Do You Play an Instrument/Sing?
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Topic: Do You Play an Instrument/Sing?
Posted By: hegelec
Subject: Do You Play an Instrument/Sing?
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:25
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This is something of a bizzare thread; I'm not sure where to put it . . . I've always wondered how many prog fans are musicians themselves and what they play. The stereotype of the Prog world is that we are all cape-wearing keyboardists who studied musicology with the Royal Conservatory, but I'm sure this is not the case. So, I pose the questions: Do you play an instrument/sing? If you play an instrument, which one? Have you received training? How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? What are your favourite songs to play? ------------- Cheers! |
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Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:27
I sang  in a band called TradeWinds  that was lots of hair ago ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: hegelec
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:28
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were you prog? ------------- Cheers! |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:29
Yep/Nope
An amplified bass quitar (also little keyboards and guitar...)
Some involuntary piano lessons as a kid
Twice a week normally, sometimes more often or less! |
hegelec wrote:
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:31
we were METAL
maybe prog metal ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: hegelec
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:31
Fun! Who do you look up to as a bassist? ------------- Cheers! |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:32
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I play the bass guitar and a bit of six string. I have been known to do
a bit of backing vocals as well, even lead sometimes if the usual
singer doesn't turn up. I've never had a guitar lesson and I've never played in a real prog band, although the first band I was in played a couple of Rush numbers. |
Posted By: hegelec
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:33
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Great name, BTW ------------- Cheers! |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:34
Thanks,i thought so too ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:34
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Well, I play both French Horn and Piano, but have played Trumpet and
Drums as well as many others. Right now, I am receiving training
in college for horn because I taught myself to play and am now
receiving professional lessons as a college course. I took piano
lessons for a while, but quit a couple of years ago because I was happy
where I was at and have taught myself how to play more difficult
compositions ever since. I never have actually played prog music
though.
------------- "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: hegelec
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:36
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French Horn, eh? Good choice! So do play mostly Classical or Jazz? ------------- Cheers! |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:38
Classical, but I have played jazz trumpet before ------------- "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: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:45
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I play drums for 6 years now, and play in a rockband called ProzaQ. http://www.prozaqband.com - www.prozaqband.com I have 4 grades in drumming and 1 grade in keyboard as well. Sometimes I play with friends in a band called 'Phoenix Project'. We've played 'Fanfare For The Common Man' some time ago. I study jazz at home now. Terrific stuff! Like it a lot.
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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:47
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Jack John Papa Bear |
Posted By: dawsdani
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:48
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Im in a band and we play quite funky, ska style music but i try to
bring a proggy edge with my guitar as often as i can, So does our bass
player, We're both big prog fans. I play the guitar and the mandolin in the band. I've started to play the flute but we have'nt worked it into a song yet. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dawsdani/?chartstyle=Namostylewoborder"> 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:50
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Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:57
I play guitar, and bass pretty efficiently and I'm trying to get the keyboard and drums down. Like everyone else I make attempts to sing but could use some work. I took guitar lessons for about 3 years after teaching myself for about 5. During my instruction I was introduced to a certain albium called Close to the Edge. I didn't quite get it at the time but now it's one of my all time favorites. I play (or attempt play) prog all the time. My favorite stuff to play is Gentle Giant, Yes, Kansas, and Uriah Heep. The bggest influnce on my guitar playing is Ritchie Blackmore. 
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:57
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This is something of a bizzare thread; I'm not sure where to put it . . .
I've always wondered how many prog fans are musicians themselves and what they play. The stereotype of the Prog world is that we are all cape- wearing keyboardists who studied musicology with the Royal Conservatory, but I'm sure this is not the case. So, I pose the questions: Do you play an instrument/sing? Yes If you play an instrument, which one? Guitar Have you received training? Yes from my guitar teacher How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Twice a week What are your favourite songs to play? Don't play covers. My band only plays original material. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Morandar
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 15:58
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Yes, I play (and sing, somehow :D Somebody tells me that I should take
some lessons for I have a beautiful voice, but...time...). I play mainly keyboards, but sometimes even guitars. I play in two bands: Elisena, a prog\gothic band ( http://www.elisena.net - http://www.elisena.net , still on building), and Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata, a free progressive rock band ( http://www.ogd-project.org - http://www.ogd-project.org click in the middle to download. Compose OGD-GOD-DOG-ODD anc click to enter the sections :D). I am also working on two solo projects: ITEr (piano improvisations) and Redrumor (synthetic landscapes). I have been playing for 11 years by now, taking lesson since 4 years ago (with an year passed studying guitar). Regard to the last questions, I listen almost exclusively to progressive, and I play this genre in my bands, although my favorite song to play is Highway Star :D With Elisena we play some self-written songs, along with a 35 minutes medley of DT songs, and something from Pain of Salvation, Sonata Arctica, Tool, Fear Factory and so on. ------------- Dangerous to be closely minded by a closed mind. http://www.ogd-project.it - Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata - the ultimate attempt at you will to listen. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 16:22
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Do you play an instrument/sing? Yes! If you play an instrument, which one? Im da' Drumma' Have you received training? No, im self-taught How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Almost everytime I practice What are your favourite songs to play?
------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Revan
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 16:25
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Do you play an instrument/sing? Yep, both If you play an instrument, which one? Have you received training? yeah ,a good one How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Most of the time... 3 or 4 hours a day What are your favourite songs to play? It changes all the time. Recently i'm little bit obsessed with Dawn of Victory by Rhapsody ------------- 
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Posted By: Ty1020
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 16:26
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Yeah, I play guitar and keyboard in a power metal band with some prog
influences. We'll hopefully have some stuff recorded soon; once we do,
I'll post it on here. Tomorrow, with some other musicians, I'm auditioning for my school's annual rock concert with a cover of Porcupine Tree's Blackest Eyes. I'll be playing guitar and singing; I've never done that before, so hopefully all will go well. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Ty1020/"> 
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Posted By: Musak
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 16:50
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I've been playing bass for six years, almost by ear (I just had a very bad experience with cello lessons before...) but now I'm seriously ( Ah, my fav songs to play:
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) studying 'cause now I have not just one but two bands [an all-girl indie band where I also do the backing vocals and a rock-blues one]!!! I'm really happy, although I'd prefer a hard rock or prog band...
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 20:06
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I've been playing guitar and piano for 7 years. My band, which doesn't have an official name, is a Rush/Cream inspired band in our sound but we have long instrumental jams. My favorite songs to play right now are: Hemispheres ------------- 
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Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 04 2005 at 20:32
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Hi, I'm another guitarist/singer on the forum.
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Posted By: Reverie
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 06:55
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I've decided to start teaching myself keys
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Posted By: ViolinCyndee
Date Posted: October 05 2005 at 16:20
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Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 19:04
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[QUOTE=ViolinCyndee][QUOTE=hegelec]
So, I pose the questions: Do you play an instrument/sing? Yes to both. If you play an instrument, which one? Drums, percussion, keyboards. Have you received training? Nope. I can proudly say...I'm TOTALLY self-taught. How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Not lately (e.g.; the last 2 or 3 months.). I've been doing a LOT of writing lately, so when I sit down to play, it's to arrange the song. What are your favourite songs to play? Favorite songs? Well, I'm biased, since they were the 1st rock I ever heard (1994). So a bit of Rush, and more and more of my own material. ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Define Insanity
Date Posted: November 15 2005 at 22:05
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Do you play an instrument/sing? I sing, and I play drums and piano. If you play an instrument, which one? Drums and piano. Have you received training? I've recieved 4 years of drum
lessons, and started taking piano and singing lessons about a year ago. How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? When I'm not practicing technique, that's all I play. What are your favourite songs to play? I don't really have a
favorite song to play on piano or drums, but my favorite songs to sing are certain songs in DT's Scenes From A Memory and of course, my own work. :D ------------- How awesome. A place where I can talk about progressive rock and not hear "IS THIS ONE OF YOUR 50 HOUR LONG SONGS?!?!" I salute you. :D |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 16 2005 at 02:48
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Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: November 16 2005 at 05:24
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I play only the piano & keyboards in general. My musical background is in classical music (during more than 10 years), now I explore new territories in contemporary music, notably in minimalism & "drone" suspended music. ------------- 
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: November 16 2005 at 13:20
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Yep, I sing and play an instrument or two. If you ask me it's the most fun you can have standing up. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: sbrushfan
Date Posted: November 16 2005 at 18:30
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The most fun you can have standing up...that's awkward and rather random....HEHE! ------------- Some world views are spacious, and some are merely spaced... |
Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: November 16 2005 at 20:46
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I play the drums, guitar, and piano. I take drum and piano lessons, and am self taught on the guitar. ------------- 
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: November 19 2005 at 02:18
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I classify myself as a recovering folkie. I play guitar. Some harmonica. I sing. I've never been accused of being a virtuoso. I like playing Shel Silverstein and Neil Young songs. My favourites to play are anything with a major dose of humour. Songs like "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other", "Let's Do Something Cheap And Superficial", "Get My Rocks Off" and "I Got Stoned And I Missed It". There's another song that I don't perform publically but only for my wife. It's our song and mirrors perfectly the situatioin in our life when we became more than just friends. I'd tell you more about it but it's a really sappy, sickly sweet romantic story that would make you either sick or laugh at my pathetic life.
------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: November 20 2005 at 16:12
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Do you play an instrument/sing? I play the guitar, at christmas or my birthday (two weeks after Christmas) I'll buy Vibes and learn to play on them.
If you play an instrument, which one? I play the guitar (electric and accoustic).
Have you received training? Yes.
How often do you sing/play Progressive Rock? As often as I can. I play in a band that is more or less progressive.
What are your favourite songs to play? The once's written by our band. Besides I love to play Gentle Giant's "Prologue". |
Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 14:41
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I play guitar: classical guitar primarily also got an Ibanez AS 73 BS I sing in a chamber choir, I'm bass |
Posted By: GPFR
Date Posted: December 18 2005 at 15:56
I play Guitar and Bass YEs, I have received training. I've been playing only a year, so my ability to play Prog Rock isn't good. So I play like, a couple hours a week. Working on easier songs like The Knife, I know What I Like, Us and Them, etc. ------------- www.myspace.com/hail_peter 
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:18
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Glad someone revised this thread. I'm fairly excited because I just started playing a flute. I played one years ago and it's all coming back to me. My wife had one in a closet. I've always wanted to play it but never seemed to have the time. Well, that and it seemed to bother my dogs. I started a new job and I sometimes work a nightshift with a couple of hours with nothing to do. I'm overjoyed that I have a place to practice with nobody to complain, great acoustics and I'm getting paid. I'm sure the boss might not be crazy about me bringing in something as bulky as a guitar but the flute is small enough that it fits into the duffle bag I carry. I'm having fun figuring out songs by ear. Maybe someday I'll buy actual sheet music.
------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 22:44
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I can't play a lick, but I'm a real animal behind the mic -
------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: December 19 2005 at 23:23
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I play trumpet in my jazz-fusion garage band and I sing in the shower. Thats about it other than the noodling I do on my cheap casio keyboard and the four guitar chords I know. -------------  
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Posted By: Someo Therguy
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 02:22
Okay, I started a similar thread, not realizing this was here. Anyway. Do you play an instrument/sing? Yes, I play drums and Chapman Stick, no don't sing Have you received training? Yes, many years of lessons How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Weakly with my band What are your favourite songs to play? My own |
Posted By: polumbric
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 12:57
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Do you play an instrument/sing? Yes. Also sing a little bit. If you play an instrument, which one? Piano, Various keyboards, a bit of guitar. Have you received training? Yes. 7 years classical training, 1.5 years jazz training. How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? Rehearse with my prog rock band twice a week plus and currently play 1 show a month. What are your favourite songs to play? General Jazz and Fusion jazz like Chick Corea's spain or dave brubeck's take 5. Currently I play/compose my own music more than play others'. |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: December 22 2005 at 16:52
Heh, yeah... sure. Anyway, piano both classical and contemporary (though now mainly classical) and guitar. I sing too, but I can't sing. |
Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: January 25 2006 at 16:34
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Do you play an instrument/sing? yes/yes If you play an instrument, which one? piano/flute/guitar/taking up sitar soon hopefuly!! Have you received training? piano lessons when i was about 7 or 8, helped me get the basics but never needed anything further! How often do you often sing/play Progressive Rock? every day What are your favourite songs to play? Stagnation for one, knowing tony banks solos and the entire song on piano, and the flute parts at the end...loads of fun to play, emotional! after that, just tons of great early genesis, moody blues, YES, renaissance, focus, spirit, hot tuna...oh man, LOADS of stuff! I learn songs by ear in a heart beat so i just play everything i like -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: paradigm
Date Posted: January 27 2006 at 15:27
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i love to play any intrument but my favourites are guitar and drums im ok at keyboard and quite good at bass i sometimes get taught guitar and i play it everyday for probably over 3 hrs if its added up but i would play for longer but i have to go to school im in a band but we just play random stuff we make up which is sometimes quite wierd. i cant sing but i can also play mandolin, fiddle, accordion and lots of wierd instruments i dont know the name of. my favourite things to play are very technical and strange music ------------- 
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Posted By: chromaticism
Date Posted: January 31 2006 at 10:26
Here are my answers: 1. Yes, I play instruments and I sing.
2. My primary instruments are a synth (a KORG X5) and a piano. I also play guitars (acoustic, electric, and bass), softsynths, drums and percussion (percussion usually utilized are 5-gallon blue drinking water bottles which have a nice tone by the way, a shaker and various kitchen items), a kazoo and a soprano recorder. I also record, sequence, mix and produce my own works via my PC, which you can check out at http://music.download.com/sterilium - http://music.download.com/sterilium .
3. My musical training and knowledge is largely self-taught though I had piano lessons at the age of 11 and guitar lessons from the age of 12 to 15; afterwards, everything I know is self-taught.
4. Majority of the music I make and play is progressive rock though I occasionally write some classical, jazz and a few radio-friendly tunes here and there.
5. My favorite songs are of course my own, where my focus is currently into. As a warm up, I like playing Bach's 2-part Invention in C major and the first few bars from Chopin's Etude No. 12 Opus 10 for some left hand action. Some of the prog songs (though I play only bits and pieces of each) that I love playing are some Dream Theater lines, some riffs from Yes's Heart of the Sunrise and King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man," and a few Rush riffs here and there. |
Posted By: hegelec
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 19:28
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Where i'm from, we call that "indie" ------------- Cheers! |