Actual musicians

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Edited by R o V e R

chopper wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Played drums once, my band even had a proggish, Rushlike "epic"..wot I wrote........ok co wrote. It was about an evil wizard, a victimised populace and a trapped army in a valley. I didn't know you were a songwriter Snowy. Does this epic exist in MP3 format for us all to hear then?

Fortunately not!

I started playing piano at the age of 9, so it's been 11 years now.

I've played classical recitals, participated in school jazz bands, Jazz jam nights in local jazz clubs.

Currently I'm a keyboardist in a prog rock band Half Past Four. We played quite a few shows in our hometown Toronto as well as Montreal, Chicago, and Detroit.  Got some rehearsal-studio-off-the-floor and live concert mp3s on www.halfpastfour.com. Currently preparing to record a demo with our digi001 and protools.

 

Listening now....not bad at all!!

BebieM wrote: I've been playing the oboe for about 6 years now, and also started playing tenor sax this year. Obviously that doesn't make me an actual musician, but I do know how to play some stuff.

I'm playing in a "teenager" rock/metal band. I've been playing drums for 2 years and have this band for 2 months.

You can find samples in: http://www.soundclick.com/shatteredsanity (please dont throw rocks)

I'm slowly convincing the other members to play more prog stuff and we 're gonna try Prison Sex from Tool and Windowpane from Opeth

Played drums once, my band even had a proggish, Rushlike "epic"..wot I wrote........ok co wrote.

It was about an evil wizard, a victimised populace and a trapped army in a valley.

Started playing bassoon at age 13 and took part in the wind ensemble at my high school until I was 18, while playing trumpet in the marching band and guitar in the jazz band.  I took a college level music theory class in high schoo, got a 5 on the AP test, and learned how to compose music based on Bach's chord structures.  I still play guitar, keyboard, and bass, and I make music on my computer in my spare time, but do not play in a band because I'm a college student and don't have time for a full-time band committment, (and because if I did form a band I know I would be distracted from my studies)  I know how to read music, and know how to compose rock and classical music using my keyboard and Reason.  Whether that qualifies me as an "actual musician" is up to interpretation.   

Okay, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask how many of you are actualy musicians.

 Without getting into full on resumes, I'll start by saying I started drum lessons when I was nine years old (I'm a drummer). In the late seventies (high school years) I played in a prog/fusion band that covered Cobham, Dixie Dregs, King Crimson, Lenny White, Zappa, Captain Beyond, and wrote original tunes. I've played in college jazz band, concert band, marching band and orchestra. I've performed in several community theater productions, as well as reggae bands and jazz bands. I have had articles on round, canon, and fugue for drumset published by an academic society, as well as an article on music pedagogy for primary learners. I have recently begun studyiing Chapman Stick and tabla. I have a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from a U.S. university and I graduated summa cum laude. I am an active teacher and performer in my community.

I have never recorded a CD. I don't have a band you've ever heard of. I've never played with anyone you've ever heard of. No, you've never heard of me.

II'm not trying to brag, I just want to get an idea of who I'm talking to on this forum and what level of musical/artistic experience I'm dealing with on this forum.