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01/10/2012 09:15:38 AM · #1 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by JH:
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So did anyone get instruments for Christmas? - I got a ukulele... |
That's apparently the hot new instrument -- congratulations! |
Thanks!
And yeah, because the ukulele is so fashionable there are tons of tutorials and stuff on youtube, which is great.
You should put together a few demos with the band, I'd love to hear them. When I was doing this stuff a few years ago I did everything with a tascam I/O box and N-Track software for the mixing and effects.
Of course, dedicated digital 4 or 8-track gadgets give the advantage you don't have to lug your laptop around. |
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01/09/2012 10:23:53 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by franktheyank:
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guitar. i mean what? :/ |
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01/09/2012 10:02:12 PM · #3 |
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01/09/2012 07:55:58 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by JH:
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So did anyone get instruments for Christmas? - I got a ukulele... |
That's apparently the hot new instrument -- congratulations!
I sort-of acquired a band starting 2-3 months ago -- we've been practicing once a week pretty regularly. :-)
I'm thinking of getting myself a more up-to-date (4-track) digital audio recorder ... |
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01/09/2012 06:44:52 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
So, did you get your wife earmuffs? |
I got her a sat-nav... So she can get as far away from the house as possible when we're jamming... |
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01/09/2012 06:43:38 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by JH:
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So did anyone get instruments for Christmas? - I got a ukulele...
And my wife is regretting every minute of giving it to me.
I've played the thing almost non-stop since Christmas morning, it's so addictive, and fun, and actually quite easy to play (well, I have piano playing background, but you can do nice stuff with three or four chords on this thing)
Our 6yo got bongos, to go with his drum kit. So you can imagine the peace and quiet in our house. |
So, did you get your wife earmuffs? |
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01/09/2012 06:42:30 PM · #7 |
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So did anyone get instruments for Christmas? - I got a ukulele...
And my wife is regretting every minute of giving it to me.
I've played the thing almost non-stop since Christmas morning, it's so addictive, and fun, and actually quite easy to play (well, I have piano playing background, but you can do nice stuff with three or four chords on this thing)
Our 6yo got bongos, to go with his drum kit. So you can imagine the peace and quiet in our house. |
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04/29/2010 06:09:49 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by awpollard:
Originally posted by sher:
Originally posted by awpollard:
Does Smoke on the Water count? No wait everyone can play that... How 'bout Stairway to Heaven?
Seriously I've played prolly a little more than half of almost as long as Mick and feel the same about my skillz. I did bands in Highschool (did anyone cover KISS before they became popular...that went over big) and a couple club bands while in the Suck (Marines) but now play to piss the neighbors off.
Anything with a distortion pedal (I use a Boss GT-3 effects board now) works for me. I can throw down in the style of Leppard, Scorps, AC/DC some of the harder Tesla. Been playing around in the Drop D world for the likes of Linkin Park, Staind and others to kind of get with the program. I'm a mess when it come to styles as I grew up listening to Ritchie Blackmoore, Jimmy Page, Tommy Iommi, Randy Rhodes, Zack Wilde, Angus Young, Pat Travers (Pat Thrall), Ronnie Montrose, Robin Trower et el...heavy but all over the place.
I do have this rythym track (I layed down and lost it) that I call Get off the Phone and Drive no weird tunings but somewhere between RATT and Queensryche for a rythym; I should lay it back down and pass along to you drummers and bassists and see what we can come up with. |
oooh...Ronnie Montrose! 
Ronnie Montrose |
Remember that 18 year old kid that sang for him...what was his name again? Uh...Sammy Hagar, I beleive.
Edit: Cool shot of Ronnie! Dudette, you got some way cool stuff over there...Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper (I seen him with the Scorpions), Styx (I just had front row at the 08 Renegade tour)...nice stuff. |
Wow! I thought I was reading my bio there for a second. Very similar tastes in music. BTW - I actually had Ronnie Montrose sign an old Ibanez of mine. He was "just your average guy", but very nice, and had that "something". Like an aura, maybe. Energy. Only thing is, now I can't play that guitar anymore, since he signed it on the pick guard.
:-O
Besides guitar, I've played piano (at gunpoint for about 4 years), saxophone, marimba, harmonica, ukulele, a little bit of banjo, mandolin, and dobro, moonshine jug, jaw harp, and spoons. Recently, I've been messing around with some home recording, but nothing spectacular.
Guitar is the love of my life though. My wife calls it "the other woman"!
Message edited by author 2010-04-29 18:10:44. |
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04/29/2010 05:04:16 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by sagestudio:
I'm in a folk band called Sassafras. We're pretty good. : )
Our Website |
"We're pretty good." - Yes, you are! I particularly enjoyed "Shady Grove". |
Thanks! We have a great time!
Ja-9, we've never performed in Florida, but it sounds really fun! We should totally go there...in the winter!
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04/29/2010 01:40:10 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by sagestudio:
I'm in a folk band called Sassafras. We're pretty good. : )
Our Website |
have you played at the Florida Folk Festival in High Springs Florida? Your music is sooooo familiar..really nice |
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04/29/2010 12:43:40 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by sagestudio:
I'm in a folk band called Sassafras. We're pretty good. : )
Our Website |
"We're pretty good." - Yes, you are! I particularly enjoyed "Shady Grove". |
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04/29/2010 11:05:24 AM · #12 |
| I've been playing guitar for 30+ years. Have played the club scene, done studio work, taped for TV etc. These days I mainly teach private students. I also play fretless bass and keyboards. My favorite music includes: Pat Metheny, Alan Holdsworth and Led Zeppelin. This week I've been listening to a lot of Jeff Beck. |
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04/29/2010 11:01:06 AM · #13 |
Lead singer and lead guitarist of a rock band called Deophobic! Also a worship pastor for a living.
myspace.com/deophobic |
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04/29/2010 10:53:41 AM · #14 |
Been playing guitar for 25 years. All gigs have been solo acts in my room or even my closet !
I just went to a father/daughter donut breakfast at school. One of the 10yr old girls had a "Daisy" guitar...which is actually a pretty "fair" guitar. She was strumming and singing. I asked her if I could try it out. I went through a few penta-scales and slides and the kids thought I was Eddie Van Halen....Hhahaha....oh well at least I can put one gig in my book ! |
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04/29/2010 10:30:52 AM · #15 |
I have a degree in music education, so technically, I can play about anything with varying degrees of success.
My principal was trumpet, but I also performed some with french horn, trombone, and saxophone.
Piano and guitar elude me to this day. I guess I can't use more than one hand at a time. |
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04/29/2010 10:19:52 AM · #16 |
| I sing and I still play a little piano, guitar and want to learn the violin. I've played trumpet in school and got stuck playing various other instruments when there was a need, lol. (Baritone sax, french horn, drums (and them made me march, too)). My girlfriend and I played daily for years, but got away from it as we got older. Really getting back into it again and wondering why I ever quit! |
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04/29/2010 08:56:11 AM · #17 |
I'm in a folk band called Sassafras. We're pretty good. : )
Our Website |
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04/29/2010 07:25:38 AM · #18 |
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04/29/2010 07:23:21 AM · #19 |
I'm also a musician. Piano and trombone are my primary instruments, though I have dabbled in a few others as well.
I play piano just for myself.
I played in the New Haven Civic Orchestra as well as Counterpoint Big Bands (jazz) for quite a few years until we moved to another part of the state. Now, I just play trombone for community theatre groups, which I actually find more enjoyable and challenging than the orchestra and jazz band. |
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04/29/2010 05:44:39 AM · #20 |
 MAK You guys sound good. We can provide the jump swing feel to this party...
Jump Swing Fever
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04/29/2010 05:14:26 AM · #21 |
Im still up for an internet jam session... our band have just done their first gig as a band although seperately we have done a fair bit of gigging
//www.youtube.com/user/maracandrev
fix url
Message edited by author 2010-04-29 05:15:09. |
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04/29/2010 12:52:13 AM · #22 |
Let's revive this thread...
I play the violin, and have been playing since I was 6½. I also enjoy arranging music for different ensembles than what the originals were written for - this includes a couple arrangements of rock songs for string quartets which I can't find, and an arrangement of the original Pokemon Red/Blue music (Gameboy) for trio/quartet that I got tired of working on about halfway through (I really should finish that). |
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10/15/2009 01:23:17 PM · #23 |
I have been a musician since I was around 12, I play Bass mainly but can blag out guitar and drums, I can get notes out of keyboard, sax, trumpet.
Done a fair bit of work with some fairly well known people and I still play in 2 bands and run a recording studio (very small one) and also have a studio in Japan in boxes :(
Music and playing music was the main thing that got me through a 'difficult' childhood and has been there as a comfort all my life.
What might be a good bit of fun would be to get a few musicians of DPC and make a track using Logic pro by sending the files around the world for people to add their bit until we have a full blown song...
I would be happy to do the bass and any BVs too if there is any interest |
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10/15/2009 01:17:49 PM · #24 |
| I've played piano for 11 years, I also sing. |
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10/15/2009 01:11:16 PM · #25 |
| The only musical instrument I can play is a CD player. |
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