Musician's Forum

[JohnNetzlof]

How many of you people play something?

What do you play?
How Long have you Played it?
In a band/group/orchestra?
Pictures?
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What do you play? Guitar and Bass Guitar
How Long have you Played it? About a yea ron the Guitar, few months on Bass
In a band/group/orchestra? Band, Alpha Centuri
Pictures? yeah, here's my current equipment line up. http://www.trainweb.org/jlwtrainsim/guitars3.gif

[robertreedy]

Don't know if this was what you are looking for or not .. ;-)

How many of you people play something? I do
What do you play? MSTS
How Long have you Played it? 'bout 3 years now
In a band/group/orchestra? Just in my own roundhouse

Seriously, being a retired music teacher (dual vocal/instrumental, public and private) you don't want to know. Just suffice to say, that most of us can 'play' them all, but in reality you wouldn't want to be around when we do. Therefore to answer the questions .. keyboards/brass, 56 years, in most every 'dive' for 150 miles around. Got tired of 'duckin' missiles' and gave it up a few years back. MSTS is so much more forgiving ;-)

RobertR .. ADF-M&RM at http://www.adfrr.com

[pacmancreator]

I play Tenor Saxophone and Piano.
Piano for about 8 years now, Saxophone for 5.
I play piano just for myself, but as far as Saxophone goes, I play it for school in the Marching Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band.

My scratched-up and dented Marching Band sax:

http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40e5a85249b9b405.jpg

My brand-new Cannonball sax (yes, it is black. It is my pride and joy, and probably the nicest thing I own):

http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40e5a85c49e84215.jpg

http://www.groeneman.com/socalvr/matt.jpg

--The FBL Commuter Edition!!!!!!--

-You can never have too much inner beauty. Or socks.
-Matt, 3:25am

-Why are we here, and what is our purpose? That, my friends, is the everlasting eternal question. That, and, where's the Honeycomb Hideout?

-Creating Pac-Man comics for the humorless people out there

[NewEnglandRailFan]

I sing in the Shower

:D

[Erick_Cantu]

I play my brother's bass on occasion. My friend Aled was right, if you can count to 4, you can play bass.

http://sgair.net/erick/SIGS/CP_BANNER.JPG

"The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"

[FURX]

I play drums, (someday I'll post a pic)

I have a CB (crap) set, but I've upgrading everything, new hardware, heads, etc.

I have a DW 7000 double bass drum pedal and a Pearl high hat stand...(forget the numbers).....all my cymbols are Sabian B8 Pros, my snare head is an Evans coated/wax, my floor tom is a ebony pinstripe by Remo, with Remo weatherking pinstripes on my mount toms.

Yup.-Jeffrey

[Erick_Cantu]

I wish I had the money to take up drums...oh, and a place to play them. I think it could be fun.

http://sgair.net/erick/SIGS/CP_BANNER.JPG

"The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"

[yellowdog]

A friend and I built a hammered dulcimer a few summers ago, but I couldn't get my head around the chords. I've still got it and wish it was more than just a "conversation piece," but I haven't played it in some time.

[CPR_Malice_96th]

I started Piano when I was 7

*( Dropped it because my friends said "Piano is for Girls" )

I started guitar when I was 10

(* Dropped it because my hands were to small )

I started bass when I was 12

*( Dropped it because my hands seemed smaller than with guitar )

I played drums and piano all through High School

*( I started taking Piano lessons again .. cause girls did ! " )

I was in my first Band ( Lasted 4 years ... through High School )

Band Name..- Kross
Instrument..- Drums
Material......- Stryper - Bon Jovi - Dokken -Warrant ( Hair Metal 80's )

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I joined my second band when I was 23 ( lasted 'till I moved here )

Band Name..- Madhatter
Instrument..- Keyboards - Guitar - Back Up Vocals
Material......- Dream Theater - Queensryche - Lillian Axe - Fates Warning ( Prog Rock )
( We also played alot of top 40 covers to pay for our CD )

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I am currently in my 3rd band

Band Name..- Altered State
Instrument..- Keyboards - Guitar - Back Up Vocals
Material......- Britney Spears - Avril - Evanescence - No Doubt - Madonna ( Top 40 dance )

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My current live rig ( My "at home" gear is not listed )

Marshall 100W Valvestate Head
Marshall 4 x 12 Cabinet
ART SGX2000 Effects Processor
Boss Digital Delay Pedal
Boss Chorus Pedal
Yorkville 200W Keyboard Amp
Charvel Jackson 6 string guitar
Ibenez 7 string guitar ( Gotta love a low B )
Korg Triton Synth
Korg X3 Synth
Alesis Quadrasynth ( larger stages only )
Korg Trinity ( larger stages only )

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Now a few pics of me.

The original Altered State ... before firing the bass player
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea12d049c95556.jpg

The current Altered State ... New Bass player "Troy" added ( Top right )
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea13724b823163.jpg

Me playing keys to somthing I probably hate ... but it makes me lots of money
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea13aa4c4fcb02.jpg

Me on guitar ... playing something I probably like better than what I was playing on keys !!
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea13f84d0f14a0.jpg

Me looking at one of the sets wondering " When does it get better ? "
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea14584e382727.jpg

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Now most people will tell you they play because they love music.

I do love music ... just not the stuff we are playing !! :)

If it were not for the 200 - 600 girls cramming into bars every weekend I'd never do it !! For the record Winnipeg women like band guys for some reason. I guess their moms never told em any better !!

OH WELL !!!!
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Now I gotta tell ya .....THIS is what music is all about :) :) :) :) :)

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THIS !!
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea150650241457.jpg

Hehe ... can we keep Denise out of this section please ?
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea153e50e61318.jpg

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And thats a little about me and music.

Later

[DRGWK36]

Currently, I can play the radio. :-)

I used to be able to play the trombone, but that was waaaaay back when...

Andy

[robertlearmont]

What do you play? 1.Trombone 2.flute 3.bass guitar 4.piano

How Long have you Played it? 1. 3 years 2. 1 year 3. half year 4. 7 years

In a band/group/orchestra? Trombone - school band

[heffed]

>How many of you people play something?

I do

>What do you play?

Keyboards/piano, drums, bass guitar, baritone/euphonium, trombone, cello.

Kind of a "Jack of all trades, master of none." ;)

>How Long have you Played it?

Keys- 30 some-odd years.
Drums and Bass- around 20 years.
Baritone/euphonium- Only played in junior high/high school.
Trombone- Only played in high school.
Cello- Played for year. Cello just wasn't "cool". Well, neither was baritone/euphonium, but I liked them.

>In a band/group/orchestra?

I played baritone and euponium in concert and marching band in junior high and high school. I also played trombone in jazz band in high school.

I was in orchestra with cello.

I was in several bands in junior high and high school playing keys. Favorite was a Devo "tribute" band. :) Also played drums in a high school band. Never played bass in a band, only in the studio.

After high school, I played keys in a few commercial top forty dance bands, (a-la Malice) but they didn't last long because I hated it.

After that, I discovered I was better at recording music than playing it. So now I make my living as a recording engineer, and only play for personal entertainment. :D

>Pictures?

I have some good ones in "Devo" get up, but don't have a scanner. :(

[TomBoyRacer]

I play guitar/keys and have been writing for about 5 years now. I'd like to be in a band again. It also seems to be true about girls and band people! I also do sound engineering, and the odd bit of studio work at university.

[ATSF107]

>THIS !!
>http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40ea150650241457.jpg
Women, beer, and uh.... well, you know what :)

[FURX]

Chuck, that's totally awesome!!!!



Me and my freinds are starting a band....planning on punk/rock/metal. Me? I am mostly punk.....(Go Ramones!)....My freind Wes plays bass (he's awesome at it) my freind Bobby on guitar, possibly Jon on background guitar, and my good freind Samantha will sing.

Really looking forward to it, since we all care so much about the music. Besides trains, music is something that really keeps me alive.....(listening to the Distillers right now:)) Hopefully if all goes well, we'll have an underground cult following ;)

Seriously (goes off into rant mode) I don't want to sell out,, or even be popular (I don't have anything against meeting people tho).....I just want to get up there, play are music, and know we've tried. Get up there, and play our music.-Jeffrey

[CPR_Malice_96th]

>Women, beer, and uh.... well, you know what :)

LOL

Ummmmm ..... That ones my girlfriend !!

However ...... Denise wasn't when that picture was taken New Years 2004 !!

:)

Later

[JohnNetzlof]

>I have a 1972 Gibson Explorer,
>http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40eb580d0d23a860.jpg

Mmm, Explorer........this man's alright :)

[jdtrainman]

Sax, beer and rock and roll! LOL

Me?

Keyboardist since age 5 (and it got me a lot of girls in jr. high, HS, college, and beyond!)..

Saxophone and Violin since 12....

Organist (church, specializing in pipe organ) since age 13...currently serve two churches and sub at 3 others as available/needed)....Weddings, bar mitzvahs a specialty....

High School Band Director most of the past 15 years....(no weddings or bar mitzvahs, but plenty of "beer on the wall" on those long bus rides! Somewhere probably in excess of 999,999,999 bottles I'm sure by now!!!)

10 year veteran of Kansas City Symphony and 3 years with St. Louis Symphony as a choral musician....(weddings and bar mitzvahs STILL a specialty!)

JBD

[ATSF107]

Proffesional radio player, 10 years, can get to any station on a dial radio in 5 seconds tops :)

Just kiddin'. I play squat.

[smp11512]

I play an odd instrument called a camera ;) IMO it has some of the best music that I have ever heard ( the click of the shutter snapping that perfect shot ) It also puts out pretty good stuff ( to see some samples check out my photo album link here www.freewebs.com/smp1151 ) and it's quite an easy instrument to play :P

Actually, I just started playing guitar :D I will post some shots of them when I get some new stuff.



Shane
http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40bee1c90c8c6542.jpg

[Boilerbuster]

I Played the Trombone in High School. I was in the Jazz band there at Brush Colorado.... Glenn Miller who is another Trombonest was from Fort Morgan which was 7 miles away.
I got into Arranging my own music and Had a good version of Basin Street Blues that I played that was arranged so the trombone had the Melody. I am in the future going to pick it back up as I really enjoyed playing.




http://forums.flightsim.com/dcforum/User_files/40a3ad6d17a90f92.jpg

Don Pottorff

[JohnNetzlof]

Let me expand it to include recordings!

Especially since this died like, super fast. I don't think you have to be registered at AcidPlanet to listen, it's been so long since I wasn't registered I've forgotten...anyway, if you can't listen with out registering, let me know!

http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=236061&T=9470

No, it's not our best logo, and *listening* God, Why'd I have to upload all the recordings that suck?! :)

[EMD_GE]

I myself play guitar,and have been since i was 15.I've had a slew of guitars(sorry all my pictures are photos,no scanner)My first guitar was a Cort sunburst strat which i modified with dimarzio pickups(distortion,PAF)had the thing routed out for 2-humbuckers like Dave murray of Iron maiden.Since then I've had other Fender strats,lots of jackson strats(my fav)would be my Jackson DK2 with EMG active pickups,and a floyd rose trem,and flamed maple top(sweet)and last guitar i bought was a Gibson les paul,trans black(made for musicians friend only),how-ever i soon sold it cause the fret work really sucked on this guitar(Gibson don't make em' like they used to)As far as Amps,I have a LINE6 XL Flextone amp.great for recording,and i can get any amp sound i want out of it(nice).My other equipment would be a Boss DR-5 rythym machine.I use it to keep the beat,and use it to record,i just preset the drum parts and bass,then run it into my home stereo,along with tape deck and i'm all set.I don't play in a band(never have),but i do lay down tracks and record,not much anymore.Who do i listen to...I'm on a Megadeth trip right now,although i do listen to Vanhalen,Aerosmith,Scorpions,Queensryche,Iron maiden,typical heavy metal stuff,but you won't hear me listening to death metal,or satanic crap.My style?I'd have to say megadeth,with a taste of Aerosmith,kinda funky,raunchy heavy metal with a taste of blues and harmony.Don Shriner(formely sd80mac)1,764 posts and counting.

[FireDragonLightning]

I played clarinet for 2 years at school. I could play a mean "Mary had a Little Lamb"

[JohnNetzlof]

Well, gee Tim, what kind of music do you like, as oppsoed to the stuff you play?

I (or We, i guess) Play what we like, do we gig? Not yet but I hope to, Metallica Type O Negative, Black Sabbath, Megadeth...Metal basiclaly...

And don;t NOBODY tell me Metalica don't bring women in...play NEM once, and they'l be "all upons" (Those who know Metallica will understand NEM, those who understand Homestar will understand "All upons"...Ab Abber 2000)

[CPR_Malice_96th]

>Well, gee Tim, what kind of music do you like, as oppsoed to
>the stuff you play?
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Dream Theater !!

Thats pretty close to all I listen to outside of the bar scene !!

:)

Not even kidding !!

Later

[cn_bayview]

>Women, beer, and uh.... well, you know what :)

It's the Canadian way :P


I played trombone in music class... Well tried to play, I am horrible at it, the teacher must be glad I'm gone from that class :+

[JohnNetzlof]

Dream Theater rocks, can;t play their stuff, but still!

[CPR_Malice_96th]

>Dream Theater rocks, can;t play their stuff, but still!

Ya know !!

Thats what I said 10 years ago ....

Keep at it !!

Once you can keep their timing straight ... thats 1/2 the battle

Later

[Erick_Cantu]

I thought y'all might like to hear me botch up a bassline with my inexperience.

http://sgair.net/erick/T1A.wav

Yeah!!!!!!!!11111111 :P

http://sgair.net/erick/SIGS/CP_BANNER.JPG

"The F59PHI and Genesis are the lamest excuses for locomotives Amtrak has ever operated - accept it and move on. Hug an F40 before it's too late!"

[CPR_Malice_96th]

>I thought y'all might like to hear me botch up a bassline
>with my inexperience.
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:)

Later

[markhyams]

I play the trumpet. Mostly classical/orchestra, although occasionally I do dances, like ragtime/tango etc, and some wedding stuff. Right now, I play with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra (www.nmso.org) and have been since the beginning of 2004, and this summer I've been doing some work with the Santa Fe Opera (www.santafeopera.org). I play in one opera, and in one scene I'm onstage in a costume! Check it out:

The opera takes place during medeival times, hence the tunic
http://home.comcast.net/~markhyams/costume.jpg

Here's the brass quintet that I'm in. We played together a lot when I lived in Boulder, CO, but not so much anymore. www.tonicbrass.com I'm the second from the left.
http://www.tonicbrass.com/images/tonichome6.jpg

I've been playing music in general for over 20 years, trumpet about 14 years.

Cheers,
Mark

[chosenfrozen44]

Thats cool.......music for a purpose..plays, musicals and symphonies.....I played guitar for a remake of Godspell in th Chicago theatre scene a while back....did want to at first...but was actually a most enjoyable experience

CG

[BLW_1946]

wanted to learn sax when I was 10 - they gave me a violin. played through junior high - it ain't easy playing violin in junior high...

saw a Hard Day's Night in the summer of '64. Bought a cheap Japanese made acoustic. practiced all day and into the night...

Bought a used Harmony electric for $35 for my birthday in September. Played my first gig (private party) on New Years Eve...

Played in bar bands during the 60s and early 70s.

Got back into music about 10 years ago. have played with too many to mention: blues, classic rock, jazz, folk, country, zydeco, r&b, reggae and everything in between...

life is good...

Tim Baldwin
Buffalo NY

Milepost 5 on the Buffalo Belt Line
CSX - NS - CP - CN

[chosenfrozen44]

I am a guitarist,keyboardist ....for more years then I care to realize.....high points were early 1980`s, I played in two bands that went out on extended US tours as a third back up band....opening up shows for Survivor and Off Broadway. The low points were being too young....17/18 playing with guys in their mid twenties...they just ruined the "music" part of things. They were consumed with the business part......I just wanted to play and "kick ass".....I could care less about the music Biz....I wrote the music, went out and had a great time playing. Now, I play the Chicago area club scene when I feel like going out. We play to full houses.....two to three times a year.....rather then every weekend. I have vintage old gear.....original Mini Moog, Arp string ensenble...cut down Hammond B-3......stack of mid seventies MArshalls...souped up by my brother-in-law who is a guitar tech for Warrant, Poison and Winger.....when they tour. I have a 1972 Gibson Explorer, A Dean Star body, and a wicked ESP......built.....destroyed in my wilder times....rebuilt again :)

CG


We do alot of 1980`s Metal.....Maiden, Rainbow, UFO, Kansas, Whitesnake....etc.