What's you biggest achievement on an instrument?
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Topic: What's you biggest achievement on an instrument?
Posted By: Spectra
Subject: What's you biggest achievement on an instrument?
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 15:02
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So, what is your biggest achievement/best performance you have played on your instrument of chioce? And how proud were you after learning/performing that specific piece....? ------------- "...Soapbox, house of cards, and glass, So don't go tossin' your stones around..." |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 16:13
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Well, I played bass, keyboards and backing vocals on a single which actually got released and reviewed in Melody Maker. I was impressed with my keyboard playing but sadly it sold about 3 copies. I've also appeared on Cyprus television as the bass player in a backing band to a Cypriot singer called Theo. Gosh, I bet you're all impressed! |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: June 09 2006 at 16:20
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Two concerts with some pretty important orchestras of my country.Several recitals.A great repertoire. (once more,for those how don't know,I'm a pianist) ------------- 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 10 2006 at 12:31
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There was one gig I did with a thrash metal band I was in - we were supporting a punk band, and the lead guitarist/singer had a Metallica sticker on his guitar.
They had never heard us before - it was a blind date. They vanished into the bar 30 seconds into our soundcheck - we did "Seek and Destroy". I think they thought we were taking the wossname. Anyway, we did the gig - and the whole set was a blinder. It just felt great onstage - the chemistry was sparking away between the band members, and the audience who were mainly there to see the punk band were getting up onto the tables and jumping off them into a swirling mosh pit. Not bad for a tiny basement pub! And I personally think that's a greater achievement than when I finally passed my teaching diploma examination on the piano. ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: Spectra
Date Posted: June 10 2006 at 21:29
All sounds very nice! 
I'm no great musician myself, no bands, no records, no grands performances, etc...
I guess my own personal moment of glory, was when I taught myself to play a instrumetal, acoustic guitar piece by Justin King, called 'Phunkdified'... He's really a hardcore acoustic guitarist. I hope you know of him... Otherwise get to it!  But however, not near prog at all... I've only been playing the guitar for 'round 2 years, for me it's just a minor hobby, so bear with me, hehe... ------------- "...Soapbox, house of cards, and glass, So don't go tossin' your stones around..." |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: June 10 2006 at 21:40
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I played three gigs with a Russian Metal band (I play guitar.) Nothing
fancy, but it felt pretty great, and I was quite proud of myself.
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Posted By: The Lost Chord
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 01:13
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basically the day i realised i could play piano well enough to learn any song by ear, and play absolutely everything i heard...no matter what, doubted it at first, but when i learned firth of fifth by ear in about an hour, i was pretty sure! Also picking up the flute and being a thousand times better than all the flute players in jazz band in less than two weeks....and then being asked to play with them, and to join over 5 bands at school of which i denied all because im a visciou perfectionist i cant help it!!!! but i shouldnt have to help it, heh!
and the greatest moment of my music life right now happened TODAY: getting my keystation 61es and hooking it up with my M-tron software and writing music through a mellotron...i am still dying from the excitment. -------------  "Only the sun knew why"
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 05:52
I play classical/Spanish guitar, I have only had half a year lessons when I was 20 and 10 starting lessons for flamenco a few years ago. Two years ago I bought a book with Steve Howe acoustic guitar tablature works like Mood For A Day and I got the Steve Hackett Horizons tablature from a friend. It was fun to do, eventually I could play the first part of Mood For A Day and the entire Horizons but I had to work hard on it and I have to admit that when I don't study this pieces every week, I (tend) forget how to play the entire work  . Now I am working on the classical guitar intro from Blood On The Rooftops (it's so beuatiful) but sometimes when I go to bed it remains in my head ... ...
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Posted By: Marwin
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 17:20
Well i have played at one of the most famous theaters in Finland which im quite proud of, although i only played in a few songs. And i feel ive achieved something everytime some kid comes up to me and says "man your an awsome player"  it makes me smile
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: June 11 2006 at 18:21
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Some years ago I was the lead guitar player in a Rolling Stones cover band. We played in a small European rock festival in France. Everybody said that our performance of Midnight Rambler was great, and the singer of a German band told me "You're very first class playing slide guitar". I felt very proud. |
Posted By: Ghandi 2
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 20:41
How long have you been playing piano?
I don't have many achievements, as I've played Piano for less than a year and I didn't really practice the other instruments I spent a brief time learning. I don't practice the piano as much as I should either. ------------- "Never forget that the human race with technology is like an alcoholic with a barrel of wine." Sleepytime Gorilla Museum: Because in their hearts, everyone secretly loves the Unabomber. |
The Lost Chord wrote:Posted By: Zoso
Date Posted: June 13 2006 at 22:52
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I made it through Regional orchestra and then into All-Statethis past
year, which is bassically the top 10 classical high school
bassists in the state, being a sophomore and having taken lessons for
less than 6 months. That made me feel pretty good about myself. As far as rock shows, last year's battle of the bands in my town was goddamn awesome. We absolutely rocked the show, playing infront of a packed auditorium of around 500 of my insane and drunken peers. It was a blast. And recently, me and a few of my buddies threw together a band and a few covers of some older songs to play in our school's annual Woodstock festival. We were sick of hearing the sh*tty bands play there every year. Basically, we went on right after this goddamned horrific band that thinks their the absolute sh*t and every one hates had just played a lousy set. We got up and broke into "Foxy Lady", and the crowd of about 300 that was packed in the gym got on their feet and started dancing like crazy. The energy was just nuts. We played for about half an hour, jamming our asses off and walking through the crowd, rocking out and trading fours. We absolutely disgraced that sh*thole band that played before us. It was fantastic. As far as specific things on my instrument, I can play The Dragonetti Concerto on upright bass, which is no simple feat. On electric, I can do pretty much all of Stu Hamm's tapping stuff, Flea's slapping, Jaco Pastorius' grooving, and Victor Wooten's melodies. Sorry, that's incredibly cocky for me to say. It's the last time I'll speak of it, I promise. I'll get you guys some recordings of myself one of these days. -------------  |
Posted By: Rosescar
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 18:03
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I thought I was the king when I decided I hated 'Marcia a la Turca' so much I could screw it up as much as I liked.
My greatest 'musical' achievement was when I left my band, and a year later everybody returned to me except for the guitarist 'cos he sucked. ------------- http://www.soundclick.com/rosescar/ - My music! "THE AUDIENCE WERE generally drugged. (In Holland, always)." - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: June 15 2006 at 19:47
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Having been playing electric guitar for five months, i was quite surpirsied at how quickly i could make riffs and melodies, perhaps more fascinating to me was my finger movement around the neck, i made a few recordings for a friends who has been playing guitar for three years and was stunned at the fluidity of the playing, but i am no Alex Lifeson.
I have a long way to go, I will know when I am a great guitarist when I can play the Three Guitar solos to "La Villa Strngiato: An Exercise in Self-Indulgence, " "Painkiller," and "The Clap," which is near impossible, plus it on an acoustic guita and cut live. Howe is too good.
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Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: June 19 2006 at 12:05
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For me, my two greatest musical acheivements were not in my rock band, but in school bands.
Our school jazz band worked for a long time on Soul Vaccination by Tower of Power (which was surprisingly difficult). We sounded terrible at rehearsal the day of the concert, but we played it great.
My number one musical achievement was our symphonic band performance of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Elliot Del Borgo (an amazing piece of music, very proggy). It was the most difficult thing I've ever played on trombone, and we rehearsed it almost four times as long as we usually practice a piece. It went off fantastically, and lots of people told us how good they thought it was. It was actually quite an adrenaline rush playing it. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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