FOR ALL MUSICIANS!

Sword & Shield · Number of posts: 205 Registration date: 2007-09-12

This is for ALL musicians, so if you're a musician, this applies to you!

I confess, I'm curious to know, and I hope this thread can be a fun one. What level are you at, with your music/singing? It doesn't matter if you've been a musician for one day, or twenty-two years. Are you a beginner? Intermediate? Fairly advanced? Pro level? And if you'd like to share some of your struggles and triumphs along the way, go for it!

Go ahead; be honest! If you're a beginner, admit it. If you're at the pro level, admit that too!!! I mean it. You DIDN'T have your success handed to you, you've WORKED to get where you are, musically, and God has BLESSED your efforts!

Yes, I know it's a real "turn-off" when people take it upon THEMSELVES to "toot their own horn," but it's NOT wrong to answer a question honestly when you are asked!

Best wishes to all of you musicians/singers! You guys ROCK!

endlessfuneral2003 · Number of posts: 1480 Registration date: 2007-01-01

Bass : beginner
Guitar : intermediate
Keyboard : beginner/intermediate
Vocals : intermediate
Drum programming or real drumming : Less than zero (lol)

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woetoyou · Number of posts: 398 Age: 36 Registration date: 2007-04-09

Bass: beginner I can just play basic grooves.
Guitar: intermediate I am good at rhythm and I can play some lead.
Keyboard: beginner I can play chords.
Vocals: intermediate I can sing backup.
Drums: intermediate I can play a consistant beat until it comes to a drum fill.

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scottmitchell74 · Number of posts: 4950 Age: 35 Registration date: 2007-03-07

Guitar - raw beginner.....started in April. I figured I wasn't too old to try something new. Every day and especially when watching accomplished players I wonder "what am I doing" but I can do things now that two months ago seemed impossible. I figure if I travel the road and put in my time it will happen. I remind myself that when a complete novice watches someone typing it looks like a miracle. It's practice, practice, practice! Smile

**Tall Tyrion** · Subject: Re: FOR ALL MUSICIANS! Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:46 pm

Drums - intermediate

Let's see..... what else...... uhhhhhhh does kazoo count? :lol:

Wait! I know. I can also play cd's.

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**MetalH** · Subject: Re: FOR ALL MUSICIANS! Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:23 pm

Guitar - Intermediate... Been playing for 6 and 1/2 years.
Bass - Intermediate... Been Playing for 6 years
Keyboard - I suck at keyboards lol!
Vocals - Intermediate
Drums - Intermediate... I can play pretty well, fills etc.

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DRReeves · Number of posts: 159 Registration date: 2007-02-05

Drums - suck.
Keyboards - suck a whole lot less (use mostly to write).
Brass - not half-bad, chosen for "All City" back in the day.
Lead guitar - nowhere near as good as I used to be.
Acoustic/12 - solid worship leader.
Other strings - hold my own (mandolin mostly).
Blues harp - fake it long enough and you've gotta improve.
Singing - well this is a matter of opinion, isn't it?

I began my "career" as an avid music fan who had to choose an elective in Jr. High and thought band class sounded fun.
I followed up by asking for a guitar the next year for my birthday cuz brass just wasn't "doing it" for me.
By my Sr. year in high school I was getting private piano lessons to help me with music theory and was in the Jazz Band (guitar), Concert band (french horn) and marching band (biratone horn).
I conducted at our graduation ceremonies and could have gone straight into the honors program at our local JC...but I wanted to be a rockstar! Doh!
What is that they say, "Be cool, stay in school..."
Not a huge regret, but the education and the contacts that I missed out on could have made things a whole lot easier. Stay in school.

Oh yeah! I never sang until I joined Neon Cross. I was a lead guitarist all the way and avoided even singing back-up because it took away from my concentration for guitar...but that's another story Wink

**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: FOR ALL MUSICIANS! Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:03 am

Bass: Intermediate (Been playing for 21 years!)
Electric Guitar: Somewhere between beginner and intermediate
Acoustic Guitar: Intermediate
Keyboards: I don't do keyboards
Drums: I just suck! I can play, but not well enough to record
Vocals: Depends on what I am doing. I have a very strong natural baritone that sounds great with hymns and classic crooning like Sinatra. But, my metal voice is very limited in range.

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BackFromTheDawn · Number of posts: 4617 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-05-19

this is the result of someone who doesn't practice nearly enough:

Guitar (mostly acoustic)-probably intermediate...i've done various worship stuff at church and retreats...but my level does not equate with the years i've played it (about 6)
Bass-between beginner and intermediate. i like this instrument. a lot of room for movement if you know what you're doing
Keyboards-kinda the same as bass...i've only been doing it seriously since april (bass for about 3 years)
Vocals-Intermediate. i've done alot of choral stuff and have been developing this the longest...but not quite as good as i could. range is baritone...yet limited at times. very good with harmony and lead.
Drums-this is non-existant. i played snare and bass for one year...i remember nothing. but i do have good sense of rhythm

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Thrasher · Subject: Re: FOR ALL MUSICIANS! Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:06 am

Drums-played for about 15 years,still suck-intermediate
Guitar-took lessons,cant play hardly anything-beginner
piano-again,took lessons.Can play barely-beginner

Ben: Destroyer Of Worlds · Number of posts: 302 Age: 25 Registration date: 2007-08-06

Drums - I'm somewhere between intermediate and fairly advanced.
Guitar - terrible
Bass - terrible
Kayboards - worse then terrible
Vocals - Don't ask

endlessfuneral2003 · Number of posts: 1480 Registration date: 2007-01-01

Quote:

Vocals - Don't ask

What if I ask...? Shocked

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As I breathe again You are my everlasting source

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gtr1963 · Number of posts: 16 Registration date: 2007-05-30

well.. I'm never one to toot my own horn and I never will. I will say that I've been playing guitar(metal) for 26 years. Whether some say it's good or it sucks is in the ear of the beholder. I really just play because I like the sound and enjoy playing... whether it sounds good to anybody else is purely speculation. As long as I enjoy it.. that's all that matters...

as for singing... my previous bands did not give me a microphone for a reason...lol.... I stink at singing.....

Andy(gtr1963)

BackFromTheDawn · Number of posts: 4617 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-05-19

endlessfuneral2003 wrote:

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Vocals - Don't ask

What if I ask...? Shocked

trust me....

you do NOT want to know Evil or Very Mad

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guitarhoops · Number of posts: 553 Age: 38 Registration date: 2007-01-03

I teach bass and guitar. I would say I am little better then intermediate on guitar and intermediate on bass. The rest of the instruments I play I am a hack. Smile

Sword & Shield · Number of posts: 205 Registration date: 2007-09-12

BackFromTheDawn wrote:

endlessfuneral2003 wrote:

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Vocals - Don't ask

What if I ask...? Shocked

trust me....

you do NOT want to know Evil or Very Mad

Oh, my, BFTD! You remind me of ME!!! I took voice lessons, years ago, and...boy, was THAT a BIG mistake! Between me and my instructor, I'm not sure which one of us had the biggest nightmare!

BackFromTheDawn · Number of posts: 4617 Age: 23 Registration date: 2007-05-19

actually, i can sing...i was referring to The Ben Twisted Evil

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endlessfuneral2003 · Number of posts: 1480 Registration date: 2007-01-01

rofl

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As I breathe anew You are my precious vitality
As I breathe again You are my everlasting source

ENDLESS FUNERAL - A Second Beginning

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MP3's available at www.soundclick.com/endlessfuneral

Sword & Shield · Number of posts: 205 Registration date: 2007-09-12

BackFromTheDawn wrote:

actually, i can sing...i was referring to The Ben Twisted Evil

Ooppss! Sorry, BFTD! My bad.

endlessfuneral2003 · Number of posts: 1480 Registration date: 2007-01-01

"I would say I am little better then intermediate on guitar"

You're too modest... I've seen your playing. Shred-o-riffic! I'd say you are definatly close to pro.

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As I breathe anew You are my precious vitality
As I breathe again You are my everlasting source

ENDLESS FUNERAL - A Second Beginning

CD available at http://www.unforsaken.ca/UPOS/main.html
MP3's available at www.soundclick.com/endlessfuneral