I was 5 years old and my family's living room basically doubled as rehearsal space for my dad's bands. I remember it as a happy time, which I think was for everyone (even mom, sans living room!)

Dad bought this awesome drum machine, which also had bass notes (and a couple of other instruments), the ability to change the pitch of notes, and a rudimentary sequencer. AND I was lucky enough that he let me use it! I know its sounds and demo songs by heart: https://youtu.be/7ydbk_oCl9A

#FirstDabble

Later, as a teenager, I made the decision to follow the "software programming" route, which I respected when it was time to decide after high school.

I never studied music (not yet at least!), but it's always been around and, after a long time coding for a living and raising a family, it's become a necessity for my mental stability.

Last year I found a way to integrate it into my routine.

Every two weeks, my productive-dad-mode goes "out of service" for a few hours, and I sit down to record new music. No plans, just shower-induced inspiration, and I force myself to package it and release it into the world without much editing (I also record myself on video and capture the computer screen, and do some rough video editing).

The project is called #Volatil, and after 25 iterations it's still going strong.

@cambraca #musician
i was probably 7 when i recorded a song called "Red Whiskey and Wine" into a portable cassette recorder.

i don't remember where those words came from - especially "red whiskey". what would i know about whiskey at 7? but a few years ago i noticed that the Dead have line in Dire Wolf "T'was a bottle of red whiskey" . so now i assume that was probably it.

wasn't until college (1990) that i bought a 4-track cassette recorder and really started.