On Music

I've always wanted to be able to make music. Back when I was a kid, some of the neighborhood kids and I had our own band that we called The Loose Screws--because you'd have to have had a screw loose to like our music. None of us could actually play an instrument or sing particularly well. My brother had a Muppets drum set. I had a plastic Dukes of Hazzard guitar, and both of our methods of playing involved pounding the instrument as hard as possible in something that vaguely sounded like a rhythm.

Last year, I decided to try taking up music again as a hobby. Since guitars seem to be kind of expensive, I decided on the banjo. At that point, just about the only banjo song I was familiar with was Kermit the Frog's Rainbow Connection, which is one of my favorite songs of all time. I spent several month at it and learned a few chords before coming to the realization that I just couldn't bring it together into actual music making.

I've decided to try again this year, but with a different instrument. I've decided to go with the ukulele, because it is fairly in expensive and supposedly is the easiest instrument to learn. This time, I actually have even listened to some ukulele music well before hand. I a lot of  Molly Lewis stuff , and I have a copy of Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele along with some of her other stuff. I actually like it, so this seems like a good idea.

Will I actually be able to play? Beats me.