Thread for musicians

[Guest]

Who here plays an instrument?

Who inspired you to take it up? Who influences you the most?

[doremi]

I have a guitar. Which I............can play. Not very well.

[Guest]

An electric or an acoustic?

[doremi]

An acoustic, though I have playe an electric guitar in school.

[Winkle Spinner]

I play the saxophone. I'd say Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter are my main influences, although I don't really sound much like any of them. I suppose I approach the instrument more like the hugely underrated Warne Marsh than anyone else.

I tend to eschew the huge vibrato and bluster so favoured by most saxophonists, partly becuase I am by nature quite contrary, but also because I see it more as a scholarly thing than a way of 'expressing your soul, man.'

I also play Bach and Scott Joplin's brand of ragtime on the piano.

[Henry]

I play the guitar(Electric and acoustic) I started playing in 1997 and used to play a few gigs with a band but now mainly just play on my couch when watching cricket.

[Guest]

I can play an organ.

[doremi]

Oh yeah influences. Clapton.

[Henry]

My influences include Hendrix, Slash, Clapton, wanting to pick up girls in high school.....

[tac]

My influences include Hendrix, Slash, Clapton, wanting to pick up girls in high school.....

Aren't you a bit old for that? Or are you a Disney Channel fan as well?

[Guest]

I play the saxophone. I'd say Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter are my main influences

Alto sax, then? I bought my stepdaughter one. I make her play it with a sock in the bell though, it's so loud!

[Fred Nerk]

I owned a guitar for about five years but in no way was I ever a musician. I didn't even know enough chords for Status Quo.

[Henry]

My influences include Hendrix, Slash, Clapton, wanting to pick up girls in high school.....

Aren't you a bit old for that? Or are you a Disney Channel fan as well?

In 1997 high school girls were 'all the rage'.

[Winkle Spinner]

I play the saxophone. I'd say Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter are my main influences

Alto sax, then? I bought my stepdaughter one. I make her play it with a sock in the bell though, it's so loud!

Tenor, although anyone who's ever picked up a saxophone of any type, or arguably any kind of instrument at all since the early 50s, has felt Bird's influence.

I also own a bass clarinet, belying my fondess for Eric Dolphy.

I hope your step-daughter carries on with it. It could be worse, my brother plays the drums.

[Guest]

Yeah, many consider Bird to be the greatest ever jazz exponent.

I saw a bass clarinet once - huge thing like an alpine horn! Marcus Miller, the great jazz-funk bassist, had one on stage when I saw him.

[Sasha]

Guitar.

I love Eric Clapton, but obviously my playing is light years away from his!



Ooh nice emoticon.

[JKLever]

I can play the spoons.

Badly.

[LeFromage]

Guitar, keys.

[iieee]

Flute, half hour out of school a week, and erm, Jethro Tull possibly.

[LeFromage]

Are you sure you don't mean the pink oboe?

Coat...

[Guest]

Not at all cool and no one inspired me, but I can play the violin.
Apparently, I had a talent and was made to play it, (until my parents realised they'd actually have to BUY me one!)

Also played the steel drums for a while and was backing singer for the band we had in my friend's garage.

We could form quite an interesting band altogether, couldn't we?

[tac]

I play the harp . . . all those lonely hours in the cotton fields back home.

[LeFromage]

Whooo, you've filled up your stars...

[Guest]

The harp is a beautiful sound.

[tac]

The harp is a beautiful sound.

Blues harp . . .

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