :( +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, 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). +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 @@ -59,27 +63,37 @@ 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> -Here is a list of music I made, in reverse chronological order. +## My music -## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville.md) +Here is a list of music I made, most recent first. - +### [This Song Will Uncure Your Depression](uncure-your-depression.md) -I recorded the ukulele, did the vocals, and mixed them in Ardour. Result -is an acoustic cover of "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville". + + +My first attempt at actual composition. Involves synthesized equipments, +bass, rapping, singing, and samples. -## Choker +### Choker I recorded this with my friend Ryan in August 2023 but I haven't got around to writing a blogpost -## [This Song Will Uncure Your Depression](uncure-your-depression.md) +### [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville.md) - + -My first attempt at actual composition. Involves synthesized equipments, -bass, rapping, singing, and samples. +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) |