Do we have any musicians in here?

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

My other passion in life is music, rock guitar mainly, and i got to thinking, are there any other musicians in here?

cheers

[sheeny (Al)]

Yeah... well... um... I'm nearly an ex-musician... I'm sure I've forgotten more about playing guitars than I remember.

I don't get to play very often... too many other things competing for my time. I haven't learned a new song in the last 2 or 3 years I'd say. But when I do get time I like to pick up a guitar and refresh one of my old tunes.

I don't sing - I don't have the multi-tasking brain (and if I'm sober my off key correction filter doesn't work).

I have 4 guitars, a set of congas, clap sticks, two blues harps (E and G), and two occarinas.

My guitars are a classical, a steel string acoustic, an acoustic bass and an electric which has been exiled to the shed since I moved. When we finally get moved into the extension I hope to bring my electric back into the house so I can play along with Shine on You Crazy Diamond again...

Al.

[toryglen-boy (Duncan)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Yeah... well... um... I'm nearly an ex-musician... I'm sure I've forgotten more about playing guitars than I remember.

I don't get to play very often... too many other things competing for my time. I haven't learned a new song in the last 2 or 3 years I'd say. But when I do get time I like to pick up a guitar and refresh one of my old tunes.

I don't sing - I don't have the multi-tasking brain (and if I'm sober my off key correction filter doesn't work).

I have 4 guitars, a set of congas, clap sticks, two blues harps (E and G), and two occarinas.

My guitars are a classical, a steel string acoustic, an acoustic bass and an electric which has been exiled to the shed since I moved. When we finally get moved into the extension I hope to bring my electric back into the house so I can play along with Shine on You Crazy Diamond again...

Al.

Nice ... Dave Gilmour is an exceptional guitarist.

I play rock, in the Bettencourt, Vai, Satriani, Van Halen kinda model, i have a collection of Washburn N4's, an Ibanez Jem 7V, and a Godin A6.

[BerrieK]

Once upon a time I played the flute...but now all I can play is the stereo!!

[monoxide]

awesome, the Jem 7v is a beast of a guitar in the right hands
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RHdkAZZdDWM (16 year old showing us how its done)

i stick to bass, got a 5 string washburn, 4 string ibanez and a cheap electric acoustic

shame on you sheeny, poor bass locked away in the shed

[sheeny (Al)]

Originally Posted by monoxide

shame on you sheeny, poor bass locked away in the shed

Yeah, I know! ... but it's not the bass, it's the electric... but point taken. I feel it.

Al.

[leon]

Na, guys couldn't play/sing music to say my life. but than again I don't listen to it either, never have the radio/CD player on in the car, or listen to it while working in the shed or similar. come to think about it I don't particularly like music.

Leon

[Ric]

I've always had a desire to learn how to play the Bagpipes, I could play them in the front paddock and scare unsuspecting car drivers as they go past.

Maybe one day.

Cheers

[Alchemy (Clive)]

play the sax (tenor), but recently went out and bought an acoustic guitar( Maton EM325C ) and am learning to play, the neighbours teenager is a guitar nut and im paying him for a lesson a week.... great fun.

[gman (Grant)]

Grew up playing the trumpet at secondary school for 4 years.

Purchased a Cort Steel String Electric/Acoustic last year and have been slowly teaching myself guitar.

[JimmyH155]

Well my musical ability is pathetic, but last year we re-inherited a 100 year old pianola that had been in the family since new. It was stuffed. I revitalised the action (using instruction books) and am now working on the pneumatics. Beautiful tone and I am teaching myself to play. I made such a racket on the pianola that teenage son complained and I now teach myself on a specially purchased keyboard with earphones. I have got nearly up to grade 1 AND AM PLAYING SUCH WONDROUS PIECES AS Alouette, Little brown jug, Home on the Range and my latest challenge, The Entertainer
Probably just as well I use the earphones, or all the dogs in the neighbourhood would start howling
Miond you, when nobody is about, I belt out the tunes on the pianola

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

My mother in law has a pianola. My sons like nothing better then to pump out a few tunes.
They have two favourite rolls. One is a compilation of TV comercials eg Louie the Fly the other is Red Back on the Toilet Seat.
Whenever I go to a market or second hand store I'll buy up whatever rolls I find. Sometimes they go for as little as $5 each.
Otherwise she orders new rolls from the US as the Australian company that used to make them closed a couple of years ago.
She spent $1000 on the pianola recently giving it a complete refurbishment.

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

My mother in law has a pianola. My sons like nothing better then to pump out a few tunes.
They have two favourite rolls. One is a compilation of TV comercials eg Louie the Fly the other is Red Back on the Toilet Seat.
.

Hi,

See if you can find them Old Man Emu. What a catchy bushies song, they should love it!

I am going to try to inflict it on everyone next time at Sussex Inlet.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=AZLx4Os8TBs

Cheers

[Dog Star (Phil)]

Dunno if I'd call myself a musician but I play mouth organ a bit and have one in each key. Mainly play straight harp though. Tried playing chromatic but kept getting my mo' hairs caught in the slide so I gave that up as a bad joke.
Had a 3/4 size violin a few years back and managed to teach myself to play a couple of songs (fairly badly) Keep thinking that I'd like to buy another and persevere but finding time is always an issue. Not sure how the dogs would feel about it either. As it is, they suffer the mouth organ playing with barely concealed contempt.
When I found out that the tuning on a mandolin is the same as a fiddle, I bought a banjo-mandolin, but if my fiddle playing was bad, then the mandolin playing was worse.
Can also honk out a bit of a rhythm on a didgeridu, but I never mastered the circular breathing so necessary to be a real player.
Like many others, the thing I play best is a cd.
A mate of mine, having endured one of my drunken harmonica sessions one night said-
"I thought you liked music?"
"I do," I replied.
"Then why do you treat it so badly?"
Critics!!

[jungle11 (Greg)]

Music, fortunatly, runs in my family. My dad was classically trained, and then went into contemporary, played jazz for a long time, so he was always trying to get me intersted as a child. He loves keyboard and is getting a Roland soon which im looking forward to hearing. He also played mainly bass in a few bands (like the Freeloves) when he was younger.

I settled on guitar - would not listen to him or bother to learn any theory. Never too late to start though i guess. But in the last 15 years i've been lucky to get better as an ear player.
Been in a couple of bands. First one was country (yuk) but about the only thing going out here. Second was in Brisbane, a cover band, playing foo-fighters, deftones....heavy stuff.

But these days, me and dad, and a friend from town get together and play blues. Thats the best for me, because your free to express yourself wherever the fancy takes you.
Love alot of new bands, heavy stuff. hehe
Idols though include Eric Clapton, HENDRIX!!!, and, of course - Stevie Ray Vaughn, wish he was still with us

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by GeoffW1

Hi,

See if you can find them Old Man Emu. What a catchy bushies song, they should love it!

Chances are that Granna has Old Man Emu tucked away in one of her cupboards.
She has so many rolls it looks like Olivanders wand store.

[stevoggo (Stephen)]

Hi All,

i am a muso, actually got into astronomy (this christmas) as the drummer in my band is heavily into astronomy, got me interested.
I'm a singer, guitarist and play blues harp.
i play on the cenral coast in an acoustic duo called code2, play iguana's etc
Also just started a blues/rock band currently in rehearsal will be playing around Sydney/Coast/Newcastle by the end of the year.
The Blues rock band also includes original material for recording next year.

To all those just learning the guitar and there seems to be a lot of you! It is only practice, there are also heaps of good video lessons on you tube.

cheers all, i will hopefully get up to the pony club one month, but working this time.
Steve

[danielsun]

Been playing drums since I was about 14 (am 40 now) and in bands all my life playing in pubs and clubs around Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold coast.
Gave it up a few years ago when astronomy and family life took over.
Had some great times.



Cheers Daniel.

[JimmyH155]

if your mother-in-law, JJJnettie, got her pianola fixed up for $1000, she was doing well!! I have spent over $500 in parts and that was just for the action. There are over 12000 parts in just the action (remember there are 88 keys) it is the most fantastic engineering feat to make piano movements And the pianola part - ie the pneumatics - are probably even more. I havent even looked at the bellows yet. It is a great project and I will get there

i hope to switch the rolls on say by Easter. We have 50 of them and my wife remembers playing some of them 45 years ago!!

[JimmyH155]

Hey, JJJnettie, what is your mother-in -laws pianola make. Mine is a Steck, made in Gotha, Germany, in about 1910. Would love to hear, The pianola part is a Themodist, 88 keys, made in Germany
Magic stuff














hey, JJY nettie