Mike Babyak

#FirstDabble I had a drum kit when I was 10 but it broke and I stopped playing.

When I was 12 I got an acoustic guitar for Christmas. I picked it up left-handed, as it felt the most natural to me. But when I tried to play the chords in the Mel Bay book they sounded terrible! I figured I just had no knack for it and quit.

But at 14 I read about #JimiHendrix being LEFT-HANDED and changing the stringing. I had no idea there was left and right handed! Changed my strings and never looked back!

Dec 7, 2022 at 7:35pmWeb
Show threadCamilo Bravo Dec 7, 2022

@mikebabyak obligatory link to "rate of left-handedness" article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/22/the-surprising-geography-of-american-left-handedness/

wtf is wrong with society...

The surprising geography of American left-handedness

Data on the left-handed is hard to come by.

The Washington Post
Show threadMike BabyakDec 7, 2022

@cambraca Ha! Ink pens may have been involved.

Or maybe the Catholic Church. I went to Catholic school in first and second grade in the early 60s. The nun tried to force me to write with my right hand. My mother came to the school and ripped her a new one. I stayed lefty.