I played trumpet and baritone horn in grade school, then taught myself acoustic guitar in high school and college (fingerpicking from tablature found online, mostly). A few years before I moved to Virginia, I was recruited to the UC Berkeley Alumni Choir by one of its members when I was helping her with a computer issue and she asked if I could sing. (She worked for the same company as I did at the time.) They were looking for bass/baritones. I'd never sung (in a group) before, but everyone in my family can carry a tune with a decent voice, so I joined and did it for a year. We put on a show with selections from various operas that year. It was pretty fun.
