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What else do you play? If anything

#83
3 years piano (nearly a lifetime ago)
14 years of classical, jazz, symphonic, gospel, & blues percussion (xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, bells, chimes, trap, snare, timpani, cymbals, auxiliary)
2 years of bass
 
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#84
electric bass
upright bass
drums
hammond organ
guitar
moog
dobro

I seem to get a lot of calls for drums or hammond organ these days.
I spent so much time and energy restoring an early 60's ludwig kit, yet 90% of my drum gigs have a kit there.
Hammond gigs are pretty much recording dates, which are a lot of fun to play on, but then when I listen to the final mixes, the organ is so far in the background, kinda makes me wonder why they spend the money??
 
#88
Bass
Trumpet
Piano

Are my main 3 I started playing trumpet even before bass. So like 25 years on trumpet and 21 years on bass but I do feel like bass is my main instrument now. I've always liked playing trumpet but feel more gifted I guess is the word on bass and I play my bass considerably more these days. I've never played piano on stage but I've always had an upright piano or at least a keyboard around and use them a lot to write music for my band.

Currently own 2 trumpets, one bass, and 2 keyboard setups a m audio midi controller running east west quantum leap on my laptop, and Alesis midi controller controlling a korg tr rack. I also own a clarinet and my wife has a couple violins. Both of our parents were very encouraging as far as music goes
 
#89
FretNoMore said:
She'd probably have the whole neighborhood behind her. :)
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I can vouch for that! People either love 'em or hate 'em and I've had more than a couple let me know in no uncertain terms that they hated them. Fortunately,
the number who appreciated them have far outnumbered the ones who don't. When I tell people that I play bass in a heavy metal band AND I play bagpipes, I get
comments like that's pretty much a stretch but I tell them not really, both are loud and both annoy people! :)
 
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#91
Ron Johnson said:
Thanks. Yeah there are a lot of lousy teachers out there. I get terrible pay where I teach because the store takes more than half the lesson fees for themselves, but I stick around because I want those students to have the right instruction so they can take their music further and perhaps keep things like orchestral and jazz music alive.
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+1 man, that's what is about
 
#92
5below said:
5-string basses
electric and acoustic guitar
12-string guitar
a bit of mandolin
played lots of brass in high school, but I'd have to start all over again. Tuba was my first bass instrument and I'm still interested, just not in field formations!
voice - lots of baritone years ago. I can sing and play guitar, but have not yet started to sing while I play bass. I am planning on it though.
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They don't give away tubas. I'm dead broke because i bought a really good one, could got like a miraphone, there ok, but I didn't
 
#95
More or less in order:

Electric and upright bass
drums
guitar
a very little piano

A Sousaphone or tuba would be a blast, but as has been pointed out, they aren't the cheapest instruments on the planet. Plus, I'm not sure where I would put it when it wasn't getting played.
 
#99
Bass
Guitar
Woodwinds (except flute...)
Most brass
Keys (in a rock/pop way)
Drums (in an at home way, though with a bit of practice I could do it with a band)

Years ago in school I started playing Clarinet and Sax and moved my way through everything available in the instrument room. In High school I would switch up instruments depending on what the piece was and what was missing. I've maintained most of the instruments I played then, though I never got my own French Horn or some of the larger brass instruments, and will pull them out every so often and mostly just have fun.

My one regret is that I never took piano very seriously, and, though I know the keyboard and chord structures, I can't actually sit down and play a competent solo piece. Maybe someday...
 

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