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I wish I could consider myself a musician but I only feel comfortable calling myself a guitarist. Having taught myself guitar I got to a certain point that I wanted to understand how and why chords work. After teaching myself some rudimentary theory I bought a keyboard. I can't play piano very well but I'm good enough to add accents over the top of my guitar parts when I record. I play bass as well but unlike a lot of guitarists I know I can admit I'm not the best. Just because you can play guitar doesn't mean you can play bass! Huge difference. It takes a lot of skill and taste to hang back in the pocket and do what's best for the song without wanting to stand out. I also enjoy playing around in Logic Pro and making electronic music by sampling recordings of myself playing live instruments. Chop, chop, copy, midi here, chop, paste. Lots of fun.

Anyways, a little over a decade of playing guitar and I can carry some weight on piano and bass.