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Bass guitar, influences: John Wetton, Jack Bruce, Tony Levin & Geddy Lee.
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Keyboards:

Ken Hensley
Jon Lord
Ray Manzarek

Bass:

Paul McCartney
Ashley Hutchings
Martin Turner

Not really very prog, eh?
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I play a Fender.  Guitarist Influeneces:  cat Stevens, Adrian Belew,

 

Lyricist: Peter Gabriel



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I play guitar. Influences on how i play. in order

  1. JOHN PETRUCCI
  2. Paul GIlbert
  3. Eric Johnson
  4. Al Di Meola

 

Other just musical influences(Guitarists no particular order)

  • David Gilmour
  • Eric Clapton
  • BB King
  • Chuck Berry
  • Larry Carlton
  • Pat Martino
  • Steve Rothery
  • Steve Howe
  • Srv
  • Andrew Latimer
  • Carlos Santana( he's the reason why I even started playing)

Non Guitarist Influences. no particular order

  • Bela Fleck(Banjo)
  • Rick Wakeman(Keyboard)
  • Chris Thile(Mandolin)
  • Jordan Rudess(Keyboard)
  • Jeff Coffin(Saxophone)
  • Andy Narell(Steel Pan)
  • Victor Wooten(Bass)

Bands Influences(top 5 in order)

  • Dream Theater
  • Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
  • Camel
  • Yes
  • Anglagard

Sorry for the long post



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percussion

no influences

guitar

my friend, john petrucci, robert fripp
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bass:geddy lee, john paul jones,kristopher gildenlow

i want ti start playing flute.i love ian anderson
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piano: for long introspect, minimalist contemporary pieces (Charlemagne Palestine...), also classical Russian music (Rachmaninov...)

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Guitar and Guitar

Guitar Influences:
Gilmour, Hackett, Pat Metheny

Bass Influences:
Paul McCartney, Geddy Lee, Colin Edwin
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Acoustic guitar (I mostly play in fingerstyle)

influences: LEO KOTTKE, JORMA KAUKONEN, TOMMY EMMANUEL, FRANCO MORONE



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Guitar:

Gary Green

Keyboard:

Just started to play Keyboard, so I can't say I had any influences there...

Xylophone:

Gentle Giant

Digeridoo:

Hm, good question...

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Oboe: no one really
Sax: Mel Collins, John Coltrane
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Guitar

Petrucci

Gilmour

Vai

Satriani

Jeff Beck
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guitar, bass, drums, keys, cello, mandolin, banjo, violin, viola, double bass, bouzouki
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Lord Qwerty proclaims his proficiencies on:

Bass guitar as influenced by John Entwhistle

Electric guitar as influenced by Robert Fripp

Acoustic guitar as influenced by Nick Drake

Lead guitar as influenced George Harrison

Rhythm guitar as influenced by Keith Richards and Pete Townshend

Vocals and piano as influenced by Paul McCartney

Electric keyboards as influenced by Brian Eno

Tenor saxophone as influenced by John Coltrane

Trumpet as influenced by Miles Davis

Drums as influenced by Bill Bruford
Lord Qwerty is remarkably pretentious.
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Originally posted by Trotsky Trotsky wrote:

Keyboards:

Ken Hensley
Jon Lord
Ray Manzarek

Bass:

Paul McCartney
Ashley Hutchings
Martin Turner

Not really very prog, eh?



Trotsky!

I play a 1971 Hammond L122 (through a Leslie 145, of course!), influences - see above and add:

Charles Earland
Dave Greenslade
Hugh Banton

BTW - nice to see Ashley Hutchings get a namecheck for bass guitar...

Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Points: 65 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2006 at 11:49
Originally posted by The Lost Chord The Lost Chord wrote:

WHat instruments do you guys play and who are your biggest influences?

Piano/Keyboards:  Bach, Debussy, Chopin, Chick Corea, Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Patrick Moraz, Jordan Rudess.

Guitar:  Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Steve Howe, Joe Satriani, Andres Segovia, Issei Noro.

Bass:  Stanley Clarke, Geddy Lee, Dondi Ledesma.

Drums:  Bill Bruford, Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy, Akira Jimbo.
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2006 at 14:19

Piano and synth. Influences: Tony Banks and Thijs van Leer especially.

I'm learning to play the acoustic guitar. V-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y

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Guitar, Cello, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Voice, E-Bass, Sitar, Recorder

Influences : All good Bands, the body´s drugs and real ones.
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Points: 233 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 14 2006 at 22:21
Drums... Graduated in yamaha...

Taking lessons for guitar now... Lol.. Still a noob to it...

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