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Barry the hat we made experimental music using a mini moog and two revox a77 reel to reel's we would also record things like rolling Marbles down drain pipes with Mic stuck up it, we also use to do a lot of tape splicing and then randomly put them back together,  from there i started playing Guitar and have been in Many Bands since ranging from Punk Noise ( the f**king b*****d t**ts )  to Rock and Blues Bands , to Solo Folk type stuff aka Roy Harper, Nick Drake Etc etc which is what i do Mostly now , but i still have my old Mini Moog and Jenn Synths  , and i am currently in the middle of Building yet another studio for myself to Play around in.
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I have been playing violin for 6 years and bass for about a year and a half now. I'm in a prog metal band now and we will be recording a demo in the next few months.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=336065454

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

AlbertMond wrote: Are you a professional musician, semi-pro, wanna-be pro, or an at-home-messing-'round-in-my-spare-time player? At home messing around. Have you recorded your own compositions? Released two terrible albums, along with a lot of songs online.  Got samples online? http://jignarania.com/antspeen.mp3 http://jignarania.com/youtubeians.mp3 What instrument(s) do you play? Guitar, Percussion (boxes and other objects), Keyboard, Harmonica, and voice. What instrument(s) do you wish you could play? I'm pretty happy with what I already suck at. Do you play Prog or another type? I play pretty much whatever I feel like playing, Metal, Prog, Avant-Garde, Hip-Hop, Pop. Anything I can defile.

I'm an at home messing around improviser that likes to play acoustic guitar, synthesizer, and electric guitar.  In other words, I play with myself.

jplanet wrote: Have you recorded your own compositions ?  Got samples online ? Yes, at http://www.shadowcircusmusic.com/audio

Well, Im 16, and I play classical piano, including competitions at University of Maryland. I also have a "studio" in my basement and i record post rock style music. I play keys, guitar, sax, and perc.

I play piano and synth.

I am playing in an amateur band, non - prog, playing rock, blues, reggae, gospel etc.

Further on, as far as prog concerned: a keyboardist and a drummer are waiting for me to compose some stuff, which I did before, for an experimental dual keyboards / drums setting.

All amateur stuff. It's still nice though.

I'm a classical pianist and a semi-pro session keys player

Negoba wrote: It's not braggin if you're just telling the truth. I consider myself an amateur (somewhere between hobbyist and semi-pro) guitarist that also plays keys, bass, brass, depending what a band needs. My full time music days are behind me but I did have a nice gig with a group of older, small time but pro guys doing classic rock a few years ago, we did a CD of originals that sold a couple hundred copies. I slipped in exactly one bridge (maybe 45 seconds) of material that would be remotely considered prog, though I did get two of my alternate tuning pieces in.   I did learn how hard it is to be a pro musician. Bar owners wanting to stiff you because of a low crowd on the opening night of another venue, 4 hours gigs, memorizing lots of new material in short time, and of course schlepping actual pro gear around....it's amazingly like real work. Still, there were moments on stage I'll never forget.   Here's the one song with just a sip of prog in with the folk/classic rock. I'm bass, all guitars, and background vox on this one.   http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=524742&songID=3791539

You played in the pro scene, nice stuff
It's a very very cruel and gruelling world out there as a pro musician. A lot of guys I've spoken too deeply regret going into the pro music world because of how tough and straining it can be emotionally and of course, financially.
So it's no surprise a lot of pro guys still have day jobs, teach guitar/bass/drums/keyboards on the side to make sure they get dinner to eat and a place to sleep.
I'm honestly really put off from ever trying to make it as a pro musician in a band or solo artist as amazing as it would be to make it doing that stuff, because unless you're got that know how and unless you're in the right place at the right time, you could get screwed pretty quick and dig yourself into a big hole.

I'm 15 in a couple of weeks. I play mostly guitar and keyboards and I sing. I have made some recordings at my school where I also play bass and drums. I consider myself quite good with the instruments, but knowing my age, it's not surprising my vocals don't quite equal to those of Peter Gabriel.