12 karma · joined August 23, 2020
For number one, figure out chords and scales. These are key shortcuts to harmony and melody, to soulful accompaniment and wicked solos. Practice different strumming patterns to achieve different rhythms.
For the second, look up uke tabs to songs you think are fun. Find someone who wants to sing or can back you up on trombone and work on learning songs together. When you can play songs, alone or with others, start adding your own twists to them - slow down during the third chorus (tempo), crescendo in the B section (dynamics), try using your uke for percussion in between strums (timbre). Remember whenever you play, that each performance is an act of creation in and of itself.
Lastly, record yourself, and listen, and work on the things you thought sucked.
Are there studies to this effect? I've sat on hiring committees where we rejected competent men who were jerks or maybe even just a little too cold for our liking. Don't want my anecdotal experience clouding my perception of reality if they don't match.
Get feedback: you don't know your writing expresses anything let alone anything it's meant to if you don't test it on people outside of your head (subtip: learn how to ask for feedback - there's an episode of the podcast Start With This [#3 or #4 iirc] that digs into this)
Try to delete half of what you wrote: half of what you wrote is probably trash, confusing, needlessly ornamental, and/or boring.
But idk if it solves anything because I've been lying to that "I am not a robot" box for years
Apple doesn't care that it disabled canvas. :/ Canvas is too cross-platform for mālī tastes.