In fifth grade, we got to pick our own instruments. The middle-school band director came over and showed us all the options, so we could make an informed decision about exactly which faction of nerds under the larger umbrella of "band geek" we wanted to belong to. I chose the clarinet, which is what most girls who didn't choose the flute picked, but if I had known the unbelievable array of music-making technology that was out there, my choice might have been different.
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