who plays insterments?

[Justin]

hey i play the drums and in a band any one out there play any insterments?:confused: :ki:

[Justin]

No regrets is my band name lol!!!

[paul_le_snake]

yup play guitar (and the fool on a regular basis) used to be in a band called paranoid. when ppl asked us if we were any good we'd be "not really" then they'd say "oh, so u are paranoid" they then laugh at their own joke and we walk off and get drunk.
guess u had to be there to appreciate that one.
cheers
paul

[Canadaherp]

i can play guitar and bass but i dont regularily

[Tim_Cranwill]

I play guitar and a bit of piano, harmonica and bass.:)

Hey, let's all jam sometime!:)

[asphyxia]

yep, I use guitar, to make noise...some times is sounds good..

B

[sSNAKESs.com]

MPC2000xl is my weapon of choice! ;) but i dont play anything anymore =/

[Them and Us]

I play guitar. onlyfor about three years now. I'm no Steve Vai or Hendrix but i do alright. I also refurbish/rebuild guitars and sell em. its a nice little hobby. i finally just bought a new amp. Crate GX-1200H half stack. its my baby. i stripped the tolex covering off and am going to cover it with some sheet vinyl to give it a new look. hey if anybody lives in Dutchess County , NY USA which i doubt ha look me up and we can jam.

[Shane Tesser]

I play guitar, some bass, am pretty fluent on drums, and a little key board...not in a band currently as we are taking an extended break....its been two years, but we will fire it back up soon i hope, the band is called unipsycho...lots of original stuff, in the band i play lead guitar, do some rythm and double the drummer for hard tracks that he can't handle. We play alot of Metallica, Pantera, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Zepplin..etc etc, all the greats :D

[andrea]

i dont but my four year old daughter plays the piano and drums and her drum teacher said she is the best beginner he has. after two lessons she was already playing combos on three toms, a bass, a high hat and a snare. forgive the language, im not musical, but she was going to town and keeping rhythm. my three year old son is learning piano.
do love those drums though....always wanted to play.

[snakedude_03]

I know how to play alto sax.. that's about it :P

[wonder_chunky]

i can whistle through my nose!

[HyGhBr|d]

where to start i can play ne band instrument, i used to play bass and guitar but do not ne more

[Justin]

sweet ...that pretty cool that half of the site members play insterments...i tried to post 2 pic did they work?...that pearl picclo snare....

[Justin]

theres the picclo snare!!

[hip]

Been playing guitar for about 24 years.Have Tacoma c2c acustic ,a Fender custom shop Strat and just a plain old tobacco sunburst Strat.Yahmaha pro series keyboard 530 I think and a 8 track digital home studio.I do not have an amp just head phones I seem to be the only one who likes what I play, a lot of my own stuff ( have thousands of riffs to share)and I do prefer to play rythm so the rock star type's (like Shane lol) can have something to wail over .I know all the modes scales circle of fiths ect,ect. it just says more to me when I hear a great rythm player



The greatest rythm players are by far some of the best song writers. Steve Stevens(billy idol) Izzy Stradlin (guns n roses) Don Dokken (Dokken) Kurt Vanderhouf (Metal Church) Eddie is in a world of his own when it comes to rythm!!!!!

E flat B flat F A E flat F D grove on that for a bit will open your eyes to the world of rythm and groove.



Peace


Hip

[Tim_Cranwill]

Any educated player is a friend of mine! It makes a big difference to be able to communicate with musicians in musical terms. The circle of fifths idea is so fundamental, but 90% of players haven't even heard of it Same goes with the order of sharps and flats and even playing more than one variation of each chord!

Keep on rockin'!

[sSNAKESs.com]

lol i think 50% of rock bands wouldnt understand your terminology either! ha!

[Tim_Cranwill]

50%?!?!? Try like 85%!!!;)

[Justin]

yep i agree im sorta understaning ...lol

[Them and Us]

im just recently learning theory. I've only been playing guitar for 3 year, less actually. i have fun. thats my main focus now.you are right whoever said most wouldn't know circle of fifths as i don't. i do know the modes mixolydian,lydian etc . I am a hardcore kid. plenty of power chords, bar chords and suspnded chords for me . I'm not all abot the drop tunings. sometimes they create a god sound but its not me. maybe i can score some Canadian points right now and say how i love Rush.

[Tim_Cranwill]

Well, I just made a point of learning that junk. It takes while but once you understand the basics, the rest is easier. If you ever have any questions, let me know!:)

[hip]

Here is the best adivice I can ever give any one learnig music any kind of music.(I studied music theory and composition in school Iwish I had of taken spelling and grammer lol) are you ready for it ?


LEARN ALL THAT YOU CAN AND ONCE YOU HAVE LEARNED ALL THAT YOU CAN FORGET EVERTHING THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED!!!!

Only this way will you find yourself, your music will sound like you and will lead you to a true freedom of expression.Because in the end we are all what we create and we all create what we will become.


F D E C B G D B work that one on a 5/4 feel and smash the G real hard and shake it a bit just for some flavour!!!!!!!!



Peace

Hip


ps try not to use any "power chords" the real power is in the full chord !!!!

[Tim_Cranwill]

Oh man, I thought you were naming chords..... Then you really WOULD be my weird cousin Hip:)

[Tim_Cranwill]

Yup power chords are for...well, the powerless.:)

[hip]

No man! supplying groves from my vault of power for the lead players to play over to expand thier horisons on the fretboard. I should have told them (but I forgot) was to not work it out but just play over it! Close the eyes and let your spirit soar on the neck.Some times you just got to stop and smell the roses forget the right mode! and just feel it in your heart play what you feel play what you see play what you are.In the end we all create what we are and from that we can not hide. IT IS ALL ABOUT FEEL ANYTHING LESS IS PHONEY!!!!!!!




Peace


Hip

[Pythonian]

I play Guitar, Bass, and Violin and am currently being asked to be in a band lol but i don't have any time :(

Mike

[hip]

Power chords do have a place for flavour in a compisition of chords or a musical cresendo and for the bulding of a theme.They are just too easy and used to often and become a crutch to the young and the lazy.Use all the fingerings you can full, power suspended , and even broken chords have a place.A well composed peice of music relies on many forms of cords to accent a melody,a melody is more than root ,fith and root but in the same token root,fifth and root can give the beauty of power were none would be in a full chord. I could write 100,000 words on chords and theory of music but i won't lol. Feel what you play and play what you feel you will be forever set free.



Peace


Your weird cousin Hip


Glad to see you are reading cran wishing you and the family well in 2003 Hip

[Dom]

I used to play guitar as well .. but have nto in over a year or so .. I can make decent music wheneve i get back on it but honestly would much rather spend my time cleaning out snakepoop instead lol Don't ask!

[Them and Us]

reading what you write hip is like watching an amazing motivational speaker. your right, power chords do become a crutch for the newer musicians such as myself. i admitted this a while ago and have since been learning new things. but i also believe that complicity ( word?) does not necessarily make a song great. some things that are even so simple, not just in music but anything, can be just as beautiful and amazing as something complicated. But i do aspire to be at the musical god level of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and Alex Lifeson and this swedish guy whose name i forget but plays in Children of Bodom.

[hip]

If you wan't to hear something simple yet powerfull and ballsey
bluesy and hard,real rock and roll real, guitar player check out Great White (the reason for my shark tatoo) The guys name is Mark Kendall ,and he probably knows as much about music theory,as I do about building a piramid but he is one of the best players I have ever heard,plays with his heart and his soul a guitar and an amp thats it.He knows when to play and when not to, taught me so much buy not teaching me anything at all!


peace


Hip

[Tim_Cranwill]

I'll also recommend a few greats but of a different genre...

Django Reinhardt and Lenny Breau. Listen to these guys long enough and a few things might happen to you…

a) You will become sick with envy and quit playing all together:(
b) They will inspire you beyond belief, or
c) You will add a new guitar god to your list of gods:)

Check them out!!!

[hip]

Yes so true cranwill inspiration in droves.

I would also reccomend Larry Carlton, Al Demeolia (spelling?), Vince Gill(awesome player),Richie Blackmore and Ian Moore
and give the same reasons as you do

Enjoy

Hip

[Tim_Cranwill]

I've heard of Al Di Meola and Vince Gill, but I'll have to search Kazaa to check out the rest.

Thanks Hip!:)

[hip]

Richie Blackmore = deep purple
Larry carlton = Steely Dan

Ian Moore solo artist under Barry Beckett Productions (the telecaster master)


Enjoy

Hip

[Nanashi04]

I can play any brass instrument - namely French horn. I can also half-way play the guitar and piano... at least I know where the notes are... ^^;;

[Geck-co]

Used to play all the time but now i just play once n awhile.. used to play the guitar, trumpet, recorder :P lol

now whenever I get the chance i "program" rather then "play" drum machines go team techno

[paul_le_snake]

nice music shane! i remember the days, playing fade to black about 50 times a day

[paul_le_snake]

id have to add james hetfeild for great rythm guitarists and songwriters. also............ stevie ry vaughan kicks all kinds of butt, i mean this is the man that used to put super-glue on his finger-tips then put said tips onto his forearm, wait till it dried abit and then rip some extra skin onto his fingers. well, he did all those bends using 13's!!!!!

[tightsqueeze]

i play guitar i have a washburn oscar shmitd acoustic i think thats how you spell it ....lol ...

jay

[Linds]

I used to play guitar and I was bassist in an an all girl punk band years ago. Ask me to play anything now...lol....well I'm not so sure I can even play an armpit anymore....lol :p