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    Posted: November 03 2007 at 18:21
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2007 at 17:31
My brother and the duo James Hetfield/Kirk Hammett.

more specifically, it was my brother playing metallica(if I remember correctly)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 21:30
For some random reason about 5 years ago all my friends decided to buy guitars. Not wanting to be left out, I decided to get one as well.

Im still playing, but I think they all gave up after a few months  LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2007 at 10:52
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 10:31
well, ludwig van beethoven made me want to start playing piano in the first place, but it was jordan rudess mainly that got me to start playing prog, as well as playing outside of classical in the first place.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2007 at 15:21
One of my biggest inspirations is Jerry Garcia. I know i'll probably never play like he did, but whenever i listen to the Grateful Dead, i think to myself "That's how a guitar should be played".

Funny anecdote: i initially made a typo writing that aboce sentence, i misspelt "how" as "howe". Coincidence? I think not... :)

'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2007 at 15:01
I started playing the drums becuase of porcupine trees stupid dream album, the first album I was ever really obsessed with.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2007 at 14:56
David Gilmour and Alex Lifeson.  The way they brought music out of their guitars floored me, and i got an acoustic guitar for my birthday and havent looked back.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:36
Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

It was like this.

MOM: Stop playing video games.
JOSH: Naw dawg
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: DRUM LESSONS'd.


Yesterday in the Shakespeare household:
Mom: I'm gonna kill either you, myself, or both if you don't STOP PLAYING THOSE f**kING DRUMS I HAVE THE WORST HEADACHE EVER
Josh: Naw dawg
Mom: Do it.
Josh. Naw
Mom. Do It
Josh:Naw
Mom: Halo 3'd. 


She don't got the dough to buy me a 360 and Halo 3.

But anyway, she lost, she's dead now. and then I cried :

" OH I AM FORTUNE'S FOOL! "
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:30
Randy Rhoads on Diary...  I knew I had to play


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:27
Originally posted by Shakespeare Shakespeare wrote:

It was like this.

MOM: Stop playing video games.
JOSH: Naw dawg
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: DRUM LESSONS'd.


Yesterday in the Shakespeare household:
Mom: I'm gonna kill either you, myself, or both if you don't STOP PLAYING THOSE f**kING DRUMS I HAVE THE WORST HEADACHE EVER
Josh: Naw dawg
Mom: Do it.
Josh. Naw
Mom. Do It
Josh:Naw
Mom: Halo 3'd. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:21
It was like this.

MOM: Stop playing video games.
JOSH: Naw dawg
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: Doit.
JOSH: Naw.
MOM: DRUM LESSONS'd.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:19
Why would a parent force their child to pick up drums?  That's nothing short of masochistic.  

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:11
My mom.
She made me do it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2007 at 00:07
probably Syd Barrett. I was about 12, this was before I discovered the prog giants, still BBarrett really inspired me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 29 2007 at 23:50
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by staunchally staunchally wrote:

 
You may be a great player but telling people how good you are on a forum is very bad form. Take some advice from an old timer.


exactly I couldn't agree more....  for example I am a fabulous player ..I can play damn near anything after 1 or 2 listens but I'd never think of telling people about and carrying on about it.  Bad form indeed LOL


Your modesty never ceases to astound me. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 23:53
Originally posted by staunchally staunchally wrote:

 
You may be a great player but telling people how good you are on a forum is very bad form. Take some advice from an old timer.


exactly I couldn't agree more....  for example I am a fabulous player ..I can play damn near anything after 1 or 2 listens but I'd never think of telling people about and carrying on about it.  Bad form indeed LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2007 at 23:49
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

The first time I heard the MASTER drumming in "Master (sic!) Builder" I decided to learn to play drums myself. Moerlen's drumming on "You" is unsurpassed by any drummer, and "Master Builder" simply blows you away.


for all you go on about it... I should bite the bullit and take a listen.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 17 2007 at 23:32
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2007 at 11:59
Originally posted by The Lost Chord The Lost Chord wrote:

Originally posted by Kleynan Kleynan wrote:

Originally posted by The Lost Chord The Lost Chord wrote:

Been a piano fiend since before I even listend to prog, Tony Banks and Mike Pinder inspired me to write prog music and play like a prog master.
 

I have recently started to get into guitar as a real instrument for me, and this is because of almost all prog guitarists that I love, especially Steve Hackett and Robert Fripp.

 

I picked up the flute about 5 months ago and got real good real quick, thanks to my vast knowledge of music because of piano and prog.  This was taken up by me because of Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull and how much they kick ass.

 

I play drums now as well thanks to Bill Bruford and the classic Buddy Rich, and my dad[IMG]height=17 alt=Clap src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley32.gif" width=18 align=absMiddle>!!

 

I am taking up as many instruments as possible once i get outta college, though.

 

The SITAR is next and thats thanks to some stuff my The Moody Blues and Strawbs (Fingertips)! Beautiful!


I borrowed a flute from a girl I know and got some information about how to play on the internet. Then I learned that ingenious flute-playing by Latimer in Camels' "Spirit of the Water". I'm thinking about starting to play. I just need to practice some more guitar first.
    
 
Yeah, i know that one, Camel were amazing, although I do prefer bardens on piano alone without the flute on that one, much more moving considering hes gone...
 
After a few months i can blast out any ian anderson solo practically, its really not all that hard, getting the tongue roll through the flute was difficult at first, because I just wanted to be good so quick.
 
But after about 5 months, I am better than all of my teachers, and all the kids in jazz band and orchestra.
 
Prog just owns everything.
 
You may be a great player but telling people how good you are on a forum is very bad form. Take some advice from an old timer.
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