who made you pick up that instrument

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.

Sad to admit it, but I picked up bass because I liked Roger Waters' lyrics. He played bass, and I thought, "bass is the ultimate slackers' instrument - I can be in a band, write lyrics, and sing without actually having to be a musician - all I have to do is play bass! and it's so easy too!". But at the time I only really liked Pink Floyd (obviously) and The Wall. About two months into learning I introduced myself to Yes (through this site!) and other prog, and became more interested in music, solely for musics' sake (as opposed to being a vehicle for lyrics). So, without thinking really, I strived for a more complex style of bass playing (inspired by Chris Squire). This shows by the fact that after I complete the bass primer book, the very first song I took on was the entirety of Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick Pt. 1"...and I mastered it only 8 months after I picked up bass! So really, while I stand by the statement that bass is for slackers, it is so underrated because too often it is left in the hands of non-musicians. So really my goal now is to prove the bass can be utilized melodically - much like my heroes Chris Squire of Yes and Rockette Morton of the Magic Band set out to do.

I picked up bass very nonchalantly back in 5th grade for our school's classical orchestra thing, but took to it like a duck to water. Now it's the most important thing in my life.

fungusucantkill wrote: what band gives you chills what musician made you realize I definetly have to start getting into this my first prog listen was YYZ by Rush, i wasn't influenced much by it. I enjoyed it. But then i picked up Yes "Fragile" and I listened to roundabout i had to pick up prog bass wahts yours?

capitalist wrote: When I was about 9 years old, 1979...I watched an ABBA concert on TV. and I wanted to play keys. how embarrassing is that.

Not as embarassing as me...back in my "follow the crowd" phase when I had just started listening to music, then I wanted to play every "punk" song that there was. Trouble was, I realized quickly that they were all incredibly easy. Then I bought "...And Justice For All" and it totally blew me away. So, in essence it was Metallica who made me want to start taking guitar seriously, but it wasn't until Dream Theater that I really decided that I needed to get more technically proficient. And after I bought "Wish You Were Here" (relatively recently after I got Octavarium, my first DT album) I found that I wanted to play like Gilmour as well.

Teaflax wrote: Well, okay (are you the only mod around, Tony?), even though this thread has been knocking around the Prog Lounge since May 13th - but why on earth was the other thread moved?

If it slips off page one then it isnt a thread that is likely to be in the "eye of the storm." If,however,someone had posted that they started to play guitar after listening to AOR Radio Stations.....

Teaflax wrote: So, explain to me how this thread is still in the Prog Lounge while the Prog/Non Prog thread that is specifically about Prog music has been moved to the Non-Music Prog section.

Ok.
1am - 8 am: sleep
8am: get up out of bed
8.05 am: have wash etc
8.15 am Have coffee and breakfast
8.30am: go to work
18.15:return from work

I guess in Ozzy's case, it was probably Satan.

When I was six my father came to me and said: "You have to learn piano". So I went and did. Very bad. Classical stuff. My female teacher was an opera singer with huge lungs. For 10 years I followed her lessons. With 16 I gave up. Then I started fingering on the piano trying to play SANTANA. - Then I lost my interest. - 6 years later after study I bought out of the blue a Roland 100 Synthie System with patch cables and all that accessories for a very big chunk of money. It was a mono instrument. - From that moment on I was into music - thinking of Rick Wakeman and players like him. I learned drums, a bit guitar, bass, trumpet, flute, harmonica. Now I find myself composing in my freetime on MIDI just for fun. - Needles to say that I appreciate very much that my daddy once came and said: "You have to learn piano". I was not keen at all those days. And he was severe man.