Musically talented Lounge Lizards check in.

[progmom]

What instrument do you play? Do you earn money with your talents, or is it all for fun?

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. I wish I was musically talented

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[progmom]

2. Hey!

Were you off watching tv?

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. No. I've been here.... lurking...

*creepy children of the corn look* I know what you've been posting progmom. I don't like what you've been posting.




hmmmm... apparently the children of the corn do not know how to type. :silly:

[progmom]

6. me neither

boring...

[sundog]

9. you should be ashamed of yourself

:7

[progmom]

13. I am.

Sorely ashamed.

[sundog]

16. I feel shame for you

is all I'm sayin

[progmom]

21. Not nearly as much as I feel.

[RevolutionaryActs]

25. sundog! Look how bad you made her feel, now say you're sorry!

[sundog]

26. bullshit! you started it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2901629&mesg_id=2901650&page=

now I feel shame for you

[RevolutionaryActs]

29. The corn made me do it.

Fucking corn.

[sundog]

32. shame... I feel shame for all of you

except me :7

[RevolutionaryActs]

34. Oh yeah? Well I feel shame for you, so we're even.

:evilgrin:

[sundog]

35. and for your shame for me, I feel doubly shamed for you

shaaammee :P

[progmom]

37. Yesterday it was the asparagus.

Why can you not take responsibility for your own actions? Why must you always blame the vegetable?

[RevolutionaryActs]

39. It was broccoli, and I did not blame it, I ate it.

:9

[sundog]

7. hahaha

this made me laugh really hard for some reason... maybe the wine :P

[progmom]

11. Rev is a funny chick.

Maybe she wants to pile on you?

[RevolutionaryActs]

15. I want to pile on who?

I had no idea I was that kind of girl. :o

[progmom]

18. JJ was promising to pile on sundog

and then she ditched out...

[RevolutionaryActs]

22. Aww, well if he's feeling bad about it, I suppose I could fill in...

;)

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. NO!

Not the wine, I'm just incredibly funny! :P

[Amfortas]

3. I'm not sure what I do on the violin can be considered "playing"...

sold it 2 years ago. so damn hard , and not much free time.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. How long have you played?

[Amfortas]

20. I practiced for a year , when I was 23 years old ... then gave up

after my sister begged me to have mercy on her ears.!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. It can be tough to take up as an adult

with no experience as a child. An adult's ears tend to be more sensitive to pitch and tone quality than a child's. And there's a certain degree of scratching and squawking that's bound to come out before a person figures out how to make a beautiful sound. Many adults don't have the patience to listen to themselves (or others) at their worst.

I'm sorry your sister was one of them... :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

5. I'm a violinist...

It's my living and my life... :nopity:

[progmom]

8. excellent!

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. How about you, ProgMom?

[progmom]

24. I played saxophone for a long time.

Still mess around occasionally. Have a drum set in my basement that I have no skills on. Guitars, basses, congas... I love messing around on them, but it's all just for fun.

[Reverend_Smitty]

17. I play the guitar...

poorly...no seriously, I never had any formal training so anything I play, I've figured it out on my own. But I've played in my share of high school talent shows...I am a proficient rhythm guitarist.

[name not needed]

19. I play bass

have been for about 3 months now

[leftofthedial]

23. pro

singer songwriter producer guitarist keyboardist

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. I'm a guitar player

played professionally in the 70's, 80's and 90's..now I play for me :D

[progmom]

44. Aha - that would explain

...the Emily Remler request. :hi:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

45. yep

and I'm gonna hit you up for some more this week! Maybe some Wes...or Joe Pass...or Stanley Jordan...

[Floogeldy]

28. I played professionally for a long time

I played guitar and a little keyboard. Lots of singing, too.

I know all of the great, classic guitar solos, and a whole lot more. I have relative pitch.

If any guitarist out there need help learning a solo or chord pattern, let me know.

B-)

[bobthedrummer]

30. We are The Books Banned.

I play drums and do some vocals. My soulmate, Charron, plays bass ('72 Fender Precision) as well as guitar.
We've paid our dues in full, we are experienced on stage and in studios.
We are in the process of planning a move this year, we've reached the point of wanting to hook-up with major studio musicians-lol.
:hi:
:smoke:

[RagingInMiami]

31. I sing karaoke when I get drunk

I'm not bad either

[FuzzySlippers]

33. I play the flute.

Used to play some weddings. Played in an opera orchestra one time.

[mark414]

36. completely off subject

but i just got a shirt today in the mail i ordered off ebay...i know you'd love it...



the guy i bought it from has a lot of great shirts...

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZkenyatta3000

[progmom]

40. excellent!

I approve!

[ghostsofgiants]

38. I play bass

Just for fun. Not in a band at the moment unfortunately.

[JohnnyCougar]

41. I play guitar and spin records.

I also can compose music. I had many theory and composition classes when I was a kid, and I wrote a couple progressive rock songs with my high school band.

[BlueJazz]

42. Saxophone..was a working Jazz Musician for 12 years.

I'm still a Jazz player but only once in a while do I gig.
..Became a MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) because I like to eat and drive and have a house and other exciting things. :)

[tammywammy]

43. I played the cello for 8 years

From 5th grade through high school. Once I graduated I gave it up. I wasn't going for a musical degree, and I never made time to practice/gave up my private lessons.

But, my mom bought me a beautiful cello when I was in 8th grade (worth about 10K, meager compared to "professional" instruments.) and I've kept it, because I'm going to make my children learn.

Classical music is a great appreciation that everyone should learn.

[Telly Savalas]

46. Hobbyist supreme

I've been playing the piano since childhood and the geeeetar since adolesence and am somewhat competent on both. Picked up the sax in my 20's after falling in love with jazz. I'm a bit out of practice, but I could probably smoke some serious ass in a Junior High School band blowing session. In the last few years I've acquired a flute and a beat up old trumpet. I can coax a few tunes out of the flute, but my trumpet-playing is so bad the wife won't let me practice when she's around.

This whole parenthood thing is such a drain on my time and lifeforce that the practicing just isn't happening enough. I figure that in 4 decades or so the pace of life will slow, I can focus more on music, and perhaps start a Grateful Dead cover band with my buddies in the nursing home.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. Guitar - mainly for fun

When I was in my 20's (in the 1970's) I toured for about a year or more with a rock band, playing mainly cheap rooms where our agent booked us. Since then it's been just a form of relaxation. But over the last 3 years I've gone back to it pretty seriously. I've stopped using a guitar pick and I play fingerstyle jazz on a nylon string flamenco guitar. I've thought about trying to get small gigs in restaurants and lounges but there's very little demand for live music anymore (at least not like before). But since my business (I'm an immigration lawyer in a Chinese law firm) has started heading down the drain, especially since Bush came into office and immigration from the Far East has slowed, I've actually thought about giving it a try. I don't need much money to live on right now, but my cousin (who has been a serious pro guitarist all his life) is even having trouble making ends meet.

[no name no slogan]

57. Dayum, that sounds like what I'm doing lately

I've become a big fan of nylon-string guitar sound in the last few years. I too have forsaken the flatpick in favor of my fingers and fingernails. My own style of late has been sort of a gypsy rumba/jazz sound, with a little Latin flavor just to keep things interesting.

Because I like to be heard over the band, I got a Godin ACS, which is a solid-body nylon string guitar (more at www.godinguitars.com). The neck is a slight bit wider than a standard electric, but the feel is totally like that of a decent flamenco guitar. Mine also has 13-pin Roland GR-compatable output, so I've also been messing with guitar synthesis, too.

PM me if you've got any recordings-- I'd like to hear how you sound!

:hi:

[sakabatou]

48. Pianist for about 7 yrs

And I still play crapily.

[blackcatpgh]

50. guitar

been playing since i was 7 years old (30 now). sorta "professional," if you call playing a show in a bar and getting paid under $100/night, on average, "professional."

i've just been playing for so long i don't know how to quit - and don't want to either!

[Ron Green]

51. Played Tuesday night, last night, have a gig tonight...

Although it's a "hobby" now (I've played on the road and in local venues), it sure seems to occupy lots of my time.

Oh... String Bass. Every kind of band needs a bass, you know.

[Misunderestimator]

52. I was a professional singer...

opera/classical for about 15 years... I have also played piano all my life (also classical)... and I'm learning classical guitar (though I'm being incredibly lazy about that until after I move).

[XNASA]

53. I can play all of them, except.....

...for the ones you have to blow into.

[Blue_In_AK]

54. I play the flute...

I'm not making money with it right now, but I have in the past. I can read music, but I prefer jamming. No boundaries. I'll play ANYthing.

[no name no slogan]

55. I play and write songs

I used to do it on a semi-professional basis when I was younger, but now it's mostly just for fun. My band and I put out a CD about ten years back, and had a decent local following, but I had a nervous breakdown and had to knock it off for a couple of years.

My main instrument are guitar and voice, although I also play harmonica, bass, keys, alto sax, viola, and hand percussion (bongos, congas, djembe, cajón, etc.)

Here's a drunken me playing flamenco guitar:


:hi:

[Squeech]

56. Me too

Bass, guitar, some keyboards, mandolin, marimba, pennywhistle.

Not all of the above at a level of proficiency you'd actually want to be in the same room as.

[latteromden]

58. Violin! But just for fun.

I love it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

60. Are you near Minneapolis?

A friend of mine is a violinist in the Minnesota Orchestra...

[latteromden]

61. Yes indeed. Really? I've been meaning to catch one of their

concerts sometime soon. Very cool.

[Speck Tater]

59. I compose, in classical style

and record my compositions with various synths. I Play piano/keyboards. Have written 3 symphonies, 2 piano concertos, many brass quintets and string quartets, lots of programatic orchestral works (Alice in Wonderland Suite, Highland Suite, Gothe Suite, ... etc.) Have done lots of composing in film-score style including score for the silent movie Metropolis, and scores for several non-existant movies.

Have never performed or composed publically or commercially. This is my private vice that I don't usually share with anyone.