I think this might actually be my first thread, so apologies if its terrible.
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I think this might actually be my first thread, so apologies if its terrible.
Well, not anymore. I used to play the violin, sorta. I'd love to pick it back up, but I don't see that happening in the near future, unfortunately.
I know you play and sing!
In my younger years I played recorder and the Baritone Horn, which the school kindly lent to me. Unfortunately I got bored and swapped it for a trumpet, the school were not amused.
If so, then I play the saxophone, trombone, and tuba.
what an AWESOME thread!
I've also tried my hand at guitar, banjo, violin, and harmonica. I never got much beyond the basics of those. It just always kinda sounded awful.
But the jaw harp.... And the washtub bass I can drop some jams on
I tend to get over excited during jamming sessions, and can often be seem pogoing with the microphone in my hand, hence I usually get carried away on the djembes. It doesn't help when you have a full band playing in the studio and the drums are crashing and bass guitars rattling the walls, before you know it your swinging your hands at those djembes like a mad man, and shortly after that comes the pain.
I can play Greensleeves on the piano if that counts...oh and Happy Birthday...lol
Of course, it was a small school and we had a total of three trumpet players.
Haven't played it since except for Taps at a few military funerals when the Legions regular couldn't make it.
I've dabbled a bit with the piano/keyboard and an acoustic guitar, but I'm still at the beginner level...or whatever comes before that.
I do play spoons though.
Damn copper...we had 8 trumpet players in high school...and we were a tiny school
not as tiny as our neighbor school one county over though....their drum line was 1 snare, 1 bass drum and a cymbal player
They were 34 students in my graduating class, the largest the school had ever had at that point.
I play the guitar, self taught with no lessons so I wont say Im a pro or anything but I can play 20-30 songs..I dont make the time to learn anymore these days but every now and again I will get the urge to sit down and learn a new one.
I play acoustic guitar. I used to have a pretty strong play list, but I've forgotten how to play most of them. I've also written a few of my own songs... and sing...kinda. The drinker I am, the better I sound
I used to have a little casio electric piano thingy that I was brilliant at making fart noises with and turning them into rather compelling melodies ....well my family didn't think so, but me and my friends sure did.
Most recently, Santa brought my 6 year old daughter a drum set. I'm getting rather good at bustin out the beats on that thing. My wife is thrilled at my dedication to playing them at all hours of the day and night. Right honey?
Not to toot my own horn ( so to speak ) I can pick up just about any instrument and come up with a basic Melody.
I'd also like to note, I'm pretty good at beatboxing.
Yep the dreaded band geek!!! That was me!! But it did get me a trip to Europe my Sophmore year in school!!!
Picked it up again this summer for a reunion.... Forgot how hard it is!!! Ended up with really sore lips and cheeks!!! Guess I need to keep working on my blowing!! lol
~Cas