From eea110aa54567618f4f8fa15e2bb4539b6f71a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:30:46 -0400 Subject: music/index: 2023-09-29 update --- docs/music/index.md | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/music/index.md b/docs/music/index.md index 0f9e272..b6bc439 100644 --- a/docs/music/index.md +++ b/docs/music/index.md @@ -1,32 +1,51 @@ # Music +I used to play: + +- drums + +Now I play: + +- bass +- ukulele + +
+ +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. +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 :( -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). +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). 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. +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 +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, especially bar chords. My setlist effectively stopped -expanding as of 2022. +adjacent frets (like D and Dm), and especially bar chords (B, Bm, etc). 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. +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) @@ -40,7 +59,9 @@ 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. +
+ +Here is a list of music I made, in reverse chronological order. ## [Early Sunsets Over Monroeville](early-sunsets-over-monroeville) -- cgit v1.2.3