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=> Off Topic Discussions => Topic started by: Shawn Fainn on July 03, 2012, 05:43:12 PM
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I had played drums for about 20 years or so, but had to stop playing as I eventually broke too many cymbals and got tired of having the cops called on me everytime I went to practice lol.
About two years ago I decided to pick up a bass guitar, but didn't really start playing it until recently. I've been pretty amazed at how quickly I've been able to pick it up; I guess the rhythm background really helped.
It's been pretty fun playing some old songs I loved, like Rime of the Ancient Mariner, etc
Just curious as to how many musicians were on the forums, and what instruments you guys played, what your influences were? etc
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Just curious as to how many musicians were on the forums, and what instruments you guys played, what your influences were? etc
Guitar, rhythm/lead
Dobro
Mandolin
Southern Rock
Rock
Bluegrass, progressive/traditonal
Country, progressive/traditional
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Hello Hudson!
I played electric guitar in church for about 15 years, but only started to feel somewhat decent about 10 years in :)
I'm rusty these days, but I used to play mostly solo, but I love to play some funk / rhythm and blues. Influences: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, BB King. Maybe in the next ages I will practice it a bit more hehe
God bless!
Levy
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Are songwriters musicians?
I'm a middling guitar player, but it's been more of a tool than an instrument.
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I'm currently learning how to play some of my favorite Johnny Cash tunes! :)
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Mandolin huh? Don't see that everyday. Very cool gk
Levy, have you followed John Petrucci much? I used to listen to him as well as Steve and Eddie.
Gabriel, what instrument?
Dave, I like to think so. I used to write lyrics back in the day when I was a "dummer", then I'd record myself humming and play it back to one of my friends who played guitar to see if they could come up with some music to it. I never understood how to read notes (still don't), but it still comes from within.
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i used to play piano when i was younger but when i moved out of mommas house and into the real world, the piano stayed home and my skills deminished. I now live at the beach and picked up the most wonderful instrument....ukulele
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my next album cover... ;D...sooo cheesy...i love it
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i used to play piano when i was younger but when i moved out of mommas house and into the real world, the piano stayed home and my skills deminished. I now live at the beach and picked up the most wonderful instrument....ukulele
Ukelele...that's where I started, back when I was a kid living on Okinawa. First time I saw a bass guitar, I thought it was just a big electric ukelele. What size is yours, and how is it tuned?
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i have a soprano solid red cedar standard tuning...my dog has fleas :D i love the thing and am getting quite good...very versatile instrument
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Levy, have you followed John Petrucci much? I used to listen to him as well as Steve and Eddie.
Not much, but I listened to a few amazing solos/riffs from him :)
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Hey guys, maybe post some video links to your favorite musicians or something so some of us can see what you're talking about.
My brothers are pretty talented but never made it big or anything. My mom had a piano. I was getting some chords down when I was 10--11 but one day I just gave it up.
I'd asked my brother Johnny (who could play by ear -- wildest thing you ever saw) to teach me Joni Mitchell's "For Free." So he showed me the first few chords, and I called him on the phone one day all excited to show him what I'd accomplished.
And he goes (he he) Noooooooo! That's NOT how you do it, Gina! It goes like this.
No joke. Hey! We're Italian. That's how we communicate. ( >:( grrrrr Very harsh. Wouldn't recommend it. Really have to have skin of leather. Most don't.)
Yeah, so I pretty much gave up the piano after that. ;D But I'm totally satisfied to just hear it played. As long as it's done right. (Well?!)
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Hello Hudson!
I played electric guitar in church for about 15 years, but only started to feel somewhat decent about 10 years in :)
I'm rusty these days, but I used to play mostly solo, but I love to play some funk / rhythm and blues. Influences: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, BB King. Maybe in the next ages I will practice it a bit more hehe
God bless!
Levy
I play (or played) bass guitar in a high school band. Have not really played much after this unfortunatly. Yes very much like Vai and Satriani! My guitarist could play them. But we mostly played Hendrix because it was easier. 8)
Dan
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I play the radio and I play the fool. I am pretty good at both.
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Onelove, ha! That was good.
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I play the radio and I play the fool. I am pretty good at both.
;D
Gina I'll post some links this weekend sometime. At work they block most of our streaming media (youtube) so don't want to rickroll you or anything with a bad link.
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Watch the MASTER, Jerry Douglas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkY3R6lxXk
For any Allman Brothers fans there's a treat toward the end.
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I love that guy and that instrument of his. He's in Alison Kraus' band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaiT2ignyEc
Saw them on a PBS special years ago. So good.
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http://youtu.be/32_BE6Pf6x0
These people are so smooth. Ah!
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http://youtu.be/32_BE6Pf6x0
These people are so smooth. Ah!
If you like their music then you'll appreciate seeing them live in concert.
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I can only imagine. She said at that concert in Kentucky it was the prettiest hall she'd ever play in. I'm sure the acoustics were perfect too.
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Watch the MASTER, Jerry Douglas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAkY3R6lxXk
For any Allman Brothers fans there's a treat toward the end.
NOW we are talking! :D
Thanks for the link!
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There are so many good musicians out there. And there are many good composers that write liricks that seem very meaningful as well. (So many many styles of music I like and many others that I still want to learn to listen at and be able to enjoy them!) There is even some christian music that have nice liricks and very good music .
What there is scarcity is good composers (with good quality music) with very meaninful liricks that match with the way they are living their life (you know; ''the medium - part of the message'')...
Maybe that is why this tread was made on the first place? It would be nice to hear an honest spiritual brother singing a spiritual song. A song that he really meant and that doesn't have a perverted image of God on the background (as most of Christian music does).
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i will post a ukulele video soon...get ready
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The man that started my passion for percussion instruments.
Keith Moon; http://youtu.be/hngmb0pTcMY
The man that keeps me going!
Neil Peart; http://youtu.be/JWyABiUpihs
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Peart has a little something extra-spesher doesn't he? Indeed. He inspired my bro Vince, too.
Nice goin Patrick.
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I play the radio and I play the fool. I am pretty good at both.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
thx for the giggles onelove!
claudia
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Thanks Claudia. I try really hard.
Now Gina I looked up the term extra-spesher in the urban dictionary and here's what I found.
1. Spesher
A Spesher is a un-intelligent, clumsy or social retard
Example of usage:
"you see that guy over there"
"yeah?"
"he thought we was friends because he knew my name"
"hahaha what a spesher"
I didn't find a definition of extra, so I'm not sure what 'extra-spesher' really means.
My take is that it's a player of some quality .... like me (of the fool no doubt)
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People.... ::) See - if I originated that word I would've defined it as special. :)
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now Gina, don't go have a sargasm...
sargasm:
deriving far too much satisfaction from glibly berating another with sarcasm.
"Oh, thanks a lot for drinking my last beer! No, it's my fault... if I wanted it for myself, I shouldn't have put it in the fridge!"
"Dude, don't have a sargasm."
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I play alto sax and I have been influenced by a number of musicians!
I love the jazz standards and latin/cuban music!
Here are two of my favorite musicians:
Wynton Marsalis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl3hIjAHicI
John Coltrane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpoyOwKJ1A0
I heard this song on the cosby show and new I wanted to play saxophone.
I always wanted to sound like Paul Desmond and continue to practice to sound as smooth as he does!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJE92phKzI
Antaiwan
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Antaiwan
When you mention John Coltrane, you're speaking my language.
"In 1959, Coltrane played on two of the greatest jazz recordings of all-time: Giant Steps (his own recording) and Kind of Blue (with Miles Davis). On Giant Steps, Trane took Bebop/Hard Bop to it's natural conclusion, by shoving more (and complex) chord changes into the song than ever before. On Kind of Blue, the chord changes are very slow, because it is modal, and Coltrane plays some beautiful melodic solos. His solo on the song Blue In Green is one of the most beautiful slow-tempo solos you'll ever hear."
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPFH-gz3wE
Here are samples of the album Kind of Blue:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00136JQMI/ref=mu_dm_alb_dp
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Right now I'm learning to play some Iron Maiden stuff on bass. I really like Steve Harris' work. Here's a cool medley video of some stuff he's done. It's not him, but the guy playing is pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk50Ha7jQTU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk50Ha7jQTU)
Back when I played drums, I looked up a lot to (the late) Eric Carr of KISS. Probably not the most technical, but I loved the power/style he had. Here's a link to a solo of his that I used to enjoy playing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOvAoDG9Z2o (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOvAoDG9Z2o)
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now Gina, don't go have a sargasm...
sargasm:
deriving far too much satisfaction from glibly berating another with sarcasm.
"Oh, thanks a lot for drinking my last beer! No, it's my fault... if I wanted it for myself, I shouldn't have put it in the fridge!"
"Dude, don't have a sargasm."
Well someone has to do it!
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Got to be careful Hudson, that finish of Carr's could singe your eyebrows. Ha!!
Bob
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Play the guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Irish whistle, strum stick. (Not all at once)
If you want to hear an awesome guitar player, check out Tommy Emmanuel on Youtube.
I saw him live a few weeks ago and I'm still in awe.
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Play the guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Irish whistle, strum stick. (Not all at once)
If you want to hear an awesome guitar player, check out Tommy Emmanuel on Youtube.
I saw him live a few weeks ago and I'm still in awe.
Oh wow that's too bad. I can!
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Got to be careful Hudson, that finish of Carr's could singe your eyebrows. Ha!!
Bob
The pyrotechnics? Oh, yeah. KISS could definitely put on a good show.
Pink Floyd was really good also. They're less 'explosive', but definitely had some cool visuals (lasers, etc) the last time I went to see them.
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The man that started my passion for percussion instruments.
Keith Moon; http://youtu.be/hngmb0pTcMY
The man that keeps me going!
Neil Peart; http://youtu.be/JWyABiUpihs
I played some Peart/Rush before back when I was doing more technical/progressive stuff on drums. The time signature changes can be a lot of fun.
Have you ever heard of Dream Theater?
Their drummer, Mike Portnoy, was a big fan of Peart's I believe. He's incredibly good on drums.
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i will post a ukulele video soon...get ready
Just saw a ukelele played on a youtube vid posted today and it reminded me of THIS! I want this...but I will wait patiently. Please let me know when to start being patient. ;D