How many coders, devs, programmmers, IT peeps, technical design folks are also musicians and/or seriously in pursuit of music lifelong? Curious to know as for more than 30 years in tech I see a lot of crossover.
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I'm dropping an accordion and a banjo off the top of the stratosphere. Which hits first?
The answer to the riddle is who cares. LOL I always liked that one. I can play a ukulele if I'm made to mandolin is harder in my experience. @cwilso aren't you building mandolins now as a luthier? Talk about overlap!
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Building ukuleles, actually
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Thanks for the clarification I wasn't sure so you're building ukuleles how cool is that I may have to pick one up again just as a nod of respect. My paternal grandmother died before I was born her name was Molly Miriam I am named for her. She played ukulele apparently very well.
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Wasn't Mae West a ukelele player? I believe she was. I will fact check. A lot of women played ukuleles historically. What's your take on this Chris? To craft an instrument seems an incredible undertaking and unique set of skills including but not limited to music and history.

Mar 30, 2022 · 4:30 AM UTC

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Yep, she was: youtube.com/3Mivr0iUH20. I think uke is accessible; and in that time and context, non-threatening? Cute, even.

Mae West - Mister Deep Blue Sea

From Klondike Annie!

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Very insightful because the size and sound of a ukulele is not perceived as aggressive. it's a small instrument and unimposing. As the wife of a Hasidic man my grandma could only play and sing at home, that she was allowed at all much less encouraged seems a cultural curiosity.
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Learning to build - and I’m down to literally “cutting my own sheets of wood from trees I’ve cut down”. - is an INCREDIBLE journey.
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I can truly only imagine. Between bending and shaping wood, dealing with fretboards, strings, tension, action.. Not to mention esthetics. I've mad awe and respect for the craft.
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