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Konstantarou
posts: 56
Oct 29, 2009 22:04 
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I play bass guitar, but my main art is poetry. If you like check out my group in Literary arts

jennalj2
posts: 8
Oct 29, 2009 23:27 
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I play 5 string bass guitar, piano, and i'm currently learning acoustic guitar. I just started trying to write lyrics...i'm learning it's somewhat of a challenge for me.

wouter705
posts: 1
Oct 29, 2009 23:48 
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I play both electric and acoustic (nylon strings, not metal string) guitar.
At the moment not as much as I would like to but try to make time for every once in a while.

A few years back I was pretty active and played in two bands (not at the same time). In those bands we were writing our own songs and covering some other songs. Mostly rock, rock 'n roll and a bit of metal.  Everybody moved to other places and even other countries (study, work, etc) and resulting in the fact that those bands stopped to exist.

A while later I started my own business and haven't had time since :)

CelticCurls
posts: 42
Oct 30, 2009 07:00 
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I did trombome 5th-8th grade.  Marching bass drum junior, and snare drum senior year along with concert band in high school.

I want to learn to sing before getting to serious on any instruments, but I have hopes for the keyboards, Irish tin whistle, and bódhran.

 

Wow, you know quite a lot of diverse intstruments Jenna

That's awesome that you got to perform in some bands, Wouter.

Amanda
posts: 1
Oct 30, 2009 22:27 
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I've been playing the piano for 9, almost 10, years. I REALLY want to start learning how to play acoustic guitar.

THEGOLDENSTAFF
posts: 62
Oct 30, 2009 22:31 
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i play guitar a little drums little keyboards a little bass wouldnt mind gettin a mandolin i still practice by myself and with friends wanna know more just ask  :)

Lee_
posts: 1
Oct 30, 2009 23:42 
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Acoustic guitar, for about 2 and a half years now, i mainly play strummy rock stuff (think foo fighters, stereophonics, travis etc..) Haven't got round to writing my own stuff yet but i'm sure i will do at some point :)

Hope to start learning violin in the near future (when i'm not too broke to pay for lessons!)

.... and maybe i'll learn piano and/or ocarina as well at some point

GingerRoute
posts: 11
Oct 31, 2009 04:29 
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I play Guitar (accoustic and electric), also Bass (accoustic and electric as well) and anything else i can fiddle around with long enough to figure something out givin the time.:) percussion is my next goal:)

SunSoar
posts: 14
Nov 02, 2009 20:35 
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I've played the trombone for 10 years - 5th grade to the present.  I also recently started to work on the acoustic guitar and the harmonica.  I would like to learn trumpet and violin...

Red_Knight
posts: 1
Nov 13, 2009 02:41 
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Penny whistle all the way and a bit of the bhodran(but not in public (much) and i can get a tune out of a consatener

CelticCurls
posts: 42
Nov 13, 2009 13:58 
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"consatener"?  Do you mean concertina?

Stevzie-B
posts: 1
Nov 21, 2009 18:51 
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Im all about the keys and drums. While I play them in a band my real passion is producing and audio engineering!!

Aub90
posts: 30
Feb 21, 2010 11:20 
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Wow this is an old topic. Hehe. Older than my membership I think.

In the past I have played: recorder (3 scales; soprano, alto and baritone. somehow.), violin (a little broken but still), voice/singing, keyboard (still do sometimes). Harmonica (pretty much a fail for me everytime!), penny whistle. *Silver/copper synth (*if that is an instrument).

I've always wanted to play electric guitar (my dad used to play electric bass in a band) and for some reason the oboe (which cost a lot, I must add). In my family there was a famous (for his time) opera singer (my great grandfather) and my mum did some opera training too. My great-great uncle on the other side of the family was the (mainly 70s) singer Roy Wood. He had a hit with a famous Christmas song, often either number 1 or 2 in the British Christmas song countdown (happens at least 10 times every Christmas on music channels).

The keyboard was definitely my most successful, especially when I upgraded for use with my music course. This is followed by the recorder, which was quite cool but I stopped playing that when I changed schools at 11.

The synth is probably the best for me, presently. It's quite fun in itself, and since I love computing, well....Laughing I'm actually looking to upgrade to a newer software (probably royalty-free, I'm not sure about the one I have presently). My present one is now classed as 'old' (it only runs properly on XP. On Vista it says that my media player drivers are out of date. hehe). It's also limiting because it only has silver and copper synths and I need more!Tongue out This kind of software can cost a lot though, so I think I'm happy enough not to spend nearly $600 on new stuff at the moment.


I love playing with synths and resampling, sometimes mixing tracks too. Never had the need to allow anyone to use my synth generators though (or never let anyone). But yeah, if anyone wants to (and happens to be nearby at the time, obviously) I'll allow a go on my silver synth (the copper can be harder to use, for whatever reason. Even I haven't tried to combine silver and copper). I'm hoping to do that this year with one or two people.

Zannah
posts: 1
Mar 01, 2010 22:32 
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I have been playing the Irish fiddle for about 6 years and have recently picked up the mandolin along with the Irish drum! Besides jamming with other musicians every Wednesday night at the pub I've been thinking what else I could do with my music.  Maybe start an irish rock band??

Elizabeth
posts: 1
Mar 02, 2010 01:39 
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I play piano!  Unfortunately right now I just have an electric keyboard, but it does the trick.  Laughing

Alex
posts: 1
Mar 03, 2010 04:09 
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I play the clarinet and the sousaphone for my school bands.

Gillmer
posts: 6
Apr 04, 2010 05:47 
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Hey everyone!

I play the Clarinet and am learning the acoustic guitar (which seems to be a favourite from what I've read).

I've also dabbled with the Alto Saxophone, Flute and Trumpet but that was in my high school days.

Cheers!

DMcDunn
posts: 4
Aug 14, 2010 20:56 
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A-fiddling casually for about 35 years now, mainly Irish trad (Donegal style), and contemporary stuff. It runs in the family... ;) Currently trying my hand at flutes and whistles - a totally different ball game, but fun, too :)

Jim2afew
posts: 10
Aug 18, 2010 12:25 
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I started out singing at about 3 my first instrument about the same age was the harmonica

I come from a long line of Musicans (mostly fiddle players) However by the time I was 11 I had mastered and gotten really bored with the Chromatic slide Harmonica plus it seemed that everybody else was able to play louder and drown me out quite easily. While my mother played Classical Violin and my father played Fiddle I was forbidden from touching their instruments because I had "hard touch" So I took up Bagpipes, then trumpet because the Highschool band was short 8 trumpet players (they only had 1 without me)and they had room for 10. We eventually had 6 before the end of the year 

Then when I was in college I picked up Guitar, Banjo and Electric Baritone because I had to fill in for the regular guys in the  one of the Bar bands that I was a male vocalist for. In 2004 I was in a bad Car accident couldnt hold anything as heavy as my other instruments so I picked up Mandolin.

In college I was a First tenor that was  able to sing from Mid Baritone to not quite Mid Soprano.However In 2007 I was Diagnosed with throat cancer of the vocal chords ( I'm living proof that second hand smoke is dangerous) and after a number of surgeries was ordered not to sing for a year. I was really depressed about this so I went to see me cousin who I had played in a band with in college because he always gets me to laughing. My cousin is a master Flute maker and he gifted me with my first native american flute (one of his "stove peices!) it had been destined for the fire till he saw me light up and play it like it was one of his top of the line peices. After learning bagpipes every other instrument has been really easy for me .  It being real easy to sound and  light to hold It and I were inseparable for a long time. That is till he actually gifted me with a top of the line peice at Christmas in 2008. 

I own an antique upright piano....can't play it ............yet

so there you go 8? Some of them very well and others well .......the neighborhood dogs are my vocalistsWink

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