Where are all the Musicians?

[DRAG DIESEL]

What do you play?

How long?

 

[DRAG DIESEL]

I'll go first...



Guitar, 20years

Sax / Flute, 12 years

Drums, 10years

Piano, 8 years



And the newest addition when driving long trips... harmonica, 3 years.

 

[TowPro]

Used to play electric bass in a past life, but my love of music has always been blue grass. then Santa Clause brought my Daughter a Yamaha Guitar this year, 2 weeks later I bought an acustic bass guitar (even though I got a truck, an uprite bass is way big to haul around with the pickup camper in the back)



Now I am teaching the daughter scales and chords before she starts real lessons, and playing along with her as she practices.

 

[Duluth Diesel]

Bassoon - 4 years

Bass Guitar - 2 years

Don't play anymore. Will again some day.

For now, I let my CTD make my music.

 

[Dieselnut59]

Originally posted by TowPro

Used to play electric bass in a past life, but my love of music has always been blue grass. then Santa Clause brought my Daughter a Yamaha Guitar this year, 2 weeks later I bought an acustic bass guitar (even though I got a truck, an uprite bass is way big to haul around with the pickup camper in the back)



Now I am teaching the daughter scales and chords before she starts real lessons, and playing along with her as she practices.

Glad to see you became "unplugged"!! I love that bluegrass. I can't play a thing, but would love to learn banjo. Music always sounds better when it is acoustic, wheather it be a piano, guitar, bass, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, dobro, etc.

I love music, but sure don't know how to read that stuff. I reckon I'll have to learn to "play by ear" while I still have some hearing remaining!

 

[Rams-n-Hogs]

Attempting to learn the guitar. Been halfway messin' with it for a little over a year. Needless to say, I'm not very good. Lessons might help, but the last two teachers I tried, weren't very good at teaching. Or at least, teaching me. They could play, though.



Jim

 

[PaulCreamer]

Bass 30 years

Played in clubs in so. Jersey and local bars in late teens and early 20's. (1977 till 85)Put it away for about 10 years and now with a couple of friends doing contemporary Christian covers.

What a blast!

 

[swexlin]

Bachelor of Music - Organ Performance - Oberlin College Conservatory



Masters (well, not finished), Sacred Music (Organ and Choral Conducting), Northwestern University.



Retired many years.

 

[tpuig]

Trumpet. 15 years on. 14 years off. 6 years on...

Started out playing classical and school bands. Now I'm in some community college jazz ensembles and lovin' it again...

TP

 

[SmokinU]

Been playin the guitar for about 7 years now, both electric and acoustic. My pride and joy is a 72 Fender Stratocaster RI that's been modified a bit You name it, and Ill try to play it.



Brandon

 

[big jake 1]

Originally posted by DRAG DIESEL

I'll go first...





Flute, 12 years

yeah,



but rumor has it...



it's a



SKIN



variety of flute











as for me, I play



THE RADIO, BOTH AM AND FM









big jake



THE FORD GUY Oo. Oo. Oo.

 

[skobylenski]

Trombone - 8 years

 

[bmoeller]

Used to play trombone when in Middle school. Haven't played since. Just the radio and CDs now.

 

[blacksheepdiesel]

Piano 37 years

Sousaphone (tuba to you non-musical types) 6 years in jr sr high

Guitar, just know a few chords

Singing in church choir for most of 20 years



Trent

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

When I was a kid I was an accomplished musician. I played every wind instrument with the exception of flute, oboe, and trombone. My primary instruments were bassoon and sax (bari, tenor, & soprano). I solo'd with the Oklahoma City symphony when I was 14 and was first chair in every honor band I tried out for except the 1st one (3rd chair) - all those were on bassoon. Unforetunately I had a falling out with my high school band director and put my horns away in the 11th grade and never picked them up again until recently. I've missed having music in my life and 5 years ago bought a soprano sax to get back into it. Unforetunately my ears still hear at the level I used to play at, my fingers still work, and I can still read the music - but my embouchre and tongueing left a LOT to be desired and the sound coming out of the horn was absolutely PAINFULL! I picked it back up about a month ago and found a sax website that has helped tremendously. It's coming along nicely and I think within a couple years I should be back to where I was.

 

[rmrc]

A long time ago.

Played the guitar and second on drums back in the mid 60's. The bands name was the Fifth Dimension. This was BEFORE the Fifth Dimemsion that everyone knows came into the picture. Because we were not unionized and didn't have any legal claim to the name, nothing could be done to keep it. Our band was on one of the Long Island radio stations, WBAB a few times doing benefits for some of the local organizations. I was the lead singer and lead guitar. It definitely was one of the high points in my life!!!

 

[TboneMan]

"TboneMan" doesn't stand for the steak or the motor vehicle accident.



Trombone player for 30 years.



I also play baritone and tuba when needed.



I started off as a music major in college then switched to computer science. I still play in community groups, a marching band, pit bands for musicals, and I am on staff of a high school marching band.



It is a great, and not too expensive, hobby.

 

[CWebster]

Piano for 20 years

Bluegrass fiddle goin' on year 2

Acoustic guitar off and on for the last 5 years.

Plan on pickin' up a mandolin in the next year... .

 

[RustyJC]

Trombone since the 4th grade - because I had long arms and could reach 7th position. Marching band, concert band & stage band through high school. I continued playing in college, quit for awhile and picked it back up to play bass trombone in a church orchestra in the early 1980's. I've played to help out at other churches when they're doing full orchestra productions, a local small college that needs to fill out their orchestral ensemble for concerts, town band concerts, etc.



Not very exciting stuff, perhaps, but something I enjoy doing.



Rusty

 

[jgillott]

Music Teacher/Band director as a profession. I've spent the last 4 years teaching HS marching band, and now I am teaching band to grades 6-8. I'm currently playing euphonium in our local wind symphony and bass in a Big Band/Jazz ensemble.



Justin