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[Cerb]

The topic description pretty much says it all. If you are a musician, what do you play?

I. myself, am a bassist. I play primarily 4 string, but can play upwards of 7. My preference when it comes to fingerboards is unlined fretless. At the moment I am playing a decent enough ESP to hold me over until I finish building the bass I'm currently working on (you can see that Here.)

[truefusion]

I may not play an instrument, but i do make my own music. I usually make Drum and Bass music, or techno. Sometimes i make rock songs, with a mixture of other genres.

[psychiccyberfreak]

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Edited by psychiccyberfreak, 29 March 2007 - 01:37 AM.

[Cerb]

Contrary to what most believe, there is certainly nothing wrong with electronic music... as long as it sounds good, that is .

My only dislike for electronic music is the lack of depth that a lot of it has. Certain techniques and sounds cannot be portrayed through a computer.

[psychiccyberfreak]

yeah, I guess, it's just that I do my band's mixing, so I have a mixing library on my site with stuff you can download. I like the first concept design you had on your site, but wow, it looks really good. I like mostly punk, a little emo, and some ska.

[ruckusbag]

Currently I play Guitar.

I had experience with the oboe, piano, and clarinet which I no longer play.

I want to learn the drums however.

[curthard89]

I play the guitar, i have been for the last 3 years, i have 3 gibson les pauls (includes zack wylde camo custom) and a ibanez sa260fm and a fender american strat....if any would like to talk about guitars please add me on msn if you have it,..curthard89@hotmail.com. Guitars are a fundimental part of my life as i am in a band and will rock my heart out for the rest of my life.

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[Brown bear]

Im a self taught drummer, and been playing for four years. Although the last time I actually played was four months ago at a concert with my band. What we played sucked because we had no bassist. Its a long story, but we fired our old bassist before the concert and got a new one. When concert day arrived he chickened out and we had to go on without him. Now for those who are not in a band, playing without a bassist is like going commando, you always feel somethings missing!

[Cerb]

Brown bear, on Jul 19 2005, 07:59 PM, said:

...What we played sucked because we had no bassist...playing without a bassist is like going commando, you always feel somethings missing!

Someone finally understands! Try telling that to a guitarist, though .

[Tyssen]

In the past I've played:
piano
timpani
clarinet
saxophone
guitar

I still have my guitars (Fender Telecaster and Epiphone acoustic) but don't play them anymore as I devote most of music energies to DJing so now my instruments are 2 x 1210s and an old Numark CD deck setup.

[fsastraps]

I play the drums, ive been playing for about 5 years or 6 now... im good at least i think, ive been with a lot of bands in the past and made moeny by playing at places.

[biscuitrat]

I'm a pianist and have been for about 6 or 7 years (I started late :/) and I also sing. I've been wanted to learn the guitar but I haven't gotten past C. The acoustic we have at home is pretty old and out of tune and my brother's rarely home with his. It's probably not my thing anyway, but it'd be nice to learn :/

I also play trombone in the marching band, but I'm not especially good with it. I just grasp rhythm easily enough to keep me in a not too sucky chair.

[Guevara]

No , I am not a musician but in our family are most people that plays a instrument.I don't.The instruments are arabic , they use it for musicals.For Big concerts.But I don't.I am a computer freak.That is better than to play a instrument .

[sonyguy]

Yep, I play piano. I'm on grade 3 at the moment, about to go on to grade 4

I used to play the recorder, but I got bored of it. Piano is much better!

I've wanted to play guitar or drums for ages, my mum is always like 'NO'

I still enjoy piano though...

[Cerb]

Grades must be a European thing. We don't really have grades in America. In a way, I wish we did, since it would keep learning and progress under control and organized. On the other hand, I'm glad we don't, as a lot of people get that elitist attitude when it comes to playing instruments and being "better" than someone else. Grades can hint at a good player, but I've seen people in a lower grade tear someone in a higher grade a new one on more than one occasion.

[biscuitrat]

Well, for a lot of musicians, the Gold Cup festival (must be just a Texas thing) has you perform by a judge, and you only get a trophy if you get perfect scores three years straight :/

[wakelim]

I've been wanting to learn either guitar or piano for a while now but I just haven't got round to it.

[mikeb]

Guitar player, bassist and vocalist myself! Have an 8-track studio in my home. Just finished recording my own blues CD...guess what I want my free space for ;-)

[Cerb]

Once you get that online, shoot me a link by PM or just post it in this thread. I have a simple little site at cerb.trap17.com that logs my bass building. At the moment, I'm building a 4 string fretless.

[Svarog]

i play guitar for over a year now...
i'm in pagan (slavic) metal band, it is not popular kind of music but we like it and yeah we dont have name but it could be "svarog"

[Becca]

wow Ilooked through your blog.= thingy of the bass and it looks pretty coo. But you should of made an unsual shape..

I don't play and instrument. But I *think* I'm naturally talented at playing instruments but I'm just too lazy. I use to play the clarinet but i stopped because I don't know why...
My mum's forcing me to learn the piano soon, it's a bit too late as I'm quite old.. but I guess I need a hobbie other than computers.

[odomike]

well, I've never done anything serious in the music line before. Apart from the occassionally plasaying with the piano, nothing more have been done on my part on music.

[cigarettehips]

I can play B flat clarinet at a beginner's level but I'm learning (rather slowly) the tuba and I want to teach myself piano.

[punkgamr13]

i play the guitar (electric or acousitc) and so i can also play the bass too... (if u can play guitar, u can play bass... its a given) i write my own music too and record it myself too... its not the best quality and i dont really have that many songs (complete anyway)... but its good enough... music rules and without it, idk what id do...
I LOVE MY GUITAR... its only a squier by fender strat... not much but it plays well and i like it... it has sentimental value now... lol i used to play clarinet and used to be great with it but i quit... id like to learn the piano cause they sound sooo sweet... but using all my fingers is just weird... lol

[arza1]

i love all instuments. as cerb knows i play the guitar and i am beggining a piano.

cerb also knows once you figure out the basics of music you can pick up on any instrument easily.

i don't find that one instument is better than any other but the people who are playing them really do give it its rep.
fro ex. WANKERS these are guitarist who like to play random notes really fast to try and amuse or discourage other musicians around them.
i play guitar but i refuse to be a *BLEEP*. wankers give guitarists bad names. i am sure cerb can agree with me on this also.