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 and a little keys. 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:

black coffee, coconut water, documentaries, cats, logic pro x, any instruments, guitar, bass, midi-keyboards, audio synthesis, my digicam, painting, journaling, kombucha, beetles (from afar), pandas!!

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

favorite games:

durak, solitaire, stardew valley, 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

favorite podcasts:

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