Just interested in seeing what kind of musical talent we have here! Of course if you make electronic music then feel free to say that as well!
I play the tuba and this is my third year learning it. I started because I really enjoy the 'warm' sound of low brass and low woodwinds such as bassoon and baritone saxophone.
I started playing guitar when I was 15.
It was funny. I didn't listen to much other than movie soundtracks when I was a kid. I caught Wayne's World on TV one night, and suddenly I was hugely into classic rock. Me and my dad had tickets to go to SARSstock in 2003, but he hurt his leg and didn't want to stand around in the crowds all day. I ended up watching the concert on TV (which probably resulted in better sound quality and, you know, being able to see the performers). AC/DC came on, and Angus Young blew me away. I don't mean that I thought his playing was amazing. He just looked like he was having so much fun. It's kind of funny. AC/DC could be the biggest reason I play guitar, but I don't enjoy their music much at all.
It also helped that my parents wanted me to take piano lessons at about the same time. I had no interest in the piano (at the time), which probably pushed me even further towards the guitar. Eventually I got into modern fingerstyle stuff (Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, and more "traditional" stuff like Tommy Emmanuel (and holy shit, check out Tommy if you don't know him) ) and convinced people I was a lot better than I felt. That plus university caused a bit of burnout that I'm still recovering from, and now I play mostly electric. I'm a pedal addict too, and I'm trying to figure out how to write music for the looper that I don't think is boring. I started listening to Rush pretty heavily as a teenager (and as an adult, :D ), which made me want to learn the bass guitar. And the drums (I have a basic electronic kit from Roland, and a Neil Peart drum book. Guess how well that's working for me). I went back to trying to learn the piano at some point and bought a nice Yamaha digital piano a few years ago. I have a mandolin and a violin that I can't play (but I can play the mandolin significantly better than the violin... I wonder why?), and a synth that I can almost program. And here's some more Tommy Emmanuel because he isn't nearly as well known as he should be.
I have played the drums since the third grade. For as long as I can remember, I've loved to bang on things - much to the annoyance of, well, basically anyone within a fifty foot radius of me. It was only natural that my parents get me a drum set to play on, and I've played the drums ever since. I really love rhythm. I love feeling like I'm creating the pulse of a song. Even though I sometimes wish the drums could express things better, be more emotional, I guess, I still love the rawness of them. And plus, drummers are always the coolest memebers of the band. ;) Oh, and I also play harmonica, but that's more of a for kicks thing.
Awesome! We need more drummers on Hubski. galen and jonaswildman play. We have the #hubskioriginalmusicclub in which one of us uploads a song we wrote and others download the mp3 and then overdub. It's definitely lo-fi, but it's created some kick ass songs. Here are some of my favorites: Here are a few favorites: Eye for an Eye I Was a Boy Someone To Hurt I Shouldn't Listen to the Radio Two Steps Away I Can't Swim Machine -GOD DAMN I LOVE THIS ONE Half Empty Foolish With Time IF ANY MUSICIANS WANT IN ON THIS, JUST LET US KNOW -It's a blast! To answer the question in the post, I have been playing guitar and writing songs since I was 12 years old. I'm in my mid 30's now. Yep, I'm old but I can still rawk.
Thank you Willchill, the lo-fi nature of the recording is something that we do as part of the challenge. We have had some collaborations where we send each other pro-tools sessions. For example, check out this one I wrote and that randomuser brilliantly remixed: I dig it!!
Sorry for the late reply, but yes, I would totally want in!
AWESOME! Go through the back catalog and pick one. Who is to say their "finished?" Go to town! Be sure to shout-out if you post something. Feel free to PM me with any questions. Have fun
I was unaware there was a tag for this. I WANT IN! I play a number of instruments, which I will detail in another post...
Hey, I posted a new tune to offer up. Check it out here: shout-out to coquelicot as well.
Cool, please do. What interment do you play Dr_Hix?
I play guitar, but lately I've been trying out a bit of production, so I have a lot of VST instruments (synths, pianos, cellos, clarinets, etc). Is that tag only for building upon a melody with other instruments, or is there a call for mixing help as well?
Ooo, I like the sound of that! I can't sing or write lyrics, but quite often write tracks which could conceivably have vocal lines on top. Exciting!
Almost forgot this amazing one written by ghostoffuffle:
I didn't realize that this was how I felt about the drums before but it definitely is. Thank you.I really love rhythm. I love feeling like I'm creating the pulse of a song. Even though I sometimes wish the drums could express things better, be more emotional, I guess, I still love the rawness of them. And plus, drummers are always the coolest memebers of the band. ;)
Drummer here, too. Started playing at age 10, now in mid-30's. Still play in a band, though family obligations limit the time I can dedicate to it. I originally stated playing drums because a snare drum was cheaper than the saxophone I wanted. I don't think my mom really though that one through.
My main instrument is the violin. I've played for the last 16 years, and all my lessons since then have focused on classical music. My motivation when I started was not really mine at all, since my parents had me start when I was 5. They decided to start me on an instrument in part because of the interest in music I showed since I was a toddler. There are a few examples of my musical interest from a very young age. First, when I was 2, I threw a temper tantrum in church because I wanted to go see the organ and my parents wouldn't let me. Second, I would toddle around the house at 2 humming tunes from Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. Most of my training has been in classical music, and I've reached a point where, with practice, I could play anything in the orchestral literature. This is important to me because I want to be able to play in avery fine orchestra. Pieces in the solo literature, I still can't say that I can play all of them,and that's my motivation now. There are a number of pieces that are on my bucket list to perform: the d minor Chaccone from Bach's partita no. 2, the Beethoven violin concerto, and a few more.
Cool community here! I'm kind of electronic with an indie pop slant but really I'm all over the place. :)
I play the cajon. It's a Peruvian percussion instrument that you sit on and play with your hands. I've been playing for a little under a year now. It has my favorite sound out of any hand percussion instruments, and is, IMO, the most dynamic of the bunch.
I saw a guy playing a cajon live once. He had a kick pedal connected to it, and somehow managed to make the thing sound like a full kit.
Just started guitar this February, and I absolutely love it. I got a Peavey and a beginner's CD for Christmas a long time ago, but I just wasn't mature enough to really make enough of it. I would drag it out every now and then and just kind of strum on the strings and finger some really notes, then throw it back in the closet for a few more months to a year. I guess I just wasn't at a point in my life where I could really sit down and learn something. At the time, I was always trying something, then giving up on it. A few years later I got the first Rocksmith, played it once, and didn't touch it again until this summer. I got frustrated at the game for some reason and just quit. It might have been something with tuning or actually playing notes, I forget, but I just remember being really upset and giving up. I got really bored one day, and looked at some guitars that I was left when my brother moved out. He never really got into playing and I guess he just never planned on trying to play again, so he left them for me. I heard about the new Rocksmith (Rocksmith 2014) coming out, so I though I might give it a try. I looked around for the cord for a while, couldn't find it, so I went to Guitar Center and grabbed a 1/4" to 1/8" adapter. A few hours, downloads, and tweaks later, I got it to work with Rocksmith 2014. At first I sucked, but it was a fun kind of sucking. It wasn't the usual "Fuck this - this is stupid. I quit" kind of sucking, but a "This is pretty fun. I want to get better at this" kind of sucking. I eventually caved in and got a legit Rocksmith cable (I found the old one a couple of months later in my closet), and just started playing every day. Eventually I started going beyond the standard library and bought some DLC, and then got tired of that and started looking into custom songs. The experience of playing guitar for me is amazing. I'm still fingering like an awkward middle schooler, but like him, I'm still having fun. I can play a few simple songs pretty well, and can see myself improving every day. I'll sometimes revisit a song I was having trouble with when I started and go "How did I ever think this is hard?" I went from kind of awkwardly strumming the strings with my fingers on random places on the neck to playing little riffs without even breaking eye contact with people - which make my friends jealous every time we go to Guitar Center. I just keep getting better and better and love playing more and more every day. For the first time in my life, I'm actually improving on something, and it feels wonderful.
Yeah, I really love that feeling of improvement. For the first five or so years I played guitar I was never that great at it, but ever since I've become passionate about music theory and production, I can feel my creativity exploding. What kind of music are you playing?
I've been playing a bit of everything, but mostly metal. I'll get into some of the lighter stuff, because it's fun to play, but I really want some heavy gauge strings to get into some brutal stuff (I know most don't like it, but more than just "scream like a pig and yell about murdering people"). I mean, I can downtune pretty low, but at a certain point, things just start to feel... slippery. The strings just get too loose and playing gets a little challenging, but it's still fun. I really want to get into the theory behind it all. Like, I know that this sounds good, but I want to know why. What are you into?
Interesting. Bass is something I would like to learn, but I've never had the chance to. What kind of techniques do you use, and how would heavy gauge strings affect that? My dad brought me up on classic rock, but I've since expanded into just about everything I can listen to. Lately I've been listening to a lot of outsider music; Jandek in particular is fascinating.
It just makes lower tuned guitars a lot easier to play. When you move around the guitar, the strings like to move left to right like you're doing a pitch bend. It just feels really weird to play at times. Regular gauge strings resonate at a high frequency, so you have to greatly reduce the tension on the strings if you want to play something like C Standard or Drop B, which I mess around with at times. Putting heavier gauge strings on a guitar allow you to keep more tension on the strings, which keeps everything feeling "tight" like a normal guitar with the standard E tuning, which is what I'm used to. It's possible to play low tuning on regular strings, but lower gauges feel better.What kind of techniques do you use, and how would heavy gauge strings affect that?
Led Zeppelin made me learn guitar as a teen. Btw if you want to teach yourself guitar as a teen, Led Zeppelin is pretty much the worst band you can pick. Every fucking song has some combination of a bizarre tuning, alien chords, or intricate fingerpicking.
Have had a better than 40 year career as a classical symphonic bassist, can play keyboards well enough to serve as a church pianist for a couple of years, have over 20 completed compositions and numerous arrangements to my credit
Mainly I play the guitar, but I've also tried some violin, piano, drums, baglama (a traditional instrument). Let's see, I've been playing for about 6 years now and like a lot of people that started playing in their teens, I started because I wanted to impress that one girl in class. 6 years later, I am thankful I did because it is the most enjoyable thing in my life right now. I still kinda want to impress her, but my main priority is becoming a rockstar right now. Yes, I still haven't grown out of that dream.
Do my vocal cords count as a musical instrument? I've dabbled in guitar, piano, and drums with some success, but singing is definitely where most of my musical talent is.
That definitely counts. I've been writing and recording my own music for years and the thing I'm most insecure about has always been singing. I'm pretty well over the insecurity now, but it took years. I look forward to hearing your vocals. Any recordings you can share?
Unfortunately, not right now. I don't have any good recording equipment. =/
I sang T1 for several years, but I lost most of my really high range and gained a nice bit of baritone range in between my junior and senior years of high school. I miss being able to hit some of the high notes I could, but at the same time, baritone has some fun parts.
I play lots of things badly! Guitar, keyboard, a bit of drums, and my favorite: the musical saw! Need to get a longer saw to play because it's a pretty nifty instrument. Look up some videos of the musical saw if you can. A really fun instrument and really easy to learn!
first thing I could find on the musical saw, seems like a really intriguing instrument! So you just bow with your right hand and adjust the note with the bend of the saw? Seems like a simplified version of guitar! Might have to pick it up once I have another job :)
I've been playing guitar for 9 years on the 25th of this month (July); I can also play bass...decently. I honestly started learning because of Guitar Hero. A buddy of mine in high school got the first one, and our friendship was kind of based around it. Before long, the third GH had released, and my friend and I were arguing over who could get the higher score on the game's hardest song, "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce. After scoring 98% over my friend's 95%, I realized that I had just beaten someone who was not only Asian, but had more musical experience than I had by a LONG shot; so that summer I asked for a guitar for my birthday. Dad got me a Fender Squire, and after he saw that I went from playing "Smoke On the Water" (in the first week I had the guitar) to Lamb of God's "Redneck" (about two months later), I ended up with my baby: a pawn shop bought Schecter Omen-6, which I'd later sink about $500 worth of parts into. I love that guitar (who's name is Julia), and I truly enjoy playing her. It's one skill that I know will always be like riding a bike for me.
I would not in any way consider myself a musician, however at the start of this year I bought myself a piano and have told myself I will one day be a master of it! ... That said, I keep going through phases of playing it for hours a day to barely touching it for an entire week. Seeing as we're over half-way through the year now and I'm still not disciplined enough to keep playing regularly on my own, it's probably time I get a teacher to keep me in order and give me classes throughout the week.
I began learning the trumpet in fourth grade. I enjoyed it, but I had a hard time remembering to go to practice. I enjoyed playing it, but when I had to start practicing with the whole school band instead of the other trumpet (and trombone) players, I stopped. I think I probably felt anxiety or something, though trying to remember the motivations of a 10 year old isn't easy. Later in high school, I picked up the guitar and took some private lessons and an elective course. I think I was big into the idea of being a rock star at the time. I lost interest in that after high school, as well, so I sort of play nothing now, though I've got a used cheap trumpet and a once-twelvestring-now-four-string guitar in my closet. I take them out and goof around with them sometimes, but my fingers can barely make the snake charmer song anymore on the guitar (the first thing I learned), and my lips can't seem to do anything right on the trumpet (I want to blame the mouthpiece). Some day perhaps if I get to live forever, and have all the time in the world, I'll get back to those instruments, and maybe learn others, but for now unfortunately playing music takes a far back seat to other hobbies.
I play all different styles of bass ranging from funk bass to classical stand-up. I've been playing for eight years and I've loved every minute of it! My personal favorite style of bass is jazz bass (walking bass lines) because of how dynamic and intricate it is. I also play blues guitar, and I've been playing that for about two years. I picked up blues guitar mostly because I just really enjoyed listening to blues music. My (limited) knowledge of jazz also helped a lot with the blues. The ukulele and the piano are the two most recent instruments that I am learning to play. I really want to learn how to play jazz piano (I like jazz a lot). Moving away from instruments, I can also overtone sing and I'm a (decent) Tuvan throat singer. I learned about overtone singing when I was studying Xhosa culture in South Africa, and that lead me to Tuvan throat singing. I thought it sounded really powerful yet also calming, so I took the time to learn how to manipulate my voice in order to sing two notes at the same time. This is honestly the only way I can sing because I'm a horrible singer.
When I was 10 I started learning classical piano and got to grade 7 - it was torture at times, but I think that it helped my brain to have an amazing memory and I definitely love it and loved it - being able to play my favourite finalfantasy and other video game music.
Apparently I asked to play the piano, but I can't remember it.. maybe I glanced at our family piano, and my mum yelled: "Yes, pushka!! of course you can learn the piano**enroll***" Then in school I learned the clarinet and played it without lessons for a while but got sick of it.
Then again in school I learned the flute for one year and can still play - I was scared that people would think ill of me for choosing it but the truth is that I thought it was fabulous and cute - and on the way to our instrument picking, me and a female classmate were talking and one of us mentioned the flute, and the other was like: "yes~ let's do it together~ what the hell~~" and inside I was like: "f*** yes! no one can say anything now, I have an excuse.." - though no one ever really said anything - except one time years later and I didn't care/ was a bit oblivious to the joke.. Then 1.5 years ago I was inspired to learn the mandolin. (I had learned a bunch of chords on the guitar before but wanted to learn better, so watched a million youtube lessons) I have always loved the subtle use of the mandolin in emotional Japanese music to tug at the heart-strings, and also the dark and creepy way it can be used EG
Silent Hill Theme
What pushed me over the edge was seeing
Cosmo Jarvis - Gay Pirates
I made a spreadsheet on Google Docs so you can easily find out who plays what instrument! It will be useful if you are looking to arrange a band / perform a piece and need a few extra players. Click me to view it! Please discuss it on this thread. EDIT: Reply to this or send me a message if an entry is incorrect or you need me to change something.
I currently own an Spanish acoustic guitar and an electric bass. I say own rather than play as I've struggled to find motivation as of late. I have been playing for around 15 years, however I taught myself, and can't read music, only tabs. With my acoustic, I absolutely love finger picking, however I feel I've run out of talent, unless of course I bite the bullet and get some lessons. I really should, because I'm crazy about my music, and is a very mellowing experience for me.
I've been playing the trumpet for about 10 years now. I started when I was in 4th grade and continued to play it and, might I add, excel at it ever since. I got chosen to play in the All-State band, which is a band of high school students all across New York , which was a pretty big honor. Currently I'm playing trumpet in a band that has elements of jazz and progressive rock. I also have been playing guitar for a couple of years but I mostly just mess around on it. I think I'm getting better over the months but I mostly just pick it up ever so often just to strum a few chords and have fun with it.
I've played the piano since I was 6 (I'm 28 now) and picked up the violin and tin whistle at least 10 years ago. My parents wanted me to learn an instrument and enrolled me in piano lessons. I hated it at the time. Now I love playing the piano, it's calming and gives me joy. I really enjoy playing by ear and making up my own songs, even though I was trained up to grade 8 in The Royal Conservatory of Music (Canada). I took up violin and tin whistle because of my Celtic heritage and my love for that type of music. Nothing makes me misty eyed like good celtic music.
I wish I could consider myself a musician but I only feel comfortable calling myself a guitarist. Having taught myself guitar I got to a certain point that I wanted to understand how and why chords work. After teaching myself some rudimentary theory I bought a keyboard. I can't play piano very well but I'm good enough to add accents over the top of my guitar parts when I record. I play bass as well but unlike a lot of guitarists I know I can admit I'm not the best. Just because you can play guitar doesn't mean you can play bass! Huge difference. It takes a lot of skill and taste to hang back in the pocket and do what's best for the song without wanting to stand out. I also enjoy playing around in Logic Pro and making electronic music by sampling recordings of myself playing live instruments. Chop, chop, copy, midi here, chop, paste. Lots of fun. Anyways, a little over a decade of playing guitar and I can carry some weight on piano and bass.
I've always said that I'll try any instrument with strings at least once. I mainly play guitar and have been since I was 9. My brother sort of inspired me to start playing because he always kept a guitar around and would show me cool things he learned. I remember when I got my first guitar for my birthday. It was a cheap first act with terrible action and would hardly stay in tune. That didn't stop me from playing until my fingers bled (literally) and learning some fun cowboy chord songs. It was funny at the time because my brother inspired me to pickup the guitar, but we had entirely different tastes in music. He grew up listening to grunge and alternative rock and I only knew country, gospel and classical at that time. He scowled at me when I asked him if he knew how to play a certain country song. Nevertheless, he did teach me a lot of things to get me started. I quickly discovered that I liked a wide variety after continuing to study music and different styles. Eventually I gravitated towards blues rock and classic rock. I found that I enjoyed playing in those styles the most. There's just something magical about how you can turn an ordinary lick into an expression by changing the way you play it. I guess the main thing that kept me playing guitar for so long (15 years and counting !) is the satisfaction I get from it. Knowing that you always have room to improve is motivating and having the ability to express what you're feeling through strings is the best form of catharsis I've found. I've been interesting in trying more traditional instruments for a while now. I might pick up a beginner's violin kit at some point :)
I played piano for about 10 years, but now I'm taking up ukulele. I started about two months ago, and I can play about 10 songs. Unlike piano, I actually enjoy learning the uke because I can easily sing along as I strum. Props to you for learning the tuba! I've heard that's a very difficult instrument. Have fun!
Guitar. Took basic lessons in grade school music class - probably age 9. The music teacher thought I would be good at it, so I continued on with private lessons - music theory, all that. Dabbled in bass guitar, banjo, in my teens, too (only a select few of my metalhead friends at that time knew about the banjo...) There were several years of never touching a guitar at all. Now, 30+ years later I don't play everyday, but I'm not too much of a slouch, either. My current beauty is a Washburn that a very generous friend gifted me from his own collection, after he heard me play some Deep Purple, Mason Williams, Pachelbel and other songs all across the musical gamut.
Man, I love the Washburn sound.
I've played violin since age 7, clarinet since age 11, and guitar/bass/etc since age 14. I have messed around with keyboard instruments and have some competency with them. I wanted violin lessons for my 7th birthday so that's what I got.
That is awesome that you enjoy playing the tuba! It's such an integral part of any wind ensemble, really, but tubas particularly add that nice richness and depth to the low brass sound. I played the French Horn throughout middle school, high school and 2 years in college, and you low brass guys were my favorites to work with. I didn't hear Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk" until I heard a friend play it for juries in college. I'm not well-versed in tuba solos by any means, but that solo is still my hands-down favorite. What a great piece.
I've played electric bass for around 12 years or so. I got started in high school, with flea as my main inspiration, like most other people that picked up bass at that time. Never really had any serious inclination towards music until then. Since then I've been playing in lots of different styles over the years, (jazz to electronic to bluegrass to rock). Right now I'm in a metal band that is doing pretty well and keeping me super occupied.
I'm a fallen-away pianist. I took lessons for 7 years (ages 9 to 16) but I haven't practised regularly for almost a decade since. I'm planning to start again soon, but I don't have a keyboard yet. I tried buying one a couple times from coworkers or on craigslist, but each time the keyboard turned out not to have to full 88 weighted keys as advertised. I miss it though. I'll get one soon.
I've played the flute, a little bit of violin, piano, alto sax, bass guitar, ocarina and cello. Out of all of those instruments, the cello is my favourite. The deep warm sound it generates when you play it properly really endeared it to me. I've wanted to try it for a long time, but Apocalyptica really cemented that desire into a goal. They demonstrated the range a cello was capable of and that's where I fell in love with the idea of playing a cello. At the time I didn't have a job so no money for the instrument and lessons. About a year or two ago, I finally got a job that paid well enough, so I rent-to-own a cello and started taking lessons. Moving to another city made time and energy scarce, so I had to stop :( I plan on taking it up again in the future though.
I learned clarinet in middle school and kept playing all the way through college. I still play here and there when people ask. I did concert bands, orchestras, pit orchestras, and of course, marching band. Later, in college, I learned steel drum, and I had a blast doing that. I'm convinced there's not other instrument as fun as the steel drum. I'd love to still be playing, but I'd have to purchase the instrument (expensive), and it's a little bit difficult to find other steel drum players.
1. Trumpet for 12 years. Started playing because I wanted to do band in middle school and when I was growing up my dad was in a jazz group with his friend who is an awesome trumpeter, so I grew up enjoying the instrument. 2. Piano for 7 years. Started playing in high school because I got bored of only playing trumpet. Definitely my favorite instrument to play. 3. Guitar for 4 years. Started playing in college because I didn't have access to a piano any more and I have what I'd almost call a need to be musical. Had to play something, and a friend was selling a guitar for 50 bucks.
I play saxophone. I started in middle school and continued to this day, 15 years. I started on the trumpet and hated it. Switched quickly to saxophone. As for why I chose saxophone...I don't know. I think it was wanting to play in jazz band in middle school, which meant sax, trumpet, trombone or rhythm section. I have played all of those instruments at different points in my career, but my true love is still saxophone. What brings me back to saxophone? I love the expressive quality of the instrument. I have played everything from Bach cello concertos on baritone sax, to being in a ska punk band on tenor. I love the genre range. I don't think I'll ever stop exploring what you can play on a saxophone.
I've been playing guitar for something like 3 years now. I started after I stopped playing Saxophone in my school band. I always have to have some way to make music, I also tried to learn Ableton in that time but it doesn't have the same instant gratification as guitar.
I play flute and banjo mostly. Flute I play in my high school band, so I play band music. Banjo, I mostly do old-time and Irish folk, though I occasionally pluck American folk music. I've been drinking around with.my sister's guitar some, and plan to learn more of it over the summer. Then I have also dabbled with some electronic music using phone apps. I compose a bid for wind instruments too, though nothing very good yet.
I took piano lessons for two years in elementary school about 17 years ago. Just recently started playing again. I'm genuinely surprised at how much I still remember. But my technique has understandably diminished greatly... But damn if it isn't fun noodling around and learning new pieces. Trying out some Chopin Waltzes and some Debussy for the dramatic flair... Practice, practice, practice!
I play the drums and I've been playing for about 1 1/2 years now. It was easy for me to get into the drums since I used to play rock band drums a ton when I was 11. I loved those games and eventually began to love the drums more. I didn't have enough money at the time to get a drum kit so I stopped until last year. I play those things everyday now and I aspire to be Dave Grohl(Favorite Drummer heh).
I've been playing guitar for 3 years. I started out with a classical guitar. One day when I was shopping for an acoustic I decided to just buy an electric guitar. I love it. It was daunting to go from playing simpler songs to, "Lets go learn a Hendrix song." but I just kept going. I still need a lot more work. But its worth it to get the unique and exciting expression of my musical taste I get when I play.
I took violin lessons back in primary school, but was never very good at it. Thankfully my teacher recommended I pick up guitar. Ever since then I've played guitar, but only in the past few years have I really gotten into music as an art. I have also recently become interested in music production, so I'm making some pieces through a DAW, and I'm hoping to mix for a friend's band next time I see him.
I was in musican school for 6 years on guitar subject and dropped it because of sol-fa (I really hated it but now I kind of regret) and then something like 2 years after started to play guitar with help of tabs. Thats was interesting, because I found them easy to play through. And now I casually go to http://www.gametabs.net/ and look for something easy and melodic to play.
Well, I don't play anything in the usual sense, instead I make noise for which I use anything from analogue synthesizers to shortwave radios and internal mixer feedback and record everything to c cassette because tape saturation sounds much more nice to my ears than digital clipping.
I started playing violin when I was about 7, and then tried to quit when I was 12. Thankfully, I have a kick-ass mother who wouldn't let me, and 10 years later I'm a full time musician! Admittedly I write all my tracks on the computer, but violin developed my interest in music in the first place. I used to play a lot of classical (I'm in the middle): And now I play a lot of folk:
I've been playing guitar for 13 years now, and I'm not actually sure why I started. I'd just been paid from my first proper job and bought one on a whim. I also play piano whenever I'm in a room with one, but tend to fall apart a bit whenever coordination between hands is required. I dabble in harmonica too. I also used to own a banjo, but that's about as far as we went.
Been playing drums for about 10 years now! Started playing that as a child to express my feelings for music (have always loved music) I guess. I picked up the guitar about 5 years ago so I play that occasionally, and I really want to get into the bass guitar as I love the instrument.
I play the tuba as well! I started out on a really old Miraphone in middle school and slowly progressed through high school and college. At the end of college, I was principle chair in the wind ensemble as well as the the sole tubist in the brass ensemble. I didn't initially want to learn the tuba, rather, the trombone. The trombone and I got along okay but when the band director asked if anyone wanted to try the tuba, I couldn't pass it up. I have been playing the tuba for around 13 years? I wasn't the best but I could sight read pretty well and made a decent sound come out most of the time. If you like 'warm' sounds, check out flugelhorn and of course the french horn. As for other instruments, my primary instrument is the piano. I've been playing for about 22 years now. I started playing when I was around 5 and have only stopped playing for about a year or so. I started playing because my mother thought it would be a good idea. I thought it was cool and then around 7 to 8 years later I hated it. 13 year old me thought it was dumb and that I could find better things to do with my time. I later picked it up on my own accord and haven't stopped playing since.
Don't let a late start discourage you! I'm 22 years old and I just picked up the mandolin a couple months ago. Sure, I suck now, but with perseverance and dedication to practice, I'll get better! I had to take remedial piano classes for my degree. They were designed for late starters, and it was a huge class full of supportive, like minded people. It's never too late!
I've been a bass player for about 1.5 years now. When I first got into metal via Dream Theater, I was drawn to the thump and the low end. Bass conveys rhythm and melody to me in a way that makes songs fit together. My favorite example is this prog rock song, Somewhere Else by Marillion.
I enjoy learning new things so I play quite a few instruments: guitar, piano, clarinet, tin whistle, fife, and harmonica. Unfortunately I don't have the time or commitment to truly devote myself to them (I only really practice at weekends, and have only been playing a few years anyway) so I'm not very good at any of them, but making music still makes me happy, even if it's only at a basic level.
piano, guitar. i grew up playing the piano. 7? at first, it was curiosity ..then all of sudden things started making sense and i started to get lost in the things i was creating. i still play and have a weighted action full sized keyword. In high school i started to pick up the guitar but i still play piano everyday.
I've been playing guitar on-and-off for about 10 years. Over the course of that time, I've also added ukulele and cajon to the list of instruments I play only in the company of myself. I started when I was 16, but really, I didn't end up playing anything beyond power chords until maybe 6 years ago. Since then, playing music has been my go to stress relief after a long day.
I can sorta play trombone, but I'm pretty shit and really regretting not putting in more effort earlier, it was never really a big thing for me, partially because I didn't really see the versatility of the instrument. I began in year 7 (age 11ish) and I'm in year 12 (age 17) now, but I barely played the first two years and haven't done so this year. I suppose another reason I never committed to it as much as I should have done was because I only played trombone by default, and almost reluctantly carried on playing. I'm planning on starting a punk rock band now though, so I'm gonna save up for a cheap guitar and see if I can get a couple friends on board to do a musical project and this time take it seriously, because I've learned that playing an instrument can be very rewarding.
I don't play an instrument but I'm really excited to see you started playing something new only a few years ago! I love bluegrass music so I'm planning on learning mandolin or fiddle in the near future. Sometimes I worry I'm too old, but then I remember that doesn't matter XD