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Anyone else here fancy themselves a musician? I bet there are a ton of different styles represented here on Inforoo.
I've primarily worked in punk, ska and reggae... Have also done a bit of hip-hop. A while back, I was the lead vocals for a pretty popular punk/ska band, and shared the stage/sang with some well known bands like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Goldfinger, Dropkick Murphys, Less Than Jake, Suicide Machines (RIP), as well as a few others. After that was done (damn horn section were crybabies), I decided to work on a solo album. I got a good bit through my solo album when I decided to go back into journalism/podcasting.
Maybe I'll post some of my stuff. If anyone else here writes/records music, post it here! I'm very curious to hear what anyone has done...
i picked up a used strat (BEAUTIFUL cream white) last year after bonnaroo after being inspired by all of the art there, but have only recently started practicing a lot. the funny thing is, now that i've started practicing i find it hard to stop. I can play Burn One Down, but thats about it for whole songs. Looking forward to getting better, and buying a guitar to take to roo this year.
Post by kingofcheezwiz on Feb 18, 2008 1:28:26 GMT -5
I have played the trumpet for 11 years. I've owned an acoustic and electric guitar for about four, but only picked it up recently. When I was living in Mt. Clemens then Ann Arbor, I didn't have many friends so I played my guitar when there was nothing else to do. I would play it for up to 8 hours a day without even realizing it. I got pretty good within those six months. Now that I'm back home, I'm playing with some of my friends who are guitar players and they're all raving about how good I am. I don't know if I believe them, but the down time definitely payed off for me.
Post by hoosierrooster on Feb 21, 2008 2:47:45 GMT -5
i too have played trumpet for about 15 years. a little percussion as well. i and 6 friends had a band forever ago. we played mainly ska and jazz (unusual mix, but both focused on improv.) We were hired by the Indianapolis Colts to play all of their VIP pre-game shows for 4 seasons or so. good memories....
Now you just told me that friendship is all I'm forced to repair the breech in my wall Illusions and dreams, as usual, it seems Sabra girl, they've been my downfall
I feel like in the past few days i've gotten over the plateau that i've been on as far as remembering how pieces go, and making the transitions from chords or fingerings has become much easier. I try to tell my friends about how much of a revelation it feels like, but they don't really get it; considering that i've never been particularly musically talented every little step makes me feel so much more accomplished and like i'm discovering an entire universe that i've never seen before.
Learning to play guitar has given me so much respect for people that can play well, and especially those that can play and sing at the same time!
So far i'm playing Burn One Down and Walk Away by Ben Harper. Does anyone have suggestions about other songs that have similar "feels" that i could learn?
Post by kingofcheezwiz on Feb 21, 2008 15:55:37 GMT -5
"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel is really easy. It's the first song I learned how to sing and play. If you have a capo, "How to Disappear Completely'' by Radiohead is also really easy.
So far i'm playing Burn One Down and Walk Away by Ben Harper. Does anyone have suggestions about other songs that have similar "feels" that i could learn?
i jam those two as well...try 'drugs don't work' by ben...its a jam like those ones.
i also play some damien - coconut skins and grey room. neil young - cortez the killer and hey hey my my.
awesome, thanks for the suggestions. as much as i love my electric, i find myself grabbing my roommates epiphone acoustic more and more often these days so i'm looking into getting an acoustic. i played a Takamine Jasmine at the local music shop the other day and it seemed like a decent guitar for $100 that i can not only play, but also take on vacation and not worry about. Has anyone played with it?
i have a takamine acoustic/electric, its like their mid range guitar. i love it. i take it anywhere and it always sounds good...unplugged, plugged in, and recorded with it a time or two.
Post by strumntheguitar on Feb 23, 2008 12:31:05 GMT -5
r006 said:
So far i'm playing Burn One Down and Walk Away by Ben Harper. Does anyone have suggestions about other songs that have similar "feels" that i could learn?
If you have a friend that can tear it on electric guitar, then learn All Along the Watchtower. The chords are really easy and that song has so much potential to jam over, no matter what skill level.
Otherwise, maybe some Nirvana? check out their Unplugged cd, that has some incredible acoustic songs on there, and none of them are too terribly hard
Post by rarelyheard on Feb 25, 2008 13:13:00 GMT -5
sik7716 said:
r006 said:
So far i'm playing Burn One Down and Walk Away by Ben Harper. Does anyone have suggestions about other songs that have similar "feels" that i could learn?
i jam those two as well...try 'drugs don't work' by ben...its a jam like those ones.
i also play some damien - coconut skins and grey room. neil young - cortez the killer and hey hey my my.
all very simple and fun to sing and play.
Just for clarification, The Drugs Don't Work is a tune by the Verve Pipe. Ben's cover is pretty amazing though.
Post by guitardevil on Feb 29, 2008 11:00:55 GMT -5
when i first picked up the guitar years back i started with some dispatch. A good handful of their songs are simple chord progressions and are very easily manipulated to your own style. The general is a good one to get those fingers moving!
And I guess I'll share what I've been working on musically. I abandoned the band thing for a while and just did my own instrumental thing, drawing on STS9, Explosions in the Sky, Marco Benevento etc. If you've got some spare time and a nice set of speakers check it out and maybe dance a groove.
I play bass and I have an acoustic guitar for when I go places and want to bring music with me. I can't really play too well though. I'll be bringing it to the roo haha look for the person playing lots of power chords and E D G and C chords. Thats all I know. AHah
I'd say I'm a pretty gifted musician, but, unfortunately, I do not have a band at this moment (the other 3/4 of my group moved to Charleston) but here's what I do:
Sing : this is my forte. I'm not fantastic, but I am a very proud singer. Entered All State Chorus three years in a row in high school, coming the top 10 tenors in the state every year.
Bass Guitar : I'm far from good at instruments, but this is the instrument that I work with the most. I started playing in 2000, and dipped off in high school, and started playing again recently. I'm improving at a rapid pace, and hope I can be good enough to play bass in a band by this summer.
Piano: I'm pretty decent on piano, I'm good at improvising, but (much like I am with guitar) don't know chords all that well. And with piano, that's a huge disability.
Guitar: I'm awful at guitar, because I know only one chord. And I'm used to the bass style of playing.
Bass is alot of fun mothersky. Just learn to lock in with a drummer. Your the bridge between the musical aspect and the time/rythm aspect. Learn some classic rock stuff alot of it is easy and sounds cool. You'd surprised how easy some of the songs are. Once you get the whole deal down with being in key and scales and notes, youll be able to make better fills. Start with the root and build from there. You gotta start jamming with people or you'll get bored though.
Post by kingofcheezwiz on Mar 6, 2008 4:51:49 GMT -5
rarelyheard said:
sik7716 said:
i jam those two as well...try 'drugs don't work' by ben...its a jam like those ones.
i also play some damien - coconut skins and grey room. neil young - cortez the killer and hey hey my my.
all very simple and fun to sing and play.
Just for clarification, The no no word Don't Work is a tune by the Verve Pipe. Ben's cover is pretty amazing though.
Not to be picky or undermine your musical intelligence, but "The Druqs Don't Work" is by the Verve. People mix them up all the time. Interesting tidbit, the singer from The Verve Pipe played a free show at a park in my town the summer of '04. It was pretty good. The band is from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the dude was doing a Michigan park tour and playing all sorts of secret shows that summer.
Ive been playing for about 11 years now, played out with some friends about 3 years ago and recently been playing solo out at local bars, it fun and its free beer. I broke down and bought a Martin about two years ago and I've never regretted it.
Post by rpgreligion on Jul 2, 2008 20:25:36 GMT -5
Boots, just listened to Dirty Dose and Funkus, the sound is incredible. Really groovy-funky stuff, I love it. I'm so sorry for your loss, may your friend R.I.P.
I have a question for all you guitar players out there. I've been playing guitar off and on for 6 years, but due to just general lack of dedication I've never improved all that much. For you guys, did the skills just slowly develop over time, or somewhere along the way was there a catalyst that gave you that extra kick in the ass, that much needed inspiration?
did the skills just slowly develop over time, or somewhere along the way was there a catalyst that gave you that extra kick in the ass, that much needed inspiration?
i took a couple of college ensembles, one a Country String and the other Jazz Improv
country string helped me to count beats and play with a group, but learning the scales in Jazz and repeating simple exercises really helped
get a Casio keyboard that has rhythms and just wank on a C major scale for a while... change the rhythm and key and you switch between a samba in C to a techno in Eminor
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Wasn't there already as thread about this somewhere else? I swear I already posted in such a thread.
Well, I'm a musician. I've been playing drums for about ten years, and I've been singing for about that long as well. I studied percussion in college, performed in several school ensembles like the jazz big band, percussion ensemble, Camerata (vocal), and Reds ensemble (modern free improvisation). I earned my BA in music, with an emphasis in musicology. Aside from a fun but rather pitiful pseudo-Christian heavy rock band in high school, I haven't belonged to any bands or recorded any material. Currently, I have a small group of friend with whom I get together and work out musical ideas, practice, and jam. I don't think that at this point I could want anything more. Along the way I picked up guitar and piano (tuning, of course, being my trade), and can just barely play them passably. I still love to sing, I'm a baritone, and I've done some directing of the choir at my church, in addition to writing and arranging music. Composing and songwriting is one thing that I've always wanted to do, but the talent seems to elude me.
Boots, just listened to Dirty Dose and Funkus, the sound is incredible. Really groovy-funky stuff, I love it. I'm so sorry for your loss, may your friend R.I.P.
thank you my friend.
May your road wind ever upwards, and the winds be ever at your back.
Boots, just listened to Dirty Dose and Funkus, the sound is incredible. Really groovy-funky stuff, I love it. I'm so sorry for your loss, may your friend R.I.P.
I have a question for all you guitar players out there. I've been playing guitar off and on for 6 years, but due to just general lack of dedication I've never improved all that much. For you guys, did the skills just slowly develop over time, or somewhere along the way was there a catalyst that gave you that extra kick in the ass, that much needed inspiration?
I started playing around the same time that a couple of my friends did. I would sit at home and just fuck around with it for a few minutes a day and then put it down. Then I started seeing my friends play pretty complicated stuff and I was still trying to learn green day...
I guess it was just the competitive side of me that kicked in because I hated the thought that I sucked more than the rest of my friends playing guitar.
Well... that, and I started listening to the likes of Clapton and Hendrix nearly every day. Listening to good guitar work is always a good thing too
It's been four months since I've posted in this one, but I've been practicing bass on a regular basis, and am getting more confident/comfortable with the instrument.
More in an improvisational sense than anything that resembles any rational structure, but I'm working on it and think it'll end up well.