[FARQ]

Who here plays and what? I sing and get it on with the drums when I can. I play guitar very little but i'm warming up to it. I sing in a band called Push but we don't really do much but experiment and jam. Mind you Jamming to us is mastery of our craft, we just don't get down with music label types so we keep to ourselves mostly. Well, enough about my miserable life. Who's out there?

 

[partsbara]

Who here plays and what? I sing and get it on with the drums when I can. I play guitar very little but i'm warming up to it. I sing in a band called Push but we don't really do much but experiment and jam. Mind you Jamming to us is mastery of our craft, we just don't get down with music label types so we keep to ourselves mostly. Well, enough about my miserable life. Who's out there?

were you ever in creed ??

 

[JohnE]

I play the skin flute. Pretty darn good at it too!

 

[Toshi]

i'm currently in the middle of a 10 week break from playing (longest ever!) but i play trumpet, and still dabble on piano. played in a quintet last year, a community orchestra the past two years, and freelanced variously around seattle

 

[MMike]

in theory I play guitar. sort of like how in theory, I ride a mountain bike.

 

[jet]

What parts are you from? That might actually help your search.

 

[fluff]

in theory I play guitar. sort of like how in theory, I ride a mountain bike.

I hear ya. You had a life and exchanged it for kids yeah?

Me too. I wonder if our old lives are hanging out somewhere in a bar bitching about how we never call anymore?

 

[urbaindk]

in theory I play guitar. sort of like how in theory, I ride a mountain bike.

I practice that theory as well. Lately my theory has been becoming more and more abstract. Soon the only one who will believe it will be myself and even I have my doubts.

 

[Echo]

Currently I play keys in a band, also have played guitar and drums in the past. Every instrument has a cool aspect, guitar is just always cool, drums get your agressions out, and keys you make the coolest noises

 

[TreeSaw]

I teach music and can play a large variety of instruments. Primarily, I am a woodwind specialist meaning I play flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, and saxophones--I don't really excel at bassoon.

 

[golgiaparatus]

I play and have a never ending addiction to studying Afro Cuban rhythmic styles. Currently I play in a Latin Jazz band called Mezclave. I am the only one in the band without a masters degree in music , and am forming a Funk/Timba band. I also sit in around town when people call me and need a percussionist, that is happening more and more often and am lending a hand to a guitar duet about once every 2 weeks.

 

[DRB]

Currently I play keys in a band,

I just pictured somebody stading by the band ala will farrell shaking his car keys.

I crack myself up.

 

[McGRP01]

I play trombone & euphonium, and have since 4th grade. Played bass since 9th grade, jazz mainly. More recently though, I've picked up a little bit of guitar, mandolin and banjo.

 

[biggins]

i play this englehart C1 upright bass

this 1986 Yari Alvarez DY66

and this washburn B-16

 

[Ciaran]

Currently playing these...

The three whistles are Irish penny whistles in D. One is a beater, one is for second octave playing, and one is my main baby, tweaked by Jerry Freeman who is a gawd among whistlers. I am currently looking for Irish Trad players in my area to get together with.

The whistles are atop a djembe drum. Now this thing is FUN. I get together with some folks and we do the drum circle thing, except unlike hippies, everyone here knows how to play.

The big one is an Irish drum called a Bodhran (pronounced BOW-ron) that I am still getting the hang of.

I can also play guitar and drums (mediocre, but I can hold a beat)

I just purchased a Turkish Zurna (woodwind, reed instrument. Sounds like the wail of a dying camel) that I am waiting to arrive. That one should be fun. It's loud, shrill and annoying!

As you all know I do medieval recreation. Part of that is medieval music. I do a little research into music of that era, and the instruments. Still just learning but I hope to be able to aquire a few instruments soon.

 

[Jim Mac]

I've played bass for 20 years, I still suck at it!

latest MP3's of To Hell and Back are at: http://www.myspace.com/tohellback

 

[SkullCrack]

I play one of these:

as well as most other percussion instruments. I freelance with various orchestras and chamber ensembles in L.A. I'm also in a quintet that does a fair number of out of town concerts. You can check us out HERE.

 

[golgiaparatus]

i play this englehart C1 upright bass

I didnt know you played upright... Bass player in my current band has what is suppose to be a really good bass (I dont know sh!t about it though). Its a Eastman. All I know is that its pretty. Played a club a few weeks ago and a bunch of rednecks were in the parkinglot next door... one of them yelled... "Thats a big F***ing fiddle!".

 

[golgiaparatus]

Oh and since everyone is posting pics now... Here's me at a show last Saturday and another one of me in 1979.

 

[metalhead119042]

I play guitar (notice the avatar(that's not my guitar)) and bass guitar. I also play different types of saxophones (baritone and alto).

 

[biggins]

I didnt know you played upright... Bass player in my current band has what is suppose to be a really good bass (I dont know sh!t about it though). Its a Eastman. All I know is that its pretty. Played a club a few weeks ago and a bunch of rednecks were in the parkinglot next door... one of them yelled... "Thats a big F***ing fiddle!".

i havent been playing it terribly long but i ca nrock out pretty much anything in A, G or B!

i have been working on double and triple slaps lately. if we are ever in the same neck of the woods i feel as though we should probably play music. Had a hell of a jam around our fire pit by the creek the other night with a bunch of my bluegrass buddies.

 

[Ciaran]

I play one of these:

as well as most other percussion instruments. I freelance with various orchestras and chamber ensembles in L.A. I'm also in a quintet that does a fair number of out of town concerts. You can check us out HERE.

Awsome! Marimba and Xylophone are on my hit list. I'd love to learn to play some day.

 

[biggins]

I play one of these:

as well as most other percussion instruments. I freelance with various orchestras and chamber ensembles in L.A. I'm also in a quintet that does a fair number of out of town concerts. You can check us out HERE.

wow and i thought transporting a bass around was a pain in the ass....looks fun to play though.

 

[AirAddict]

since everyone just seems to be saying what they play and posting a picture...


i play french horn.

 

[biggins]

since everyone just seems to be saying what they play and posting a picture...


i play french horn.

wow i dont know anything about wind instruments but the thing is gorgeous

 

[jaydee]

I played guitar and bass in bands in Montreal and Vancouver and around for 20 years and studied jazz at Grant MacEwen, but then I gave it up and got a day job. Hardly touch a fretboard at all these days.

 

[MMike]

I hear ya. You had a life and exchanged it for kids yeah?

Me too. I wonder if our old lives are hanging out somewhere in a bar bitching about how we never call anymore?

Yep....thi is what about $6000 of guitar equipment is used for nowadays

 

[Toshi]

woohoo pictures!

monette C (Bb not in photo), scherzer A/Bb picc since sold:

Copland - Quiet City with me on trumpet, Daniel Chen '03 on piano, Emily Richmond '06 on English horn:

http://students.washington.edu/tjclark/Copland-Quiet_City.mp3

 

[GumbaFish]

I play guitar...pics to come later.

 

[FARQ]

i play this englehart C1 upright bass

this 1986 Yari Alvarez DY66

and this washburn B-16

That Bass is gorgeous!! My girl is all about strings. She wants our kids to play cello or violin or something like that. I would be down with the bass. Stand ups are the way to go.

 

[FARQ]

Golgi-I have always wanted to recieve formal training in rythm and percussion. Neal Pert, Danny Carry, and tons of folk players from all over the globe. I love the way drums just pull the emotions out of your very soul. Like if your soul could manifest and dance upon the vibrations . Chessy i know, but it's the vision I get when I'm in a room just in the flow and nothing else exists but me and the music I'm making. Powerful.

I saw some Irish drums too. Super cool. I grew up going to the highland games and listeneing to that music. Cool style. I love Scottish/Irish music.

 

[Capt. Jack Sparrow]

Yup, I play bass and guitar. Guitar since '86 and bass since '93. It's a good thing to have as a hobby because it seems like I never have time to ride... but there's always just enough time to bang out a ditty on the couch.

 

[ChuMaiWang]

I play bass (16 years) and drums (6 years).
I wrote and played music "seriously" for a long time. I did record a CD back in 1998, but we broke up before it was distributed. So now I am left with about 1000 CD's that never went anywhere.

That and all the fun I had playing and touring in clubs growing up.

Now I just do it for fun / stress relief.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Golgi-I have always wanted to recieve formal training in rythm and percussion. Neal Pert, Danny Carry, and tons of folk players from all over the globe. I love the way drums just pull the emotions out of your very soul. Like if your soul could manifest and dance upon the vibrations . Chessy i know, but it's the vision I get when I'm in a room just in the flow and nothing else exists but me and the music I'm making. Powerful.

I saw some Irish drums too. Super cool. I grew up going to the highland games and listeneing to that music. Cool style. I love Scottish/Irish music.

Drumming is a real journey... obviously once you get past learning proper technique and are able to create the sounds properly on demand with good tone and volume you can really begin to open parts of your brain that you didnt know existed. The first 2 years of study for me were pretty profound, when I was learning all the polyrhythms on Bembe, Guaguanco, many of the traditional Rhumba Styles, which are still challenging me... If you want tpo really get into something that will bend your mind try delving into Bata drumming... dont even mess with it though unless you have a good teacher... its the rhythms that are profound, not the instruments.

The sad thing about playing Congas, or any kind of hand drum really is the vast majority of people think anyone can do it. The get such a rep because of the whole "drum circle" image. It takes years of practice to really be able to play them the way they are meant to play, most people don't understand that. If you are interested in education contact a college that has a latin music departent (North Texas, Berklee) and get in tough with someone to see if they know anyone to study with in your area... thats how I found most of my teachers over the years.

 

[Ciaran]

The sad thing about playing Congas, or any kind of hand drum really is the vast majority of people think anyone can do it. The get such a rep because of the whole "drum circle" image. It takes years of practice to really be able to play them the way they are meant to play, most people don't understand that. If you are interested in education contact a college that has a latin music departent (North Texas, Berklee) and get in tough with someone to see if they know anyone to study with in your area... thats how I found most of my teachers over the years.

I agree to a point. Just because one chooses to drum in a circle does not mean that one is not "serious" about drumming. Nor does it mean that they have not studied.

And drums ARE easier to learn than a stringed instrument.

 

[golgiaparatus]

I agree to a point. Just because one chooses to drum in a circle does not mean that one is not "serious" about drumming. Nor does it mean that they have not studied.

And drums ARE easier to learn than a stringed instrument.

I have to disagree. The technique, rhudiments, and the independence it takes to play the drums well are what makes drumming just as difficult as any other type of instrument.

 

[Ciaran]

I have to disagree. The technique, rhudiments, and the independence it takes to play the drums well are what makes drumming just as difficult as any other type of instrument.

Let me rephrase that into a statement rather than an opinion. The drums were far easier for me to learn than stringed instruments.