Musical Instruments

What instruments do you play, How often you play and how long for..
I play drums :)

I've played piano since I was 3, and guitar for the past year or so. I play guitar anywhere between 1-6 hours a day, depending on how bored I am... I can play drums but I'm not too great at it. I used to play saxophone but I gave it up because I didn't like it.

I'm left handed, so I play a left handed guitar (Schecter Blackjack 006), but I can also play a right handed bass upside down without being restrung -- in fact, that's how I first learned to play.


Currently I'm in a band with my twin brother called Banjodeath -- we were a duo drum+bass band, but now we're looking for a drummer to be a three-man-trio-type-band. Although it's all somewhat in the periphery of my view, right now, due to school.

Thats quite a list of instruments, I wanna Start a band but my friend isnt motivated enough to keep practising, If you dont mind me asking How much did your blackjack cost??

P.S-School blows

i play guitar... have done for about 2 years now... um used to play the pinao... my bro is the musical one really tho.. im sure he will wap out his list soon enough...

Cool, you have a brother on here??

yeh "Smiler Small" is my lil bro.

I've been playing piano for the past few years... guitar as well, for two years.

I play bass guitar and i have been doing it for about a year now.

bass for life \,,/ xD

I play bass guitar too, and in 1 week it'll be 1 year :)

used to play keyboard/synthesizer did it 4 6yrs and sacked it cos i got bored lol

heres the list bro!!;)

i have been playing piano since i was seven im now fifteen...i play the saxaphone ive done tht for 4 years now
nd ive jsut started to learn the guitar hopefully im gonna learn the bass too!
hehe !:D

Theres a fair amount of musical talent in here it would seem, You must be quite handy with a piano smiler :)

I play the guitar.

However, I write for everything, piano, keyboard, bass, guitar, ukelele. You don't learn how to play an instrument, you learn how to play music.

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I play the guitar.

However, I write for everything, piano, keyboard, bass, guitar, ukelele. You don't learn how to play an instrument, you learn how to play music.

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I wish you were my tutor ;)

ye im pretty good at piano could be better cos ive moved teachers alot nd tht doesn't help! :(

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Thats quite a list of instruments, I wanna Start a band but my friend isnt motivated enough to keep practising, If you dont mind me asking How much did your blackjack cost??

P.S-School blows

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I got my black-jack supercheap... the model I got is about 550 dollars normally but I got it on ebay for 370ish. It was previously used, but there's no noticable damage. Once I get more money I might get a Hagstrom Swede because I want a Les-Paul type guitar.

MY band is pretty much dead right now because I live in a really small town and we can't find a drummer, so my brother and I are pretty unmotivated. I still practice and write a lot, though.

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I got my black-jack supercheap... the model I got is about 550 dollars normally but I got it on ebay for 370ish. It was previously used, but there's no noticable damage. Once I get more money I might get a Hagstrom Swede because I want a Les-Paul type guitar.

MY band is pretty much dead right now because I live in a really small town and we can't find a drummer, so my brother and I are pretty unmotivated. I still practice and write a lot, though.

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I find writing is a bitch for me, im fine at playing songs and improvisation, but it seems i feel i can acheive more when im working with a person who plays guitar or bass, except i recently left my hometown to move to the gold coast(Mid east coast) , so i have noone to practise with, except tutors ofcoarse :/

And by the way nice price for the blackjack.

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I find writing is a bitch for me, im fine at playing songs and improvisation, but it seems i feel i can acheive more when im working with a person who plays guitar or bass, except i recently left my hometown to move to the gold coast(Mid east coast) , so i have noone to practise with, except tutors ofcoarse :/

And by the way nice price for the blackjack.

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I usually just play guitar a lot and then remember everything that sounds good.

It's tough to write anything individual on drums, though.

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I usually just play guitar a lot and then remember everything that sounds good.

It's tough to write anything individual on drums, though.

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Yeah thats usually why i try to just stick to songs.

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Yeah thats usually why i try to just stick to songs.

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Drums are cool though. The general consensus is that "Good guitar players are tough to find", and that's kind of bullshit. Everyone and their mum plays guitar (granted it's tough to find original guitarists). The real difficulty is finding a steady bassist, and even moreso a good drummer... We've tried out multiple drummers but all have been either preoccupied or barely skilled.



On the other hand, I still try to maintain the belief and motto that as long as you're enjoying music, you're on the right track. It really bothers me when people get tied up in "I can play guitar better than you!" fights -- especially over the internet. The largest reason I've always been drawn to music (hell, even the arts in general) is that they're cooperative activities and not competitive jock-fests.

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It really bothers me when people get tied up in "I can play guitar better than you!" fights -- especially over the internet.

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I hear that. I usually go tell them that it's all well and good that they can play their Yngwie Malmsteen, or their Michel Angelo Batio, but go write something creative and original, and you'll win my respect.

Writing for drums is kinda annoying, whenever I do it I have a tendency to borrow from things like tribal drums or whatever. I'm much better with melody than trying to get down an interesting beat.

Haha, yeah. I think guitar-playing ability is one of those things that the closer you get to, the more blurred things are (like god. Haha, pseudo-deep metaphor FTW). For instance, Slash is a great guitar player, but I hate Guns N' Roses. The same goes for every other 80s piece of shit hair-metal band. And it's not to say that super-fast guitar solos aren't impressive, but let's face it: Listening to Canon on your guitar gets old really fast.


So that's why as a moral I don't consider myself a solo guitarist (which, is also why Adam Jones is one of my favorite guitarists.)

But this all could probably be linked back to my love for melody rather than intensity.




There are a few bands with great guitarists that know how to behave themselves, though... I particularly enjoy listening to Josh Homme and Omar. A Rodriguez(Although I side with Omar because he's left handed). And 60s guys like Jimmy Page and Hendrix may have done intense, long solos, but they made those solos way more interesting than what I see on youtube.

I respect your decision about adam jones :D, great guitarist in my opinion.

check this link out, i cant believe he plays drums for kylie minogue and robbie williams :S http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/thomaslangsolo.html