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I gave my violin away. ninja
I sing, play castanets (lolol) and the djembe.

I'm not very good at any of them! >u< But they're fun, so I'm happy anyway.

I write music from time to time (<3 Sibelius), and sometimes write derptastic songs about my friends.

Haha no, I am pretty awful. xD I'm probably best at singing, because I had formal lessons in school. I'm a sopraaaaaano~ I've been known to sing opera around the house when no one's home. dramallama

Gonna answer your questions first then go into details.

What instruments do you play? Why?Piano, I've always loved the sound, and it was great bonding time for my grandmother and I. Flute because I heard the sound of a piccolo when I was a kid and fell in love with the high pitches, and learned I couldn't play it unless I played flute first. Saxophone was when I started to reach out to learn more jazz music. Ocarina, ocarina of time, still counts as a flute <3. Voice, that started when I was 12 and practicing for my Bat Mitzvah, my cantor said I had a great voice and suggested I do something with it.
How long have you been playing?Piano since I was 5, flute since I was 8, voice since I was 12, alto sax since I was 19.
What got you into music?At first, my grandmother. My grandmother was a concert pianist and loved giving piano lessons, and I loved learning from her. Then I loved making sounds, creating them, forming new sounds, and making it all flow together. It continued as I watched movies and as I learned instruments.
Do you write music? Have you got any recordings we can listen to?I have on my profile links up to two of my pieces I've done while in graduate school. I haven't uploaded all of my compositions from undergrad, but I do have my junior recital from undergrad on youtube for people to watch/listen to.
Got any recitals or exams coming up to practice for?No, I have to come up with my thesis proposal.
Favorite sort of music?Video game and film music! That's actually what I want to write for a living, which is why I am pursuing a Masters in Music Technology degree at the moment. I love listening to Romantic music and playing Romantic and French 20th century music <3

Music is my life. Video games and movies are my life. Best way to make my life my living? Put it all together. I've wanted to write music for video games since I was a little girl. For a LONG time I wasn't sure how to pursue that career. Now that I know how to pursue said career desire, I am working my butt off in order to pursue that career.

I was always, always envious of my brother's ability to pick up any instrument at all and teach himself how to play it. Of course, he had piano to begin with, so reading music was nothing.

So I thought, why can't I do that, too?

So I picked up a guitar and in a week and a half, taught myself almost all the open chords. I've been playing for nearly a year now and I must say, I'm proud of myself. Without any real lessons, I've taught myself bar chords, open chords, finger picking, and a few other things.

So I did the same thing with the ukulele. I bought myself a cheap little ukulele and taught myself all the chords I needed for a song I wanted to learn. Now I write "three word songs" When people give me three words and right there I make up a song incorporating those three words in it. I've been playing since Christmas day.

I played drums in my school band in middle school, but I've stopped as of late. Mostly because our set is COVERED IN CRAP. I always talk about missing being a drummer.

Derp-a-derp I play piano, I guess. I'm dreadful at it, but I do play it. As well as the bass, melodica, accordion, and other auxiliary percussion...

I'm actually a terrible musician, but it's JUST SO MUCH FUN.

Congratulations to the people that read music. Notice how I play the instruments that you don't need to read music to play. OTL