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I play all different styles of bass ranging from funk bass to classical stand-up. I've been playing for eight years and I've loved every minute of it! My personal favorite style of bass is jazz bass (walking bass lines) because of how dynamic and intricate it is. I also play blues guitar, and I've been playing that for about two years. I picked up blues guitar mostly because I just really enjoyed listening to blues music. My (limited) knowledge of jazz also helped a lot with the blues. The ukulele and the piano are the two most recent instruments that I am learning to play. I really want to learn how to play jazz piano (I like jazz a lot).

Moving away from instruments, I can also overtone sing and I'm a (decent) Tuvan throat singer. I learned about overtone singing when I was studying Xhosa culture in South Africa, and that lead me to Tuvan throat singing. I thought it sounded really powerful yet also calming, so I took the time to learn how to manipulate my voice in order to sing two notes at the same time. This is honestly the only way I can sing because I'm a horrible singer.