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At this point in my life, I would say I have two hobbies; Music and Netflix. While I don't play in any bands currently, I have in the past and definitely want to again. In the meantime, I keep a guitar within arms reach at all times and frequently noodle while doing all sorts of things. I also mix the entire production for my local church. Sometimes I mix FOH, other times I mix a separate feed for the livestream online from the back. It's a decent sized production with 1 or 2 guitars, drums, 2 keyboards, percussion, violin, bass, and anywhere between 4-8 singers with microphones. On occasion we also have a choir of 30~ people. I also used to do a lot of home recording, but living in apartments in recent years has made that tough since my tube amps sound best at higher volumes. I don't know if I should be ashamed or embarrassed about my other "hobby", but I watch a stupid amount of Netflix/Twitch/YouTube on a daily basis. Easily 3+ hours a day. In recent weeks, I have even taken up playing my guitar along to the music in movies/tv shows, matching up the key and noodling to whatever is playing in the background. That drives my wife crazy and is probably the reason she doesn't sit and watch with me. I don't know why I watch so many videos, besides boredom, but I would like to find something more productive to do. It used to be writing code, but I quickly got burnt out after landing my first full time development job. After going remote it got even worse. I often wonder if getting out of the house to code would be more productive, but I can't justify the expense yet of a co-working space. |