Intro
I was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in 2016 and the most noticeable symptom to begin with was a loss of dexterity down my right side. The diagnosis seemed to draw a line under the short and unsatisfactory chapter of my life where I had tried to play the guitar. Either something in the PD condition or the medication that I take to manage the symptoms has given me a restless creative urge however, so, in November 2021, I resolved to have a go at making music. I had a bit of experience using the audio editor software Audacity so I decided to use that. I thoroughly recommend Audacity for it's many useful features but I think it's fair to say that it wasn't designed with composition in mind. Not the way that I did it anyway. The fine mouse control that I used was a struggle given my disability. After a weekend locked away in my office I emerged with a 45 second mp3 file metaphorically clutched in one hand and a mild case of repetitiv