Any Musicians out there?

[Homercidal]

I play some songs on piano, but mostly play guitar. Took lessons for a couple of years, many years ago. Seems I don't have enough time to get my fingers back in shape, but sometimes I practice for a few days, when I get the urge to try recording.

I want to learn more about music theory. Chords, structure, etc. Wish I had a couple of people near me to jam with. I could really learn a lot.

 

[Bobby_M]

Forget the pants! Check out the singer!:cross:

Yeah, I'd say she was like an in-her-prime Brittany Spears but you know, just like the real thing she too had a baby last year. BTW, let's just say kegs ain't the only things I dun tapped No, it's not mine. haha.

 

[RICLARK]

I play Guitar, Mostley Classic Rock and newer metal, my SWMBO Plays a wicked drum set.

 

[pjj2ba]

Another tuba player here. I play in the pretty good Community band, a dixieland band and a small, and a large oompah band. Also the occasional New Orleans style street band.

Two tuba players walk by a bar..........








Hey, it could happen

 

[jarrid]

I play guitar, some harmonica and whatever else I can get my hands on to mess around with. I played sax in H.S. and was pretty good at it, but i would suck at it now.

I played in a couple punk-ska bands in college, then started my own rockabilly/roots rock band after that. (myspace.com/thehyfires)

Lately I haven't played out in forever. I've been dabbling with lutherie, trying to build instruments. So... when I'm away from this forum for long stretches, it's because I'm rocking the jigsaw and dremel tool instead of the stirring spoon and hydrometer.

 

[NitrouStang96]

15 years of drums, here.

 

[Homercidal]

Yeah, I'd say she was like an in-her-prime Brittany Spears but you know, just like the real thing she too had a baby last year. BTW, let's just say kegs ain't the only things I dun tapped No, it's not mine. haha.

Nice! You also know that having a baby isn't necessarily going to ruin a girl. (Of course the odds are pretty good though.)

 

[Shaggy]

I play guitar. Mostly acoustic, chord-strumming stuff.

Me too...I've 3 acoustics right now and also a mexi-strat through a roland guitar synth.
However, I've other fun toys like thumb pianos, juice harps, organ, whistles etc. etc. etc.
I'll always try to play anything I'm able to try and more likely than not am able to amuse at least myself lol!

 

[New2HomeBrew]

I played guitar in several rock and blues bands when I was younger. Now I play 5-string banjo, mandolin and bass fiddle, just well enough to have fun.

You know mandolin players spend half of thier life tuning thier instruments, and the other half playing out of tune That is a cool mandolin in your avatar though.


I play guitar and sing in my current band the Poxy Boggards "The Drinking Group WIth A Singing Problem". (www.poxyboggards.com) or (http://www.myspace.com/poxyboggards). WE play alot of Irish and english folk style music as well as a bunch of BLUE originals.

We have our annual St. Patrick's Day Show coming up on March 15th for anyone in the Los Angeles area, the details are posted in a seperate thread in the General Chit-chat section.

I also play, mandolin, mandola, harmonica, recorder and piano. Good to see so many Musicians here on the boards.

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

Bass guitar.

www.myspace.com/paulinamusic

 

[EricK The Red]

Bass guitar.

www.myspace.com/paulinamusic

Very cool stuff!

 

[zbeeblebrox]

Definition of a drummer:

A guy who likes to hang out with real musicians.

j/k I used to play on the drums. I've got a natural rhythym for it. I've never owned a set of drums so I don't really consider myself a drummer.

i have to say i kinda agree. especially when i was doing classical percussion in middle school. 3 guys on percussion meant one snare, one base, and one for whatever else was needed. got boring fast.

 

[Bobby_M]

Definition of a drummer:

A guy who likes to hang out with real musicians.

That's actually not far off. I'm the only shlub from my last long term band that isn't playing professionally anymore. The bass player is now touring with Black Label Society.

 

[Petey]

I was a Bassoonist back in the day, and did some percussion in high school. Starting to get back to the drumming now though.

 

[Beerlord]

good site for all us buddign musician's
www.garageband.com

 

[seethe303]

I make music on my computer, and an Emu sampler.

 

[Pugilist]

Played drums for 14yrs, guitar for 16 and fiddled with bass. My heros for the respective instruments are John "Bonzo" Bonham, and Neil Peart. For guitar, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix.

Recently started teaching myself classical guitar in my old age (34). Really appreciate Julian Bream and Andres Segovia.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Played drums for a year or so when I was 14...started playing the guitar at 17...closing in on 54 and still playing...classic rock/rock/southern rock...:rockin:

Guitars:
Fender Telecaster Deluxe (US) (Natural Ash) (1976)
Fender Stratocaster w/ Floyd Rose (Mexican) (Black/Black) (1999)
Fender Stratocaster (Mexican) (White/Midnight Wine) (2001)
Fender Stratocaster Squire (Chinese) (White/Black) (2000)
Kaman Matrix Electric/Acoustic (US) (Sunburst) (1981)

Amps:
Fender Princeton Reverb (1976)
Line 6 Vetta Combo (2002)
Line 6 Vetta Combo FBV Longboard (2003)
Pignose Hog 20 Amp

Pedals:
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Digitech RP-300 Multi-effects
Electra Metal Max (608HM)
Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Deluxe (1970s)
Electro-Harmonix Linear Line Booster
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Phase Shifter EH4800
Ibanez GE10 Graphic Equalizer
MXR Distortion +
MXR Noise Gate Line Driver

 

[Brewsmith]

Yeah, but can you rock out on this?






























:rockin::rockin::rockin::rockin:

 

[menschmaschine]

I started out in music playing the oboe in grade school. Quit that in high school so I didn't look like a *** carrying my little brief case to school to my Dad's dismay and traded it for the guitar. Never looked back.

Been playing guitar for 17 years and have a bass and 88-key midi-controller that I can make music with. I got into recording with Cakewalk as well and with "Drag-and-Drop Drummer" can sound like a full band recorded in a studio. I love guitar effects, but mainly vintage ones. I have too many to count, but my mainstay signal path is Fender Strat (or Les Paul Gold Top) -> MXR Dyna Comp -> Boss SD-1 -> Korg SDD-3000 (Digital Delay rack unit) -> Vox AC30.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Yeah, but can you rock out on this?View attachment 4574

That's one helluva bong you got there...

 

[MULE]

I play guitar. You name it, I can play it.... or figure it out. Been jammin for almost 20 years. These days, just writing by myself. I got a wife and two kids. Ya'll know the story.

 

[Crazytwoknobs]

Thanks Erohver, we spent a lot of time in the studio on those, more to come.

99, I can't STAND any guitar with trem. There's some pretty nasty conversions out there, but the simplest one is to create as much spring tension as you can, then jam a piece of wood in between the backend of the bridge's spring support and the body of the guitar. Works pretty well, if you don't mind all the extra hardware leftover from the trem. I'll post pics of what I've done to them in a day or two.

 

[Jim Karr]

Many years on harmonica. When I was a traveling advertising salesman, I found that the harp is the only instrument you can practice while you drive.

I play fairly well by myself, but I just can't play along with other musicians.

 

[EricK The Red]

bump

bump

bump

 

[gwood]

Guitar

Mandolin

Drums

In that order. Just got the mandolin about three years ago and haven't been playing anything for some time but I've played music in general for fifteen years or so. Had a close friend with an amazing professional studio who'd give us free time on Sundays from 11pm till we had to go to work in the am, alas he sold it almost five years ago...haven't really played more than half hour stretches every few months since then <cut to tears rolling down a thirty something face into what looks like a nice amber colored glass of beer>

 

[homebrewer_99]

...99, I can't STAND any guitar with trem...

I know what you mean...I don't use the trem much anyway...

 

[sAvAgE]

Play Guitar.... have done since I was 10. not as serious as I used to .

 

[Homercidal]

I know what you mean...I don't use the trem much anyway...

What?? No Van Halen divebombs?

Ok, I dont' use mine much either, but I still like some good hard rock guitar god playing though.

 

[brauhaus]

i think everyone i know and work with claims to play the guitar.

i've been playing for 15+ years, started when I was young and I've enjoyed playing ever since.

i'm not one of those guys who thinks he's awesome and everytime sees a guitar feels the need to pick it up and start playing "stairway to heaven" or "everlong", hey that's great you can play the guitar, wow.

sorry, this is slightly OT, but i saw an episode of Family Guy were Stewie talks about how *********s have ruined the guitar.... funny, reminds me of every guy I went to college with.

anyway, i've been playing for a long time and i still think i suck, perhaps that's why I never really pursued the whole "i'm going to be a rockstar thing" I played in a band for about 5 years and we all had a nice go at it, played a few places and such, but we all went our separate ways... we stopped playing b/c of work and wanting careers.

I have a cousin who is a "starving artist", married with a child and he insists on not getting a job b/c his band kicks ass and he's going to be a rockstar.

can anyone tell me if screaming, loud and overall offense to all sense and just horrible music has become popular? well, it must not be or else i'm sure my cousin would be rich and famous.