How Many Musicians are On Board ?

I am studying music in college. I play the trumpet, as is required piano, and guitar. I jam with some friends for fun, nothing serious. I have never recorded anything, I mostly just learn songs of other artists, mostly metal(Priest,Metallica,Maiden,Megadeth). I play trumpet, so jazz and band music as well. 

Hello,

Are you a professional musician, semi-pro, wanna-be pro, or an at-home-messing-'round-in-my-

Definitely a messing around spare time player

Have you recorded your own compositions ? Got samples online ?

Not really a composer, love to improvise, no samples although I have recorded stuff that might be interesting.

What instrument(s) do you play ?

Mainly doing acoustic guitar and that's been my standard mode for many years, easy to pick up and put down.  I prefer classical as my fingers tend to corrode the smaller gauge strings of the standard steel string guitar.  Love to play synthesizer, too (an old Kawai  K1 at the moment).

What instrument(s) do you wish you could play ?

Violin or flute, never picked either of those up but I feel I could do something interesting if I tried. 

Do you play Prog or another type ?

Prog remains my favorite type, but since I'm primarily a dabbler and improviser, who knows what hell, I'm doing, I most certainly don't?

Are you a professional musician, semi-pro, wanna-be pro, or an at-home-messing-'round-in-my-spare-time player ?

i gues wanna-be pro. i'm working my way through high school (or some dutch form of it) to do a music education.

Have you recorded your own compositions ? Got samples online ?

actually, i have. right here: http://cllct.com/art/davidjonasse

i really gotta update it with newer stuff though.

What instrument(s) do you play ?

Bass guitar, Acoustic guitar

What instrument(s) do you wish you could play ?

i kinda like the drums, and i really need to get me an electric guitar, for the use of practise and better songmaking.

Do you play Prog or another type ?

sortof. my own stuff is basically improvied noise/post-rockish stuff, guess that could be called prog of a type. my compositions wiggle between prog and stoner/doom, so there ya go. my current band plays sludgy/thrashy/post-metalish folk metal, but i'm setting up a proggish powertrio right now.

I'm playing keyboards in an all instrumental blues band that's just going to play some live shows, maybe record one album but in a little while I'll be starting a band that's definitely progressive but wouldn't really be classified as progressive rock. Pur a prog keyboardist, blues guitarist and punk drummer/singer together and see what happens.

wrote: Are you a professional musician, semi-pro, wanna-be pro, or an at-home-messing-'round-in-my-spare-time player ? Have you recorded your own compositions ?  Got samples online ? What instrument(s) do you play ? What instrument(s) do you wish you could play ? Do you play Prog or another type ?

I recorded a cd titled Lighthouse Summer in 2004. The production is low-fi. It sold more in Hungary than other places. I believe it still might be on CD Baby I don't know. But it can be sampled there. ZNR Records carried it and Greg Walker on Synphonic music website has maybe 2 copies. Nick Tate reviewed it in Progression Magazine back in 2004. I guess it might have a Camel/Anthony Phillips style. I am not a singer/songwriter or a great composer. I am an idea person. If I worked with a prog unit I could contribute ideas mainly.

Cool thread, I'll have to browse through it when I have more time.

I started playing jazz piano a little less than a year ago, though I've had on and off past experience. Definitely a wanna-be pro, I've only been able to play with others a few chance times and its always given me a high nothing else can bring me. I'm working hard and taking any opportunity I can get now.

So far I know a few jazz standard tunes here and there, my proudest achievements so far are my own arrangement of Zappa's 'Blessed Relief' and I also taught myself the intro to Maneige's Mambo Chant by ear, that was a tough one . Currently working on writing some of my own stuff, and Chick Corea's Spain.

My goal right now is to get some jazz-fusion related project going, once I get the skill level up a bit more. Only issue is nobody seems to be into fusion anymore! I've got me some networking to do I guess.

Are you a professional musician, semi-pro, wanna-be pro, or an at-home-messing-'round-in-my-spare-time player ?
Musician - No
Producer - Yes
Sound engineer - Yes
Lyricist - Yes
CD Cover designer - Yes

Have you recorded your own compositions ?  Got samples online ?
Sort of, I've written many lyrics over the years. Some have made it to CD.

A Christmas song
http://mashmccanns.com/c%20mike.html

An eclectic prog VooDoo type piece
http://mashmccanns.com/mack%20escaping.html

A piece based on Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'
http://mashmccanns.com/mack%20old%20man.html

I'm currently working on what I hope will be a heavy progressive album based on Bram Stoker's Dracula
A sample Lyric...

Lord Of The Manor

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In a manor stately sitting, manor built of wood and stone

In the hills of Transylvania, lie remains of flesh and bone

In the halls of darkness where the evil grows, oows

 

Wakened by the call of hunger, hunger for the drink of life

Feeds upon a maiden fairest, takes the maiden not for wife

In the halls of darkness where the crimson flows, oows

 

One lord to rule them all, one lord enslaves them

One lord exerts his will, upon the fairest maiden

In the halls of darkness where the evil grows

In the halls of darkness where the evil grows, oows

 

(instrumental section with keyboard solo)

 

Self surrender of devotion, no emotion, burning eyes

Willing heart at once forsaken, taken now and left to die

In the halls of darkness where there are no souls, ools

What instrument(s) do you play ?
Air Drums

What instrument(s) do you wish you could play ?
Real Drums, Keyboards, Guitar...(all remaining instruments)

Do you play Prog or another type ?
I would certainly lean that way if I was in fact a musician, but more generally, rock music

hey Lukestark, thanks! This was when I was seventies years old. We were just a musicschoolband and we only played five songs I wrote. But don't worry. I'm busy with a pop/rock/hiphop project now (don't get scared, it's going to be OK), but I will make prog in the future as soon as I find the right people to make it with!