Play Any Instruments?

Cleife · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 3:54 am Post subject:

Well, I just can play flute... Not too good, though

And I think I won't joining any band until I could play as good as the flute player from Super U (Great band that I got from freeindie :)). Also, there are really few bands that has a flute player...
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Dilber Novum · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:39 am Post subject:

I am also a guitarist. I prefere the good mix between hard and soft. Sometimes I play heavy distorted and sometimes clean with a light delay... It's always the good mix which makes the guitar playing interesting. My idol is Dimebag Darrell Abott! May he rest in peace.
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Geddoe-9 · Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:56 am Post subject:

Whos the bet band when it comes to instrumensts

Dilber Novum · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:52 am Post subject:

I would say... Dream Theater, Pantera... and all the Jazz stuff...
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Cloudless Eye · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:27 pm Post subject:

I'm with Dilber; Dimebag is actually really damn good. Extreme experimentation with his guitar turned him into an idol with a unique style. So ya.. Pantera is great. Metallica's older stuff was pretty technical. Mercyful Fate was just insane. Newer stuff; Mastodon actually has some pretty great music.
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Archy · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:42 am Post subject:

I'd say Dragonforce, but ZP Theart sucks badly, so I'll say Herman Li and Totman.

Wait, you were talking about a band? Pantera is good, but I'll have to say...

EXTREME.
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Shad · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

I'm going to hop on the Dimebag bandwagon there. For as much as I've distanced myself from anything mainstream, it's hard to put on anything that man's recorded and keep your eyes from popping out of your head. André Olbrich, Smith/Murray/Gers, Luca Turilli, and Alexi Laiho deserve a lot of credit too of course, and those guys from Dragonforce. John Petrucci and Satch and the whole prog scene might have technical proficiency to their names, but their songwriting abilities blow, which pushes them down a notch. And let's not forget Andy McKee. You don't have to play electric to be a god. :)

Speaking of which, I bought a new acoustic today! I now have three acoustics, a banjo, drums, and an accordion in my room, a fourth acoustic lent out at the moment, and a fifth and sixth back home along with an electric, bass, sax, and keyboard. o_o This new one is damn nice though. It's a Cordoba brand Gitano D-5, made in Spain.

Oh, for the band/chorus question, I sang really well in elementry school apparently, as I had the lead roll in all the plays there. In middle school I switched to band and played saxaphone. In high school I switched to guitar and played with my friends instead, which was infinitely more rewarding.

Ujitsuna · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject:

Andy McKee is good, he has a nice kind of Michael Hedge style that comes through more personal and engrossing then his "friend he never met." :P A lot of players just play as fast as they can these days and call it a song, which is why there has been a boost in more melodic and paced guitar playing.

As for your guitar Shad, cool beans! Going to play some Django on it? How much did it cost?

Shad · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

It cost me $350 and came with a stand. Probably the best deal I've ever come across - my last guitar ran me $1,600. As for playing Django, I doubt it. I love jazz, but it doesn't suit me. I'm all about playing rhythm-driven stuff and traditional Irish music. This guitar had the perfect sound for that to me. A lot of guitars don't seem to possess the same volume and intensity between strings when strummed at full force, and others are equal but too mellow or tinny all around to play anything aggressive. This guitar has a very robust sound that's consistent across the fret board, perfect when you're generally hitting three or four strings at once rather than playing leads.

Creepr · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject:

Well, I Play the drums. I've played them for most of my life and I still don't consider me so good at it. Lately, I've ben feeling kinda guilty about it because with college and all I haven't had much time to keep practicing.
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Septimus · Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject:

Having guilt for not practicing is a bad thing to do. Nothing good will come out of it. If you don't have the time, you should rather concider yourself taking a break. If you have time, you should practice if you want. If you don't want to, you can again call it a break, and pick it up again when you can, instead of going around and thinking about it.

Anyway. I've been playing piano since I was 6, and French horn since I was 7 in my old school's band, so that has been nothing serious. I started playing guitar 2 1/2 years ago, and have gotten rather decent in that time. I'm completely autodidact, self-thought, since I have the basic musical skills from 6 years of piano classes.

Now I've set up a home studio here home. I've got a great suite of programs, and I've learnt how MIDI controllers and other MIDI stuff works, and how ReWire application works, and why it's awesome to use. I'm hoping to finish my first album before this year is over, and then start working on something more serious.

Next year, I might take a musician education at the Nordic Institute for Scene and Sound, and might end up as an artist, if I'm lucky.

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