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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 16:35
Originally posted by OzzProg OzzProg wrote:

Mel Collins (especially on the Red album from King Crimson) made me decide to start renting a sax and taking lessons. A year or too later bought my own, and I jam up a prog storm when the time is right :)

I love the way that Prog inspires people to try out a whole range of different instruments . 

Most of us young 'uns nowadays just want to learn guitar because whats'isname from whichever band is popular at them moment can sort of play one ... and he's 'COOL' Smile
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Mel Collins (especially on the Red album from King Crimson) made me decide to start renting a sax and taking lessons. A year or too later bought my own, and I jam up a prog storm when the time is right :)
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Prog has definitely inspired me to pick up the axe, and has absolutely made it a lifelong hobby.

I've only been playing for a year but I play guitar and bass guitar, though I've taken a little unorthodox route for it.  I play an 8 string guitar and a fretless 5 string bass.  My biggest influences have been musicians like Tosin Abasi, Paul Masvidal, Misha Mansoor, John Petrucci, and other notable prog metal guitarists, and then bassist like Les Claypool, Jaco Pastorius, Geddy Lee.
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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 16:25
Originally posted by Nathaniel607 Nathaniel607 wrote:

Keyboards!

I'm not doing any prog yet... just doing Jazz to get my grades! Jazz is nice as well and comes into prog quite a lot, but a lot of prog is just rock to play! 

I guess I was inspired to do keyboards by just prog keys in general and maybe some jazz fusion (Return to Forever!) but also the composition aspect. 

It's the same with me. I mean, I love Jazz, and almost all Jazz-Influenced Prog is great (love Return To Forever),

On that note we seem to have an uncannily similar taste in music... LOL
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I had already played the piano for a number of years. It was Alex Lifeson / Rush that inspired me to learn guitar. I'd say he and David Gilmour are my main two influences.
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For me it was the other way around, I started playing guitar, saw a guitar world magazine featuring Dream Theater, and the rest is history!
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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 16:19
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

a bit off topic but what song are the lyrics in your signature from i know the words but can't remember what from and it is driving me crazy!!!

That would be 'Different Strings' by Rush ... Great song

OF COURSE! shame on me i even listened to permanent waves last week

And prog inspired me to take up keyboards recently my main influence probably being tony banks i am very slowly learning apocolypse in 9/8 and after a month on it i am about 40 seconds in. Well i'm sure i'll get there eventually

I've been thinking of trying my hand at a keyboard. At the moment I'm 'classically trained' but I really want to at least have a go.

What I wanted to know is whether when us Prog fans take up an instrument, unlike most people who will pick up a guitar and have a mess around with it once or twice, we dedicate ourselves to trying to become the best we possibly can, because most of our favourite musicians are such masters at their instruments.
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Keyboards!

I'm not doing any prog yet... just doing Jazz to get my grades! Jazz is nice as well and comes into prog quite a lot, but a lot of prog is just rock to play! 

I guess I was inspired to do keyboards by just prog keys in general and maybe some jazz fusion (Return to Forever!) but also the composition aspect. 
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Points: 5575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 16:10
Originally posted by JS19 JS19 wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

a bit off topic but what song are the lyrics in your signature from i know the words but can't remember what from and it is driving me crazy!!!

That would be 'Different Strings' by Rush ... Great song

OF COURSE! shame on me i even listened to permanent waves last week

And prog inspired me to take up keyboards recently my main influence probably being tony banks i am very slowly learning apocolypse in 9/8 and after a month on it i am about 40 seconds in. Well i'm sure i'll get there eventually
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Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

a bit off topic but what song are the lyrics in your signature from i know the words but can't remember what from and it is driving me crazy!!!

That would be 'Different Strings' by Rush ... Great song
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Points: 5575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 16:01
a bit off topic but what song are the lyrics in your signature from i know the words but can't remember what from and it is driving me crazy!!!
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Points: 1321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 24 2010 at 15:53
I was just wondering if anyone here's love of music has inspired them to play an instrument, and if so what instrument and who was your biggest influence?
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