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| fourfathom:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 24, 2020, 01:46:54 am --- cannot play any musical instrument [...] I heard that people who are good at dancing or play musical instruments tend to are faster at learning Morse code. --- End quote --- I can't dance, but still play a mean electric bass guitar. I grew up with electronics as a hobby, but in my teens and early 20's put a lot of effort into becoming a rock star bassist. Well, that didn't happen. I finally looked at what was becoming of the musicians around me and realized that most of them weren't going to end well (drugs, alcohol, and stupidity), and I was neither good or lucky enough to be a big star. So I got serious again about electronics and progressed from technician to engineer. I have no degree, but I did have aptitude and experience, and still have a burning passion for it. Looking back, I can see that I truly found my calling. But I also feel that music and electronics use a lot of the same areas of my brain. I am a strong "pattern and structure" thinker which (I believe) lets me easily re-use concepts from other fields. I tend to be a bit of a dilettante, but can dig deep and stay immersed in a problem for days and weeks at a time when it interests me. I feel the same way about music. BTW, in my Junior High "electric shop" class the instructor saw that I already knew all about light bulbs and similar basics, so he let me learn Morse Code instead. The goal was to get my ham license. I didn't get it then, but by the end of the course I was able to receive code at 25 WPM so he gave me an "A" anyway. |
| SerieZ:
--- Quote from: fourfathom on September 25, 2020, 02:29:26 am --- --- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 24, 2020, 01:46:54 am --- cannot play any musical instrument [...] I heard that people who are good at dancing or play musical instruments tend to are faster at learning Morse code. --- End quote --- I can't dance, but still play a mean electric bass guitar. I grew up with electronics as a hobby, but in my teens and early 20's put a lot of effort into becoming a rock star bassist. Well, that didn't happen. I finally looked at what was becoming of the musicians around me and realized that most of them weren't going to end well (drugs, alcohol, and stupidity), and I was neither good or lucky enough to be a big star. So I got serious again about electronics and progressed from technician to engineer. I have no degree, but I did have aptitude and experience, and still have a burning passion for it. Looking back, I can see that I truly found my calling. But I also feel that music and electronics use a lot of the same areas of my brain. I am a strong "pattern and structure" thinker which (I believe) lets me easily re-use concepts from other fields. I tend to be a bit of a dilettante, but can dig deep and stay immersed in a problem for days and weeks at a time when it interests me. I feel the same way about music. BTW, in my Junior High "electric shop" class the instructor saw that I already knew all about light bulbs and similar basics, so he let me learn Morse Code instead. The goal was to get my ham license. I didn't get it then, but by the end of the course I was able to receive code at 25 WPM so he gave me an "A" anyway. --- End quote --- That story sounds very similar to mine :-DD unfortunately as my pals grow older I find myself playing Bass Guitar less and less... |
| Zbig:
I am the world's greatest procrastinator. I'll tell you more about it later. |
| Ice-Tea:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on September 24, 2020, 01:46:54 am ---Most electronics people like myself cannot dance without a state machine diagram or flowchart. I cannot dance, have below zero artistic ability, cannot play any musical instrument and am incompetent in cooking. I can draw stick figures and that is about it. I did know one really good electronics engineer who was a serious ballroom dancer. The only one I ever met who did not dance like a robot. He went on into project management, which was a shame because the lure of more money meant less job satisfaction and his skills were not properly utilised. I heard that people who are good at dancing or play musical instruments tend to are faster at learning Morse code. Sounds like you are pretty happy doing what you do :-+. --- End quote --- Actually, I'm a decent dancer, including ballroom. I'm the family cook. I'm a decent guitarist (say garage rock level). My only problem is I can't draw a straight line with a ruler a my daughters could draw better than me when they were six. |
| Fox_Alex:
I'm an electronics R&D engineer, but although a good welder and motorcycle mechanician. |
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