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Snacks
02-12-2007, 07:47 PM
<p>I always loved music but never really learned to master any intruments. When I was a kid (10 or so) I took drums in music class. I really got into it so my dad bought me a starter pearl drum set. Bass drum, tomtom, snare and a symbol. I loved it, the first song I learned was come on feel the noise by Ratt. I t was pretty easy to learn lol. </p><p>Anyway it was always so loud and too expensive for lessons so I never really learned how to play it that well. I would love to learn to play a few instruments. My favorite is the Sax, then piano and finally drums. I purchased a sax awhile ago and have tried to take piano lessons at my local college (20 students per class) Wow was that bad. I went to a few classes but the teachers seem to know less then the students.</p><p>Anyway what intruments to do you play or would like to learn to play?</p><p>And does anyone know of a good teacher or school in North Jersey that is affordable and is good?</p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Snacks on 2-12-07 @ 11:57 PM</span>
DonInNC
02-12-2007, 07:49 PM
<strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><p> come on feel the noise by Ratt. </p><p>OK there Patti.</p><p>The one regret I have in life is not mastering the piano. </p><p> </p>
PapaBear
02-12-2007, 07:49 PM
I used to be a pretty good trumpet player, but I don't remember how, anymore.
I'm a guitar player but the one instrument I've always wanted to play is sax. I think it's the sexiest and most soulful instrument on the planet.
keithy_19
02-12-2007, 07:53 PM
I want to learn guitar. I write a lot, and it's always lyrics with a tune in my head. So I figure I should just learn the damn guitar to make the music in my mind come true.
Snacks
02-12-2007, 07:54 PM
<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br />I'm a guitar player but the one instrument I've always wanted to play is sax. I think it's the sexiest and most soulful instrument on the planet. <p>This is the exact thing I say to my friends when I tell them I want to learn the Sax. GVAC we are on the same page!!!</p>
Death Metal Moe
02-12-2007, 07:55 PM
<p>I play drums and took piano lessons for a few years and a child and then again for about a year when I was 27.</p><p>Always loved music. I have no skill with stringed instruments, but if I could do one thing I always wished I could sing. I can't so I never would but I've always wished I could.</p>
JazzyJames
02-12-2007, 08:06 PM
I play electric and string bass. I'm really into music, mostly jazz hence my name, and I'm auditioning to transfer to the Berklee School of Music this Saturday, wish me luck! I would really love to play tenor sax and piano, so maybe I'll take some sax lessons one day. Its never too late to try a new instrument.
I've been a Bass Clarinetist since I was 10. It's one of the few things for which I have a modicum of God-given talent.
Snacks
02-12-2007, 08:11 PM
<strong>JazzyJames</strong> wrote:<br />I play electric and string bass. I'm really into music, mostly jazz hence my name, and I'm auditioning to transfer to the Berklee School of Music this Saturday, wish me luck! I would really love to play tenor sax and piano, so maybe I'll take some sax lessons one day. Its never too late to try a new instrument. <p>good luck on your audition. </p><p>Let me ask you why Tenor Sax over Alto Sax? </p>
keithy_19
02-12-2007, 08:12 PM
I can kind of sing. I did musical theatre since I was six so I can handle a tune.
keithy_19
02-12-2007, 08:13 PM
<strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JazzyJames</strong> wrote:<br />I play electric and string bass. I'm really into music, mostly jazz hence my name, and I'm auditioning to transfer to the Berklee School of Music this Saturday, wish me luck! I would really love to play tenor sax and piano, so maybe I'll take some sax lessons one day. Its never too late to try a new instrument. <p>good luck on your audition. </p><p>Let me ask you why Tenor Sax over Alto Sax? </p><p>Tenor Sax=TS=The Sexiest. Alto Sax=AS=Almost Sexy.</p>
riverofpiss
02-12-2007, 08:19 PM
<p>I took a recording class at nights when I was going to college. I could play a little guitar when I started going to those classes and<em> </em>I learned to play the drums a little and I bought a 4 string bass that I learned to play pretty well, although anybody can play a bass guitar. That was a great musical learning experience and I met alot of cool people that I am still good friends with. We spent alot of nights screwing around in the recording studio, which was a cool thing to have access to. I would love to build my own studio and really work on that part of music again.</p><p>Now I play bass or guitar a couple times a week but I don't have too many people to play with other than all the hippies that are my neighbors and their acoustic guitars.</p>
Fat_Sunny
02-12-2007, 08:22 PM
<font size="2">Fat Always Pictured Himself As The Lead Guitarist In A Second-String Band, But, Alas, He has No Musical Talent Whatsoever.</font>
kellermcgee21
02-12-2007, 08:27 PM
I play the mandolin...i would like to master it in 10 years or so but right now its something to pass the time at work. You gotta do something besides smoke and read ronfez.net when your working the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. I'd like to one day retire to a house in the mountains and just chief and play mandolin all day. probably won't happen but that is a dream
jetdog
02-12-2007, 08:27 PM
<p>I've got years of guitar and bass playing behind me, but damn I really wish I had learned the piano. I write alot of my own music and I wish so much that I could transfer it to the piano.</p><p>That and the flute, I have no idea why but I really want to play the flute. </p>
jetdog
02-12-2007, 08:29 PM
<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br />I'm a guitar player but the one instrument I've always wanted to play is sax. I think it's the sexiest and most soulful instrument on the planet. ....and yet the easiest to make sound like hell, complete hell. Bad sax makes my skin crawl. <p> </p>
Midkiff
02-12-2007, 08:31 PM
<font size="3">I hear Fez plays a mean Rusty Trombone.</font>
weekapaugjz
02-12-2007, 08:33 PM
i used to take piano lessons as a kid for about 5 or 6 years, but was never really into it. i never took the time to practice, and i was always playing hockey and baseball growing up so a lot of my time was occupied. i can sit down at a piano and still play basic music. i can still read some music off a sheet. im sure if i practiced, i could pick it up again. my mom sold our old piano when she moved a few years ago, and i have no money to buy a new one.
burrben
02-12-2007, 08:37 PM
i have a couple guitars but i'm not very good. i played the cello from grades 6-10
JazzyJames
02-12-2007, 08:41 PM
<strong>keithy_19</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JazzyJames</strong> wrote:<br />I play electric and string bass. I'm really into music, mostly jazz hence my name, and I'm auditioning to transfer to the Berklee School of Music this Saturday, wish me luck! I would really love to play tenor sax and piano, so maybe I'll take some sax lessons one day. Its never too late to try a new instrument. <p>good luck on your audition. </p><p>Let me ask you why Tenor Sax over Alto Sax? </p><p>Tenor Sax=TS=The Sexiest. Alto Sax=AS=Almost Sexy.</p><p> Couldn't have said it better myself. And thanks Snacks! </p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by JazzyJames on 2-13-07 @ 12:42 AM</span>
<strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I loved it, the first song I learned was come on feel the noise by<strike> Ratt</strike>. Quiet Riot </p><p>Fixed that for you.</p><p>I took violin lessons for a while in grade school, then sax lessons. I self-taught myself guitar in high school. I'd love to be a much better guitar player, at least back to the level I was in college but the instrument I wish I could play was piano...or the Hammond B-3.</p>
zentraed
02-13-2007, 05:55 AM
i played the saxophone (remarkably un-soulfully, but technically pretty well) through high school, picked up the piano after college (requires a LOT of practice) where i did a little singing, i also have a melodica which is really fun to play. i plan to pick up the guitar one of these years, but i've never met a guitarist who didn't wish they could play saxophone
mendyweiss
02-13-2007, 05:56 AM
Would love to learn to play the double bass. Them cats look real cool playin that thing
Jujubees2
02-13-2007, 05:58 AM
<font size="2">One of the things on my list of "things to do before I die" is to take saxaphone lesons. But even if I don't learn to play it well you know what they say: "Bad sax is better than no sax at all".</font>
angrymissy
02-13-2007, 06:01 AM
I started as a trumpet player in grade school and then went onto guitar at age 13. I'm classically trained, and am ordering some flamenco books because I'd like to learn that style as well
MasterSoySauce
02-13-2007, 06:03 AM
i play guitar, and i love it but i would like to learn piano or drums or both when i get alot better at guitar and dont feel too bad when i dont play it.
grlNIN
02-13-2007, 06:21 AM
<p>There's a lot of people who want to play sax, that's odd.</p><p>I started playing it when i was in 4th grade, stopped when i got to Highschool. It was a bitch to learn and my instructor was a jerk for the first couple of months "You're making thsi instrument sound like a truck".</p><p>I bought a guitar when i was 14 for my birthday, stuck with that for a year before losing interest.</p><p>I always wanted to learn how to play the violin or cello. </p>
PhishHead
02-13-2007, 06:32 AM
<strong>kellermcgee21</strong> wrote:<br />I play the mandolin...i would like to master it in 10 years or so but right now its something to pass the time at work. You gotta do something besides smoke and read ronfez.net when your working the 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift. I'd like to one day retire to a house in the mountains and just chief and play mandolin all day. probably won't happen but that is a dream<p> keller i know how you feel. i know i will never master the mandolin, i just want to be as good as thile and tim o'brien, is that asking too much?? </p>
JerseyRich
02-13-2007, 06:42 AM
<p>I pretend to play this thing every once in a while:</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://richstillwell.com/bass/3.jpg" border="0" /></p>
ralphbxny
02-13-2007, 06:42 AM
Id love to play the guitar in a metal band! But I cant play guitar so it will never happen!
Midkiff
02-13-2007, 06:50 AM
I play a bad-ass trombone (not a rusty one). I also do allright with a trumpet and a baritone, and forgot most of my piano. I used to be in all sorts of choruses, choirs, and even a barbershop quartet.
El Mudo
02-13-2007, 06:54 AM
I should have learned to play the guitar....chicks love the guitar
busybeeman
02-13-2007, 07:10 AM
<p>From one of my CD liner notes:</p><p>"This song is unplugged. No kind of electricity used for any instrument. I originally wrote this song for DBC and the Jersey Show Nuffs, a soul blues band from the New Jersey Shore area. Long story short, I ended up recording it myself, singing all three parts, and playing drums, piano, alto saxophone, flute, and percussion."</p>
cupcakelove
02-13-2007, 07:19 AM
The banjo. It looks really fun to play fast. I've only messed around with one once, and not much came from it.
bobrobot
02-13-2007, 07:28 AM
<strong>busybeeman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>From one of my CD liner notes:</p><p>"This song is unplugged. No kind of electricity used for any instrument. I originally wrote this song for DBC and the Jersey Show Nuffs, a soul blues band from the New Jersey Shore area. Long story short, I ended up recording it myself, singing all three parts, and playing drums, piano, alto saxophone, flute, and percussion."</p><p><strong><font color="#000080">Is this Jerry???</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000080">ANYHOO...</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000080"> I've always wanted to learn the Uilleann Pipes, it is one of the most difficult instruments in the world to play!!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://members.optusnet.com.au/~kimmet1/mypic8.jpg" border="0" width="324" height="603" /></p><p> </p>
busybeeman
02-13-2007, 08:01 AM
Naw. This is busybeeman. Check out my profile. Go to my spot and search a key word like "basie.": You'll find me. ( <strong>I ain't allowed to link here...it's against the rules, you know</strong>)
MHasegawa
02-13-2007, 08:03 AM
for me it would be drums or piano, be a cool job playing organ at baseball and hockey games
PhishHead
02-13-2007, 08:06 AM
besides mastering mandolin, id have to say Chapman Stick
JerseyRich
02-13-2007, 08:14 AM
<strong>PhishHead</strong> wrote:<br />besides mastering mandolin, id have to say Chapman Stick<p> I like to refer to those types as "Stickheads"</p><p> </p>
FezsAssistant
02-13-2007, 08:32 AM
I'm a professional trumpet player. Mostly jazz.
FUNKMAN
02-13-2007, 08:35 AM
<strong>Fez'sAssistant</strong> wrote:<br />I'm a professional trumpet player. Mostly jazz. <p>very nice, love jazz... boney james is a favorite</p><p>i play guitar, started when I was 30, had no patience at 19 to learn. would like to learn piano</p>
I have not ONE ounce of musical talent, nothing. Ever since I was a kid I wished ALL THE TIME that I could play the guitar or the piano....
PhishHead
02-13-2007, 08:46 AM
<strong>JerseyRich</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>PhishHead</strong> wrote:<br />besides mastering mandolin, id have to say Chapman Stick<p> I like to refer to those types as "Stickheads"</p><p> </p><p> thanks rich :)</p>
torker
02-13-2007, 09:17 AM
<strong>keithy_19</strong> wrote:<br />I can kind of sing. <font style="background-color: #ffff00">I did musical theatre since I was six so I can handle a tune.</font> <p>That is so f'n hot.</p>
FezsAssistant
02-13-2007, 09:17 AM
<p>Thanks Funkman, but Boney James is more Instrumental Pop than Jazz. The record companies have been miscategorizing music for a long time now.</p><p>It can be tough to tell sometimes, though. </p>
FUNKMAN
02-13-2007, 09:19 AM
<strong>Fez'sAssistant</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Thanks Funkman, but Boney James is more Instrumental Pop than Jazz. The record companies have been miscategorizing music for a long time now.</p><p>It can be tough to tell sometimes, though. </p><p>thanks for the education!...</p>
torker
02-13-2007, 09:23 AM
<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fez'sAssistant</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Thanks Funkman, but Boney James is more Instrumental Pop than Jazz. The record companies have been miscategorizing music for a long time now.</p><p>It can be tough to tell sometimes, though. </p><p>thanks for the education!...</p><p><img src="http://us.inmagine.com/168nwm/stockdisc/sd173/256739sdc.jpg" border="0" width="168" height="168" /></p>
FUNKMAN
02-13-2007, 09:24 AM
<strong>torker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Fez'sAssistant</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Thanks Funkman, but Boney James is more Instrumental Pop than Jazz. The record companies have been miscategorizing music for a long time now.</p><p>It can be tough to tell sometimes, though. </p><p>thanks for the education!...</p><p><img src="http://us.inmagine.com/168nwm/stockdisc/sd173/256739sdc.jpg" border="0" width="168" height="168" /></p><p>Thanks For The Laugh! u funny fucker <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" width="20" height="20" /></p>
FezsAssistant
02-13-2007, 09:30 AM
haha
Mike Teacher
02-13-2007, 09:38 AM
<p>The bastard son of the Chapman Stick, the Warr 8-string Guitar, goes up in perfect fourths from a low B:</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/stud6.jpg" border="0" width="200" height="418" /></p><p>Noise Making Place I:</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/stud2-1.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="233" /></p><p>NMP II:</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/stud3.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="281" /></p><p>NMP III, Pro Tools, photo taken by a non-pro tool:</p><p><img src="http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/stud4.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="271" /></p><p><a href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/mikeblack" target="_blank">My Stuff on CD Baby</a></p><p>Troma films will be releasing 'Poultrygeist! Night of the Chicken Dead' with music from the above CD used in the movie in April 2007 [we hope].</p><p><a href="http://www.poultrygeistmovie.com/" target="_blank">PoultryGeist Website</a></p><p> </p>
<p>Mike The T is a regular Keith Emerson!</p><p><img src="http://www.akiraifukube.org/keith_emerson.jpg" border="0" width="308" height="231" /></p>
Devo37
02-13-2007, 11:38 AM
<p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">i play the fife. chicks don't love the fife.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">i wish: the guitar. as noted by <strong>El Mudo</strong>, chicks love the guitar.</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2"> </font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2">/thanks mom & dad. really great choice in instruments!</font></p>
MasterSoySauce
02-13-2007, 11:51 AM
<p>Glass harmonica would be cool. </p>
Snacks
02-13-2007, 12:06 PM
<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Snacks</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I loved it, the first song I learned was come on feel the noise by<strike> Ratt</strike>. Quiet Riot </p><p>Fixed that for you.</p><p>I took violin lessons for a while in grade school, then sax lessons. I self-taught myself guitar in high school. I'd love to be a much better guitar player, at least back to the level I was in college but the instrument I wish I could play was piano...or the Hammond B-3.</p><p>thanks my bad I knew I fucked it up. The funny thing is how easy was that song to learn how to play? simple and my music career was done. I really want to learn the sax or piano now but feel to old and its too late.</p>
outlawfrank
02-13-2007, 12:15 PM
have always played the guitar but would love to learn to play the piano.
Sleeves
02-13-2007, 12:24 PM
<p>There's a cool show on PBS that airs during their pledge drives...called "Play Piano in a Flash" or something like that. </p><p>It's not riveting TV, but the guy really reduces the whole thing to basics...if you want to learn classical piano, you need a teacher and many many years of practice. </p><p>But if you just want to sit down and play songs, this guy takes you right there. </p><p>It really makes learning the piano seem possible I think...</p><p>Real musicians might think it's a joke...I don't know...:) </p><p> </p><p> </p>
FezPaul
02-13-2007, 12:56 PM
<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br />I'm a guitar player but the one instrument I've always wanted to play is sax. I think it's the sexiest and most soulful instrument on the planet. <p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I used to play sax in high school.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">My teacher told me I was a natural.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">But it didn't look cool so I gave it up for the guitar.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Gvac, get a used sax and go for it.</font></strong></p>
FezPaul
02-13-2007, 12:59 PM
<strong>Sleeves</strong> wrote:<br /><p>There's a cool show on PBS that airs during their pledge drives...called "Play Piano in a Flash" or something like that. </p><p>It's not riveting TV, but the guy really reduces the whole thing to basics...if you want to learn classical piano, you need a teacher and many many years of practice. </p><p>But if you just want to sit down and play songs, this guy takes you right there. </p><p>It really makes learning the piano seem possible I think...</p><p><strong>Real musicians might think it's a joke...</strong>I don't know...:) </p><p> </p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Learning a bunch of scales and theories is a joke.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Music is about having fun and expressing yourself.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2"></font></strong></p>
Stankfoot
02-13-2007, 06:14 PM
<p><img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/guitar-1.jpg" border="0" /></p><p> If I ever learn to play guitar I'm gonna get me one of these!!! </p><p> </p><p> </p>
johnniewalker
02-13-2007, 06:25 PM
<p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k230/homer3889/29522323.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>This is my Hohner. I originally got it 6 years ago under the table. The only reason i got it was to play "Love me Do" over and over. I love that song. I wish i could get really good at it like a blues guy, but i never really spent time with it, and my slider always gets stuck too. I love playing what i can on it though. </p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by johnniewalker on 2-13-07 @ 10:26 PM</span>
Sarge
02-13-2007, 06:29 PM
I always wished I could play the piano.
WhistlePig
02-13-2007, 06:50 PM
I used to play the violin in high school but I sucked and never practiced. I wish I
could play guitar or banjo or the harmonica or even sing but I have zero musical
talent. My older brother got it all!
Snacks
02-13-2007, 07:08 PM
So it looks like most want to play the piano, the guitar and then Sax.
NortonRules
02-13-2007, 07:15 PM
<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Sleeves</strong> wrote:<br /><p>There's a cool show on PBS that airs during their pledge drives...called "Play Piano in a Flash" or something like that. </p><p>It's not riveting TV, but the guy really reduces the whole thing to basics...if you want to learn classical piano, you need a teacher and many many years of practice. </p><p>But if you just want to sit down and play songs, this guy takes you right there. </p><p>It really makes learning the piano seem possible I think...</p><p><strong>Real musicians might think it's a joke...</strong>I don't know...:) </p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Learning a bunch of scales and theories is a joke.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Music is about having fun and expressing yourself.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2"></font></strong></p><p>I don't know if learning scales and theories is a joke. Learning those things can open up new ways of expressing yourself. There's a big world out there. You could also have more fun in the long run, too. It's not absolutely necessary in every case, though. It depends what you want to do. If you want to sit around in your parent's basement strumming a guitar while posing in front of a mirror, that's fine. I know some musicians are over educated and stiff, but that's a far cry from saying that learning scales and theories is a joke. There is a middle ground. </p><p>In the case of the piano teacher guy on TV teaching short cuts, that's not really accomplishing much. It's similar to learning 10 words of French for your next trip to France. You can speak to a few people, but you'll never have a conversation until you put some work into it. If you're happy saying 'hello' and 'thank you', that's cool, too. BUT It's very cool if it piques your interest and inspires you to learn more. </p><p> </p>
Lawson
02-15-2007, 09:58 AM
<p> </p><p>These are mine... now if I could just figure out how to turn them on...</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/MrLawsonsPics/Vset_dec_06.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="267" /></p><span class="post_edited"></span><span class="post_edited"></span>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Lawson on 2-17-07 @ 4:09 PM</span>
ChimneyFish
02-15-2007, 10:49 AM
<strong>riverofpiss</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I took a recording class at nights when I was going to college. I could play a little guitar when I started going to those classes and<em> </em>I learned to play the drums a little and I bought a 4 string bass that I learned to play pretty well, although anybody can play a bass guitar <strong><em><u>like a guitar player.</u></em></strong> </p><p><strong><em><font face="georgia,palatino" size="2">Fixed that for ya.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">Big difference between a bass player and "a guy who thinks he can play bass because he can play it like it's guitar".</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2"></font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">As you can probably tell, I'm a bass palyer above all else.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">I also play guitar and keyboard.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">The two things I wish I could do is play the drums and sing. I can keep a simple beat going for a little while, but that's about it it. And my "singing" consists of a gutteral scream and "Godflesh like" monotone thing.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font face="Georgia" size="2">I've always wanted to play the upright/string bass, also.</font></em></strong></p>
Lawson
02-16-2007, 06:31 PM
<p>This is what I really want to play...</p><p> <img src="http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/MrLawsonsPics/Seuss.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></p><p>Anybody want to join me...</p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Lawson on 2-17-07 @ 4:11 PM</span>
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