What Made You Become a Musician?
Summary
Musician's Outpost invites members to the thread What made you want to become a musician? Share moments that sparked your musical path, from a sunburst Fender strat memory and toddler drum jams to picking up a ukulele for Twenty One Pilots, discovering Nirvana, or being influenced by osu rhythm gaming. This post encourages community stories and inspiration.
What made that click in your head that you decided to pick up an instrument? Share your thoughts below!
I can’t quite remember how it went but all the sudden at around 9 or 10 years old my dad bought himself a sunburst Fender strat and after trying I was hooked
let me set the scene
i was 14 and i had practically been listening to twenty one pilots for a few months, it was my first ever experience where music had connected to me in a personal level and it wasnt just something that sounded good to my ears
my dad gave me the chance to get myself an instrument and i chose the ukulele for three reasons; cheap, easy and twenty one pilots.
right then and there, the moment i got my ukulele, i just couldnt stop loving music, i've moved on from twenty one pilots to other artists and i slowly started to diversify my music taste more especially with the rhythm game called osu which would let me start to form a taste for rock and other heavier genres which would influence me to move on to a guitar
Very inspirational man
funny story about my experience on something similar
when i was a toddler back then, my family's yearly fiesta would have a live band and during on their break sets, i would go an attempt on using the drums. My dad told me how the musicians saw me using their equipment and realizing I had rhythm at about 3-5 yrs of age. I grew up with that sense of rhythm and I think playing osu! has helped me stay connected with that side of me.
Thought of revisiting this
the evolution of my love for instruments started when I started listening to Nirvana, not sure why I ended up sidetracking them when I've already had an ear for metal during my rhythm gaming days but I digress.
I ended up with my electric guitar and about 3 years later, I ended up with an electric guitar and as of now, I've had my guitar for nearly a year at this point, my acoustic is about 4 years old and is de for a refret at some point since it uses nickel
Regardless, I've been having fun with my journey, I'm not the best guitarist but I'm having alot of fun.
