Do you play an instrument?

Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

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GrowerGoneWild said:
Fukk yeah!.. I rock the cowbell!.. Guitar hero count as music?.. j/k.

Piano lessons for years when I was a kid, piano lessons off and on in my adult life.
Played alto sax when I was in school.
Messed around with guitar most of my life.. went electric for awhile and then went back to acoustic.
And hey.. who doesnt at least have a drum practice pad?.

Recently....
A few years ago I was totally into the synth stuff. AKAI MPC 2000, KORG RADIAS, KORG KAOSILATOR PRO... Yamaha R1MX.. Korg Electribe.. but I lost my mancave/studio and my gear to make room for the little dude.

Nowadays....
Happy to just find tabs on the net.. I just kinda rock out with this yamaha guitar my buddy gave me before he went to jail, had the shop fix it up drop the action, I kinda mess around with the Korg Kaos Pro.. Had to simplify.. And I have an electribe still on the ipad..

I cant imagine life without music.
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If you are about the Korg musical goodies, you gotta get into their super cheap and kick-ass analog synths.....see my video a few posts above. They absolutely ROCK :) The Volca series, monotribe and monotrons are all fantastic and give that fat & juicy analog sound that the digital crap just can't emulate :)
 
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GroErr

GroErr

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Screwed around with guitar when I was a teenager but didn't have the patience or tenacity to learn it properly at the time. Picked up an acoustic which was sitting in its case for over 25 years at 46 y/old, after my kids were grown/out of the house and haven't stopped since, so about 8 years now. I mainly learned to play guitar (acoustic, electric, bass) to get shit out of my head so I don't call myself a guitar player, more like a writer who learned to play guitar so I could write my own music/tracks. At one time I thought everyone heard music like I hear music but I spoke to a lot of people about it and no-one ever "got" what I was talking about. I hear it differently, not what's actually playing but a modified version of the tracks and filling in between gaps. Once I learned to play enough to be able to fill-in those open gaps and record some, I finally realized I heard music differently than most. Now I can finally listen to music the way I had been hearing it for years!! Yeah I know I probably sound a bit crazy and I am sometimes, but I've since found a couple of artists/writers who know exactly what I'm talking about, so at minimum I have some whacko friends who share in my craziness ;) BTW: I'm about to turn 54, It's never too late to learn, if you want it enough find a way....
 
GrowerGoneWild

GrowerGoneWild

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Devil Lettuce said:
If you are about the Korg musical goodies, you gotta get into their super cheap and kick-ass analog synths.....see my video a few posts above. They absolutely ROCK :) The Volca series, monotribe and monotrons are all fantastic and give that fat & juicy analog sound that the digital crap just can't emulate :)
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Cool I'll have to check it out.. *watching*looking*... Monotribe.

>_< Dammit!

NOOOO!!!!!! GET OUTTA MY HEAD!!!! ... I LIKEY ! i WANT!!!
 
Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

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GrowerGoneWild said:
Cool I'll have to check it out.. *watching*looking*... Monotribe.

>_< Dammit!

NOOOO!!!!!! GET OUTTA MY HEAD!!!! ... I LIKEY ! i WANT!!!
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Dude, at only $150 for each pure analog synth you'd be silly not to buy them..........best deal in electronic music in the last decade-plus :) On top of that, they all run on AA batteries and you can take them anywhere!
 
Devil Lettuce

Devil Lettuce

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LOL! Love the Taylor(s) ;)

Just finished this space-jam in honour of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo mission....not 'playing' instruments in the traditional sense, but thought I'd share anyhow (mostly to push GGW to take the Volca plunge, haha)

 
dbkick

dbkick

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Hydroburn said:
Yes, I have Guitar Pro 6... Reaper... Guitar Rig... Revalver... and a ton of other software. You can get all that stuff for free if you are resourceful.

I like Jacksons... had a king V with floyd rose and seymore duncans. Ibanez of course... Washburn is another of my favorites. My first electric guitar was an explorer shaped Washburn.... First electric instrument was an old shitty 4 string Hagstrom bass I bought for $5 and came with And Justice For All tab book... and I loved it.
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Do you use the ninjam plugin with Reaper?
 
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SpaaaceCowboy

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Harmonica...been goofing around a little bit here and there for years, but I recently got one in the key of G on a recommendation. ..I hated it at first but now it's my #1 harp...those C key harps don't do it anymore.

I used to jam to a lot of Bob Dylan....Now I mostly jam to the blues......I drive cab, and lately pretty much everyday I drive I am jamming to the blues.....

I've been getting compliments from people on the street.....hopefully I get brave enough to start jamming in front of customers.....

Would not mind maybe getting in a band at some point.....

Lately I've been thinking about maybe learning a new instrument too....was thinking maybe the guitar or the sax.....not sure though cause I am in my young 40s....not sure if maybe it's too late or not.
 
charface

charface

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BDOGKush said:
I play an American Strat, I've been selling off a lot of my guitars but the Strat will never go. I also have a Jackson DK that I break out when I want that humbucker tone, I've done a lot of work to that guitar. Have you ever tried the program Guitar Pro? I'm thinking of purchasing it.


Nice you have a lot of music theory knowledge by the sounds of it. I'm a self taught guitar player, I tried Piano but couldn't pick it up the way I took to guitar. I tried to get into Jazz band in high school but they wouldn't let me join because I couldn't read music.

I thought this thread would get more attention, I guess there aren't as many musicians as I had thought.
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Plus one on the Am del fat strat and the Jackson.
The jackson is just a performer that I practice on.

Been playing forever.
the main problem was being self taught and not very disciplined.

I played a ton of rhythm but leaf always eluded me as far as being really good at it.

In my thirties I got more serious and learned theory from a really good player/teacher.

I burnt out for a while while other hobbies took over.

I picked it up again fairly recently and have found practicing rudiments very enjoyable.

For me the joy is in the searching for the tune.
I have no desire to play the same songs over and over in a band situation but there are times when I wish i could find others with no aspirations just to play with.
Anyway I love it.
 
WHATFG

WHATFG

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I've been playing guitar since I was thirteen. I should be better but I'm not and I'm ok with that. I've mostly played country, or some version of country/rock. I played in a duo for a while with a wicked picker, and a drum box...at least the drummer doesn't show up drunk. Currently I'm right into bluegrass and thoroughly enjoying trying it figure that stuff out. I have a Takamine EN 10 with a parametric pick up and I absolutely love my guitar. It's got dings and bangs and has lived some.
 
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