Thread: Playing an instrument

Originally Posted by Alucard

I play the cello. I'm just a beginer, but I like it. Can't wait to be skilled enough to play the Bach suites

The Bach suites are AMAZING - I especially like #'s 4 -6. Definitely a desert island disc for me. . .

I am by no means good but I dabble in acoustic and electric guitar. That is when I have the time. I have taken lessons and I can read music somewhat but getting the noise to sound like music is pretty hard for me. When I play I focus mainly on country and classic Rock. Brad Paisley and Keith Urban are two of my current guitar heros as both of them are amazing to watch and listen to. At one point I had a pretty decent rendition of "mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" going but I haven't actually touched my guitars since last fall. I will get back into it I am just focussing on my business degree at this point.

Originally Posted by Leofric

Electric guitar ! There is no more beautiful sound in the world than the sweet, dirty sound of an overdriven tube amp cranked up to 10. Playing it well is like taming a wild beast. Raw power dripping from your fingertips!

But when you want that little bit extra, it's better when the amp goes to 11.
(reference to one of my favorite movies)

I play the violin and the piano (classical). However, I've been trying some R&B and jazz lately. I'm trying to get my foot-tappin', head-bobbin', and hip-shakin' groove back!

Guitar, guitar, guitar! I love it! I've been playing for about 11 years now. I enjoy playing anything from Garth Brooks to Stevie Ray Vaughan(who was crazy good by the way)! I think that you can never be bored when you play an instrument. You can always play what you know, learn what you don't, or write anything you can dream up!

I play and teach drum set full time. I went to Berklee from 88-90. My favorite style is Rock, but I currently play in a fusion band in VA called Odd Notion. If you ever stop by Alpha Music in Virginia Beach, come knock on my teaching room door and say hi.

-Andrew

I play the piano and have for the last eight years or so. Maybe longer. Mostly classical, though lately I've been playing a lot of Philip Glass and improvisational stuff. I had classical training for a year or so, then my teacher received her doctorate and went back to teach in Ireland, from whence she came. I never called the teachers she recommended I get, though. Perhaps I should have.

I recently began to take voice lessons, learning to sing opera. I'm a tenor and am learning from a tenor who is taking opera at McGill's school of music here at Montreal. He got his Ph. D. in physics, but left the field (asside from teaching, which is where I met him, as his student) to sing.

I also REALLY want a set of bagpipes (always have; some day) and a 'cello. And an organ.

I play the electric guitar. I Love playing Metallica- I am learning Load, which is brilliant, soulful album. I also play some more downtuned stuff, like Slipknot and Mudvayne (They're both much harder to play than they sound).

Professional since 1970 Guitar, Bass. Drums. keys, Vocal. all styles.
Teach at a Music college and do clinics.
Twin Cities

I have been playing around with a Mandolin and Blues Harp for a few years now also mess with the Native American Flute.