Any musicians on here?

I've played piano for 10 years but don't have a piano since I moved out so I haven't regularly played in awhile. I've played guitar for about 8 years, taught myself. I'm actually playing & singing "Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler (from the Wedding Singer) in a wedding first Saturday of June!! I've been singing since as long as I can't remember. I've also written over 200 original songs and even had a couple gigs last year but nothing really came of it.

PS - I love BarlowGirl!! I played "Never Alone" on the piano & sang it for a competition when I was a teenager. Such a fun song to play.

I play clarinet and saxophone (have played alto, tenor and baritone as needed). I started playing clarinet 15 years ago, then picked up the sax about 5 years later. For what I play I am definitely a jazz fan...my biggest influence was my high school band teacher who also played the sax, and is the one who introduced me to jazz.

I love to sing, but am horribly out of practice and don't have as much control as I used to.

Miko, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Francesca!! Arielle, Barlow Girl is pretty awesome too!

Does an aspiring one still count? Or what about a digital one? I can play some mean drums on Rockband for my xBox 360

I've owned my guitar going on 5 years now, but certainly haven't been playing it that long unfortunately. Took lessons there in the beginning but finances cut that short. Now it just sits there in the corner staring at me every time i walk past it. I find myself getting discouraged pretty easily when i try to play, which i know is soooo counter-productive. I've tried to self-teach by playing tabs and stuff, but it seems i learn quicker if i see someone else do it, and then i try to reproduce that same thing. Only problem there is that no one wants to sit down with me, and help me out short of me paying for more lessons. *sigh*

Just like trying to lose weight i guess. You get so accustomed to a certain routine, and it becomes very difficult to break once you are into it full swing.

I wasn’t going to respond to this post because it doesn’t appear to be fitness related; however, it is music related so I couldn’t resist.

My primary instrument is guitar and I’ve been playing for approximately a long time. I also play drums, bass, and a little bit of piano. These are also “long time” events, although not as long as the guitar. I’ve been singing since I was in grade school. Although I do play with a few people once or twice a month my primary musical collaborator is myself. I write and record my own music to distribute how I want to whom I want, and hope to never give that up.

It is hard for me to identify influences because I do not believe the music I write sounds like the people I enjoy most. My favorite band of all time is the Beatles. My favorite female solo Artist is Tori Amos. My favorite mail solo Artist is Sting. I did go through a period where I listened to and enjoyed a lot of Phish, Steely Dan, Rush, and Yes, although probably not all at the same time.

When I do get together with others it is more about improvisation and finding a nice groove that we can all feel connected to until we wear it out by playing it too long.

I think that about wraps it up. Thanks for creating a spot for me to ramble a bit.

I'm a musician. I can't professionally call myself a songwriter because I haven't had anything published yet, but its what I do.
Piano Guitar and vocals and anything I can pick up and blow pluck or strum. I don't think you are allowed to advertise on here by I have a myspace page and a reverbnation page if anyone wants a listen just PM me. Or google "Zerendipity" I'm the first one that comes up!! for some reason???

Music is amazing I live for it. Well that and a few cheeky beers at the weekend. Currently studying partime for my degree so I can teach in schools.

Ben

Hello fellow musicians! I love music more than anything! I am fortunate to teach vocal music to kids in 6-12 grades at a small middle school/high school in Iowa. I love to sing! I was a vocal performance and music education double major in college. I have been singing since I was able to. I started my "formal" music career learning and playing the violin- since 3rd grade (I'm now 25). My orchestra teacher inspired me to pursue a career as a music educator. I also play piano and have learned an array of different instruments. My musical taste tends to vary- but I usually go back to my roots of classical and choral music a my main influences. I also really like classic rock, hip hop, r & b, jazz, and even pop! Yay for finding other music people on here! Nice post!

Drums, Harmonica.

Michael Shrieve, Fito de la Parra are my inspiration on drums.

On Harmonica, the greatest influences are William Clarke, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson.

There are a couple of instruments I play well: piano & flute (playing piano for 21 years, flute for 15)
a couple I'm learning:accordion & bass guitar (accordion for 2 months bass sporadically for 6 years)
and a couple I have but really really suck : clarinet & guitar (yeah... I've had the clarinet for 3 years and the guitar for 8 but that doesn't mean I've learned how to play them well)
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Right now I'm focusing on learning to play the accordion. It's nuts. I love it. My influences are Gogol Bordello and Eastern European folk music.

I'm a pianist. I play for my church and the local choir. I taught piano for seven years but realized I was terrible at it and quit.

I've been playing since I was around 7 years old and just never stopped. Originally I played primarily by ear but after training I play mostly by sheet now and wish I COULD play by ear again.

I am in the process of learning to play guitar but I find it difficult (OW OW OW OW). Haha. Although i will say translating piano sheet music to guitar is pretty darned easy. Now if only I could figure out the chording. Yikes!

I've played piano for 10 years but don't have a piano since I moved out so I haven't regularly played in awhile. I've played guitar for about 8 years, taught myself. I'm actually playing & singing "Grow Old With You" by Adam Sandler (from the Wedding Singer) in a wedding first Saturday of June!! I've been singing since as long as I can't remember. I've also written over 200 original songs and even had a couple gigs last year but nothing really came of it.

PS - I love BarlowGirl!! I played "Never Alone" on the piano & sang it for a competition when I was a teenager. Such a fun song to play.

Yay you decided to do it? So much fun!!

As for me I just sing, but my boyfriend is a drummer

3 - music can be fitness related - dance dance revolution counts as exercise, and when you're a serious drummer you can burn a ton of calories in a concert lol. i guess you can do that on a lot of instruments lol.

Yeah also Playing guitar and so on, IS in the exercise list

I've played off and on for a looong time. Piano I can't tell you because I don't remember. My earliest memories are my playing the piano. I started playing guitar as a freshmen in high school so that 14 years. Wow thats longer then I thought. Hahaha I've never added it up. lol. I taped in to drumes in high school. I want to learn the violin. I play a little bit of everything. It all depends on my mood. lol. Its good to see other musians here posting.
I feel old now. lol
I hate rap. sorry.
I like christian rock, some gospel, blue grass, blues music, oldies ( do wop rock, Elvis..ect), country, some rock in roll, classical, , Celtic, spanish guitar, native music ( native American, spanish, Africa). I listen to female artist way way more then males. why I dont know. lol. I just like it better.
Some of my best memories as a child are singing Lena Zavaroni Have any of you heard her music? I'm only 25years old she came out in 63. lol.

Drums. 42 years. Just took up the harmonica about 5 years ago. Can't lug my drum kit to campsites when we're sitting around a campfire.

Just wondering. if you are then tell us what you play, how long, and who your influences are.

I've been playing guitar since I was about 7. I also play bass, keys (a little), harmonica, and accordion. I've played in bands off and on since I was a teenager. Took most of my child rearing years off from music for obvious reasons but I've since got back into it a bit. Nothing serious just weekend warrior type now. We usually play once or twice a month locally.

We play sort of heavy blues, some rock, classic rock, and a little of the ethnic music from this area (Zydeco). I have had the pleasure in the past of playing at The House of Blues quite a few times, the Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Tipitina's, Beale Street in Memphis, etc.

My influences as a guitar player are probably ,Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, along with some lesser known Jazz guitarists.

Piano - played for 29 years now, completed all grades. Influences varied - I like to play both classical and modern music.
Saxophone - 3 years, don't really play as often as I should.
Drums - 20 years - Stuart Copeland a definite influence.
Guitar - 14 years - my lovely husband taught me!
Vocals - 22 years, was in a funk/soul band in high school and also toured with a local choir. Went on to be in a punk/rock band in the 90's and now just do the odd occasional gig, but actually mostly hide the fact I can sing! Influences include, MUSE ( my biggest musical influence), Annie Lennox, Skin, Alison Moyet...