Any Musicians On Here?

[Strychnine]

I know a few of the regulars are, but whoelse in here is a musician?
This could also mean a mixer/dj, as i still think this falls under the title.

What do you play, or are you a vocalist even?, what equpiment do ya use, what type of music do you play, are ya in a band, who are your influences etc.

Personally, im a bassist, i play for a MachineHead tribute band called 'The Blackening' but have recently been asked to join an experimental/industrial group which were thinking of calling 'A Nexus Falls'

I love to play anything and everything, from Punk, Ska, Industrial, metal, experimental to blues, Jazz, Funk etc, i have a very eccleptic musical taste.

Easily my biggest influence for my playing is Les Claypool of Primus. i LOVE slap bass, and coupled with my kinda 'experimental/unconvential music' i have learnt ALOT from this guy but overall, by biggest influence is Mike Patton, i may have a TINY obsession with this guy and his work ;)

I curently own 3 basses but am borrowing an Ibanez 5-string for band praccy/gigging

here are a few pics

This is my Yamaha BB605 <3

http://a376.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/l_998fdca5f41ce17c751ec8437f21d897.jpg


The Ibanez im currently using,
excuse the *ahem* attire

http://a749.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/91/l_365cf95d7b4c66d199ab55af390dbadc.jpg

This is my 1st ever bass, a Squire p-bass which im planning on killing at a gig in the near future XD (damn this pic is old)

http://a933.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/77/l_504a2ba431e3e8faecabbd721e03b4dc.jpg

Last but not least, i own a 5-string Shine bass, but that never gets used, its like this but with a different finish

http://www.marketmusic-durham.co.uk/extimages/72.jpg

[ERiKDude]

Well, i'm primarily a bassist now, but i also play guitar and a bit of keyboard. Been playing guitar for about 4 years now, and i've been playing bass for about 9 months.

I'm currently starting a new band with some friends, mostly experimental stuff, i play bass and occasional keyboard. Hopefully this band works out considering the last two i've been in didn't work out too well.

My biggest influences for bass would have to be Les Claypool from Primus and Ryan Martinie (RyKnow) from Mudvayne

I only have one bass right now, it's an Epiphone Les Paul Special. Exactly like this one

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x190/Turtle_eggs/bass.jpg

[Strychnine]

Nice dude, it was because of Ryan, more specifially, the slap intro to DIG that made me decide to play bass!
It was the 1st time i really noticed slapping, i watched the vid for the 1st time (was also the 1st time i heared the song) and i was astounded by it, it looked cool as hell and sounded 10 times better.
It was actually partly this reason (but also coz L.D. 50 is an important album to me) i got my mudvayne tattoo ^^

and im really liking your bass, very sexy, how much did it cost, coz they can be prety expensive at times?

[ERiKDude]

It didn't cost too much, i think the total came to 400 canadian, which is pretty good cuz the bass is pretty nice. It's a little neck heavy but that's no biggie.

And L.D. 50 is a completely kickass album! :)

[Zombiekilla55]

I'm a drummer, hopefully once I get my camera I am gonna do a few covers to put on youtube, i'll link ya once i do.

[Darkness]

"Native drums, and anything else I can beat out a rhythm on." :lol:

[jackskellington]

Played guitar in a couple of metal bands back in the 80's and then joined up with some punk / Oi! bands in the late 90's. Nothing since then though, other than just playing at the house when I'm bored. Too old now...:cry:

My current guitar...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/Random/guitarcase.jpg

[Zombiekilla55]

Played guitar in a couple of metal bands back in the 80's and then joined up with some punk / Oi! bands in the late 90's. Nothing since then though, other than just playing at the house when I'm bored. Too old now...:cry:

My current guitar...

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b336/jackskellington70/Random/guitarcase.jpg

Love your case dude! Your never too old to pllay! ^.^

[F Stop]

I've been producing electronic music for about 11 years now. I just finished up a few downtempo projects, but have done things along the lines of minimal techno, tech house, progressive, house, etc.

I was a Dj for years as well, but I like producing quite a bit more, for reasons I won't bore you with here ;)

[Victor Clark]

I was in a piano class last year as a souphmore, so I learned how to play a keyboard primarely. I got a Yamaha YPT-200 (or something like that, I just looked at the manual) for Christmas, so I've practiced what songs I know for some time. I've been hoping to find sheet music from famous bands like The Doors or Styx, but not suprisingly there aren't many music places in the Ozarks that specialize in piano. I've also tried online, but I found out I can't print out sheet music.
So far my inspiration is Ray Manzarek from The Doors. In fact, he inspired me to take piano class after I heard his solo from 'Riders on the Storm'.
All you guys have wicked guitars and basses, and I'm suprised of how many musicians there are.

[DentFoster]

I was in a piano class last year as a souphmore, so I learned how to play a keyboard primarely.

What the hell's a souphmore? :evil:

[dead and loving it]

What the hell's a souphmore? :evil:

Someone in there 2nd year at the Campbell's factory?

[Darkness]

"WOW! You guys are all so professional. I just like to sit in on drum circles and watch the people dance to the beat." :oops:

[dominion]

I play guitar, I have 4 electrics and 1 acoustic, I play everything, lol, flamenco, blues, all forms of metal, rock Jazz, you name it, I can play it, lol


I can also play bass when neccasary, can hold a beat on drums and now how to play keyboard :D

[Victor Clark]

What the hell's a souphmore? :evil:

Sorry, I meant sophomore (I think I get my bad spelling from my dad). I'm currently a high school junior.

[ZombieAoD]

I play guitar and drums, but mostly just drums. My current set up is Yamaha DTXpress, They're pretty good electric drums for the price. I listen to pretty much anything(I dislike country). My influences are, Niel Peart, Tony Royster Jr., Travis Barker, and Joey Jordison. I love double bass pedals, but I don't have them(saving up). I am looking to join a band, preferably one of the metal genre.

[DentFoster]

Sorry, I meant sophomore (I think I get my bad spelling from my dad). I'm currently a high school junior.
Touche' :)

[TheDeadHarlequinQueen]

Someone in there 2nd year at the Campbell's factory?

LMAO! God, that's great. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to play an instrument... something like guitar or bass. I'd actually also love to learn to play the bagpipes, violin, and banjo, but I'm pretty sure I won't be taking any lessons anytime soon. I've got enough on my plate already. I did used to play the flute in band. I never knew how to read notes so anytime I would play it would be by ear.

[Zombiekilla55]

LMAO! God, that's great. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to play an instrument... something like guitar or bass. I'd actually also love to learn to play the bagpipes, violin, and banjo, but I'm pretty sure I won't be taking any lessons anytime soon. I've got enough on my plate already. I did used to play the flute in band. I never knew how to read notes so anytime I would play it would be by ear.

That seems harder than reading music to me :)

[jackskellington]

LMAO! God, that's great. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to play an instrument... something like guitar or bass. I'd actually also love to learn to play the bagpipes, violin, and banjo, but I'm pretty sure I won't be taking any lessons anytime soon. I've got enough on my plate already. I did used to play the flute in band. I never knew how to read notes so anytime I would play it would be by ear.

My wife has played violin for several years. She tried to teach me a few years ago but I just couldn't get it. I've been playing guitar for so long that the violin really screws with my head since it's tuned opposite what a guitar is.

[Barbara]

Im in a cover band, we cover everything...literally..everything.

I sing and sometimes play guitair. If its acoustic is my Gibson J-150 6 String Guitar (took me 2 years to save up for the thing) with a small Marshall amp.

My bassist plays a Zodiac BXP with a peavy amp.

My guitaist plays an Ibanez GSA60 with a marshall amp.

As for the dummer, I know its at least a 6 piece set, im not sure the brand or anything...shows you how much I pay attention.

[Strychnine]

Im in a cover band, we cover everything...literally..everything.

I sing and sometimes play guitair. If its acoustic is my Gibson J-150 6 String Guitar (took me 2 years to save up for the thing) with a small Marshall amp.

My bassist plays a Zodiac BXP with a peavy amp.

My guitaist plays an Ibanez GSA60 with a marshall amp.

As for the dummer, I know its at least a 6 piece set, im not sure the brand or anything...shows you how much I pay attention.

haha, dont worry, i pay less attention than you, all i know is my rythem geetarist plays a Gibson SG SOMETIMES, and thats just coz hes my best mate! :p

i am hopefully gonna purchace a new bass soon tho, i was offered a YAMAHA for £50 tonight, not sure what model, but i wanna try before i buy 1st.

+ 'A Nexus Falls' 1st band meeting/praccy in a few days so im pretty excited about that.

I've written a few riffs and lyrics already so im hoping we get on well and wanna make an effort with this =D

[Darkness]

"These aren't 'MY' drums, they are examples of the two types of drums I own." :)

http://loonybin.badsyntax.net/ATZ/Bodhran.jpg
"I have a 16" Irish Bodhran, much like this one. I haven't painted it yet, because I'm still trying to figure out the right paint to use."







http://loonybin.badsyntax.net/ATZ/djb0001m.jpg
"I also own a 16" tall x 8" wide head, hand carved, African Djembe, much like the one above, but with different carved design."

"The Djembe is my favorite to play, but I'm better on the Bodhran right now."

"Well, there you go. Simple but lots of fun." :)

[Cornflakes]

Flipin' heck theirs alot of musicians here, I can't play anything to save my life.
Only intrusment I could play a song on was a recorder

Darkness you play a bodhrán!?!? Class. I always wanted to be able to play one. Do you play two-headed tipper style or jus used one end of the tipper?

[Darkness]

Flipin' heck theirs alot of musicians here, I can't play anything to save my life.
Only instrument I could play a song on was a recorder

Darkness you play a bodhrán!?!? Class. I always wanted to be able to play one. Do you play two-headed tipper style or just used one end of the tipper?

"I use my hand, I use a home made Tipper, I use a Tympani Mallet, I use what ever produces the sound I want at the time. Same with the Djembe." :)

[Patrick]

I play bass mostly. I have a Stuart Spector Ltd. made in Czech. and an Ampeg head with two Ampeg pro series cabinets (15" driver in each). I also have a custom BC Rich Warlock from the 1980s.

I play guitar too, and alto and soprano sax, violin, trumpet, tuba, and one or two songs on the piano - but mostly I just tune them (pianos). I haven't played some of these in a while - may/probably have lost my lip and need to spend quality time getting it back.

[ZombieJohn]

I write rhymes, I am a lyricist.

[vortec1]

Well I would have to fall in the MIXER/DJ catagory. because thats what I do at my partie's!

[NotoriousDIT]

I play guitar (alittlebasstoo), recorder (drew inspiration from South Park's brown noise), bongos (HAHAHA) and vocals. I do awesome vocals...
I am the singer of a ska band (used to play guitar too but quit so I can focus on singing) and my major inspirations are: The Clash, The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the Misfits.
We don't have an official name yet, but we're for sure either KABOOM! or Religion Sold Separately.

[Darkness]

I write rhymes, I am a lyricist.

"Same here. I LOVE writing song lyrics too," :)

[as_i_lay_dying]

I play a little bit of drums, not the greatest. But me and my friends are starting a band soon in which I am the vocalist. I guess I'll see how this goes haha.

[devourthesun]

I play guitar, a bit of bass, a bit of keyboard, and I sing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v375/blackmetalkilla/Sally.jpg
My guitar has 3 stickers on it, one that says "Grindhouse" one that's "Death Proof" and one that just says "Nosferatu"

I've also got a red Fender Squire, but I dont play it anymore because I hate it with a fiery passion.

[Strychnine]

I play guitar (alittlebasstoo), recorder (drew inspiration from South Park's brown noise), bongos (HAHAHA) and vocals. I do awesome vocals...
I am the singer of a ska band (used to play guitar too but quit so I can focus on singing) and my major inspirations are: The Clash, The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and the Misfits.
We don't have an official name yet, but we're for sure either KABOOM! or Religion Sold Separately.

Im so jealous!! i would LOVE to be in a ska band, probably more than in anyother genre.

What kinda ska do you play, 2tone skapunk/skacore, thirdwave etc

and 'Religion Sold Separately' is an awsome name btw

[NotoriousDIT]

We play more of a skapunk type thing like Operation Ivy. But we try and stay as close to our roots as possible. Oh, and I had to use KABOOM! because Religion Sold Separately was my friend's idea and he decided to use it for his own band so...

[Mygeeto]

my primary focus is to be a good enough singer to rub shoulders with Eric Adams, Matt Barlow, Miles Kennedy, Phil Anselmo, and the dudes from Orphaned Land, EverGrey and Kamelot.

i want to be able to do rythem guitar as well. my favorite guitarists are Dimebag Darrel Abbot, John Schaffer and Ross Friedman - with Ross being my favorite.

[hatefuldisplay]

I do vocals for a punk band. By punk, I certainly don't mean Good Charlotte MTV punk. My band is called Blinding Eye Dog.

Our musical influences include mostly older punk with some thrash metal, classic rock, and even a pinch of ska and Tex Mex tossed in. Pretty much, any type of style or bridge that hits us while we're writing a song.

I'd take a picture of a battered and dented microphone, but I don't know that it's really necessary.

[Strychnine]

Yeah, it kinda frustrates me when you mention punk and people assume the GC, blink 182 crap (no ofence to GC + blink fans ;))

I would love to be part of a punk band but around my area it just TOTALLY lacks for musical diversity.
I'd wanna play something along the lines of Black Flag, minor threat, circle jerks, the exploited or the casualties etc, something to get the adenaline pumping.

Tho im enjoying my time with my machine head tribute band its not really something i can take totally seriously so am in the middle of creating a band with a few mates.
Were gonna try and create something very doom-metalish, mixed with Nerosis, Isis, a little Tool and with an electronica and MAYBE even jungle/breakbeat twist to it. (+ sh*t loads bass effects to cover up my crappy playing :p)

I know its a cliche to say so but we wanna create something different.

[devourthesun]

*PLUG PLUG PLUG* I finally got around to recording the fullish demo to one of my songs yesterday, and if you click the second link in my sig, you can go directly to my music myspace.

as far as bands go, I've got my project Piscean Dream which is just me doing everything, but my friend has a ska-ish group called either "Cult of Danny" or "The Cult of Danny Elfman" that I might join as rhythm guitarist.

[Chuck Norris]

I play guitar, mandolin and 5 string banjo I've also been known to rock a washtub bass every now and then. I'm in the process of starting a new (bluegrass/country) band.

[hatefuldisplay]

Have any of you played venues that make you sell tickets or pay "production fees"? I avoid the three places in Baltimore that run that crap: The Brass Monkey, Fletchers, and Dick's Halfway Inn. What they do is give you tickets to sell and charge you to play. The charge to play is anywhere from $50-$150. Selling tickets is the only way to not pay the bar/club and to make money on top of it.

To be honest, I won't do it for two reasons:

1. My band mates and I are too lazy to go about begging all our friends and associates to buy tickets.

2. It allows these venues to cash in on your band and take your money without doing any type of promoting shows. Simply put, it forces the bands to do all their work for them and gets them cash on top of it.


Yeah. Yeah. I know for outsiders, it seems silly to think that paying 50 bucks is a big deal. No. Between five members of my band, we surely wouldn't feel it in the wallet too much. It's the matter of half the time we play bars, we're lucky to pull that for the entire band. I'll be damned if I pay someone else to help them get business.

[hatefuldisplay]

Blah.

We brought in a second guitar player after my first one's wife started cracking down on him and limiting his time out of the house. It was running well at first or somewhat well.

The second guitar player managed to be late for nearly every practice. Five-ten minutes is one thing, but 30-60 minutes is ridiculous.

Then, last week he just didn't show up. No phone call. No email. Nothing.

I figure he might be quitting the band, but then he emails me about upcoming show offers.

Today, five days after missing practice with no word he emails me saying he had finals and that's why he wasn't there and that he can't practice this week either. His finals were switched to a night he didn't have class?

Oh well.

Vent complete.

[Darkness]

:rimshot: "WE HAVE ROCK BAND NOW!!!" :rimshot:



"I finally get to see if I can play the guitar too." :lol:

[zombie surfer]

I play the Guitar & i'm in a Thrash/Death metal band called Twenty Inch Kings[check out our myspace]

Gear.

Guitars: BC RICH, IBANEZ & WASHBURN
Effects: BOSS, DIGITECH, DUNLOP & ZOOM
Amplification: MARSHALL

[RIP]

I play guitar but mostly just acoustic now. I still have all my electrics and amps and shit but I just don't play hardly anymore. I really want to again but something else always comes up and it just slips on by me.

I have owned many guitars through the years but I never owned a Bass guitar which it really shouldn't be that hard to play....right? I mean same chords right?

[Darkness]

"A Bass in mainly rythmns. If you can keep a beat, you should be able to play one fairly easily."

[RIP]

"A Bass in mainly rythmns. If you can keep a beat, you should be able to play one fairly easily."

I heard it was easy if you can play guitar but I just never tried a bass before and I've always been a guitar player and can play keyboards lol.

[Darkness]

"Yeah. If you already play the guitar, it's fairly easy to simplify it in to beats and rythmns."

[RIP]

"Yeah. If you already play the guitar, it's fairly easy to simplify it in to beats and rythmns."

I might just buy a cheap bass and a little amp and a video tape of some cords lol and then figure it out.:lol:

That's how I learned guitar back in like 1993 when I got my first guitar which was Fender strat and a vid tape but I already knew how to read tabs cause of piano and keybaords back then.

[Darkness]

"I'm just into any instrument that is percussion, or rythmically, related." :lol: :)

[RIP]

"I'm just into any instrument that is percussion, or rythmically, related." :lol: :)


Ah ha......your husband must be a happy man lol....:evil:

[ERiKDude]

I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now, and bass for almost 2, and i'm currently playing bass in a band with some friends.

My guitar is an Epiphone goth Les Paul studio. My bass is a matte black Epiphone Les Paul special.

The bass amp i'm using is a Line 6 Lowdown studio 110

[TheDeadHarlequinQueen]

Well, I'm currently taking piano lessons in school. I hope that I can get atleast semi good. I'd love to be able to play really well but... I tend to give up on things so... I also play the flute and I play both by ear. I can read notes but not very well. I'm not so sure if you could call me a muscian but I'd love to become one.

[Creeping Death]

If there are any drummers on here, send me a visitor post.
I just wanna see if there are any others on here.

:rimshot::rock::rimshot::rock::rimshot::rock:

[Necrowerx]

I can sorta play, but I don't consider myself a drummer, ergo, I'll skip the visitor post. Guitar and piano are my primary instruments.
Drums are darn fun though! Good exercise too.

[Darkness]

"You really should look around more, before you start creating threads." :x

"We have a nice one, where we are talking about the different musical talents we share among ourselves."

http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14491

[Creeping Death]

I can sorta play, but I don't consider myself a drummer, ergo, I'll skip the visitor post. Guitar and piano are my primary instruments.
Drums are darn fun though! Good exercise too.

Drums are very fun!

[Creeping Death]

I play the drums.:rimshot:
Mostly metal, like:

Metallica
Disturbed
Black Sabbath
Dream Theater
etc...

[JJkotz]

Yea iv'e been playing for about...uh let's...see...oh yea eight years

[Creeping Death]

Yea iv'e been playing for about...uh let's...see...oh yea eight years

Nice.
What set do you play?

[RIP]

I'm thinking about buying a Jackson guitar or another Ibanez.

I still have my Gibson Les Paul cherry sunburst 60's classic reissue and my Epiphone Sheraton.

[RIP]

Well I finally bought a cheap ass brand new bass guitar to add to my collection lol.

As I mentioned here earlier that I have been playing guitar for 16 years now and own 2 electrics which are again a GibsonLes Paul 1960 reissue(cherry sunburst) with dual pickups (worth $1,400), Epiphone Sheraton(worth $700 to $900 I think) and a Guild jumbo acoustic(worth $1,200). I have 2 amps still....my Fender and my Peavy Bandit 112 and have a Digitech RP 10 effects board and other pedals too.

But now I own a Bass guitar too. It's cheap too....it was only $160 and came with a carry bag, bass tuner, dvd tutorial for bass guitars, guitar strap, cables, small SX bass amp and the bass guitar itself is a SX Standard Series BG1K.

I've been wanting a bass for years now but just never got around to buying one so it will be a challenge to learn how to play it. I guess it shouldn't be too hard since I have been playing guitar now since like 1993.

[Darkness]

Well I finally bought a cheap ass brand new bass guitar to add to my collection lol.

As I mentioned here earlier that I have been playing guitar for 16 years now and own 2 electrics which are again a GibsonLes Paul 1960 reissue(cherry sunburst) with dual pickups (worth $1,400), Epiphone Sheraton(worth $700 to $900 I think) and a Guild jumbo acoustic(worth $1,200). I have 2 amps still....my Fender and my Peavy Bandit 112 and have a Digitech RP 10 effects board and other pedals too.

But now I own a Bass guitar too. It's cheap too....it was only $160 and came with a carry bag, bass tuner, dvd tutorial for bass guitars, guitar strap, cables, small SX bass amp and the bass guitar itself is a SX Standard Series BG1K.

I've been wanting a bass for years now but just never got around to buying one so it will be a challenge to learn how to play it. I guess it shouldn't be too hard since I have been playing guitar now since like 1993.

"It's About Time!" :clap:

"And have fun. They are a blast to play, once you get the hang of it." :)

[NotoriousDIT]

I play in about twenty bands. bass for most of them. most recently, it's been a ska band, but we're on haitus because the singer's moving to brazil or columbia or something for a while (it's a long story), but the other guitarist and I started a folk punk band, I'm playing harmonica, doing vocals, and doing the less technical guitar parts. we mostly play small gigs by the railroad tracks for the drunken hobos, and sometimes we sneak into venues where all the christian metalcore bands are playing (there's this huge christian metalcore scene in my town for some reason...). we're very good. sometimes political. I'm also playing bass/keyboards/vocals for a post-math/synth-pop/death metal band (imagine if slayer f***ed Minus the Bear f***ed the Unicorns). I used to play bass/vocals for a melodic hardcore band, but we weren't too good. or I didn't think so, people claimed to love us, but I've always hated anything I come up with. we sang about jacking off in theatres, food, and covered Suicidal Tendencies (and NOT institutionalized. that song SUCKS). uhh... I'm trying to think what else I've played in recently.

oh, the guitarist for said melodic hardcore band started an indie project with me, both of us on guitar/vocals, think if Mountain Goats, Death Cab For Cutie, Modest Mouse, and Fugazi had a baby.