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DO YOU PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OR SING?
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Posted 8 months ago Just wondered if anyone plays in a band or writes their own music, in addition to singing? I love to sing, but I probably think Im better than I am....I play the piano and saxophone and played the clarinet as a kid. I create my own music on the piano and play by ear to almost anything. Share your story, even if you only sing in the shower.... "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself." - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant "America was not built on fear." "America was built on courage, imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. " - President Harry S. Truman |
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| Posted 8 months ago ok i sing in the shower and my daughter caught me and before i knew it we had quite a chorus going on! my daughter plays the flute and has been teaching me lately i have had so much fun with it! i was actually thinking of picking up the violin again but dont have the money right now. |
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| Posted 8 months ago I'm singing right now (Kung-Fu Fighting re-mix, to be exact)!! Although I've been told that I'm absolutely horrible (lpd380, you know who you are) :-) "You see but you do not observe" ~ Sherlock Holmes |
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| Posted 8 months ago I played drum set for a couple years, but the wife made me get rid of it. Now that shes gone I hope to get another one soon. I would like to pick up the guitar and relearn the piano sometime. |
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| Posted 8 months ago In high school I was the only freshman in the senior acapella choir. I continued in choir all through my senior year and then didn't do a thing until about 7-8 years ago I was in a musical at the college where I used to work. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed every minute of it!! I still love to sing whether it's on a stage, in my shower or in my car!!! I'm one of those nuts who's jammin' at the red light with me and the radio way up loud!! September 11, 2001... I will always remember |
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| Posted 8 months ago I've sung off & on all my life (as it's a great stress reliever for me & it ALWAYS puts me in good spirits!!!) But for the first time in my life I'm singin' in a BAND!!!! I am PETRIFIED but also extremely excited!!! I'll be singin' Pat Benetar, Joan Jett, Blondie, etc. My first official "gig" is May 9th LOL ;) I'll keep ya posted on if I pass out or not from stage fright HAHAHAHA!!!! |
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| Posted 8 months ago musician (guitar, bass, trombone,(lil piano) and vocalist..10-4 on the stress relieving factor, i could be having the worst day on the planet, and I cycle through the ipod and all is right with the world.. |
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| Posted 7 months ago I played in bands up until '06 (none of them very good)... all originals with a few covers thrown in for good measure. I played guitar in three of the bands and drums in two others - I sang in all 5 bands (sometimes lead vocals, sometimes backup). I played bass (guitar, not fish) in a buddy's band for a little bit when he broke his ankle and couldn't play. Now I just strum the guitar at home for a couple of hours every 3-4 months. If I can swing it, I'd like to get an electronic drum set so I can play in the privacy of my own home and without disturbing anyone. |
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| Posted 7 months ago Well, let's see! My mom is a Music Teacher at one of the Local School's here, and my Uncle is a DJ for a Country station here in town, and he is also in a band. I played the flute and piano during my youthful years, I still play the piano a little but, mostly during family events. I sing Karoke that's about it. DISCIPLINE: Knowing what you know to be right, even when nobody's looking. |
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| Posted 4 months ago I started playing guitar seriously in 2004. After going through many different guitars, I have settled on a PRS McCarty that sounds like a Les Paul for the most part, and a PRS Custom 22 detuned for that wonderful music called Grunge! I have always been afraid to sing until recently. I had extensive sinus surgery that completely changed my voice. It freaked me out completely, but left me with a tenor voice. I was trying to talk like I did before the surgery but I ended up just making do with what it is now. I started singing to maintain a confidence level to at least talk to strangers. I still see a weird look on people's faces when I talk now that knew me before the surgery. Know anybody looking for someone that can sing like Michael Stipe or Eddie Vedder, send them my way. |
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| Posted 4 months ago I have sang in public (church) since I was about 6 or 7 years old. I have sang in choirs, quartets, duets, and solos. I also play the keyboards, trumpet, flugel horn, a little guitar, and some light percussion. I also have played in some bands up thru about 2003. Have sold most of my gear except a couple of horns. Hopefully one day I can replace my guitars and keyboards. I would love to be in another band again someday...SOON!!!!!!!! |
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| Posted 4 months ago My latest CD, "Ode To A Troll" was produced by Sony in late 2007. Sales are good. Not platinum but good. All proceeds go the pauper's cemetary where ne'er-do-wells find their final resting place. I sing, I am a story teller, I am your troubadour. On my album, I also play a washboard. It annoys the garden variety troll. Track #4 is my favorite. I know you know the melody. It goes to the tune of 'Nick, nack paddy wack, give your dog a bone..." "I hate trolls, ... yes, I do, Squish and squash and splatter, too. With a nick-nack-paddy-wack, give your dog a bone, We troll hunters head on home." (Now, see, I know you tried it....) I will be in the kiosk until 11pm to sign CD's. 10-8... "We should remember that one man is much the same as another, and he is Best, who is trained in the severest school." Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War "Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay the price."
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| Posted 4 months ago I played the cello for years as a kid, but it's been a while....I sing in the shower and when I've had a few too many, tho I don't know how well LOL ~ Live Simply. Love Generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the rest to God. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Does Rock Band count? If so, then I do it all!! Whole family enjoys this, and it is just about the only time you will see a smile on my 15 year old sons face. When he is rolling on the floor laughing at his mama!! |
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| Posted 3 months ago Brass musician. Primarily tuba..... like ensembles, quintets, etc. Ufortunately this area isnt exactly a hotbed of brass musicians/groups. They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".
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| Posted 3 months ago HUT66 says ...
Hey Hut66, do you play a real tuba or a sousaphone. By the way I play trumpet and flugle |
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| Posted 3 months ago Singing "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT" "The only people who can REALLY HURT YOU....are the ones who matter most! |
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| Posted 3 months ago choirboy1112 says ...
Either/or..... same horn, different shape. Got an old, upright, King 3 banger at home though..... It's probably older than me and it looks like it fell off a truck but it makes plenty of racket. They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".
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| Posted 3 months ago I play the piano, guitar, and drums. I'm rusty on all of them, lol. I also can sing both tenor and bass, believe it or not, and I'm told I'm not too shabby (by those who caught me, unfortunately). My dad is a singer and most of my 11 sibling play instruments, so I guess it runs in the family a little. I also write. I've only written a few songs though, primarily ballads.
Without gripping the Sword
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| Posted 3 months ago I attempt to play a little guitar and can ping a little on piano, but main instrument is singing. I would love to be able to play piano, guitar, and other stringed instruments good, but can't do it. Maybe one day I'll learn. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Mandolin
Trumpet
Learning to play the badpipes For so long as one hundred men remain alive, we shall never under any conditions submit to the domination of the English. It is not for glory or riches or honours that we fight, but only for liberty, which no good man will consent to lose but with his life. The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 SCREW TIBET FREE SCOTLAND !!!! |
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| Posted 3 months ago I've been playing the drums and guitar for a while now. Still not as good at singing. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I have played the guitar for more than 40 years...and still suck! I was one of two kids who were banned from singing when I was in school. "You can't lead from behind" Gen'l James Longstreet, CSA |
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| Posted 3 months ago Used to play the piano when I was a kid and currently play the guitar every now and then. Very rusty with reading music anymore so play mostly by ear. |
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| Posted 3 months ago Have played organ since the late 60's. Was head organist at church and for ther hockey team. Tried guitar, didn't work for me, but can find my way around on an accordian if I try ahrd enough. |
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| Posted 3 months ago I played the flute, sax, all woodwinds in high school. I only play the flute and the wooden flute now. I sing, but not in front of anyone, not that good. My daughter is about the only one who has heard me sing. She said I was good, I need to get her hearing checked. Ha Ha My daughter sings in school, her school was picked last year to sing in Orlando, Fl (Disney).
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| Posted 3 months ago I play some instruments, piano, guitar, clarinet, keyboard, and flute. My son plays the guitar, keyboard and sax...We have our own little bamnd going....LOL As far as singing, I love to sing but not in front of anyone, and the music has to be loud enough to drown out my voice.....LOL BE good to one another, because you just never know when that person is going to be GONE!!! |
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| Posted 3 months ago I've played guitar off and on for about 20 years, just got back into it again and right now am hot rodding a Les Paul I just bought. Had a nice jam session with some friends over the weekend, it's a lot of fun to play and sing (turn the amp up, yeh), very much a stress reliever. I play just about everything from Skynyrd to Metallica to Toby Keith to blues! Love it. Have written many of my own songs, just need to put them all together! I found out about seven years ago that I love to sing and now I do it every chance I get, whether it be karaoke or singing with my guitar. |
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| Posted 2 months ago I play the guitar. Mostly harder stuff like Metallica and I try and write my own stuff. Try the operative word. |
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| Posted 2 months ago =D Thought I'd share this. When I was in grade school, I joined the choir then high school, I played the violin and piano for orchestra. Now, I just don't have time but I find it weird (maybe it's just me) whenever I listen to a song play on the radio or wherever, not only do I pay attention to the lyrics but I can hear and tell what instrument is used in the harmony and melody of the song. "Be an angel, save a life." - Jones Soda cap.
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