From f5aa45c7ac538ae3d28dcdb0c9a1af3972681fac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 19:22:09 +0800 Subject: New post: music/how_i_got_into_music --- docs/music/index.md | 79 +++-------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/music/index.md') diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md index 183020f..80ed219 100644 --- a/docs/music/index.md +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -1,78 +1,12 @@ # Music -I used to play: - -- drums - -Now I play: - -- bass -- ukulele -- a midi keyboard, if you even consider it an instrument - -
- -Click to expand infodump on how I got into music - -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. - -![Body of a red bass with stickers of Konqi, twenty one pilots, "Blåhaj -Simp" and "This Machine Kills Homophobes"](img/index/ibanez.jpg) - -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.) - -!["Charcoal frost metallic" (grey and black) PJ bass in mint -condition](img/index/squier.jpg) - -
+For the curious, I wrote [how I got into +music](./how_i_got_into_music.md). ## My music -I release music on [my self-hosted Faircamp](/jam/). - -Here is a list of music I made, most recent first. +I release music on [my self-hosted Faircamp](/jam/). Sometimes I write +a blogpost about it below. ### [Diag](diag.md) @@ -91,11 +25,6 @@ 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) -- cgit v1.2.3