I play guitar.
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Slow Eddie wrote:
If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place
This from the guy who left the group because of the disharmony :laugh: I admire people who can make music, and also speak multiple languages. From a tone deaf, mono language person.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
From a tone deaf, mono language person
I hear you brother! The steering wheel in my car convinced the engine to blow a head gasket just so that I would stop driving it, singing at the top of my lungs (actually the bottom, good diaphragmatic breathing here) to whatever was on the sound system.
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
I have 6 of em. :-D Since '70 up until 3 years ago that's what I did. In 93 at 30 I quit the metal band scene in So. Cal because I was old and bugged out to the high rockies to just record my songs myself in the basement rumpus room go skiing and go country. In order to finance my GAS I opened the rumpus room to the public and did multitrack recording of the jam bands around town until after 10 years I burned out and kept the good gear, sold the rest and went back to songwriting by myself again - just for fun. All this time i ran Up and Running Computer Services by day and I had a chance to acquire a retail CBD shop and with no POS I set about to write my own, which I did and still do. That's now my obsession and the control room sits quiet.......... https://reverbnation.com/ronnierocks
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
I don't I actually have a talent for producing a decent noise out of instruments but I just don't care enough to persue it. My middle daughter however is most excellent at any instrument she chooses to play. Watched her pick up a clarinet one night and by the next night be ready to join a band with it. She plays very well at last count Flute(primary and first love), piano, guitar, bass guitar, trumpet, tuba(yes seriously lettered in high school with both tuba and flute), clarinet etc.... She is a joy to have in the house because there is always decent music coming from somewhere.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
Slow Eddie wrote:
If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
I just listened through a couple of the YouTube concerts at 'AC Recoletos', which appears to be a Madrid hotel providing a scene for regular concerts in the Spanish jazz/flamenco style (with a significant slant towards flamenco). Highly recommended - but any non-touristified flamenco will change your ideas of what is 'harmonious'.
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
I'm a bit weird. I have a pretty good ear. I can play drum machines, and some basic keyboard, but being left handed a lot of instruments eluded me, and I never seriously picked up playing anything. I got into hand sequencing though, and can come up with some nice hooks and melodies that way, so I've acted as something of a muse from time to time for my musical artist friends. I can make electronica tracks pretty easily, but that bores me.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
yowza, i plays classical guitars: a beat to hell yamaha c40, and a high-end LAG Occitania (designed in France). Back in the US, I have an Asturias high-end classical cut-away with a custom guitar to midi electronic system from RMC. Haven't seen my Asturias in 12 years :( i often play in altered tunings like E A D A D E. cheers, Bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
I am both amazed and pleased to see all of the responses and musical talent out there. :-D I always wanted to learn to play "Lounge Lizard piano" but never could find the time to take lessons. I really believe there is an incredible similarity between writing programs. In both, you must be creative in a structured format. For those that pointed out the "Conflict" in my post: 1. It was 90% meant to be a pun and, 2. there is a difference between bickering and global conflict. ;P
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I am between jobs right now, bored to death, and SWMBO wants me to start playing guitar again. I gave it up 5+ years ago. I got tired of all of the drama in the group I was playing with at the time. So, just to keep peace in the family, I went to the closet, to pull out a guitar. I was shocked to discover I have 6 of them.:omg: I recently gave a Strat made in Mexico to a friend of mine as well! Only 1 pick between all of them my, amplifier has disappeared. I have forgotten all of the songs that I used to play. :confused: Do any of you out there play a musical instrument, and if so what kind. If musicians ruled the world it would a much more harmonious place!
All strung up....
I studied early music (Mediaeval, Renaissance, & Baroque) and some ethnomusicology in college. Most of my lesson hours were on harpsichord, but I usually performed on viola da gamba, Baroque flute, Renaissance lute & orpharion. I don't have much playing time with my current commute, but I'm sometimes called for stand-in work on upright bass in oldtime/American roots music for contradances, etc, or play 1-key flute in Irish jams. On the ethno side, I can play Egyptian ney flute (but zillions of scales!), and Chinese dizi and xiao flutes. I could probably open a weird instruments zoo.
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I'm a bit weird. I have a pretty good ear. I can play drum machines, and some basic keyboard, but being left handed a lot of instruments eluded me, and I never seriously picked up playing anything. I got into hand sequencing though, and can come up with some nice hooks and melodies that way, so I've acted as something of a muse from time to time for my musical artist friends. I can make electronica tracks pretty easily, but that bores me.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
A lot of musicians think being left-handed conveys advantages for some instruments. On guitar and other strings, doing chords and scales often takes more strength and agility than picking. On keyboards a solid bass and chords help too. Maybe it doesn't help much with brass instruments?