Do you play in a band?

Prog_Bassist wrote: And Bass may be somewhat easy to learn, if you play easy, simple rock or punk music, but it's really really hard to get good at.

funk bass is maddening. And i personally cant accomplish much other than rhythm and some wierd makeshift distortion. it depends on where you want to take your bass.

I, unfortunately, do not have a band at all. I don't have an instrument to play anymore. I did play the guitar, although I'm nothing near Steve Howe or Steve Hackett or Al DiMeola or any other great guitarist. I used to have a beautiful cherry sunburst Les Paul and a Marshall amp and a person who I thought was my best friend, stole them from me and sold them for drugs 4 years ago. Someone had already bought my amp but I got my guitar back and it's pretty much dead. Very sad. I'm trying to invest in a new one shortly. I play left handed and also play drums left-handed as well, like Phil Collins does. I do not own a drumkit, but I have played on one before. My vocals are nowhere near perfect but I sing a hell of a lot better then William Hung. If you don't who he is, you don't want to know anyway. I've been getting fascinated by the technology of collaborating with musicians online. I can see it as being the future of music. I have an mp3 of a guitar instrumental called "Sun" on the IUMA site. http://jcreasey.iuma.com

It's not the greatest, but it was an idea at the time. I recorded it using a microphone and CREATIVE recorder on my old computer back in June of 2000. Check it out if you want.

Yes in a band. Were called Flammable Titan.

Band Members:
 Me- Drums, percussion, and vocals
 Jason- Keyboards, Piano and vocals
 Ryan- Guitar and vocals
 Paul- Trumpet, flute, acustic guitar(what he can play of it) and sax
 Tom- Violin, sax, and percussion
 Chris- Bass, bassoon, percussion, and vocals

We play prog, swing, and occasionly jazz. We've written several pieces all of which we can play pretty good. Really musch more of a prog band though. We have also done a few covers of KC, JT, and (attempted) GG.

Punk is starting to fade....it's just a matter of time and tastes. When prog got too big in the 70's, punk came and everyone openly hated prog. Punk'll last forever, as long as there are bands who can't play too well. But as punk bands and other rock bands continue, they'll start experimenting, and eventually re-inventing prog. Most people now don't know prog exists, and the punks don't really know either, so inevitably it will regain some sort of hold (as it already has begun to, somewhat). Also, with the rise of XM satellite radio, prog will be played more and people will get chances to hear it. "Studio Lab" and "Deep Tracks" on XM already play a lot of prog (esp. Studio Lab), and if XM becomes mainstream and people discover stations like those, prog will be easier to find. Right now, the only way to get into it is thru Pink Floyd or some of the more open bands. But that should soon change...

....maybe.

Anyway, I play bass and can play all of part one of "Thick as a Brick" and the first 6 minutes of "Gates of Delirium". I also played piano for 2 years when I was 7 or so and can read music fairly well. If I relearn the piano (not that hard) and learn electric guitar (harder, but not too hard given I already have calusses), then I could easily be a one-man band! (not that I'd want to, it'd just be useful for conveying ideas if I can play all instruments)

I play bass in a band, yes, the problem being that the rest of the band exists only in my head.