Are You A Musician?

**Pineapple!** · 03-17-08, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by a weakling spaz

Originally Posted by KidWithTheFace

I love playing classic rock (anything from Beatles to Metallica)

You know you're getting old when people start referring to Metallica as classic rock.

I know what'cha mean, Spaz! Classic rock stations here started playing the songs of my childhood lately. Aww shit.

Originally Posted by jabberwock

Played the Guitar and Bass for about 15 years now, Banjo for the last 4

Jabberwock, that's pretty sick. I've been wanting to play the banjo. I have a sneaky suspicion that pairing the banjo with steel drums (another instrument I want to learn to play) might sound pretty sick.

**KidWithTheFace** · 03-17-08, 12:15 AM

Well I mean like...I play anywhere in between those...gah nevermind, fruit.

**Albemuth** · 03-17-08, 12:33 AM

I'll go I guess.....

Played the piano when I was younger for about 5 years or so....picked up the Trombone in middle school.....did well through out school and was offered full rides to the likes of Berklee and Oberlin..ended up going to Texas Tech and switched from Music to Business to become the corporate whore I am today. Along the way I havr toured across the united states in various orchestras, chamber groups, big bands, combo bands, and a handful of ska and afro/cuban type bands. Yes you can make ok bucks...but its HELL amount of work and there is not insurance. Plus it quickly turns into work...rather than an outlet My influences are from all over the map from classical, opera, jazz....to metal. Right out of school I was still able to gig a lot, but since moving to Houston 4 years ago and the Musician Unions they way there are in this town its too much damn work. I will still play at some open mic shit, or have some buddies over for a beer or 2, but haven't touched my horn in over 4 months...the longest stretch since about 92 or 91...OUCH.

**bryn0202** · 03-17-08, 12:45 AM

I've been playing accoustic guitar for longer than I like to think. When I was much younger, I used to play one man band gigs in any restaurant that would supply me a good bottle of wine and irish coffees to keep my voice in tune. But things change and, even though I don't play much these days, I play gospel music exclusively now and write quite a lot of original songs.

**texdirect6** · 03-17-08, 12:49 AM

I'm a percusionist and I have had some minor vocal training as well

**CanadianPersian** · 03-17-08, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by Pineapple!

I play guitar, only acoustic. I'm not sure if I've told this story here, probably have, but here's the way I got started: Coming home from a camping trip, my Dad spots a guitar case lying in a ditch off the highway. Inside was a perfect condition Yamaha acoustic, nothing elaborate, but an acoustic guitar in pristine condition, nonetheless. That thing stuck around my house forever, and finally, probably 8 years later, I finally picked it up and started playing. I still have that original guitar and have yet to buy a new one. Suits me fine. I've been playing for almost 3 years now.

I like to pick old country songs from my days as a child as well as play a little reggae/surf rock. You know, the upstrokes on the strings all the time as opposed to the down strokes! I'm still not that great, but I can play. And I can sing. I've thought about uploading one of my songs, but the recordings are all hella shitty.

Xplodr! (my bro) plays drums, been playin' em since he was in the 5th grade or so.

Canadian, having been in the punk phase, I'm surprised you didn't list Travis Barker as one of your fave drummers. Now I know some of you tard-o's are going to say Blink-182 isn't punk, but the old Blink....that was for sure as hell punk. I don't know how you could deny it. And that foo' rocks on the drumzees.

old blink was a different drummer...scott raynor

travis came in for enema of the state....and i really disslike him. he's really overrated/overhyped. but yeah, i used to like blink back in the day.

**CanadianPersian** · 03-17-08, 01:12 AM

hahha this is awesome we should have a ttp jam session! hahahaha i love every instrument mentioned...i wish i could play the piano and violin and bass!!! ouuuu i'm gonna get some synth's hopefully. fuck around with that.

**DuDDy** · 03-17-08, 01:18 AM

been playing some osort of musical instrument since i was 8. started piano, then trumpet now onto electric guitar. got me an Ibanez RG with custom pickups installed, the EMG Zakk Wylde set 81 bridge, 85 neck. so ya i play metal, and lots of it. currently im working on the wicker man by iron maiden and seasons in the abyss by slayer. playing for my buddies band in a month, so i gotta learn these songs.

**Kraker Jak** · 03-17-08, 02:46 AM

Lol, funny you should ask...haha

Iam probly the only musican here that plays music for a living.....full time

Thats all i do....lol...100% Rockstar

I have been playin guitar for about 12 years. My band and primary music is Country/Southern Rock. Check us out and add us @ myspace.com/rivercounty or www.rivercountymusic.com. We just finished our First National Release, entitled "Rockin The Country", and are setting up our US Tour Right now. We just finished a 2 week tour in china in january, which was awesome!!! Check out our music video shot live in china by China Mtv on our myspace page. Music is really life for me, and iam so blessed to play it everyday!!

My Influences as guitar players would be (and are not limited to this list...these are just off the top of my head...keepin it short) Gary Rossington, Allan Collins, Steve Gains (all of lynyrd skynyrd), Braid Paisley, Brent Mason, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Ricky Medlock, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Dicky Betts, Warren Haynes...and MANY MANY OTHERS

MY GEAR

Own 4 Tele's, 1972 Vintage Hollowbody, 1989 American Standard (vint. snbrst), 2003 American Nashville w/ B Bender, and a Joe Strummer (of the Clash) Signature

Also own a Gibson Custom Shop 1960 VOS Les Paul

Own an SKB55 Pedal Board, with Boss TU2, GE7, BD2, Ibanez Tub Screamer 909, Marshall EchoDrive Delay, Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, and Crybaby Wah.

Wireless Unit is a Sennheiser G2 Wireless

Amp is a 2x12 1965 Fender Twin Reverb (reissue) Miced with a Sennheiser 606

Use a G7th Capo, and Glass Bottel Neck Slide, string with D'Addario 10's on ALL guitars.

Some Pictures

Nashville w/ B Bender
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Custom Shop Gibson
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72 Vintage Hollow Body
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'89 American Standard

The Boyz In China

-Kraker Jak