about

so u wanna learn about me?

"my name isoooobel / married to myself / my love isobel / living by herself"

if you know those lyrics... i think we might be good friends. i was named after that song!!

anyway, i think you know my name already. i make music and i'm truly a creative at heart. i've been involved in music in some capacity my whole life. as a kid, i would mess around on garageband on my mom's ipad. later, in middle & high school, i found myself enveloped in various choirs. choir taught me many of the fundamentals of music theory, which i carry into my writing today. most importantly, it trained my ear--which is pretty much how i learn everything in music.

i started writing, producing, and recording music when i turned 17 in quarantine. i always wanted to make music, but i had this idea implanted in my head that some producer was supposed to find me. i guess i didn't think that girls could produce music too. one day, i stumbled upon another artist my age who produced their own music and i realized i could i give it a shot. i made stuff all day, everyday. i wouldn't even open the curtains in the morning. at this time, i also started to seriously play guitar. i technically started playing when i was 11 but i hadn't touched my guitar since. later on, i picked up some bass, a little keys, and now a little drums. i'm not very good though.

the best way i can describe my music is soft rock, bubblegrunge, melody-driven, indie-pop. if that sounds like your style, be sure to check me out.

so what made me want to code a website?

well... i guess i long for a time before the internet was infested with cororpate greed and spam. by extension i'm interested in the dead internet theory (there's a lot of crap if you look into it, so minus all that). i guess i believe in some abstraction of it--like the internet has lost its personality. everything is just too centralized now. in short, i believe we should revive the personal web. it's a unlimited avenue for self expression, unlike the formatting and customization boundaries that social media posits. i also just wanted to learn something new, and coding seemed cool.

fun facts

likes:

olives, black coffee, coconut water, pandas, bjork, cats, documentaries, whacky instruments, guitar, bass, drums, midi-keyboards, audio synthesis, my digicam, painting, journaling, kombucha, beetles (from afar),

dislikes:

judgemental people

favorite colors:

greens

and

reds

favorite artists:

bjork, feeble little horse, elliott smith, sheena ringo, aphex twin, arca, faye wong, fiona apple, alice phoebe lou, ichiko aoba, kim gordon, adrianne lenker, radiohead, frou frou, beabadoobee, clairo, tracey brakes, aiden marceron

favorite games:

webfishing, minecraft, stardew valley, durak, solitaire, the legend of zelda: tears of the kingdom, mario kart, chilla's art

favorite foods:

sushi, salmon, ramen, kimchi, hot pot, ma la xiang guo, taro root, mushrooms, avocado, blueberries, brussel sprouts, eggs, chinese tomato-egg, bacon, dumplings, garlic, potato chips, beans

favorite podcasts:

science vs, sonic symbolism, out of character, andrew huberman, emergency intercom, pants