Any musicians out there?

[Platformdude]

I wuz just wondering how many of us out there play musical instruments of any kind, jam in garage bands, etc. Growing up, I know that a lot of my tastes and desires concerning shoes were inspired by the various rock musicians who often wore outrageous platform shoes (Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Kiss), or even went all out in spike heels (Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Prince, Ronnie James Dio, etc.) Like many skinny, pimply teenagers, I picked up the guitar in high school, and drove my parents mad with bad imitations of Led Zepplin, Bob Dylan, and other classic rock. I still get together with people here and there and play bass or rhythm guitar. Of course it's in suitably high platforms; the better to see the drummer with...

[Debbie(HK)]

I played the oboe in the orchestra and wind band until I left school and later bought an alto Sax which I still have. Debbie

[Jeff]

I play the guitar once in a while. Not in a band, just for fun.. I'll probably be never as good as my alltime favorite guitarist, Mark Knopfler.

[Debbie(HK)]

Never got on with the guitar. With my long nails now I have built in plectrums though Debbie

[Trolldeg]

I make music using my computer. Sent my first demo to a record company today.

[Jeff]

On 2002-02-20 02:09, Debbie(HK) wrote:

Never got on with the guitar. With my long nails now I have built in plectrums though

Debbie

I was thinking exactly the same when I saw one of your pics a while ago.

Seems to me it would be quite difficult to handle the guitar neck though.

[Debbie(HK)]

Yes Jeff, I thought it was funny too and had to be said. Debbie

[jo-jo]

I have been learning the guitar for the last three months and I could do with Debbies nails for sure Jo-Jo xx

[Debbie(HK)]

To be honest I don't think that it would work as they would get in the way on the neck end. They are too long for coping with the strings or whatever they are called. Tried learning Spanish guitar when I was younger and couldn't cope with short nails so not much of a hope for me as a guitarist! Debbie

[squirrelheels]

I've played the acoustic guitar since I was 6. I'm now 16, and I have a great deal of experience playing it, having played at church for about 5 years now. Thru this, I've also learnt bass I love it! SH

[terayon]

im played the alto sax for 2 years, and the drums on and off for a while...nothing at the moment...id like to pick up the saxaphone again, but im too lazy...maybe in a few years

[azraelle]

My dad taught me guitar--gene autry style. I taught myself joan baez style finger picking, and also taught myself the mandolin--had learned a few 4-string banjo chords from my dad and found the chord positions were the same, tho they were for different chords. My music heroines were Joan Jett, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Siouxsie Sue, along with Tom Petty, when I finally was able to hook the name to the music (yeah I know, he isn't a "heroine", but there are a few good male singers out there as well).

[Robert]

I used to play drums, I've had several bands and with one band I played at the Grand Prix of the Netherlands. We didn't reach the half final, allthough I think we were good and motivated at that time (that was 1986). My last band was six years ago and we played a mix of rock and country music. We had 3 guitarplayers in the front! I still have my drumkit.

[PJ]

Keyboard, drums and guitar. My favorite method of relaxing is to put on a CD or music video and play along with my guitar. I prefer electric to acoustic.

[mk4625]

Bass. My first instrument was a Fender Jazz, purchased in 1971. I got a Fender Precision a few months later which I ended up using almost exclusively to play covers of progressive rock tunes. I'm having a fretless bass made which resembles the Ampeg AUB.

[Anita C.]

I sing and occassionally play keyboards with a local combo.

[Dawn HH]

Piano, trumpet, and voice were my instruments. When in college, I was a member of a select group of 20 voices that sang with a major symphony orchestra. I was also a member in the university orchestra, belonged to a threatre group called "The Red Maskquers", and a member of a small group of actors that did small half hour plays on a local TV station. Besides that, I was a member of church choirs, and a director of a church choir for a few years. Also taught private lessons on piano and the band instruments for public school bands. I taught music in grades 1-5 in the public schools for 32 years. I am now retired since 1990 and haven't touched an instrument or used my voice since. Dawn HH

[asdf174]

I play the flute, tryign to learn how to play the guitar and I'm trying to learn how to DJ (mix, scratch, transform etc...)

[Trolldeg]

I play my computer: electronic music.

[Dawn HH]

Trolldeg:-) I know next to nothing about computers. Does playing electronic music on one qualify you as a musician??? Cheers--- Dawn HH

[PJ]

Every now and then, people writing about music refer to "cover music". Can anyone explain to me what that is?

[mk4625]

Performing music originally recorded by some other artist. For example the Beatles playing Little Richard songs.

Every now and then, people writing about music refer to "cover music". Can anyone explain to me what that is?

[mk4625]

Custom unfretted bass nearing completion. The maker is severely backlogged as he makes them entirely by hand as a hobby. There are three outputs. One combines both pickup signals and sends them through the internal volume and tone controls. The other two are the unprocessed signals of the individual pickups (it looks like 4 pickups in the photo, they are actually housings for 2 coil pairs). Extra long 35 inch scale. Ebony fingerboard. I'll probably be using flatwound strings to avoid wearing the fingerboard prematurely.

[Mickey S.]

Occasionally I make some ooomph-ooopmh-ooomph-stuff using my computer, mainly for the aerobic-lessons at the gym. It's not a big deal but noone yet noticed that this stuff wasn't "commercially made"... CU! -Mike