Does anyone else play guitar? I started my musical life playing piano in primary school, but I only got as far as grade five. I didn't make the cut for my high school's music classes, so had to give it up, but in the meantime I took up some other instruments. The main instrument I play at the minute is the guitar. I was in a band at my first high school, but it was a mess as the frontman insisted on recruiting her friend who lived about fifty miles away from the rest of us! I was in another band some time last year, but I left due to creative differences (when I offered the frontman a bit of music theory help when she wrote a pretty bad song, she pouted and went off on one about how she "didn't want any collaboration on her songs" - direct quote).
These days, I write songs. I haven't yet recorded any of them properly, as I can't sing, and, moreover, my voice makes me very dysphoric. I have a very low range for someone AFAB (must be that Y chromosome), but it still depresses me. Once I'm a few years on HRT and have lost a lot of weight, I'm planning to become a singer-songwriter. I've had people tell me, from seeing the scores, chords, lyrics, etc., that they're good songs, so I have high hopes.