Greetings (from wisconsin)
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Topic: Greetings (from wisconsin)
Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Subject: Greetings (from wisconsin)
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 23:47
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Hello everyone, y'all seem like a friendly crowd. Anyway here’s my intro... Ever since I was a little toddler, I’ve been fascinated with music. When I made it to 5th grade, I started on the tuba (which is a very fine instrument). In middle school, I developed an interest in rock music (though at that time, I had little knowledge of what "good" (intelligent) music was). In addition to the tuba, I began to take guitar lessons with an instructor by the name of Chris Walczak, who is also the Vocalist for a local progressive rock band called http://www.outlander1.com/ - Outlander. He recommended that I try listening to Tool. After I got that first Tool cd (Enima), all of my other music just seemed boring after that. I knew Tool couldn’t be the only band on this god-forsaken rock that played with the complexity Mozart or Bach, so I began to search for more. I came across bands like Opeth, and Dream Theater. In a short while, I became fully immersed in the world of progressive rock/metal. At the same time, I found Tool’s sister band, "A Perfect Circle." What amazes me about Tool and APC is that their singer (Maynard James Keenan) is almost a mirror image of myself in terms of personality and beliefs. In high school (my sophomore year), I (and my Tuba) also began to explore the bizarre world of Jazz. We started a Jazz Fusion/Bebop band last year (again, my sophomore year). We’ve been performing for a while, but we still have no name. I eventually hope to start a band that combines both the elements of progressive metal, and jazz. That’s all, I hope I didn’t bore anyone. |
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 01:34
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Welcome, I play the French Horn myself!!!! Brass players unite!!!! I also like jazz fusion. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Date Posted: August 24 2005 at 22:47
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Excellent! Brass instruments are really under-rated these days - it's always strings that people pay attention to. Our brass band played a jazz version of Tool's "Schizm" (of course being the Tuba player, I got the hard part). How long have you been playing? I'm on my 7th year currently.
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We've played it remarkably well however.Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: September 01 2005 at 17:13
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Hey Toob, where in WisCANsin do you live? I lived in Monroe for two years myself, then Madison for three.
Beautiful state, Wisconsin...one of my favorite places. 
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Posted By: Toob-Wurm
Date Posted: September 05 2005 at 14:48
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Thanks Ben, I live in Madison. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: September 06 2005 at 14:02
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Welcome. Great to have Wisconsin and tubas represented here. What kind of fusion or jazz rock bands have you been listening too?
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
