My Short-Lived Music Career (Epilogue)

I've not written any music of my own since 1999/2000, but music has always been in the back of my mind. I knew that eventually I'd want to get back into playing piano, or one day pick up a guitar.

There were a few music-related acquisitions over the years, such as a 32-key MIDI controller for noodling around with a demo version of Reason, and an 88-key fully-weighted MIDI controller to try and get back on the piano-playing bandwagon, but nothing really stuck.

In November 2007, a few months before leaving my job to work on SuperMegaUltraGroovy full-time, I purchased an acoustic guitar. I don't recall the specifics of what drove me to get one, but I knew I wanted to learn how to play. After I quit my job to pursue my indie software development dreams, I was able to spend my downtime practicing.

Several months into my new career, and after learning the basics via youtube/etc, I decided to upgrade my main acoustic guitar to something a little more substantial. About a week or so after that, I signed up for lessons to take my playing past the plateau I was stuck at.

So here I am, about 16 months, 7 months of lessons, 5 guitar purchases, 1 guitar return, and 1 guitar sale later, and I'm hopeful again about music in my life. I'm very passionate about this new hobby, and playing the guitar has helped me stay sane while working alone in my home.

Playing the guitar has also helped to fuel my application idea engine, just as building speakers did back in 2004. As a result, I've been working on something great since the holidays that stems from this new hobby. I can't wait to release it, but I don't want to reveal anything until I feel the product is ready.

So, stay tuned…