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What's the Origin of Your Username?

Well, we all have different usernames, what's the story, if there is one, behind your username?




Here's mine:

Not just me, but my friends and parents are surprised at the rate at which I learned the bass and sax (the flute, piano, and drums took me a lot of effort, and I'm still not good on those compared to bass/sax). In a bit over a year, I've changed from a bassist whom everyone laughed at to a bass soloist in the school's Music Masters program as the first solo bass guitarist. From just playing some quarter note and half note basslines, to tapping out melodies and basslines simultaneously and incorporating double thumping and double plucking into making mellow and non-percussive music, I think I've come a long way.

So a while ago, my friends and I were doing a physics lab together, I complemented one of my friend, who was the #1 mile runner in the state, and he said "Hunter, you are an amazing bass player." I didn't know what to say, (well, I said thanks), I didn't know people even knew I played bass. And a second later, another friend who went to see my Amazing Grace performance in Music Masters, also a bassist (one of 2 bassists who inspired me to play bass) said "he's also an Amazing Grace Player."

That's the story.
Feel free to share yours.