musical talent

[mother nature's son]

Ok.....
Having looked around, its obvious we have many artists among us.
Other than drawing however, does anyone have untold musical talents?
Anybody in a band, and what style music?
Just thought this would make a neat survey. (sorry if this has been done already) -MNS

[Arloest]

Well, I compose. (See My Music topic below this one).

I'm also in a band. We're not really going anywhere, but it's a fun excuse to jam anyway. We do a sort of progressive/epic MEHTUL sort of this. (Oh, I'm on drums).

Well, obviously I play drumset. I also know concert percussion (Timpanis, snare drums, xylophones, etc.) I've been playing piano for over 8 years now, I'm getting into Rachmaninoff right now. I can also play a little bit of clarinet (my sister taught me), and a tiny bit of guitar (rock styles).

[Liberal Cynic]

I'm real big into music, can't draw worth crap, but I can play music. I know how to play most instruments, but the only ones I really play are my saxophones(which I have been paid to play ) french horn, trombone, and piano(only for music theory) don't know too much of composition, but I do know the basics. I love to play jazz. I'm in 2 jazz bands, one being the schools, the other being a music company called Johny Mack Band. Can play a little classical, nothing like Rachmaninoff, but more into Antonin Dvorak. And I like your music Arloest, really good work.

[Dr. Doog]

I'm going to a magnet school to take music recording classes starting next week, I can sing, and I play the guitar crappily . My friend and I have been working on recording some stuff, I'll probably post it here once we're done with it.

Okay here's something I did about three or four months after getting my electric guitar omg dylan

[Tai]

Well, it takes about a half hour per minute of song but I can find the notes that are playing for the instruments (i.e. reverse engineer the sheet music), good for learning to play popular songs and get a bit of an ego boost

I play the viola most proficiently (which isn't very good), but can play (but not read music well with) the piano, recorder (6th graaade), and tin whistle. And occasionally I dabble in the occasional computer synth thing, trying to recreate some of the pieces I played in orchestra or sequence a song I've heard but have been unable to find.

[Bocaj Claw]

I have the musical aptitude of a doorknob. They didn't even let me play the tamborine in elementary school.

[Tai]

I have the musical aptitude of a doorknob. They didn't even let me play the tamborine in elementary school.

hay those doorknobs can rattle QUITE THE RHYTHM SIR

[osprey]

I play guitar and keyboards, and am half-decent on the drums. I'm not in an actual group at this time, but I do go to jams in the area, and I played in a makeshift band for the anniversary festival put on by the company I used to work for. I am completely self-taught...with the help of a guitar chord book and a music theory book.

I prefer to play a rock-ish style...kind of southern rock, similar to the style of Counting Crows. On guitar, I can play soft-rock songs up to more intense rock. I prefer playing rock keyboards, though I do know some classical pieces as well. I've never been much of a sheet music reader; I have never been able to master that. I usually look at a song, then store it in my memory.

Another interesting thing about my music: I am left-handed, however I learned to play guitar on a right-handed guitar! People have told me it has a unique sound, so I have stuck with this. Therefore, I play with the strings strung backward. For my electric guitar, I bought a leftie guitar, and had a new bridge put in so I could string it for a righty.

I might upload some recordings eventually.

[Tom Flapwell]

I've done some music software compositions, but I don't think I can present them in a playable format here. PlayMusic! is cheap stuff.

[Rooster]

I was bass player for a punk band, a post-hardcore band, and guitarist for an emo band.

Tragically, no more.

But I still write my own stuff and play acoustic, though mainly in the style of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan.

[johndoe0028]

Me, guitar. Gibson LP classic.
Biggest influences are calssic rock artists, Zep, Floyd etc...
Sadly, not in a formal band as of now.

[Muninn]

I'm more into the writing than the playing.

[mother nature's son]

Ive read some on your site..... very nice indeed!

[Fritz]

I'm a sax player, as you might have guessed by a past avatar of mine. Ask anybody I know, they'll tell you that I kick ass. I'm currently in the wind ensemble at Kingwood High School. That's a really good high school.

Oh, and I play flute too. And I arrange some songs I like as instrumentals.

[Blue Blur]

I try to play a guitar of my own. (That's missing the E string, no less) I also do some work using the computer, but nothing near to what could pass as decent.