Re: Thread for musicians

by PearlJ Sun 28 Oct 2007, 23:48

I play the drums to a decent level of competence. Thinking of taking up the guitar for a bit of a laugh.

by Makaveli Sun 28 Oct 2007, 23:50

PearlJ wrote:Thinking of taking up the guitar for a bit of a laugh.

Not easy! but very rewarding once you get the hang of it.

by Basil Mon 29 Oct 2007, 00:35

Can't claim any musical talent myself (apart from the trumpet voluntary after a particularly violent curry) but my eldest plays the guitar, the partner's daughter plays keyboard and the partner's eldest plays guitar and makes strange gutteral noises, which I assume is singing.

by PearlJ Mon 29 Oct 2007, 01:02

Makaveli wrote:
PearlJ wrote:Thinking of taking up the guitar for a bit of a laugh.

Not easy! but very rewarding once you get the hang of it.

Yeah, looks it. Plus the guitar is so cool Smile

by Guest Mon 29 Oct 2007, 22:00

PearlJ wrote:
Makaveli wrote:
PearlJ wrote:Thinking of taking up the guitar for a bit of a laugh.

Not easy! but very rewarding once you get the hang of it.

Yeah, looks it. Plus the guitar is so cool

Speaking as a bass player I cannot accept that guitars are "cool".

by LeFromage Mon 29 Oct 2007, 22:01

Aren't bass players all failed guitarists?

by Winkle Spinner Mon 29 Oct 2007, 23:08

Basses are cool as long as you've got the big upright ones that you can spin around at a suitably dramatic juncture in the piece.

by tac Mon 29 Oct 2007, 23:32

Winkle Spinner wrote:Basses are cool as long as you've got the big upright ones that you can spin around at a suitably dramatic juncture in the piece.

I prefer my Bass in a bottle . . .

by lardbucket Tue 30 Oct 2007, 12:09

Guitar.

Why? - Neil Young, CCR, and Zeppelin. I know, I'm getting old.

by iieee Tue 30 Oct 2007, 22:04

Dello wrote:Are you sure you don't mean the pink oboe?

Oboes squeak too much.............. My god I am bored.

by Guest Wed 31 Oct 2007, 06:12

Dello wrote:Aren't bass players all failed guitarists?

Some of them. Most of the current crop of Britrock bassists are lamentable. But I would't call Sir Macca and John Entwhistle "failed guitarists".

But the bass player has to do a very different, important job to the guitarist, underpinning everything, locking the melody to the rhythm, laying down the groove that people shake their arses to. Guitarists can get away with a few bum notes, but if the bassist plays a wrong note, everyone notices.

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