[LAU] Re: We’ve Got the Beat - in Our Genes
Bill Purvis <[email protected]>
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On 21/05/2025 09:44, Roger wrote: > On 21/5/25 16:57, Will Godfrey wrote: >> On Tue, 20 May 2025 19:20:50 -1000 >> david <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We’ve Got the Beat—in Our Genes >>> How much we enjoy music, and in what ways, is heritable >>> By Charles Digges May 19, 2025 >>> >>> https://nautil.us/weve-got-the-beat-in-our-genes-1211821/ >>> >>> Wouldn't surprise me. My parents both played instruments. Three of my >>> four grandparents played instruments, too. I suppose me playing >>> instruments was inevitable! >>> >>> How about the rest of you? >>> >> I must be an outlier. None of my family had any real interest in >> music beyond >> it being audio 'wallpaper' >> > Same. None of my family play instruments, although my Mum liked the > occasional stage musical and Swan Lake. Likewise! My mum like operatic tenors, but that's about it. Someone must have had an interest though as I discovered we had a mini acoustic guitar - could have been a large bass ukulele? Only 4 strings, and that got me started, a few tips from a school pal and I was busking away with late 50's pop. Migrated to 6 strings and was in demand for beach parties etc. for a while. Dabbled in Jazz, folk, a bit of classical. I had a few lessons at the guitar school run by John Williams's dad, but never managed to get decent finger nails! Got persuaded to switch to bass guitar when the church bass player moved to London, but I now switch between the two as we have a very accomplished guy from Hong Kong. He's much better than me! Dabbled in computer music over the years, starting with an Atari, and a second-hand copy of Steinberg Pro. Moved on to Linux on a PC, with a bit of composition, but of late just playing in the church band. Recently rebuilt the church Compton organ replacing all the guts with a PC (Linux) running GrandOrgue. Bill -- +---------------------------------------------+ | Bill Purvis | | [email protected] | +---------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]