Personally, I play the ukulele because of its cheery sound and easy to strum strings.
My main instrument is the drums although I'm currently teaching myself how to play a lot of classical music on the piano. I play the drums because I like rhythm. I find that when listening to a lot of modern music I am entranced by the drums and bass more than the melody. This is one of the reasons why I am a big fan of electronic music of all types. The reason I play piano is because I'm really into musical theory and I love learning about new concepts. I also feel that all great composers are great pianist and I one day want to be a great composer.
Same story here. As long as I can remember my favourite music was anything that makes your foot tap or makes you want to move. It took me way too long to figure out I should drum. I've played a bit of bass as well and that's what find finally brought me to drumming.
I'm with you on the drums. I just started playing 5 months ago, but I find myself zoning into the beat in any song and forgetting to listen to the lyrics.
Despite having only heard the songs in Ocarina of Time, I must say, the ocarina really is a beautiful instrument.
I play rhythm guitar, I play the drums (poorly), I play the bass (like a rhythm guitarist), I play the piano (like a rhythm guitarist) and I dabble with some other instruments. I play the guitar because at a young age a friend of mine played and we decided to start a band together. I was in my first band at 12 years old, playing Bowie tunes. I had a band called The New Green back in Michigan but had to move to NC. I wanted to still record my songs etc but didn't know anyone. Therefore I taught myself how to "get by" on the drums. The piano and bass I've always dabbled with. Music rules! I need a nicer ukulele though, you are right, they are fun. So are mandolins. -right @AnSionachRua@? FYI, I asked this similar question a while back in this post and got some good answers
So your childhood band name is the source of your username here on hubski? Does "the new green" have any other significance?
That's it. Until about 2 years ago I played with The New Green. I have an album that I'm supposed to be finishing with them, yet to be released but damn... I'm so busy I don't see it happening for some time. But eventually, I'll finish it and kleinbl00 will mix it :)
Oh, and the new rig is dizzope. I was at a meetup last night and showed a few pix of the rig in progress and ended up having a guy with a Pro Control: And a guy with a D-Command: ...jealously ogle my new rig. Now if only it were done 'cuz I've got like 5 deadlines breathing down my neck and still haven't gotten a microwave oven...
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It's no wonder that most engineers are sic-fi fanatics. Look at that setup?! It might as well be a console on the Death Star. Super-bad-ass. Enjoy and good luck with that microwave.
I look forward to hearing it. What genres does The New Green stray around?
It's been referred to as "orchestrated folk-pop," which means rock/pop music but with strings and horns and the occasional acoustic guitar. There's a link in the original comment to a last.fm page with some songs on it. -I had no idea it existed. You can find both our albums on iTunes. If you'd like, pm me your address and I'll send a CD and some Hubski Stickers your way.
Sounds pretty good. I bought a few songs that I liked in particular, so thanks!
I used to play classical guitar a long time ago. I stopped because, like most kids I didn't want to practice. A few years ago I started playing the bass guitar. I'm enjoying it, though I don't play it as often as I should. I've also been looking at picking up a cheap keyboard to play around with.
As a kid a learnt to play the saxophone. 7 years of music school made me a somewhat mediocre saxophonist but I'm able to jam with other musicians. I learnt to play bass too. I'm not very good at it but it's a fun instrument to play. I'm not incredibly talented in music but I love making it so since it's usually hard to find a bassist for many bands, I can still be useful to my fellow musicians even if I'm not that good.
I've actually gone through several during my time at school. First I played Viola for a year before switching schools, and ending up playing the Clarinet for a few years, until I moved, and didn't have music in school anymore. Since then, I actually learned some classical guitar, but never really got very good at it.
Well, i started playing cello at the age of 10, because at my private school it was mandatory to play a classical instrument, either cello or violin or viola. i played that for a few years but eventually started playing the guitar, cause as a kid you cant really be cool when the instrument you're playing is larger than you. then i played that for 7-8 years until i started at a "efterskole" which is a special thing in denmark, kinda like a bordingschool but only for 1 year and typically in 9-10th grade. this school was music oriented so there was A LOT of guitarists, so i picked up the bass which has now become my primary instrument. i also learned to play harmonica on the side. i honestly like playing the bass way better, the feel of the instrument is really great, and i really like the darker tones the harmonica is just nice to improvice with
I haven't played much music since high school (tuba) but I bought a couple harmonicas a couple months ago just to do something musical and they have got to be the easiest instrument to pick up. I'm not great at them yet but I'm a sight better than I was at tuba in three months.
I'm a classical bassist. It's what I go to school for, actually (M.Mus in Performance). I kind of fell into it, frankly. I was an electric bass player in a rock band, and after high school I had no idea what I wanted to do with myself. I went back to high school for a semester, got some more university level credits, then was working a bunch of hours at a food joint when the drummer in my band announced she was going to go to the local college for classical guitar (kind of a University prep program, takes a lot of people on potential). following exchange occurred. me: Do they have bass? her: probably double bass. it's a classical program. me: you know what, sign me up, I'll figure it out. I proceeded to apply on the last possible day, rent a bass from my old high school (i was in great standing with the music teacher there), and get a violinist show me how to hold a bow. I showed up to the "audition" a month later, hacked out a version of "In the Hall of the Mountain King", and waited to talk to the professor. He came into the room where another guy and myself were waiting and said "well, you two showed up, so you're in." Not exactly what one expects from a classical program, but as I said, they take people on potential, and it's a "university prep" program. I spent three years there whipping my ass up to University level, then got into the second year at a university. I finished that last year and got accepted to where I am now on a full scholarship. sweet shit. So that's why I play the bass. I fell into it, then fell in love.
I play Vibraphone jazz. Think of it as a Xylophone with a sustainer. Here's a piece by one of the Gods of Vibraphone Jazz, Milt Jackson, who collided with Ray Charles back in the 50s...beautiful, loungey piece.
I play guitar. I have always been interested in music, but before learning guitar, instruments were just things I fiddled around with if my gameboy was dead. Now, my mexican Strat. has replaced the gameboy. I don't gig and have never been in a band. Instead, I jam out by myself or with friends. It has been a hobby of mine for a decade or so, and it is something I always go back to for stress relief and fun. On to the "why". Like I said, before learning an instrument, I fooled around with whatever I could get my hands on. And while at my fathers house I played around with his old guitar that he had forgotten how to play. Basically, he noticed I enjoyed it and we decided to tune it up and sand down the rough places. It was a 1960's or 70's Gibson dreadnought of some sort, and when we brought it into the local music store, the person helping us was excited to see it. After adjusting the neck via truss rod it was ready to play. So we bought some music books and I was off to the races. After learning my scales and developing a decent control, we played music together. He played trumpet while I played the guitar, and I still play to this day.
I play bass and guitar. For as long as I can remember I wanted to play guitar. One of my earliest memories is listening to The Dark side of the Moon when I was ~5, and I wanted to be able to play everything. Around this time I got one of Walmart guitars for little kids. It was the most amazing gift I had ever gotten. I rocked around the house with that thing like it was my job. If things didn't sound right I would "tune" it like my music teacher did in class. When my little brother pissed me off I would play songs about how annoying he was, Dylan is a buttface, Dylan eats chalk. Fast forward 5-6 years and there was an opening to play electric bass in jazz band, close enough right? So I learned to play bass and continued with that for a year or so. Somewhere along the way my music teacher found a guitar one of his students had left in a closet and offered it to me, as no one was going to claim it, and that was my first electric guitar. I've since purchased a Fender Stratocaster and am fairly good. tldr;listened to Pink Floyd as a child and loved anything with six strings and distortion.
I play the violin (that's the one I'm best at), the ukulele (2nd best), the piano (I haven't really played for a few years), and the guitar (absolute shit). The piano was first; I thought musicians were cool and my neighbor was a piano teacher, so that happened. Violin was next; my sister played it, and, being an impressionable kiddo, I wanted to play it like she did. I've been taking lessons and/or class for 7 years. Next was guitar. My Granny had a garage sale and there was a guitar, so I thought, "Hey, why not play that?" And so I bought it. Then I bought the ukulele about a year ago and I picked it up pretty quickly. Despite all this, I want nothing to do with music as a career.
Bass. I'll admit, it was mostly because of Flea, although I hardly listen to that kind of music anymore. I've been playing for... 12 years? I've been in a strange array of groups: electronic, bluegrass, hard rock/metal, jazz. I also play a bit of guitar and have a Xaphoon which I haven't touched in a long time.
Flea is a key player in the Red Hot Chili Peppers style, which I enjoy listening to since I discovered them from their By The Way album. What sorts of artists do you listen to now?
Cello for past 13 years since I was 7 years old. The reason why Cello is because when I was a young kid, one of my parents' musician friends was playing with me and took a look at my hands. After a second, he said with his deep Russian voice, "Dis boy will play good Cello. Good thick fingers. Good soul" and so my parents signed me up for private lessons. After 4-5 years of torture and tears, I actually started to like what I was playing. There is a steep learning curve for string instruments (learning to hold the bow right takes months) but once you get ok at it, its voice just draws you in. It's a beautiful instrument.
I love playing instruments, but I'm a percussionist at heart. I play a djembe in a small acoustic band and I play drums whenever I can. It just feels so natural and I have the least difficulty improvising. Nothing better than when I know I'm in the pocket and everybody else is feeling the groove. I come from a pretty musical family (my sister is an amazing singer and my dad leads his church choir), I love to sing, I rap and I've also picked up guitar and a little bit of keys. I fucking love music.
I tried violin, bass, and drums but none of them stuck. The only thing that has stuck to this day is guitar. I picked up my brother's guitar when I was eleven. He was taking classes and I decided I was going to teach myself how to play, just until I got better than him. I guess I was a competitive sibling. I did get better than him and then really grew to enjoy it and started writing my own songs. I have to keep at least one guitar in my house at any given time, just so I can pick it up once a week or something and let it all out.
Piano and trumpet. Been playing since I was very young, continue because I love it.
It'd definitely be challenging, but with a good teacher you might be able to get pretty good
Violin. There are so many different things I'm capable of playing on it. Coming from someone who has a very wide range of musical interests, it's fun to be able to play along to the majority of them. I'm also in the process of teaching myself the piano and the mandolin.
I play the guitar - electric guitar with crunch way up. I like to play post-punk and sludge, mostly, but enjoy playing rhythm for other genres as well. I also play the acoustic guitar, usually in open C. On the acoustic, I like playing pieces inspired by English and American folk guitarists like Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, and Nick Drake. I was trained to play the keyboard when I was younger. I went to classes once a week on Tuesdays. On the evening of September 11, 2001, I was in class when the planes flew into the towers (don't live in the States, time zones). I don't know why I remember this, but I do. I hated playing the keyboard, and I hated class. The first chance I got, I dropped it for the guitar. Now that I'm no longer forced to play the keyboard, I love playing 80s songs on it. I think the acoustic guitar is one of the best instruments on which to compose a song. This is due to its sound and response to change in rhythm and scale - right and left hand. The electric guitar, along with being more versatile than the acoustic - is the instrument that most easily transports me to 'another place'. Played right, its the instrument one is most likely to be found playing with his/her eyes shut. The keyboard, well, I was taught the keyboard and didn't give it a chance when I was younger. It's just fun to dash out a few chords and sing along. So that's that.
Finally done with my studies and as I have some more time now I'm thinking about taking some piano lessons. I really like that, no matter if simple or not, it almost always sounds beautiful. You can play super easy stuff, and it still sounds good, and you can learn and learn until you can play masterpieces like Chopin etc.. I feel for every skill range, you can play beautiful pieces, which may motivate me a lot. Also you can play almost everything on a piano, whereas some songs have boring notes for the guitar or whatever. Anyone of you has experience with picking up an instrument in his/her mid 20s? I never was really good at music or anything like that, I only hope that my eye-hand-coordination from playing lots of computer may help ;D If it makes a difference, I was thinking about going to a music teacher.
I've played drums for 10 years with proper lessons for about 6 of those. I took them up because of a presentation my school did on their music lessons and I just really wanted to try it. My dad used to be a drummer too so that probably had some involvement. I'm self-taught in guitar for about 6-8 years. That mainly came out of not being able to play my drums at whatever time I wanted, but also because I wanted to make something with melody and progressions. I probably play guitar more than drums now I can play Piano to an okay level, nothing special at all. I want to enhance my skills greatly on this instrument because it is probably my favourite. Back when I was younger I didn't really appreciate it like that because it's not exactly the 'cool' instrument when you're 11. I'd love to be a competent Jazz pianist. Whilst not an instrument in the traditional sense, I've spent the last 5 years learning to use DAWs and compose electronic music as well as recording my more traditional instruments. I've become quite good at it, If I may say so myself, and I hope to be able to make a living out of my solo compositions one day.