On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:50 PM, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad Beyenhof wrote: >> I majored in Music as well, though I did end up going through with it. >> My BA is in Theory & Composition, though I've been a computer guy all >> my life. > > I still have my Buescher alto sax (it needs work - someday). In my childhood > I played piano, and even accordion. Then played clarinet for a bit before > transitioning to sax. My favorite instrument was bari sax, which I played 3 > of 4 years in high school.
Similar for me. I started on piano, then I picked up clarinet, harmonica, bassoon, and sax (in that order). It almost feels like each instrument is a programming language: you use the same basic concepts across the board, but learn a new set of constraints and syntax with each one. These days I just play tenor sax, clarinet, and piano/keyboard. I haven't written anything new in ages, though I do arrangements from time to time. > After not playing anything for years and years I decided to re-teach myself > piano. I bought a low-end keyboard (Roland XP-10. I suppose purists might > consider it more toy than piano) and some books, but never found the time to > practice. So here it sits. Someday. Part of the reason I got into IT was that I rarely played music for myself when I spent 40 hours a week behind a desk editing scores. Now that I've swapped my hobby and my career, I spend more of my free time at the piano than I ever did before. Of course, it helps that I get paid by grant money and they can't afford to pay me overtime... otherwise I'd probably spend more time in the lab. -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. ~ Sydney Smith, English essayist and preacher (1771-1845) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
