Musicians
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I've been playing electric organ for about 20+ years. On the menu there's been almost everything between Bach and Beethoven to pop from the '90s. If I get to pick what to play I'd play stuff like Duke Ellington and similar, e.g. "Stardust", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "In my Solitude" and so on... However, my performance is done very privately, or with priveliged:~ very close friends. I've also been singing in choir for almost 30 years, but I had to give that up since it took too much time rehearsing since we give large concerts, especially for New Year events. This New Year concert tradition celebrates its twentieth birthday this New Year. I'd better stop now, feeling old...:->
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
My musical journey went from alto sax to bass guitar to electric guitar to acoustic guitar. Now I play mostly fingerstyle acoustic when I can find the time. It's not always easy with two young daughters (and a son due any day now will make it even more scarce). Interestingly, I don't really care to listen to the kind of music I like to play. At least not on a regular basis.
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My musical journey went from alto sax to bass guitar to electric guitar to acoustic guitar. Now I play mostly fingerstyle acoustic when I can find the time. It's not always easy with two young daughters (and a son due any day now will make it even more scarce). Interestingly, I don't really care to listen to the kind of music I like to play. At least not on a regular basis.
if(!curlies){ return; }
A new CP baby is about to appear? Be sure to let us know when things happen. And best wishes to you, your wife and family. Nothing like a new baby at Christmas to liven things up a bit. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] I agree with you that my argument is useless. [Red Stateler] Hey, I am part of a special bread, we are called smart people [Captain See Sharp] The zen of the soapbox is hard to attain...[Jörgen Sigvardsson] I wish I could remember what it was like to only have a short term memory.[David Kentley]
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians
Me ! :cool: It's now almost 8 years since I've been gigging on regular basis, but I still love to play every once in a while.
Christopher Duncan wrote:
what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing?
Guitar - mostly blues and rock .
Christopher Duncan wrote:
making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive)
Playing and recording: Gear: Gibson Les paul + Ibanze Acustic Line6 POD 2.0 A small behringher mix that goes directly into my PC (SB Audigy 2) I do have fun playing and recording over MP3 backing tracks, all you need is a simple multitrack sw recorder. 'bout getting out of the bar alive, well I'm too old to remember.....
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I play most woodwind instruments (clarinet, sax, flute, oboe, recorder) and have been known to toot a trumpet, bow a viola, honk a sousaphone at points during my life. In a pinch, I can comp a little on piano, and play enough guitar to accompany a sing-a-long. When I perform, it's generally musical theater (either as a musician or musical director), big band, or symphony. Oh, yeah, and I was a composition and theory music major in college before I switched to a technical theater major and took the music minor ;-)
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My musical journey went from alto sax to bass guitar to electric guitar to acoustic guitar. Now I play mostly fingerstyle acoustic when I can find the time. It's not always easy with two young daughters (and a son due any day now will make it even more scarce). Interestingly, I don't really care to listen to the kind of music I like to play. At least not on a regular basis.
if(!curlies){ return; }
Charlie Williams wrote:
Interestingly, I don't really care to listen to the kind of music I like to play.
same here.
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Played trumpet in junior high school marching band and french horn in concert orchestra. Piano lessons for 12 years (25 years ago...) - mostly like to play Scott Joplin rags, Enya, Vangelis, 'popular' tunes, and James Bond theme music. I have a Yamaha electric grand piano - it can record directly to MIDI files on a SmartMedia chip.
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Christopher Duncan wrote:
what instruments
Guitar, piano, vocals
Christopher Duncan wrote:
styles of music
CSN, JT, Eagles, Pink Floyd, Bad Co., Steely Dan, Sting, Al Stewart, Cat Stevens • (Relatively) modern times[^] • Cosmic Junk ('70s)[^] /ravi
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I played the piano/keyboard for about 10 years, then switched to guitar. I was in a garage band in high school, and we put on quite a few shows in my local area. Then I went to college and became a DJ (not the wedding-and-bar-mitzvah type that just plays songs, but the club type that actually mixes and blends songs together).
-- Marcus Kwok
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I've been playing piano since I was 5. These days I mostly play the keyboard works of J.S. Bach, and improvise when I feel like it. I majored in Music Composition at college, so I've had the excellent experiences of writing for symphonic orchestra, string quartet, and other mediums. I got pretty good at playing guitar back in high school, but dropped it when I realized that I could be playing more notes with both hands on a piano (instead of using both hands to play the same notes on a guitar). That just makes more sense to me. If you think that programming requires creativity and attention to detail, try writing a movement of a symphony! :omg: That was an eye-opening experience for me. The piece I wrote was only 8 minutes in duration, but took me over 9 months to write and finalize! Unfortunately, I've never heard it performed (except by my computer). :( I did get my string quintet performed and recorded, though. :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
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A new CP baby is about to appear? Be sure to let us know when things happen. And best wishes to you, your wife and family. Nothing like a new baby at Christmas to liven things up a bit. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar] I agree with you that my argument is useless. [Red Stateler] Hey, I am part of a special bread, we are called smart people [Captain See Sharp] The zen of the soapbox is hard to attain...[Jörgen Sigvardsson] I wish I could remember what it was like to only have a short term memory.[David Kentley]
Chris Meech wrote:
Be sure to let us know when things happen. And best wishes to you, your wife and family.
I will and thanks!
Chris Meech wrote:
Nothing like a new baby at Christmas to liven things up a bit.
I'm a December baby, too. My parents brought me home wrapped in a Christmas stocking. My mom still has the stocking they used, so the plan is to get a shot of my son in there to put next to the picture of his daddy. My wife made me promise not to hang him on the mantle, though. :-D
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I used to play a lot of piano and guitar but I've settled into the bass guitar for a while now. I've played in lots of bands of over the years, one was very serious and made a couple of recordings. Lots of different styles too including punk, metal, gospel, latin, reggae, and funk. These days I am in a band called the El Kabong Orchestra. Our next gig is the 12th annual Non-Presidents Ball on the 16th of December. When it started this was the alternative to the formal "Presidents Ball" which has since stopped being held. The NPB is still going strong though. There's a little blurb about us from five years ago at : http://www.corvallislive.com/Artists/ba_d_f.htm[^]
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Keyboards since age 10, guitar since age 12. Two bands (Jinx, 1972-1974 and Patio Saturday, 1978-1984). Hammond Organ in Jinx, electric guitar in PS. I also sang and wrote songs for both bands. Jinx was the more serious effort; we actually charged people money to play. PS was a party band; we worked for a case of imported beer and played nearly every weekend; we liked to say we played all the major living rooms in the San Fernando Valley! I still get together with other player friends several times a year. Mostly classic rock and blues.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I've been in a few bands in the past, but haven't been in a band in the last 15 years. I still play guitar. Mostly rock. With all the musicians here, we should find out if they record digitally. If so, what program do they use. As long as their program can export a single track as a wav/mp3, etc., we can try to put together a collaboration from CP Forum Members.
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Strumming the acoustic in the living room. My neighbor is a computer guy and he plays guitar in his own band. He's *really* good. He hands me a spare guitar sometimes at parties at his place but I'm way to crappy compared to him to play anything so I just sing along instead. I think we sang "The Weight" about 25 minutes longer than it was originally recorded summer before last. The harmonies on the chorus were hillarious. :-D
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
what instruments
Guitar, piano, vocals
Christopher Duncan wrote:
styles of music
CSN, JT, Eagles, Pink Floyd, Bad Co., Steely Dan, Sting, Al Stewart, Cat Stevens • (Relatively) modern times[^] • Cosmic Junk ('70s)[^] /ravi
My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
I think you know.... Guitar and METAL !!! ( Actually, I used to play a lot of blues, including acoustic, and nowadays I don't have time to play at all )
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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I hit the C++ forums last night as trying to compile my VC 6 lighting control app in VS 2003 presented the typical adventure. As it happens, since it was music related one of the guys who popped in to help was also a musician. Just as programmers are a brotherhood (and sisterhood!), so too are musicians. So I was wondering - how many of you are musicians, and what instruments & styles of music do you most enjoy playing? Doesn't matter whether you gig professionally or just enjoy strumming a guitar in the living room, you're part of a larger family. And of course, any interesting tales involving the making, recording or performing of music (and getting out of the bar alive) are also encouraged. :-D
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
Oh I got some stories... I've played in a few bands, Mickey and the Big Mouths, Furious George, ReEducation just to name a few, current one is Sonic Death Ray. When playing with ReEducation we had been asked to stop playing at one gig as the bar patrons didn't want to miss the Simpsons. D'oh! Also the guitar player had a bad habit with assaulting the crowd such that we were often kicked out of places. Too bad he played so well. I play Drums right now, I started on the guitar, and have guitar and bass rigs in my basement along side my drums. Took Jazz theory and improv in college, but the theory I treated like math and playing was always more of a feel/jamming experience for me. So I switched my major from music to math, which led to programming. And never looked back. But I still play all the time, its just not my career goal. Didn't want to spoil my love for music with business. Although I do have some business ideas for independent musicians that I might build one day. Sonic Death Ray will actually be playing a Snow Jam this January.. I'm just hoping there will actually be snow for it. As for styles, I took a lot of Jazz in college, but grew up with the Metal influence, so Fusion is my favorite style to play on drums, although Funk is a running mate. On guitar its metal, metal, metal with some funk. On bass its Funk. SDR is a mix of punk and metal with some goth rock thrown in. Furious George was experimental fusion funk. Mickey and the Big Mouths was Grindcore Punk. ReEducation was Metal. But really I love it all. Zappa and Beefheart being a major influence. [edit] Here's a link to our recent video: Sleestack Attack[^] [/edit]
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I've been playing piano since I was 5. These days I mostly play the keyboard works of J.S. Bach, and improvise when I feel like it. I majored in Music Composition at college, so I've had the excellent experiences of writing for symphonic orchestra, string quartet, and other mediums. I got pretty good at playing guitar back in high school, but dropped it when I realized that I could be playing more notes with both hands on a piano (instead of using both hands to play the same notes on a guitar). That just makes more sense to me. If you think that programming requires creativity and attention to detail, try writing a movement of a symphony! :omg: That was an eye-opening experience for me. The piece I wrote was only 8 minutes in duration, but took me over 9 months to write and finalize! Unfortunately, I've never heard it performed (except by my computer). :( I did get my string quintet performed and recorded, though. :)
:josh: My WPF Blog[^]
Or take a melody of a Standard Jazz piece and harmonize it for the Bflat instruments and C instruments with sax spreads and the like. Funny thing, for my final I made the baritone sax and the trombone the solo pieces. :)
What's in a sig? This statement is false. Build a bridge and get over it. ~ Chris Maunder