Just curous, how many of you on this forum are musicians yourselves? Any in bands? Releasing or released CD's? What's your instrument?

Inquiring Owls want to know.

There's already a topic on that. But it's not your fault that didn't see that, it's on page 5:

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17&PN=5 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17& ;PN=5

I play the saxophone myself (soprano, alto and tenor), but I'm not in a band at this moment. I used to play in a band that played pop and rock covers like Elvis and No Doubt , but we also played some classic rock. Well, it was quite funny actually. And we got free beer when we had to play somewhere .

What the f*** are you trying to do?! Promote yourself by posting the same crap on every topic?!

I don't understand it

If playing keyboards (mainly Roland synthetizers) means to be a musician  YES

I've no time anymore and have just good souvenirs from my young time

I played too in to small bands just to enjoy music, not to be serious : "Crossing Over" and "Alea" : no releasings, no collectors, no bootlegs  : nothing to the posterity !!

padadim padadam tchack poum poum (sample of our productions)

Jim Garten wrote: Joren, until my 40th birthday last year I had never played a musical instrument at all!! I got the Hammond in late 2002 as I'd always loved the sound & had wanted one for years; it gathered dust for a few months & my wife got fed up of me just drooling over it, so bought me some lessons as part of my 40th b/day - I loved the lessons from day 1 & these still continue 9 months later.....

It is always said that learning something the easiest when you're young. But, if you've never tried, you don't know... (maybe you're very musical!) Good luck!

dude wrote: TAUHD(WITH THE TWO DOTS) AND VIBRATIONBABY:YOU PLAYED IN BANDS,ON STAGE,IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE,AS ALI G WOULD SAY....RESPECT!!!!

A new dot come dude :

If you have listened us at this time maybe your respect should be a little lower

Yeah, I started playing guitar pretty late in life. Seems as soon as I begin really making headway, something comes up and my strat sits and collects dust fo a few weeks. Then it's back to square one, rebuilding callus and trying to remember scales and such. Oh, to be young again. Me brother, RobJ, is a musician. If I had a nickel for every time he tried to get me off the sports and into playing music, I'd be $20.00 richer.  Of course I spent time in the choir in school and church. I had hair then.

My wife plays, fingerstyle, and sings wonderfully. We play now and then. Every conversation ends in a song reference.

I remember, when I was still a little boy (I'm talking about the age of 8 now), I didn't really want to play an instrument , but my parents actually forced me to, and now I am so grateful . The reason for forcing me was that my father had learned to play the clarinet when he was already 15 years old or so and he regretted that so much, that he wanted me to begin earlier.

There are not many things that are more beautiful than making music with friends, in front of an audience!

Jim Garten wrote: danbo wrote: Yeah, I started playing guitar pretty late in life. Seems as soon as I begin really making headway, something comes up and my strat sits and collects dust fo a few weeks. Then it's back to square one, rebuilding callus and trying to remember scales and such. Oh, to be young again. I try to practice for at least an hour a day (doesn't always work out that way, though) - it still feels as if my tutor is trying to break my fingers every week. THEY DON'T BEND THAT WAY, YOU SADIST!!

Well, I finally moved to the Big City after a few years in the Sierra Nevada's. I'm thinking about taking a few leasons just to break out of the box. I was trying to practice daily, but packing, unpacking, fixing stuff? It's a full time job.

Pity Me.

Hey Alex,

What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?

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A Drummer!!!

danbo wrote: Hey Alex, What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians? . . . . . . . . . . A Drummer!!!

LOL!!!! I have heard that joke many times, it could be quite irrelevant though!

Never heard that joke before, but being a keyboardist myself, having played in bands, it's sometimes quite true.

Don't get me wrong, I love good drummers, its the backbone of many musics/songs. My favorite is Phil Collins.

Yo Danbo! I'm thinking I know someone's nephew who would take you on in a showdown.. your guitar playing against his drumming... winner takes all !

Well, being a drummer myself, I have fell victim to many drummer jokes.

how is a drum solo like a thunderstorm?

You know it's coming, and you can't do anything to stop it!

WOW, a "GREATEST DRUM SOLO" thread.............

Tank.

 The older Genesis style drum solos or the Rush drum solos

Man those were great to see and hear.These guys were creative !

I' d love to play keyboards in a band again,especially a prog / rock band,but its hard to find :

musicians over late 20s

who have their own instruments

that live in a half hour radius from where you live

who don't want to be rock stars and just play to have fun

who play the same type of music you like (ie from prog to rock)

people who have time to play

that their wives/girlfreinds will actually let them out to play 

Vibrationbaby wrote: Niel Peart is one of the most over-rated drummers and Rush is one of the most overated bands. I`m not saying that they`re crap ( I`ve seen them more times than I can count ) but their later stuff after say, Signals, became rather tedious. Personally I think that they should have packed it in years ago. One thing, too, about Niel Peart`s drum solos, is that he has been doing the same bloody solo for about 25 years with only slight variations. OK, I`m going to shut up right now, bring on the hate replies!

Hmmmm.....

Well I'm sorry that you don't like Rush or Peart.  For myself, I think that their last 2 or 3 studio albums have been just rawk music; not a complete waste of plastic, but nothing special considering.  It's possible that they are just getting tired.

However I also love their body of work up to that point and I believe that they are one of the handfull of really important North American prog influences over the last thirty years.  They succeeded in keeping the fire burning through the eighties like only a few other bands had the desire or talent to do, bucking the punk, disco and hair/glam trends.

That being said, I don't hate you if you feel differently.

     I'd find some other reason to do that. (j/k)

Vibrationbaby :I agree with what you said.

Don't get me wrong I love RUSH and they did alot for the Canadian Prog scene and I have most albums from : 2112 to Presto but I stop at Presto !

Neil peart is one of the great "technical"drummers but I much prefer the artful style of Phil Collins.

I also live in Montreal and have had a chance to see Nadon.

He is good and a local phenomenom he learnt to play drums on tin cans because he couldn't afford a real drum and it actually made him a better drummer because of it. 

Aztech wrote: I also live in Montreal and have had a chance to see Nadon. He is good and a local phenomenom he learnt to play drums on tin cans because he couldn't afford a real drum and it actually made him a better drummer because of it.

I've got an interview with Bill Bruford, where he talks about learn on boxes until he could afford a drum pad, then a snare, a tom.............

He said today's kids get a full kit before they even learn; 1 tap 2 tap 3 tap 4.

Spoiled brats.

i am a drummer, i used to play very serious with my aol band called Prego... but suddenly i had to chose from being a drummer or being an architect... an you know what happend next, but i gather with some friends nowadays to play or to talk about music. i actually being played to date for 12 years, great years (i'm 28). music and architecture has a lot in common, more than you think, ate the end its art.

actually i accept the fact that our youth (hahahaha) new kids don´t care about prog music, jazz and fusion, we sholud encourage them to listen to this great music

I play guitar, bass, keyboard and am an avid songwriter and lyricist. I was in an alt-rock band called Bremmens Barrel in the 90s, but have gone on to a little better of things...

Currently on hiatus from a band called "Climbing Trees" It's jam bandsish but we have alot of prog influence from Floyd and Rush (cause we is Canucks)

Right now I'm working on new material for an upcoming project. It's a cross between Tool, Rush and a little John Scofieldish (if you can believe that) however my bass playing is more Geddy than anything.

I'm using the program SONAR to record and have a Soundblaster audigy platinum sound card that works wonders (drool)

I'll have some of it done by the summer, if y'all want to wait around for it, I can upload some here or over a private vpn.

We're called "Hey Use Guise"

Gaston

I have played bass in bands for the last 20 years or so. I am classically trained on the piano - did grade 8 then got bored. Also did grade 8 theory and singing - but the singing was what did it for me, as my voice sounds like a goose farting in the fog unless I copy what someone else sounds like. I later got disillusioned with the music biz, took a degree in music and computing and now work as a software tester.

I taught myself guitar to "make it real", but I can only strum a few chords and play a blues scale or 2. Oh - I can play the intro to "Stairway..."

My current music project is with a work colleague. We are producing a kind of electro-rock hybrid with the emphasis on solid, simple structure and cool lyrics. That's been the hard part - writing lyrics that say something AND are cool! I think we've managed it for 3 tracks - hopefully we'll release them soon, but that's quite enough self-promoting!