Music

Everyone listens to music. Whether it be the sounds of a full ensemble of musicians, to a solo hip-hop legend, or even the droplets of water dripping from the roof of a small shack, music is everywhere. My dear friend Ayasa Suzuki asked me tonight, "Do you play an instrument?" Short answer, yes. However, I have forgotten how to play one and am thinking of pursuing my musical career, yet again.

The cello and the bass were my life during 5th-8th grade but as Blizzard Entertainment released new titles at the time (Warcraft 3), I slowly began to stop taking lessons from my music teacher and get into online gaming. I made excuses to my teacher: my parents are getting a divorce, I have to concentrate more on school, I'm sick, and etc. I regret not continuing my musical career. I loved the sounds my bow made across the strings of my bass, and I loved getting one-on-one lessons from my music teacher, since I was the only one tall enough to handle the big bass.

Onne thing that makes me shy away from picking up and playing an instrument is that I have no idea how to play one anymore. Sure I could read sheet music and play my instrument accordingly, but I could never find my own voice and write songs. It's the same with any other form of self-expression. I was never able to write a poem, but I knew the format and layout of the many variations of poems and half-assed my way get a grade. If I pick up an instrument now, I want to learn how to play it, and find my own voice playing it.

Another thing in my way is time management. As it is now, I volunteer a lot of my time to ROAR (Raising Our Asian Rights) and the rest of my time is dedicated to school, eating, working out, ballroom dancing, writing on this blog, and the very recent Hawaii Club on campus. It may not seem like a lot, but this is the busiest semester I have ever been in, and I still hunger for more on my plate. Maybe, just maybe, this music thing will fill that gap.

What kind of instrument should I pick up? I own a guitar at the moment, but I don't have it here with me in Vegas. Plus I don't know how to tune it, how to play it very well and how to learn how to play it. I'll send my guitar up from Hawaii just in case, and try to start learning how to play from a couple of my friends.

What I would really like to do with my playing ability is to not form a band, but just chill and make music with others. Some people play wind instruments, some people play strings. As long as we can make music together, I want people to jam with me :) Cheers to learning how to play instruments again!