I'd probably heard this one before, on the Archive, but the clarity of the vault recording, the distinctive character of each instrument, and maybe the sight, out the window, of raw California fault land made the music seem unique, fresh, and unrepeatable.
But traditionally speaking, you have so many different roles you have to fulfill, whereas in a band, you have your instrument and maybe you help with some arranging and do more parts than others.
Learn to play an instrument (and maybe start up a band), learn to kick his butt at COD, set up geocaching parties...whatever seems like it would catch his attention.
Monitoring technology can spot major price and volume spikes in particular instruments, how often they happen and maybe even why, and whether a pattern in market behavior caused them.
Anything that picks up sound and maybe some instruments will do.
They are not, therefore, merely symptoms of discontent but also represent an effective instrument for changing the city and, maybe, planting the seeds of more wide-ranging social transformations.
Check out similar songs to see how they utilize each instrument to build a track, and maybe even look at related-but-completely-different music to look for mixing ideas.
Admittedly, bamboo makes many of us think of Asia (along with pandas, and maybe woodwind musical instruments), but is such imagery helpful to the cause of eliminating inaccurate stereotypes towards people of Asian descent?
Or it could be something in-between, where a couple of you sings, and maybe all play instruments.
