Who here actually makes music?

[daihashi]

Just curious who here actually makes music.

I haven't played seriously in years but I still make stuff when I'm stoned. Most of the time I leave it uncompleted just because I don't care but I find that I have the urge to play again whenever I'm smoked out.

I play Guitar, bass, synth/keyboards, drums and of all things... the tuba! lol

Lately I've been playing alot of old school nintendo songs.

[Metaphor]

we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams

[Ghengis Chron]

I've played the drums since I was 12. Nothing too serious, because I have a lot of other shit going on in my life. But I do play around town sometimes. I've also picked up the Banjo and Mandolin which I'm still learning to play, I think I'm pretty decent so far though.

[fiddyonefiddy]

i play guitar,6 and 12 string, trumpet ,slide guitar, do a little recording at the studio.swap out paint work for studio time.
i custom paint so i do alot of guitars for people.
currently working up a song called the story of bonnie and clyde
i took the poem from bonnie parker and added my own music.it is very relaxing and i jam with friends.
they have a deal here where everyone meets in the town square and jams together,all acoustic stuff, but man it sounds so cool when people all come together to make some music.
i saved this one from the trash. so i call it my trash can ax.
it was in bad shape and i had to refinish it. it plays better than any les paul you will ever play.
it is a 1959 guild a-50

[daihashi]

i play guitar,6 and 12 string, trumpet ,slide guitar, do a little recording at the studio.swap out paint work for studio time.
i custom paint so i do alot of guitars for people.
currently working up a song called the story of bonnie and clyde
i took the poem from bonnie parker and added my own music.it is very relaxing and i jam with friends.
they have a deal here where everyone meets in the town square and jams together,all acoustic stuff, but man it sounds so cool when people all come together to make some music.
i saved this one from the trash. so i call it my trash can ax.
it was in bad shape and i had to refinish it. it plays better than any les paul you will ever play.
it is a 1959 guild a-50

wow.. you lucky sob. I'm not a huge les paul fan, but to find that in the trash is like finding a diamond in a pile of turds.. lucky! lol

I love gibson SG's. I own several. I have a few martin acoustic guitars also.

[eight]

I play drums. I started percussion crap back in elementary school, and started drum set in middle school. Since then I've played in the middle school/high school jazz bands, played drums for 4 school musicals, am involved with school concert/marching band, and have played in 3 bands outside of school. The second band is very likely getting back together soon, which is great cause before we broke up we were playing 2-3 a week, every week. And of course, I've played countless jams with tons of people, sometimes a bit fried. :thumbsup:

If I could only have one thing, weed or music, I would with out hesitation choose music. The feeling of drumming and playing shows gets me higher than any weed could.

[psteve]

I am a record producer.
I help other people make better music.
I have a perfunctory knowledge of most instruments, and I'm able to professionally determine why your band's recording sucks, and how to fix it.
When I write, it's on keyboards and/or guitar.
I've performed on a number of bands releases, mostly on Theremin, backing vocals, or percussion. And I'm frequently called to the stage for guest appearances.
My wife is a drummer.

i saved this one from the trash. so i call it my trash can ax.
it was in bad shape and i had to refinish it. it plays better than any les paul you will ever play.
it is a 1959 guild a-50
I also have a trash can guild! :thumbsup:
Mine is an acoustic that my grandmother found in an alley in Chicago, along with a hi-fi stereo (it was the '70's), and a half ounce of weed. Somebody must've gotten evicted.
She gave my grandfather the stereo and the weed. I got the Guild. :D

[eight]

I am a record producer.
I help other people make better music.
I have a perfunctory knowledge of most instruments, and I'm able to professionally determine why your band's recording sucks, and how to fix it.

I'm thinking about getting into that "industry" or whatever, for I guess sound engineering? I figure if I can't be the one touring the world playing shows for a living (that'll always be my main goal though :D), maybe I can at least be the one recording those artists.

Just curious, how did you get into it? I'm just a senior in high school now, but I'm still unsure what I want to do. I've considered going to college for sound engineering and whatnot. But for some reason I just have a feeling it's gonna be a hard business to get into.

[psteve]

I've considered going to college for sound engineering and whatnot. But for some reason I just have a feeling it's gonna be a hard business to get into.I kind of grew up in recording studios, and I was the booking agent for a lot of festivals in the '70's '80's '90's. A lot of bands kept asking me to be their manager. I didn't want to do that.
Anyway, I was doing the festival thing, and doing promo and photography for some of the bands I worked with. Then I decided to build a recording rig, so I could record festival albums and other live stuff, and that just grew into the record company and studio.

Right now it's extremely easy to get into the music business, because the technology has become so cheap and accessible.
It's great for new musicians who want to make a good recording, but it's harder than ever to make any money at it.
Talent is nearly irrelevant to earning capacity anymore.
If you can play top 40 or classic rock covers all night, you can get a lot of gigs, but new original music is mostly ignored these days unless you're being promoted by the big labels.

[sonic titan]

MySpace.com - Octosquid - Apopka/Orlando, Florida - Jam Band / Psychedelic / Other - www.myspace.com/buurnoutband (http://www.myspace.com/buurnoutband) :jointsmile:

[Breukelen advocaat]

MySpace.com - Octosquid - Apopka/Orlando, Florida - Jam Band / Psychedelic / Other - www.myspace.com/buurnoutband (http://www.myspace.com/buurnoutband) :jointsmile:

Excellent Surf/Psychedelic Sound!

[sonic titan]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.

[ghosty]

I've got an electronic project I've been workin on for the past year... under the pseudonym A Boy Named Ghost, and I've also got a Doom/Noise-Rock project that's still kinda in the developmental stages under the name Rape Whistle that I've been jamming on the bass for. (yeah i know... the name is supposed to signify something loud noisy and slightly disturbing, like the music. I may change it.) For now there's just one song posted and a half-asked doom/sludge improv. But if ya want chek it anyway.

A Boy Named Ghost: (I'm working in the studio at my school polishing up these tracks, I will be posting final mixes on this page soon as well as some new tracks) MySpace.com - A Boy Named Ghost (Jake’s Tracks) - MINNEAPOLIS, US - Electronica / Experimental / IDM - www.myspace.com/jake39stracks (http://www.myspace.com/jake39stracks)

Rape Whistle: MySpace.com - RAPE WHISTLE - MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota - Experimental / Other / Metal - www.myspace.com/rapewhistleband (http://www.myspace.com/rapewhistleband)

[Readytoride08]

I use to write classical music when I was 12-15.Then I got into Deejaying-house,trance,dance,and break-beats.I used Cakewalk Studio and Fruity loops for my Deejaying.Classical is used in virtualy every form of music.Studying classical music and begin in band helped me note how music was created.I love music but due to a recent finacal trouble I can't rebuild my music dream back up :(.

[Mr. Clandestine]

I played lead and rhythm guitar in a metal band for about six years, and had a lot of really good times playing out with them. Sadly, our drummer fell off the face of the earth by impregnating his wife three times in nearly three years, and after that, things fell apart.

I still jam, only now it's to random backing tracks that I pull off the internet. Besides guitar, I play keyboard/piano, drums, and a little bass. I don't sing, though... I've tried and failed miserably. I've still got about $5000 worth of studio equipment (mixers, PA system, all sorts of rack-mounted hardware, etc.) collecting dust in my basement. My wife says I also have too many guitars. Including acoustics I own more than 20, but as a collector I believe it's not possible to own too many guitars. I don't know what in the hell she's talking about. :cool:

[Twentyinches]

If I could only have one thing, weed or music, I would with out hesitation choose music. The feeling of drumming and playing shows gets me higher than any weed could.

I would actually prefer to have both, the feeling of playing drums while being high is even better :thumbsup: imo... :jointsmile:

[Twentyinches]

Sadly, our drummer fell off the face of the earth by impregnating his wife three times in nearly three years, and after that, things fell apart.

this will NEVER happen to me man, no waaayyy lol...
I couldn't disappear... but hmm I need to play more now that I think about it... :jointsmile:

[Mr. Clandestine]

this will NEVER happen to me man, no waaayyy lol...
I couldn't disappear... but hmm I need to play more now that I think about it... :jointsmile:

I'm glad my story inspired someone! :thumbsup:

Be warned, I've become so bitter with my old drummer that if you ever do decide to quit playing music (because of an inability to STOP having kids), I will find you, and inflict severe bodily harm on you with a mig welder, some tourniquets, a badger, and a spoon. You've been warned!

Keep the music alive! :chainsaw:

[Breukelen advocaat]

Get a drum machine. They're not breeders. :thumbsup:

[Mr. Clandestine]

Get a drum machine. They're not breeders. :thumbsup:

Haha, this is very true... for new ones. Mine is a temperamental, emotional ticking time-bomb. I've got an AkaiMPC3, that I bought from a DJ who beat the living shit out of it. So, it did come cheap, but there's plenty of reason for that. Worked well when I bought it, only the tap pads didn't always work right. After I tore everything down to the frame, gave it a good cleaning, and put it back together again it worked just fine. I was really getting into the sequencing and playing around with all the little features, but now my signal outs aren't working at all. Even the RCAs. Ugh... I hate modern machinery.

That's one of the good things about human drummers, they break less frequently. Their signal processors may be a little scrambled at times (:D), but they sure as hell are durable!