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VanDarksyd -> Music (2/7/2009 5:50:24 AM)

How many other CM members are musicians?
What do you play? (style, instrument, etc.)




FeedingMyNeed -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 5:55:14 AM)

I play guitar, some piano, and sing.  I play mostly classic rock, blues, and country.



Aileen1968 -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 6:08:55 AM)

Completely non musical. Can't sing. Can't dance. No ability to play any instrument other than the skin flute.



ScooterTrash -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 7:54:37 AM)

Bass guitar, but the pic probably gives that away...lol.



MarsBonfire -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:07:38 AM)

A Moog Etherwave Theremin. I'm not very good. It's just something I play around with to relax.



VanDarksyd -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:21:32 AM)

Cool. I can play guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, harmonica, cello, trumpet, and a little bagpipes (don't even ask), but I'm a bassist at heart. Scooter, what kind of bass do you play?

Edit: That's a Peavey T40 in your pic, isn't it? I love those.




Arduinna -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:22:02 AM)

I own a black acoustic Fender, and WISH I could play it...alas though I got notes down I never got chords down (was learning on a Student Guitar which was very thick necked and my hands are small so it was impossible and I have the worst memory ever) so I think I'd have to learn by just memorizing songs instead of chords...I've always wanted to play...
Maybe I'll have to find someone to teach me...

Also, I sang chorus for many many years and have a very wide vocal range. (somewhere around Terri Clark/Jo Dee Messina --> Amy Lee of Evanescence and sometimes higher) Dunno if I'm any good (no one ever honestly told me) but I was singled out many times in chorus for my ability to hit notes no one else could. Not sure that's a good thing, but I like to think it is...



VanDarksyd -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:26:03 AM)

That's a hell of a range, Arduinna. I sing somewhat. On guitar, I'm self-taught. Chords are simple as hell. Go to http://www.guitar-resource-center.com/basic_guitar_chords.html. That's where I learned most of my chords, and I've done shows in the past on acoustic.



Aneirin -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:31:47 AM)

I have got a doumbeck, I keep trying to play it, but perhaps it is in reality I am a listner not a player.

I have played flute before, I was I think reasonable at it, but that was twenty five years ago and more recently I have been proficient at bodhran, but that got better as I got drunker, it being a pub sport.



VanDarksyd -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:34:48 AM)

I have a thing for Scottish and Irish music. I think it has something to do with my heavy Scot-Irish heritage. Isn't a doumbek that African drum thing? And on an unrelated note, did you get better as you got drunker, or were you drunk enough to think you were better? I THINK I'm Hendrix after a little vodka, but it's far from the truth.



FeedingMyNeed -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:42:02 AM)

I have a Yamaha acoustic (my first guitar), an Ovation acoustic/electric, and a Ventura acoustic/electric.  I had more but my guitar collection was getting too big for my apartment sooooo, alas, I had to part with a few.



VanDarksyd -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:45:42 AM)

I have(takes deep breath) A Squier P bass, an 81 P bass special, an Applause Strat copy, an Indiana acoustic/electric, an Ibanez Rg I keep in C Standard (2 steps down), a Wildfire with a custom EVH finish, A Tele copy, a Yamaha upright piano in my den, an old Casio keyboard, and a small collection of harmonicas. Yeah. I have uncontrollable GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome).



Aneirin -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 9:52:15 AM)

A doumbeck is an Egyptian drum, light and fast in the playing with a distinct metallic sound, hardly surprisingly in that the skin is plastic and the drum bowl is alluminium, common with Alexandria drums, which the pros tend to use. It is one of the drums played for the art of Middle Eastern dance in the drum solo dance (I posted this one because she, Rachel Brice is A1 sexy)

The bodhran, I used to play it at the pub when there was the Irish folk evening on, which was once a week, musicians got free guiness, so being skint free pints for rattling a drum sounded good to me. What happened was, sober the music was inhibited, after a few pints, it was just jigs and reels, but smart arse drumming came into play with the loss of inhibitions due to the pop, stuff like drumming on the rim of the drum, not only the goat skin. The bottom line, anyone can play a bodhran.

I recently tried the African djembe, similar to the doumbeck in shape but not material nor how it is played.



rachel529 -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 11:13:26 AM)

i play a radio... my Master has thousands invested in like 20 different instruments...



windchymes -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 11:23:25 AM)

I played the flute & piccolo through school, then in college switched to percussion instruments, snare drum in marching band, marimba, vibes, tympani, etc. 

More recently, I've sung and played the congas with a couple of dance/club/wedding bands in the southern New Jersey and Philadelpha areas...meaning, I got paid! [:)]  Since I moved to Northern VA, I've been trying to break into the market, but haven't been too successful.  I did audition for and get hired by a local cruise line, but their home office made cutbacks when fuel prices skyrocketed, and they went to DJ's instead of live music.



MasterG2kTR -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 1:38:13 PM)

I sing in the shower or when alone in the car.....lol    

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subtex -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 2:19:15 PM)

quote:

VanDarksyd

I play the guitar.  I used to spend hours learning rock licks, then classical guitar songs like Air on the G-string.  (That should be good for some bad jokes.)  Now I've forgotten all those licks that I spent so much time learning and I just amuse myself playing cords from tabs sites and looking songs up on YouTube when I forget how they go.

Bill




CatdeMedici -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 2:29:08 PM)

Flute and piccolo

edited to add, "Old Blues"



ScooterTrash -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 6:21:00 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: VanDarksyd

Cool. I can play guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, harmonica, cello, trumpet, and a little bagpipes (don't even ask), but I'm a bassist at heart. Scooter, what kind of bass do you play?

Edit: That's a Peavey T40 in your pic, isn't it? I love those.


I also have that occasional case of GAS VanDarksyd, the T-40 is my favorite actually, but for long gigs the Epiphone is my preference since it is so much lighter. Here's the toybox contents;
Peavey Series 400 bass, head amp
2 Peavey 118 Black Widow subs
Peavey PV6 mixer
Samson wireless; AG1 transmitter/AP1B receiver
Samson mic and stand
Peavey T-40 Bass (1982)
"Tune" Casiopea 5 string TWX51 (2008)
Epiphone/Gibson Accu-Bass (EBAC) (2002)
Peavey Raptor (yeah, I know it's not a bass)
--I also have an acoustic bass but it's so cheesy I won't mention the brand, I'll replace it with a Martin soon. We also have a Casio keyboard, a clarinet and a flute (musical kind) in the house as well, but they generally just collect dust. I also have an effects pedal for the bass but I don't use it often enough to recall the brand.



slaveboyforyou -> RE: Music (2/7/2009 6:34:29 PM)

I play the guitar.  I have 3; 2 series 10 electric (cheap, had them since I was a teenager.), and a Gretsch I've had since I was 16.  I don't play as much as I used to.  But I still enjoy playing a few times a week.  I love all sorts of music, but I tend to play bluegrass mostly. 

I dabble with a harmonica (I'm not great, but I can play a few tunes). I have a Jew's Harp [:D], that I play with for novelty sake.  If you don't know what that is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew%27s_harp.  Snoopy plays one in those old Charlie Brown cartoons.  [:D]



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