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What Are the Limitations of the Ocarina?

Compared to most instruments, single-chamber ocarinas have highly limited range at an octave plus five. While the range is equivalent to the average person’s singing range and does allow for a wide repertoire, it’s insufficient for a whole lot of music.

Are Niche Hobbies Better Off Niche? (SHOULD Ocarinas Get Popular?)

Many of us have some niche hobby or community we’re a part of, and it can feel really special to be a part of something most people don’t know about. Are these small hobby groups, like the ocarina community, better off niche? Would we lose something by gaining mainstream popularity?

M1 Max MacBook Pro After ONE YEAR Usage

My 14” M1 Max MacBook Pro arrived in the mail almost exactly a year ago. It’s been my daily driver ever since for everything from work, editing videos, streaming, and leisure. Was the M1 Max worth over $3,000? Is it everything I wanted it to be? Would I recommend such high specs for you? FindContinue reading “M1 Max MacBook Pro After ONE YEAR Usage”

Are Ocarinas Actually Easy to Learn?

Learning an instrument is hard, there’s no debate to that. How many of you had to play recorder in elementary school and simply couldn’t get the hang of it? Although I’m a musician now, the recorder was tough for me back in the days before I was serious about music, despite being an allegedly easy instrument to learn. However, compare attempting toContinue reading “Are Ocarinas Actually Easy to Learn?”

[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket

[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket To Recap… We drove up on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, got to see everyone, and rehearsed on Friday before going to an open-mic performance. Read the whole post here! This post covers Ocabanda’s concert forward. We worked really hard coming to this point, and I’mContinue reading “[PART 2] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Concert, Camping, Phuket”

[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time

It’s 5:30 in the morning, We were up until 2 the night before due to poor decisions, packing, Fanime being the day prior, and several other causes, but we had to leave early. David and Roxy were shooting a video in San Francisco and they needed golden hour lighting – and there was no wayContinue reading “[PART 1] The 2018 US Ocarina Festival: Road-trip of Time”

Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies

I went through my schedule for the week in my head: Finish finals, prepare for my panel, go to rehearsal 4 times this week, perform in 4 concerts, do my panel, get ready for the roadtrip after the convention ends, learn my Ocarina music, get ready for my Japan trip… And after going through allContinue reading “Fanime 2018: Of Panels and Daddies”

Anime Expo 2017: Ocarinas, Traffic, and the Smell of Piss

This is a post from nearly a year ago. I never published it due to some major personal  relationship issues that happened around the same time. I made some edits and decided to finally publish it…
Recently, I went on my first non-school related trip without any form of supervision! To many readers, you may be thinking, Wow, why am I reading the blog of a f***ing baby, to which I say…. you’re right. The trip was busy and fun…

Ocarinas – How I Found Opportunity From a Niche Hobby

When people ask me about my hobbies, whenever I mention that I play Ocarina, they invariably say things like this: You mean the thing from Zelda? Oh cool! ….what are they? Ocawhatta now? I expect these answers, so I don’t mind it, but the point is: Ocarinas aren’t well known, at least in America. They’reContinue reading “Ocarinas – How I Found Opportunity From a Niche Hobby”