The web site of cornyoffthecob

Many people think that recorders are only really suited for children. But I found learning to play it brought a lot of joy to my life, and i would like to defend this instrument and share some of my thoughts and works with it. This site is, after all, meant to be about the things that make me happy.

I picked up the recorder this year due to a new hyperfixation: Classic Doctor Who. (There will, for sure, be at least a few pages on that sooner or later.) From first sight, I connected with the character of the second doctor more than I expected.
That particular incarnation of the doctor is a chaplinesque hobo, and has a great fondness for playing tunes on a simple recorder, and sometimes using it as a comedic prop- a sword, a telescope, etc.

The hyperfixation and desire to cosplay this adorable fellow led me to start badgering my little sister- who played the recorder in elemantry school- to give me one of her old recorders. She didn't want to, so when I went to a local vintage/antique market with friends and saw a wooden recorder from the 60s, of course I bought it.

I'm dyspraxic. I never really thought I'll be able to play an intrument, and despite my past exposure to ocarinas, harmonicas, recorders, didn't think of them as legitimate options for me.

Seeing- and emulating- that well-aprreciated grown man putting energy and meaning into the simple joy of easy music, and letting oneself engage and be proud of "frivolous" or "silly" things or "bad" hobbies....

Learning something new doesn't have to be difficult and the value of it isn't any less if it's easy and fun.

My recorder makes me life nicer. Sometimes I don't play it for weeks, sometimes I play it every day. It's just another little bit of art and fun I have in my life now, and I think this so very much encapsulated the energy and ideas I want to put in this site and celebrate in it!

I love..... RECORDER!