So, what instruments do you play?

2011-02-04 08:18:08

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5919|College Park, MD

Did a search, no recent threads on this, figured I'd start a new one.

I'm learning the bass. I'm not taking formal lessons but I found something online that looks good for the basics at least. I'm also just looking up tabs and trying to work them out, it's pretty fun.

Used to play electric guitar but that never really went anywhere, and I also used to play violin.

How about you guys?

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2011-02-04 08:21:18

#2

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5606|Fuck this.

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2011-02-04 08:25:12

#3

El Beardo: steel woolly mammoth; +150|5937|Gulf Coast

bass

Important

2011-02-04 08:26:58

#4

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5396|Sydney

El Beardo wrote:
bass

2011-02-04 08:28:50

#5

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5396|Sydney

Also, if you're new (and also not new) this site is great for some extra learning - http://www.studybass.com/

Fretboard printer is particularly usefull

2011-02-04 09:03:26

#6

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5919|College Park, MD

Yep that's the site I was talking about

2011-02-04 09:09:48

#7

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5396|Sydney

This one is huge and there's more to say about it than I can post - http://www.talkbass.com/

2011-02-04 10:15:01

#8

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6782|Area 51

ROGUEDD wrote:
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Best instrument evar.

2011-02-04 12:41:09

#9

Pochsy: Artifice of Eternity; +702|5760|Toronto

RDMC wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/29 … 1276434954
Best instrument evar.

wrong.

https://www.aues21.dsl.pipex.com/images/plaasticKazoo.jpg

I'm awesome in f minor.

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2011-02-04 13:12:29

#10

Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6755|Long Island, New York

Baritone horn

First chair for 6 years. lolol

2011-02-18 08:02:53

#11

JahManRed: wank; +646|6845|IRELAND

Drums, percussion & Tin Whistle.

After the drums, obviously! The bass is the coolest instrument on stage. Bass & drums provide the backbone to everyband. When I look out and see a couple of people or a couple of hundred dancing to our music, its the bass & drums the crowd follow. The drums provide the beat, the bass the groove. Something very powerful in making people move on a dancefloor, lifting them up and down, teasing them, making them freekout.

2011-02-18 08:34:15

#12

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5396|Sydney

A drum teacher I played gigs with, learnt from and eventually tutored students alongside with would say to young guitarists "Do you know what you are? You're a hood ornament. The real band is the rhythm section".

2011-02-18 09:44:04

#13

Microwave: _; +515|6872|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

Piano

2011-02-18 10:06:29

#14

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5185|Dundee, Scotland.

Bass and guitar

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-02-18 10:39:19

#15

Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6691|6 6 4 oh, I forget

El Beardo wrote:
bass

Tried this for a while. It was something like; bumm bumm bumm whoops. bumm bummm bum bummm whoops.

I managed to learn 2 songs before I got bored on picking the strings alone in my flat. KoRn - Blind and Rammstein - Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen.

Also I had a couple Technics SL-1200 turntables and the mixer for playing groovy hard house but that prolly don't count as instrument in this case.

God I miss those turntables Had great fun with them.

2011-02-18 22:50:38

#16

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6818|132 and Bush

played the piano for years and years.. but it's been so long

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-02-27 00:14:10

#17

eskimo_sammyjoe: Did someone say tea?; +112|6452|S.A. Australia

Drums and I just recently started up with guitar...I can currently play only power chords which means I can play pretty much every Green Day song ever, which is handy to do around easily impressed people

Serious Flex

2011-02-27 00:28:39

#18

-MetaL*: Sup guies; +157|5851|Southern California

Synth and drum machine.

2011-03-02 06:12:07

#19

[HOF]Mercenary: o_O; +53|6396

I play Viola and Electric Guitar. Here is a short video of my brother and I improving while bored. Nothing planned/composed ahead of time.
[video] http://vimeo.com/20543946 [/video]

2011-03-02 06:22:09

#20

El Beardo: steel woolly mammoth; +150|5937|Gulf Coast

Pochsy wrote:
RDMC wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/29 … 1276434954
Best instrument evar.
wrong.

http://www.aues21.dsl.pipex.com/images/ … cKazoo.jpg

I'm awesome in f minor.

Close but not quite. Behold...

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/35079/EM393.jpg

the nose whistle.

Important

2011-03-03 03:08:50

#21

JahManRed: wank; +646|6845|IRELAND

eskimo_sammyjoe wrote:
Drums and I just recently started up with guitar...I can currently play only power chords which means I can play pretty much every Green Day song ever, which is handy to do around easily impressed people

Good move. I have been playing drums for 18 years and 2 things held me back from getting studio work. I have the skills but I cant read music or play a guitar or piano. If you can do either then you have a much better chance or understanding the artist you are trying to accompany if you understand the structure musically.
Another thing is take singing lessons. I have lost loads of session work over the years to less competent drummers who could sing. So if the drumming wasn't too demanding but they require backing vox then a lesser drummer would get the job if the drumming isn't too taxing.
Also take lessons. I have only started now after 18 years and I wish I had from day one as I have taught myself some really bad habits which have also held me back. Ive tried a few videos over the years. But the JoJo Mayer "secret weapons for a modern drummer" is the best DVD I have seen. Well worth getting if you serious about drumming. Plus JoJo is just amazing, but humble with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU3ZNaavXr4

2011-03-03 22:01:18

#22

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6892|Canberra, AUS

Piano. Decent standard.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2011-03-03 22:24:35

#23

Little BaBy JESUS: m8; +394|6366|'straya

I've played the Drums for almost 10 years now (was taught by various pro's). Got up to a pretty good standard and have played in a shitload of bands playing Jazz, Latin, Classical, Metal (Progressive/Death), Punk, Rock and most recently Military Drum Corps. Unfortunately I can't have my kit (Which I have sunk over $10,000 into) on campus so I don't get to play as much any more

I also play Guitar, but was taught by my brother/am self taught so I am not so great at it

2011-04-25 17:05:48

#24

Kurazoo: Pheasant Plucker; +440|6902|West Yorkshire, U.K

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