Guitar for 6 years and bass guitar for 2 years. I mostly just play bass now. I have been in a number of bands, but they haven't been sucessful. Looking to form a new one soon. My influences are Mudvayne, Papa Roach, Lamb of God, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Green Day, Black Tide, Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Hail the Villain, As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Black Veil Brides, etc. I like Heavy Metal and Rock.

I have a degree in music. I wanted to be the lead singer of a rock band but the small town where I am from didn't provide much opportunity for that. I play piano, sing, saxophone and I am teaching myself guitar. I love industrial metal and would love to sing in a metal band.

Violin for 12 years, piano for 5, viola for 1, cello for 1, mandolin for 4, ukulele for 1, didgeridoo for 1, guitar for 5, and I've been singing as long as I can remember. However, I'm self taught for everything except violin and some voice.

I teach violin, viola, guitar, keyboard, and voice

I am currently working on quite a few projects, including a few songs for guitar/vocals, a solo piece for piano, and my boyfriend and I have started writing a symphony for string orchestra!

do you play any? for how long? skill level? recreational or professional? genre(s)? influences?

skin flute.
as long as it takes
probably wouldn't charge for an audience
recreational for sure.
i don't discriminate although right now i prefer Hawaiian.
influences - my loins.

haha! That's funny!!

I play the piano. Since i was about 10. I stopped for a year or so. So for about 7 years. I had to learn as a kid. Hated it and as i got older i began to love it.

Horn and piano, mainly classically trained. I was semi-pro for a while. Now I play for fun, and I hope to learn some jazz soon!

Trombone, for 15years, Fiddle for 1 year, and I have been singing in church since I was like 6 and I was in Chorus when I was in college. I play trombone in two groups and fiddle in one group.

I sing, soprano. Hopefully one day I'll reach some level of semi-fame or something .

I am a private voice and acting coach, and also teach K-8 music at a local private elementary school.

I myself am a soprano and front a melodic metal band, "Indivisible". We are recording in 2 weeks and I'm so excited for our debut! I also played flute 5 years solid, then walked away from it over 15 years ago to sing; just picked it back up again recently and forget why I ever put it down (Oh right, I didn't want to be in marching band! :laugh: ). I love it. I also play recorder, Irish Tin Whistle, and dabble at piano and guitar. Though I will sing and play flute live, I doubt I'll ever play piano or guitar live at performance level. I prefer the singing and acting!

I have been playing the flute, piccolo and guitar for about 11 years now. I used to play in a symphony but now I only have time to play for enjoyment.

I've played flute for 6 years now, seven this fall.
Ocarina since December.
About to pick up a sax... (anyone looking to sell theirs? ^^;)

- I've been a bassist for 12 years. I wouldn't consider myself a "professional." But I have played in bands, recorded, and done session work for independent labels and bands. Still do some session work with a small studio.

I'm a classical musician. Started on piano and voice as a child. I stopped actively playing piano in college, though I'm still around intermediate/advanced level. I am still singing semi-professionally, opera and symphonic chorus. I'm a mezzo. Definitely advanced level skills there. Played flute briefly in high school. I can still play, though I'm pretty beginner still. I picked up violin about 6 years ago now, and am at an intermediate level. I play with a community orchestra and sit second chair in the second violin section. Always looking for music-oriented friends, feel free to add me!

Voice - my most reliable and beautiful instrument. I'm classically trained (first as a coloratura soprano and then my voice started moving towards lyric - now I can sing mezzo and soprano) but, before that, I sang jazz (a lot of scatting and improvising) - my Dad was a tenor sax man and I grew up on Gerry Mulligan, Sarah Vaughan, Ella, Satchmo, and Miles. I write my own more than I cover the music of others, though I've given in on that front a bit now that I've been at iCompositions for so long. If a friend asks for a cover, I'll do it. It's also fun to re-envision other people's songs from time to time. Sang folk in the 60's and love the grunge groups of the 90's. My stuff is kind of a hybrid of influences, from Chinese opera (used to live in Hong Kong and studied Chinese for years) to Irish ballads, from Laurie Anderson to Cassandra Wilson, from The Bobs to Pentatonix (seeing them in September in SF! Woohoo!). I do a lot of a cappella stuff.

Piano/Keyboards - though I've studied piano in the past, and read music and all of that, I don't really play piano in the normal sense. I improvise a lot using keyboards to play all kinds of instruments, including pianos. I compose instrumental and neoclassical music as well as jazz and other genres. For the instrumental stuff, I use keyboards to improvise the various melodies and rythms which make up the pieces.

French Horn - played that from about age 10 throughout high school. Went to some state finals but we never won. Still, I miss playing in an orchestra! It's one of the most amazingly satisfying experiences there is.

ErHu (Chinese 2-stringed violin) - studied the ErHu while I lived in Hong Kong and for a couple of years after that. Very rusty by now I would imagine.

Congas and traps - was very deeply into percussion when I was a teenager and kept it up, off and on, whenever I had access to drums. One of these days I'll make my own conga and KEEP it. (Helped an old boyfriend make one but HE kept it. )

Recorders - grew up with these - my Dad got us into them and my step-sister (who was older) was really good. I can carry a tune on a soprano or a soprano. My favorite, though, is my alto. Love the sound.

Synths - I like to create instrument sounds and also envelopes for my vocals.

I am very goofy on stage. Very comfortable.

Bassist for a local band. "Panamorous". We are alt-rock. Have found our sound, just not what kind of music we play best with. So far...indie rock...which..we aren't indie rock at all. anyway. Bassist for 14 years. I play a very unique style of bass.

I can also play guitar, piano, and most stringed instruments. I can sing, but mostly back up vocals. I'm surprisingly REALLY REALLY good at growling and screaming. Unfortunately I have no interest in joining that style of music. Have been in metal bands my whole life, until I started Panamorous.