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
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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
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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
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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
I still think we need an index and little finger icon... :-D
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*raises hand* haven't been in a band for a decade, but i was in a few back in the day^. these days, i do my own experimental guitar stuff with my ratty ol Tascam 424Mkii (cassette 4-track). i'm about to replace it with a Tascam DP01 (digital 8-track). wife's a good singer, but we've never been able to put anything together - no motivation :)
You should seriously consider going with computer based tools. It's good to have something like the Tascam so that you can track without latency assuming you can fly the files over to your DAW. However, once the tracking is done, the computer is the way to go. Cubase, Sonar, Nuendo, Digital Performer (for the Mac Faithful), Cool Edit (aka Adobe Audition) - this stuff rocks.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
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You should seriously consider going with computer based tools. It's good to have something like the Tascam so that you can track without latency assuming you can fly the files over to your DAW. However, once the tracking is done, the computer is the way to go. Cubase, Sonar, Nuendo, Digital Performer (for the Mac Faithful), Cool Edit (aka Adobe Audition) - this stuff rocks.
Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalStrategyConsulting.com
i usually master to the PC then tweak in Cakewalk 9 (it's old but still works) i considered just buying one of those USB recording interfaces, but decided i didn't want to have to be tied to my PC. music is something i do to get away from the computer!
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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:
how many of you are musicians
I did the band thing in Junior High, made honor band on the trombone twice and we even went to nationals to compete with high school bands. I dropped band in favor of football for high school though, but still off and on I'd play the keyboard, trying to get better at it and complaining that the keys were too small for my fingers. :-D The musician friend I used to keep in touch with, he and I used to make parody Christmas songs (fit for the SB) where I'd write the lyrics and he'd do the music. It was fun.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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i usually master to the PC then tweak in Cakewalk 9 (it's old but still works) i considered just buying one of those USB recording interfaces, but decided i didn't want to have to be tied to my PC. music is something i do to get away from the computer!
Chris Losinger wrote:
music is something i do to get away from the computer!
There is that! :-D
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