Any Musicians Out There?

[CowMan69]

hi i was just wondering if there are any other musicians that played this game :)
post a pic of u and your instrument whatever it might be!
musicians are cool and pics of them are great.

ill post one of me as soon as i can upload one ;)

[ben66]

I made a post earlier about 10 tips to become a better musician...Well you got one right here :). I live, eat, sleep and breathe the trumpet. I don't recommend posting a pic up here because you will get flamed on your appearance much so. Musicians rule! If your not a musician **** off please ;)


Nah just kidding.

****=step

[Hellblazer]

http://xs223.xs.to/xs223/08041/mf_harmonix_350157.jpg (http://xs.to)

[CowMan69]

ohh cmon!
well at least pics of your instrument :)

wow hell -.-

[Hellblazer]

Guitar Hero/Rock Band > you.

[CowMan69]

thats pretty cute dude

edit: real musicians please, not guitar hero nerds

[Hellblazer]

In all seriousness, I do metal vocals. I currently do backup vocals for a local band called Noxx. I don't have any good pics.

[Fate's Decision]

ben is a trumpet player w00t. I'm no good... last chair in wind ensemble (well 5th chair actually, but I let last chair sit ahead of me 'cause its easier to slip in on the end.) At least I'm in the "good" band.

[Tama Drummer]

rock band is gaaaaay.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4897/icrcmy7.jpg
Not my drums, it was the house kit.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1323/asdfgto5.jpg
Those be mine. I have a few other tom/cymbals/junk, but I generally prefer smaller tight set ups.

[XeqtR]

What is guitar hero?

Btw., I play a little bass. I have a Warwick and a Fender.

[CowMan69]

nice nice :)
youve gotta china! i love those.

as for me, here is me and my baby.
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t141/slowandfat/aaaaaaa.jpg
drums hidden on purpose cause they suck :P
as for you guitar hero nerds, THAT is a REAL lespaul XD

[Hellblazer]

That's a pretty cool Les Paul. However, playing real guitar doesn't prove you superior to Guitar Hero players. I'll just say that.

[CowMan69]

im sorry i cant play through the fire and flames on real guitar with 3 fingers and a day of practice

-.-

[Hellblazer]

im sorry i cant play through the fire and flames on real guitar with 3 fingers and a day of practice

-.-

Don't forget all the tools you need for the random sound effects throughout the song. ;)

[CowMan69]

Don't forget all the tools you need for the random sound effects throughout the song. ;)

sigh..
i guess ur right.
my guitar cant magically turn into a synth
or make thunderstorm sounds
or turn into a piano
and didnt cost 100bucks

[Cavour]

I'm not musically talented whatsoever, but I do sing in a band called The Workout. I'm actually going to be in the studio the next two days, hopefully finishing out first professional quality EP. Should be out in early February, at which time I'll probably make a thread telling everyone to check out/add our myspace and let me know what you think. All that scene shit. Until then.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii319/Cavour41888/n41508531_31438525_2023.jpg

[CowMan69]

hey nice pic :)
haha u say your not talented yet you are doing a gig in front of alot of people.

that counts for something right?

[cheeseypet]

As for me I am a piano player and its a pretty good hobby. Srry dont have any pics, but I have a baby grand piano that I play and practice on.

[CowMan69]

whats a "baby" grand piano?
haha srry i dont know much about pianos

[Tama Drummer]

i have a piano. well, I took it from my sister. she doesn't use it anymore. I used to play when I was like 8, but I stopped after a few months. Trying to get back into it now, but I'm too impatient. I have awesome ideas, and I just want to be able to play them. cept I can't play them, cause I suck at piano. So if you have tips on how to practice, ect, let me know. I really don't like playing other peoples music (I almost never drum along to CDs unless they're drumless tracks), but I think that's probably the best way.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b183/tamadrumer/new/14.jpg
We have another actual piano (I guess that's a "keyboard") in the house too. My mom uses that. She plays organ for a church.

[CowMan69]

insane keyboarders add so much more flavor to a band.
(the one from dragonforce)

[Tama Drummer]

dragonforce is kinda poopty.

[CowMan69]

i only like it cause herman li is amazing :)

[Wisher]

I only listen to one song of dragonforce. (as of now). Soldiers of the Wastelands. It's sweet.

[Lonely Tylenol]

thats pretty cute dude

edit: real musicians please, not guitar hero nerds

Both > Either.

Total GH nerd here, own every game on every system because I have absolutely no self-control. Have Rock Band too, but the guitar sucks ass. Strum bar broke on Day 2.

That in mind, I seriously have to ask... Why all the hate from Guitar Hero/Rock Band from you "real" musicians? Why are the two mutually exclusive to you lot? Can't you play real instruments as a serious hobby and then fall back on a plastar when you just feel like having fun? Or better yet... Just play both real and fake instruments for fun?

Anyway.

I've been playing keyboard/piano on and off for ten years now, and I'm actually a keyboardist for the jam band known as Zorganico. I also compose band works, which includes both my own creations and original covers of classic/classic rock music (for instance, the piece I'm currently working on is a progressive metal version of Beethoven's classic, Fur Elise) and includes three instruments (keyboard, guitar, lead and/or rhythm, and bass--I don't put a lot of effort into writing music for drums, partially because I like playing with a drummer that can improve, but mostly because I'm lazy) and vocals.

These pieces were ORIGINALLY going to go towards my own metal band, named Illuminatus after our title song, but that one split up over winter break. :( Now I figure I'll just keep composing and I'll work something out, either sell 'em to local artists or find a new band to play 'em with.

No pictures of my practice keyboards as they're over at our bassist's place (we practice at her house) and I can't remember the model types, but one's a Casio 5-octave portable keyboard and the other's a Casio 4-octave portable piece of crap. The former I got myself this last Christmas and the latter my parents got me for Christmas ten years ago, and putting the two together side-by-side, you get an appreciation for how far the electronic keyboard has come in ten years' time.

Anyway, the keyboard I use to practice at home is a Yamaha DGX-500 Portable Grand and looks something like this:

http://achamilton.co.uk/Pictures/DGX500.jpg

I could rattle off the specs for it like a receipt maker, but honestly all you need to know is it's wicked fun to play and wicked hard to move. If you need one for "on-the-go" purposes, this one's not for you. Otherwise... :)

I also have two guitars, one's a Fender full-body acoustic I found on the road one day, and the other's a Johnson half-body acoustic-electric I was given as a hand-me-down. I don't play the Johnson much as I'm too lazy to re-string it, which is a shame because it fits my body type better. I'm teaching myself to play tremolo slide guitar, it's an uphill battle because most of my music-related time is spent either behind the keyboard or on the computer, composing. I'd love to learn 8-finger tapping as strumming really just isn't my forte and I have long fingers, but it's inaudible on an acoustic guitar.

[A-99]

Tama Drummers got a nice set, gotta have lots of cymbals. I also play drums, ill host a pic later if i remember. I've also played piano and trumpet in the past.

[*Sanosuke*]

I play Trumpet, Baratone, The Horn in F(French Horn)and the Mellowphone.

[ben66]

Trumpet by far is the most beautiful instrument to play. Find a professional whose playing a beautiful song on the trumpet and you can't help but just watch and be amazed. Find someone playing guitar hero and you just laugh and say "cool" and keep walking.

When you've mastered the trumpet, you've mastered something great. The tones and the ability to glide up in that upper register is the envy of all musicians in training. If you listen to a kid whose played trumpet say...2 years? Then a musician you see the huge difference. The trumpet is something that takes years of nurturing, training your lips and building your muscle, building a good ear and most of all CONTROL. I could write a book about the trumpet if I need be. I've been playing 7 years and it's the greatest instrument mankind has to offer. Guitar hero on the other hand...what maybe a week and I'm on "expert mode"? And drum players no offense...but I've heard some sick drum solos and really they all just sound the same old. People ain't never gonna get tired of hearing a trumpet.

Go watch ESPN or listen to commercials. Take notice of how a trumpet is sounding in every song, take that trumpet away and the song becomes absolutely nothing.

[CowMan69]

Both > Either.

Total GH nerd here, own every game on every system because I have absolutely no self-control. Have Rock Band too, but the guitar sucks ass. Strum bar broke on Day 2.

That in mind, I seriously have to ask... Why all the hate from Guitar Hero/Rock Band from you "real" musicians? Why are the two mutually exclusive to you lot? Can't you play real instruments as a serious hobby and then fall back on a plastar when you just feel like having fun? Or better yet... Just play both real and fake instruments for fun?

Anyway.

I've been playing keyboard/piano on and off for ten years now, and I'm actually a keyboardist for the jam band known as Zorganico. I also compose band works, which includes both my own creations and original covers of classic/classic rock music (for instance, the piece I'm currently working on is a progressive metal version of Beethoven's classic, Fur Elise) and includes three instruments (keyboard, guitar, lead and/or rhythm, and bass--I don't put a lot of effort into writing music for drums, partially because I like playing with a drummer that can improve, but mostly because I'm lazy) and vocals.

These pieces were ORIGINALLY going to go towards my own metal band, named Illuminatus after our title song, but that one split up over winter break. :( Now I figure I'll just keep composing and I'll work something out, either sell 'em to local artists or find a new band to play 'em with.

No pictures of my practice keyboards as they're over at our bassist's place (we practice at her house) and I can't remember the model types, but one's a Casio 5-octave portable keyboard and the other's a Casio 4-octave portable piece of crap. The former I got myself this last Christmas and the latter my parents got me for Christmas ten years ago, and putting the two together side-by-side, you get an appreciation for how far the electronic keyboard has come in ten years' time.

Anyway, the keyboard I use to practice at home is a Yamaha DGX-500 Portable Grand and looks something like this:

http://achamilton.co.uk/Pictures/DGX500.jpg

I could rattle off the specs for it like a receipt maker, but honestly all you need to know is it's wicked fun to play and wicked hard to move. If you need one for "on-the-go" purposes, this one's not for you. Otherwise... :)

I also have two guitars, one's a Fender full-body acoustic I found on the road one day, and the other's a Johnson half-body acoustic-electric I was given as a hand-me-down. I don't play the Johnson much as I'm too lazy to re-string it, which is a shame because it fits my body type better. I'm teaching myself to play tremolo slide guitar, it's an uphill battle because most of my music-related time is spent either behind the keyboard or on the computer, composing. I'd love to learn 8-finger tapping as strumming really just isn't my forte and I have long fingers, but it's inaudible on an acoustic guitar.

well, to clear things up u do own a copy of guitar hero and play it once in a while but it gets really annoying cause every time u ask about instruments it comes up -.-

[Ächilles]

I sing in a band called Naked Shorts.

We will ROCK YA BALLS OFF.

[mino]

Heres my pride and joy, a Gibson Standard SG:
http://www.guitargonauts.com/pix/gibson-sg.jpg I'm also learning to become a percussionist, It's just a little pass time of mine. :bigsmile:

[Tama Drummer]

dragonforce is kinda poopty.

This was just too awesome. I had to post it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MIleK5CRcjo

[Snowolf]

Piano and saxaphone and guitar

[Coffin Fedder]

I play Guitar and Drums. Drums for about 1 1/2 years now. Guitar for about 3 months.

[death rico]

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/1976/electricguitarxz3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5885/acousticsd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

this is my electric guitar. my favorite. my acoustic. its pretty cool

[I Am Legend™]

hi i was just wondering if there are any other musicians that played this game :)
post a pic of u and your instrument whatever it might be!
musicians are cool and pics of them are great.

ill post one of me as soon as i can upload one ;)

Yea Bit, i'm a rapper! HERE ME SPIT! Yea un. My name is bob i eat lots of butter on my corn on a cob. BEAST!

[death rico]

rapping sucks. not music. its just a lot of lame ryhming about having sex.

[Tama Drummer]

rapping sucks. not music. its just a lot of lame ryhming about having sex.

And metal is just a bunch of noise with some guy screaming something you can't understand.

[Punishment]

This was just too awesome. I had to post it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MIleK5CRcjo

all the songs sound the same lol.

Also, to stay on topic. I play a lot of guitar hero.

[death rico]

And metal is just a bunch of noise with some guy screaming something you can't understand.

few bands do that(that ive heard of) and metal is different from rock and alternative. but hey ive been wrong before.

[Tama Drummer]

you don't get it...

[death rico]

really? tell me more.

[Tama Drummer]

stereotypes

[death rico]

you know i shouldnt say rap sucks because i listen to some of it. but i just hate it. most people like it. my opinion is rap sucks. people can say otherwise.

[Graffiti]

Yea Bit, i'm a rapper! HERE ME SPIT! Yea un. My name is bob i eat lots of butter on my corn on a cob. BEAST!

You make me want to throw away all my rap cd's.

[Graffiti]

[QUOTE=death rico;1368919]rapping sucks. not music. its just a lot of lame ryhming about having sex.[/QUOT

I don't agree with you. I like metal and rap. Rap isn't all about sex, some rappers talk about it. But thats not all they talk about.

[mino]

rapping sucks. not music. its just a lot of lame ryhming about having sex.

Eminem isn't like other rappers, I love his music. His newer songs mostly though.

[FreddyAdu23]

I play my butaful Les Paul (sunburst) sadly its an epilphone (sp), cause i cant afford a gisbon, on my nice line 6 amp, 30 something watts.

[The Anti]

rock band is gaaaaay.

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4897/icrcmy7.jpg
Not my drums, it was the house kit.

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1323/asdfgto5.jpg
Those be mine. I have a few other tom/cymbals/junk, but I generally prefer smaller tight set ups.

Sorry it's a little late, but I just want to comment. I noticed that your hi-hats were on the right. Do you usually play with that? I prefer them on the left, it's easier for me to play as a dominant right-hander. I like the kit, btw. And the action photo. :)

I play piano, and I have been for 8 years along with a little drumming.

[Tama Drummer]

I have to sets of hi-hats. One is on the right, the other is on the left. I basically can play to different sounding kits without moving. I have to snares, two different bass drums, and two different hi-hat/hi-hat pedals. All I need to do is switch my right foot to hi-hats, left foot to bass drum, and switch snares and it'll sound like a completely different kit.

Mmmm ambidextrousity. :D


But the hi-hat on the left is the one I use most. The one on the right is more for accents, foot patterns, or the whole "two kit" thing.

[The Anti]

I like that whole two-kit idea. It's pretty cool. The whole set divided down the middle are like mirror images of each other. =]

[mushroom_girl]

I have 2 acoustic guitars. The 6-string is an Angelica and used to be my dads (meaning it's rather old, but oh my GOD does it sound/look great) and my 12-string...well...I've never tried to play so I can't remember off the top of my head what type it is. :) I also have a keyboard and I've been trying to teach myself both the guitar and piano for a while now.

I'm having much more success with the piano. <3 Give me a Beatles song and I can proudly play it.

I played the trumpet for 3 years, and I'm not sure if I can still play because I didn't like it. But I still have it! Also, I've been taking music classes since I was 4 and been in my old school's Chamber Choir, musicals, and I know more about music than you'd think. ;)

Oh, and Guitar Hero = fun. So stfu.

I've always wanted to play the drums, and I've played some at my friend's house...but it's not the same without your own set.

[R G]

Never could play the drums...You have to be on a different level, so to speak, to do that. I think they have one of the toughest instruments to play IMO. Got mad respect for Def Leppards drummer who came back from loosing an arm and was still able to play for the band....Amazing accomplishment right there!

[The Anti]

You need to have great stamina in your arms to drum sickly for like 5 minutes straight. It really wears you out!

[Tama Drummer]

You need to have great stamina in your arms to drum sickly for like 5 minutes straight. It really wears you out!

Naw, it's all about learning to use the most efficient muscles, when it comes to stamina. There are different joints. Using the smallest joints (fingers and wrists) uses up the least energy, as opposed to playing with your whole arm (shoulder and elbow). :cool:

[mino]

I got a new Yamaha drum kit today with some nice Zildjian Cymbals. I've been learning how to use two base drums, it's so fun.

[Tama Drummer]

Yamaha makes some great drums. I've been thinking about grabbing a set of Oak Customs for a gigging kit.

[I'malive24/7]

My bass and I are in a nice relationship...But I'd love a good bass. I play my ol' Squire P-bass, and have an Ibanez that pretty much died on me.

I also play piano/keyboard, guitar (but my guitar has kinda bitten the dust, I need a new one), and I play trumpet, which i get bored with easily.

[The Anti]

Naw, it's all about learning to use the most efficient muscles, when it comes to stamina. There are different joints. Using the smallest joints (fingers and wrists) uses up the least energy, as opposed to playing with your whole arm (shoulder and elbow). :cool:


But I like to pound pound pound!! Lol, I do know what you mean though. I need more practice using the least amount of energy, yet still producing good sound.

[mino]

I just learnt how to play Before I Forgot because it uses double bass, it's so fun!

[The Anti]

I love playing that song. It can be quite a workout though, lol.

[mino]

Tell me about it, I drank a whole bottle of Coke after playing it.

[The Anti]

I drink Amp before playing. :cool:

[Tama Drummer]

I just learnt how to play Before I Forgot because it uses double bass, it's so fun!

By Slipknot?
*yawn*

Try, Bleed by Meshuggah if you want something with double bass. :spiteful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQnqFSJP0Y

[The Anti]

Now THAT, is intense.

[mino]

By Slipknot?
*yawn*

Try, Bleed by Meshuggah if you want something with double bass. :spiteful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pQnqFSJP0Y

Now that is music!

[KoH]

i am a pro drummer and i am currently tryin to pick up the guitar and shread but its harder than i thought.

[Wizzy`]

i am a pro drummer and i am currently tryin to pick up the guitar and shread but its harder than i thought.

Oh, btw. I hate you because you stole Ko's name.

[mino]

Guitaring is pretty easy, actually.

[KoH]

Oh, btw. I hate you because you stole Ko's name.

no i had this name first, before the clan was even invented, ask bax, mantis, etc.

[*Sanosuke*]

*cough* "Forum Join Date: March 2008" *end cough*

[KoH]

*cough* "Forum Join Date: March 2008" *end cough*
agreed that i only just joined the forums, however that doesnt mean i havent been playing the game for a long time. i never understood forums until snownub helped me.

[Wizzy`]

agreed that i only just joined the forums, however that doesnt mean i havent been playing the game for a long time. i never understood forums until snownub helped me.

LOL SNOWOLF HELPED YUO? AHAHAHAHAHAHA
I hate you even more than I thought.

[KoH]

LOL SNOWOLF HELPED YUO? AHAHAHAHAHAHA
I hate you even more than I thought.

i really dont think i care.

[The Anti]

Well neither do we.

[KoH]

Well neither do we.

im scared of you because your banner is so cool...

[dakhamee]

Well i dont have any pics but

I play Bass i have a Squire Precision bass

I play Guitar i have a Yamaha Pacifica - mines one of a kind, the style i have is only Available in Right handed( took me 2 years to get it made) and my volume knobs are backwards

I play Drums i have a Tempo drum kit with 21inch ride and basic set.

I play acoustic guitar i have a Oakridge lefti ;)

I also play Didgerido which is an aboriginal instrument i got a custome made one of a kind stringy bark didgerido with Gecko dreaming ocer/burn artwork.

oh an i am a soprano, so i sing as well. =)

[The Anti]

Pretty good variety there. ;)

[paulk6]

I have to sets of hi-hats. One is on the right, the other is on the left. I basically can play to different sounding kits without moving. I have to snares, two different bass drums, and two different hi-hat/hi-hat pedals. All I need to do is switch my right foot to hi-hats, left foot to bass drum, and switch snares and it'll sound like a completely different kit.

Mmmm ambidextrousity. :D


But the hi-hat on the left is the one I use most. The one on the right is more for accents, foot patterns, or the whole "two kit" thing.

Wow you're a badass.

Drums, guitar, bass, vocals, and piano for me.

My band: www.myspace.com/substancedrock

http://photos-356.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v198/216/62/1232820356/n1232820356_30184093_2157.jpg
http://photos-356.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v198/216/62/1232820356/n1232820356_30183994_847.jpg

[sooner4life]

I can do metal and screamo vocals, that's it. I don't have the patience or money to learn actual instruments. Though if I can at some point, I want to be a drum and bass dj.

[mino]

Shit, you can do screamo vocals? I find that impossible.

[sooner4life]

Shit, you can do screamo vocals? I find that impossible.

No practice or anything, just something I was born with. I would think it would be crazy hard to learn.

[mino]

I actually spent 2 years with a vocal teacher trying to learn screamo vocals, couldn't do it. Best I could do was Slipknot, which isn't really screamo.

[The Anti]

But the Slipknot voice is really cool sounding. I know a few people who can do it pretty well.

[mino]

I love Corey Taylors voice, he was great live when I saw them in Iowa.

[The Anti]

Yeah he has a great sound to it.

[mino]

Slipknot's drummer is a legend, he was great live in the huge ball doing the drum solo.

[Tama Drummer]

Slipknot's drummer is a legend...

:rofl:

[mino]

I only said that cause of the fact he is the reason I became a drummer.

[The Anti]

Nice new sig btw mino. And I love the drummer's ball...it's soo cool. I really like his double bass solos, and then how he adds a new drum each layer of the solo. I think it sounds great.

[Madars]

Hell no thats stupid like jeffery

[Dea†h Dealer]

Um... I did play the guitar ... Until i was in a lesson at school & another person came in and said that it was thier lesson so my teacher said "GET OUT" to me. "Come back at lunch break to do your lesson". I said ok then . I went back at lunch & explained to her not to ROAR at children. She then told me that she was sorry.. and all of that trying to keep me doing my music lessons so she can get more (Dosh (money$$$). I then told her after all of her perswading that i quit. lol. So im not doing guitar anymore. UK.

[Dea†h Dealer]

lol

[The Anti]

Double post..

[Sangro]

LMAO this is a musicians thread and you're taking voice lessons for screamo? wtf?!?!?! can anyone tell me the 3 notes in a Gsus? or can they just tell me that the top tuning note on a guitar is e and that if you put your hand on 2 and 4 you play power chord and crazy metal!!!!! thats not fucking music.
In response to your drummers music :
I taught myself drums. I quickly realized that jazz drumming is by far the hardest drumming ever. any actual drummer will tell you that. and you can actually hear the bass guitar in jazz music. it isn't just playing the same line as rhythm guitar

[sooner4life]

LMAO this is a musicians thread and you're taking voice lessons for screamo? wtf?!?!?!

My bad, I forgot singing isn't music.

[Sangro]

screaming isnt music... screamo is not singing....

[The Anti]

But it's still music. ;)

[Tama Drummer]

In response to your drummers music :
I taught myself drums. I quickly realized that jazz drumming is by far the hardest drumming ever. any actual drummer will tell you that.

No. Sure, jazz can be hard. But I hate this stupid snobby statement you and lots of other "jazz" drummers say. Any genre is as hard as you make it, or as easy as you make it. And no, I'm not just some metal drummer who knows nothing about jazz. I started drum set playing jazz with the school jazz band. I'm quite capable of playing many of genres (latin is definitely my weakness).


Screaming itself isn't music. Drumming itself isn't really music either. But this isn't the "music" thread. It's the "musician" thread. Just because you don't like one person's instrument or how they use it, doesn't mean it doesn't belong here.

[Sangro]

Tama:
i was just nearly saying that the majority of rock drumming is easy. Sure you can make really hard rock thats harder than some jazz. The thing with rock. dynamics truly aren't that common. just certain aspects in jazz drumming aren't there in rock. Most rock drumming includes mainly playing time and fills. Jazz usually uses way more dynamics, way more setups, and way more variety within a song. and ballads? come on dude. you were in a jazz band. you should know that ballads are bitches especially on drums. And latin is just like crazy. haha. traditional latin has you like with 4 different rhythms with each appendage and ugh. its tough. but one thing rock does have within songs is more tempo changes. People find rock to just be more laid back drumming. i never said what type of music was more fun. thats your own opinion.
In response to it being the musician thread. i just dont feel that some 10th grade who can't read sheet music but memorizes tab and remembers how to play a few classics on piano qualifies as actual musicianship. know what i mean? maybe? well thats all im saying

[Tama Drummer]

Honestly, I do agree with most of the things your saying. Especially the dynamics. Most drummers don't seem to even know what that is. And yea, playing perfectly solid SLOOOOOOOOOW is harder than playing as fast as you can.

But at the same time, I do enjoy metal and a lot of the musicians that perform the music I enjoy aren't the most proficient. But the fact is, they make music I enjoy and so I've always tried to give respect to anyone who wants to hold an instrument. Just because not everyone can read music, and many rock drummers couldn't last 30 seconds in a jazz gig, I'm not going to look at them any different.

And like I mentioned, it's just mostly the snobby attitude of a lot of "real" musicians (as they call themselves) that just bugs me. I'm not trying to bash you or anything, it's just a pet peeve I guess. Like I said, I actually agree with pretty much everything your saying.



On another note, I really should get more into latin. I actually do like to do a lot of limb independence crap, so it should be a bit up my alley. I just haven't had much experience with it, cause I don't really live in a "latin" area, if that makes sense.

[Mr Anton]

Well, I'm a drummer, mostly metal, but I love rock as well. never really tried any other genres other than that, but I'd love to experiment.

Here's a pic of my kit, don't mind the dust on the cymbals, basement was a bit dusty at the time. I also took the wraps off the toms and soon the kick and plan on getting a nice natural finish on the shells. :D

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/x-anthony-x/PICT0021.jpg

[mino]

That drum kit sucks!

APRIL FOOLS!

[Mr Anton]

It really doesn't actually.

I love being in your sig btw.

[mino]

You missed the black text.

I love yours too.

[Mr Anton]

Bah, stupid black text.

You bastard.

Anyway, I dunno. I need a new china, just noticed last night that the bell on mine was cracking. I'm thinking either an 18 A Custom or an 18 Oriental

[mino]

Once I pay off the money left for my new car I'm going to buy myself some new Zildjian symbols. ^^

[The Anti]

Nice..I love Zildjian. :)

[mino]

I used to use Sabian, but since I had a set on Zildjians I can't use anything but them.

[The Anti]

Btw Mr. Anton your set needs more drums, lol. You should put in maybe some more tom-toms or something.

[mino]

He needs way more actual drums.

Lol.

[Tama Drummer]

less drums > more drums

Sabian > Zildjian

cymbals > symbols

[Mr Anton]

I think you'd be surprised how much one can rip with a 4 piece.

You really don't need a whole lotta drums to have a decent kit, it's how you use the ones you have. I'm quick enough with my hands to throw in some pretty sick fills that I don't need a huge ass 6 or 7 piece kit. It's also a pain in the ass to haul around a lot of drums.

I solved the kick problem by buying some Cobras, i'm quite content with those. :D

Anyway, whenever I get the money, If I ever do, I'll probably buy some Meinl cymbals, I love the sound they have.

[The Anti]

It's still always cool to have a lot of drums. :)

[Tama Drummer]

>.>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1UXzmiEV4M

[I'mafreak]

Guitar and bass ftw
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