Young Musicians
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Topic: Young Musicians
Posted By: thehallway
Subject: Young Musicians
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 15:48
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If you're young (young being defined as.... shall we say, under 25?) and a musician, then why not share with us what you play, how "good" you are, if you do it professionally or plan to do it professionally, etc....... I play keyboards, and I'm working towards my grade 8 piano for next year..... The aim is to get into the Royal College of Music (London) to get a degree in composition..... and then who knows what? A career in musicking awaits! ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 15:51
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Listen to this 15 year old. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77473" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77473 ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:06
Why, he inspired this very thread! .....not really, but what a coincidence. I wish I had such work to my name, but without all that equipment, I'm focussing on piano solo pieces for the moment. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Snow Dog wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:09
I was surprised by the coincidence too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:21
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I'm 18 and I'm a self taught guitarist and bassist, I've been playing for a little more than a year. I've only gotten two lessons before, they were both one-offs with musicians in town (Tosin Abasi while touring with Animals as Leaders and Alex Bois from Periphery.) I've gotten some pretty nice compliments from them regarding my playing ability for how short of time I've actually been playing, so I guess I'm not bad. I made a video of me covering the first few minutes of a Periphery song if that would be any indication of my ability. I started learning this song a little more than a week ago and it's about 15 minutes total so I'm hoping to have the whole thing learned in the upcoming months. I don't go to school for music but I'm hoping I could eventually find enough like-minded musicians to form a band, or I can at least learn to use some audio software to record guitar and bass and program the drums in if I can't.
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Posted By: popeyethecat
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:31
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Hi! I am 19 and a musician on the side, as it were, being an illustration student first and foremost (can I plug it here? Might as well, hope you don't mind! http://eleanorwinter.blogspot.com/ ). I play Classical guitar, hammered dulcimer, and oud. I play the guitar to a reasonable competent standard, and the other two well enough to play in the World Music Ensemble at my uni (which, by the way, is really fun!!). I am also trying to learn bagpipes. Ha. In the future, I want to be an illustrator (and possibly maths tutor), but I really enjoy playing these instruments and want to continue playing. I like the idea of recording things for people - I have already recorded some hammered dulcimer for a friend's demo! But as for professional stuff...well...I don't hold out any hope of making a living from my playing, I doubt I'll ever be good enough anyway. Good luck with your plan, it sounds great! Studying composition sounds fascinating. What kind of compositional career do you aspire for? Writing for film? Your own band? I hope it goes well! ------------- 
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Posted By: popeyethecat
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:40
I'm not an electric guitarist, but for all I know that seems pretty good for a year! I've been playing Classical for about 7 years now...and still can't play electric guitars very well at all :( It's the plectrums I don't get. What do I do with this thing?? Good luck with your future plan! I'd recommend getting weekly lessons if you can. With a good teacher they're really fun, too :) -------------
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 16:51
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Thank you for the kind words! Classical is a style I would like to learn to incorporate into my own playing and I would definitely need lessons of some sort for that. I know my university offers them but I don't know if I can take them without being a music major... Heh, I mostly play lead so I do use the pick a lot, but I would say I spend nearly as much time with the pick in my mouth as in my hand because I like to alternate between traditional guitar picking and fingerpicking/tapping pretty frequently. I have Tosin Abasi to thank for that I guess, he's my guitar idol and he spends just as much time using his pick as not. I want to develop a style of my own that reduces the need of using a pick to only when absolutely necessary (for tremolo picking or something you can't do without one) and relies more heavily on fingerpicking, hybrid picking, tapping, and guitar percussions. -------------
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Posted By: popeyethecat
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 17:05
There is a Classical tremolo technique. I don't know how well it would work on electric guitars, but....well...I don't see why not! It's really hard, though. Really hard to get consistent  -------------
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 17:19
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At 25 I guess I just qualify. I play bass, though not to any degree of proficiancy, and am just starting to learn to play the clarinet and will move on to saxophone once I've got a good grounding in the former. I guess at some point I might add guitar to that. Once I have the software sorted out on this nice new computer of mine I intend to start recording my own stuff, and it'll be in whatever style I feel like at the time. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 17:44
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I am 19 and am a mostly self taught guitarist (I took lessons for a year when I was 13 and also learned some from relatives some of whom play semi-professional bluegrass and country) I don't consider myself a great player, I am certainly not a very technical player as I mostly focus on creativity rather than technical ability. I can do most techniques and know my scales but I am not huge on repiticious exercises or learning songs wrote from tab. I prefer to write and sing my own songs (my singing is very Dylan if you get my meaning) as well as covering songs of others but never note for note. Recently I have only been focusing on my acoustic guitar specifically on finger picking (folk style not classical) as well as developing a acoustic tapping technique possibly trying to move into a Kaki King or Maps and Atlases influenced style.
I also play bass but do not consider myself an expert by any means. ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 18:01
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I'm about to turn 20, and I play mostly classical and jazz guitar. I mostly write my own modern classical compositions, and I really like playing jazz improv in a Brazilian style. I've been playing for about ten years now, and I'm mostly self-taught, but I did take lessons for classical technique a few years ago. I suppose I'm good enough to play for people and not seem pretentious or anything, but I don't usually because I'm very shy. I'd love to be a professional composer or even a studio musician or anything, really. But, I also love computers, so I'm going to school for computer forensics because it seems like a smarter career plan. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 18:10
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I played piano for quite a few years doing formal lessons, then grew entirely bored of that. For the past two years I've been playing guitar, mostly focussing on ambient stuff nowadays. I'd love to be a professional musician but I don't really see that happening in all honesty. If anyone's interested, you can download an EP I made a while ago (one of 6 to be released over the next few years, each surrounding a central theme). http://soundcloud.com/the-angle-makes-the-dream/sets/part-one-ep/" rel="nofollow - http://soundcloud.com/the-angle-makes-the-dream/sets/part-one-ep/ |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 19:44
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I'm 18 and have played piano for 11 years and guitar for 5
Me playing piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lex-4MeBVM&feature=channel_video_title I have a band in the archives (Until Sunrise) and a prog metal band with a couple demos: http://soundcloud.com/oceanarchitecture Until Sunrise is signed in Europe, and will be signed soon in the USA. I aspire to be a producer and touring musician. |
Posted By: livinginthepast
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 20:03
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I'm 16, and guitar is my main instrument! I've been playing for about 2 years and a half. I can play bass too, and I'm looking forward to buying a piano/keyboard this summer!! I'm not studying/planning on studying music (I would find it boring..) so I just create/play for myself! But since a month or two I've been wanting to start creating/recording my music... so this will be interesting!! :) |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 20:13
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I'm 18, played jazz guitar for a while. Also play tuba. My current band just does lazy improv. I actually enjoy listening to my own music quite a lot, possibly more than any fans do. http://thecozmikorkestrah.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://thecozmikorkestrah.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: April 12 2011 at 22:24
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I'm a 23 year old Bassist, Vocalist, and Synth player. I play all three in Thought Machine (I'm sure a lot of you know this already from my signature and avatar haha), which is a progressive rock band. I am also just play bass in an instrumental Fusion/Zeuhl band currently named The Lake City Boys (its what we're calling it for now anyways). LCB doesn't have any songs recorded yet but hopefully soon! Also I do some professional studio work bass-wise. still poor though!! hahaha ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 13 2011 at 00:03
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22 year old...thank god I made it so I plug my musics! I play drums/percussions, some piano, and can strum awkwardly on a guitar and make vocal sounds some people would call singing. I've been playing drums since the 4th grade, and a set since 9th grade. I'm in a few bands, but only two of them have recorded material. Both of those can be accessed in my sig. Feel free to listen and give feedback (especially if you think we are terrible). I honestly think I'm pretty smack dab in the middle with my abilities, with some moments of greatness. Technicality isn't my strong point though, but thats ok with me. Hopefully I can continue to learn to play the piano better and when I gets some money buy me a sax-o-mo-phone and try to learn that.
I mean, if I had my way, I'd own alot more instruments, I'd like to learn as many as possible, or at least try my hand at as many as possible. As for the future, I don't see much in terms of music. I would like to just record some stuff...maybe get myself a myspace for my own personal musics and if poked enough make some cd-rs of my material. As for those bands I'm in...if they take off I'll be the most surprised of all, but I don't think I'd complain. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: April 13 2011 at 00:43
I've been playing drums for about 7 years, guitar/bass for about 5 (still not very good)  . I'm recording stuff on a digital four track at the moment and will probably self release these recordings. I haven't uploaded any of it to anything yet but when I do I'll let yous know. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Akke920
Date Posted: April 13 2011 at 05:53
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I'm no musician myself but i do actually know a band in which all the members are very young :) The band is called Ankara, they're from my region, they call their music ''instrumental prog''. This is a cover of Porcupine Tree's Wedding Nails (they were only 12 years old when this was recorded, it was 2 years ago) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-u7rN3kJ4&feature=related" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-u7rN3kJ4&feature=related |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: April 13 2011 at 10:37
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It's great to see so many of you guys! Excellent players and young... there's hope for music yet. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: April 13 2011 at 10:43
Whatever comes! I'd be happy doing session work to get myself noticed but I would be comfortable in film/television, classical music... anything involving a bit of creativity. I guess my biggest dream would be to have a touring band, playing music that's fresh and progressive (not necessarily "prog" as we know it though). Had to google oud..... looks like an amazing instrument to play! I've just started teaching myself kalimba (yeah... really I just wanna play the intro to Larks' Tongues in Aspic on it......). Thumbs up for exotic instruments ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: popeyethecat
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 05:28
Oooh, a thumb piano! Those are fun! I remember my best friend had one when I was a kid and I'd tinkle away at it all the time. Never produced anything particularly musical, mind you. -------------
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Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 08:41
| Been playing bass for 5 years, guitar for 3, piano for 2 and violin for 1 year. I'm not particulary good at any of the intruments, but I mainly use them to write music. As I rather view myself as a songwriter than a musician. If I feel that I need to have some intrument to reach my "goal". I will try to learn it to the extent that I can use it in my songs. I'm gonna try to upload some of my stuff later on, my music could be viewed as... Singer/Songwriter music with proggy leanings, much like Crossover Prog. |
Posted By: Boray
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 19:23
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I'm 38 years old... But THIS is me playing as a 15 year old: http://boray.wontek.net/PeaPods2.mp3" rel="nofollow - http://boray.wontek.net/PeaPods2.mp3 My own composition. Playing real drums and two small Yamaha portasound keyboards one with each hand (one in left and one in right speaker). Recorded and bounced with two normal cassette recorders and a little cable I made... ------------- http://boray.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - http://boray.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Valentino
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 20:56
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I'm 20 and I've been playing guitar for about 9 years. I have a tremendous ego and people generally don't like to play with me. |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: April 15 2011 at 12:06
I like it..... kind of a Wakeman feel! ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 07:24
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I'm 17 at the moment. I've played guitar for a long time (maybe 6 years?) and feel i'm pretty competent at the moment, though I struggle to get any originality into my playing. And i've been playing bass guitar and keyboards for about 2 years, both of which i need to improve on. I don't plan to make a living out of playing but I study audio engineering and production at college at the moment and definitely want to work in that area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghYzsEbk-g&feature=channel_video_title" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ghYzsEbk-g&feature=channel_video_title A cover I made a few months back. -------------  
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 07:55
Love it! ....But a little slow? ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 08:09
Thanks Yes I did record some sections a little slower mostly that first section. It was my mistake when setting up the Tempo for the drums, I may go back and remedy it sometime. -------------
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Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 12:38
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I made another cover, if anyone's interested. I've been working on my tapping skills. /shameless self promotion -------------
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Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 15:59
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Oh ha I just found a really old clip of probably the first time I played in a gig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSyezZ7lJo&feature=channel_video_title" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSyezZ7lJo&feature=channel_video_title was worth a post in here.-------------
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 21 2011 at 22:47
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I'm 22, and everything I've recorded is with synthesizers or Reason. I have a couple samples I could upload, but meh, tired etc. And I don't have much work yet. Too busy with school, which granted is for music technology, but with work, school, and tests and stuff. I never get in the composing zone I need to buy a mixer (and I may tomorrow) and a microphone. I'm also accumulating synths and I need a sequencer, because computers the days right? Nahh. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Badabec
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 06:33
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I'm 22, I have a prog band since two years but never had a gig. Why? Because all the time we could play one somebody gets out of the band because they have their two other bands that give them easier success than a prog band. Sucks! I guess the real prog, I mean that kind of weird music, not that easy listening stuff like Porcupine Tree or Dream Theater (though both are good bands), is dead or at least made dead by these people. Anybody who has shared my experiences? By the way, I play guitar and flute. ------------- Mesmo a tristeza da gente era mais bela E além disso se via da janela Um cantinho de céu e o Redentor - Antônio Carlos Jobim, Toquinho & Vinícius de Moraes - Carta ao Tom 74 |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 09:27
I'm not young anymore. 
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 17:10
You have a young spirit.   -------------   
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Posted By: Amnesic Ostrich
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 17:51
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http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=78979&PID=4192874 This thread inspired me to share this! I'm 18 years old, I mainly play guitar, but right here at my home I also have drums, bass and a synthesizer so I get around. I tend to think very high of my own compositionalisticishy skills, but I never tell anyone. In that thread are some variated examples played through Guitar Pro. I've never been really in a band, but I'm bound to run into someone sooner or later, because I intend to do the most out of music indeed possible. This isn't something that will be given up! |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 18:50
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I'm Aleks, I'm 19 years old, I teach piano and host piano clinics, I'm an ex-piano bar pianist and I'm a part time pit musician for musical theatre productions I'm also moving onto Leeds College of Music to study Jazz full-time in September. Here's what I sound like: And the obligatory Keith Emerson cover ...And here is what the music in my head sounds like... As far as what my aspirations are, I'm open minded. I've a great interest in musical theatre so I'd either like to be a pit musician, compose or MD. Session playing would be nice but the competition is so tight lately it's almost unrealistic... Same with being in a successful band. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |