What do you play?

Started by Vanilla Skunk, November 14, 2009, 02:53:31 PM

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Zen

Wow, a whole bunch of multi-instrumentalists!

I spent a good portion of high school in bands, with three years on the clarinet, and two on the tenor saxophone.  Was in both the jazz and concert bands until grade 11, and ended up dropping all of it in exchange for computer classes.  It's been so long that I can probably still play both, but I can't read sheet music for them any more.

I picked up a guitar near the end of high school and haven't put it down since.  It's been almost 10 years that I've been playing now, and all self taught.  I have two strat knock offs now, and an old electronic keyboard hanging around.

I also dabble in music software and working on electronica, but just as a hobby.  I don't have much spare time these days, so a scribbling few rifts and jamming along to some tracks I enjoy are mostly what I do.  Maybe one of these days I may sit still long enough to actually write a whole track, maybe.

mediar

In grade school I learned the alto sax, played it for 3 years. In high school I took up the guitar for about a month, now I just play the play button on Songbird to make music. D: I would like to re-try the guitar though, still have my learner electric around here somewhere..
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drewdle

I think I already posted, but I thought I'd add that I might be starting bass guitar in short order. I've always loved bass, just never jumped in with both feet before. Need to practice.

Elias.Ringtail

Mostly a vocalist, these days, if that counts. I haven't played with or performed for anyone in at least four years, but let's see...I play the trombone most proficiently, along with the rest of the lower-brass instruments. I make an adequate rhythm guitarist, but haven't bothered to take lessons or learn the instrument well enough to consider myself a guitarist. I can play a trumpet, clarinet, sax, or piano, but I wouldn't say I'm particularly great with any of them. Oh! and I did a year and half of bassoon (shout-out to Malicai!). It was a wonderful instrument, but, sadly, at the time I couldn't afford more than my own reeds to play on. :(

Oly

I play everything! If it makes sound I'm there.

I also make electronic music so I know all about programming synthesizers and mixing technique, that sort of thing.

I haven't played drums in a long time because I'm in an apartment and have nowhere to set them up.. so they're under my bed. >:
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I own (but don't play dude to the fact that I need to replace the ac jack on the damn thing!) a Roland E-5 home synthesizer, a 5 string Robson electric guitar, a shitty little Aria ax-5 15 watt amp, a 5 string Nova acoustic guitar(Sears brand :p), and a Clarinet. However I can play pretty well any woodwind instrument with the exception of the flute.  I am also currently learning how to play the drums xD

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a one meter tall accordion, it's a camillio IIIC. This beast has 4 regular voices and a master voice that combines them on the keys side, it also has 2 registries on the buttons side and a master that combines them. A little known fact about accordion playing: you cannot see the keys or buttons when you play... Well ok you can see the keys but you never look at them unless you start to play horribly wrong. The buttons however are impossible to see no matter how you contort to look.
I also can play piano and trumpet and French horn and tuba but fail at string instruments.

JestersKing

I currently have a Martin DXRAE1 Acoustic that I spend a few hours a day playing. Mostly I play stuff like folk, blues, really old southern rock and classical. Mostly I play finger style but that's just because I can never keep a pick for more that a few days without losing it. I do alot of singing, not to say I'm any good: some people say I sound like a drowned ostrich :b

I also have an Ibanez artcore bass that I haven't played in teo years (I sold my amp to pat for the guitar) and I used to have a Taye Jazz drumset, that I also had to get rid of.
oh, and somewhere around here I have a Bundy clarinet that I almost know how to play
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ScaredSacred

Passably-acceptable bass player.
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Man multi-instrumentalism seems to be the order of the day. I've been playing electric bass and guitar for about 6 years, along with piano/keyboards on and off and I'd say I'm pretty good at all of them (...maybe not piano...). I'm a passable, but pretty basic, drummer. I've also been singing all that time and that's easily what I'm best at.

I'm such a huge fan of Prince that I've always really wanted to be a good "all-in-one" pop composer more than a maestro at any particular instrument (I have no hopes of being as good at each instrument as he is). I had a little band in high school and have been writing and recording songs the whole time...one of these days I'll put something online.

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WickedLovely

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Ok started piano at the age of 6
Branched into violin (HAted it with a passion)
Hit around grade 6 and branched off into clarinet, trumpet and flute (As well as the family bagpipes)
High school I have done virtually every instrument possible aside strings and trombone  ( Not saying im mozzart at all of them mind u)
Currently focused on my Tenor Sax
Began singing 3 years ago and qualified for prov, and district honor choir as a Counter Tenor

And to top it all off I can bake a damn good cookie >.>
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thatkittyguy

i play the bari sax, so much fun. i also do remixing of classic game themes
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BrawlingBatrachian

Does recorder count?

haha, I'm kidding, I sing and play piano and guitar. i used to play the clarinet ^_^