Musicians thread?

Metzger Meister

I couldn't find it, so here it is!


Maybe you're a classical musician! That's fancy!

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

I used to pay cello, you know. My rendition of the first six notes of the Jaws theme was described as "revolutionary."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVadl4ocX0M&list=FL-5gXpTLLDWPhpqLKqhXAvw&index=124

Or perhaps you are more modernly inclined!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12kcpP-8jfM&ob=av2e





http://www.facebook.com/ItGetsWorseSka?sk=app_178091127385

and there's my band playing Cool Kids, with yours truly doing a bad job on vocals.

Also I'm pretty bad at making threads, so. Y'know.

i'm not good at this.

Knob

cool thanks, i guess

dbrock270

I make music.

No one can hear it though.

Ubik

i'm a musician

i have two abortive attempts to learn guitar under my belt

Kadith

but ska isn't music at all!!

Donovan Puppyfucker

Holy shit your drummer sucks, Metz. Meg White is a better drummer than whoever you currently have.

dbrock270

Kadith wrote:

but ska isn't music at all!!

Yeah I think Metz and co. should find a new genre of music to play.

Ska is my least favorite genre ever.

Metzger Meister

chrishallett83 wrote:

Holy shit your drummer sucks, Metz. Meg White is a better drummer than whoever you currently have.

he's alright. he's a cool dude.

Baroque And Roll

chrishallett83 wrote:

Holy shit your drummer sucks, Metz. Meg White is a better drummer than whoever you currently have.

jesus christ

Ubik

Liebot, what is the best genre?

Donovan Puppyfucker

He might be the greatest guy alive, but he can't keep time for shit.

Kadith

i haven't slept in over 48 hours

HellaJeff

I am going to London to sing this summer!! : ))))

SirToasty

Saxophoooooooooooone

HellaJeff

Toasty are you a classy sax guy or a jazzy sax guy?

Aneurhythmia

chrishallett83 wrote:

He might be the greatest guy alive, but he can't keep time for shit.

I'm not going to listen to this more than once, but at first pass the drums don't seem that off. It was the guitar that was noticeably losing the off beat.

Mr Fuzzbutt

i just fart into the microphone

FirmSkater

I want a drumset so bad.

I miss playing almost every day.

Mr Fuzzbutt

I got a drum kit and was about to get lessons but then I got laid off and have been poor ever since.

I hit it with sticks every now and then but I don't really know what I'm doing.

Arang

chrishallett83 wrote:

Holy shit your drummer sucks, Metz. Meg White is a better drummer than whoever you currently have.

I maintain to this day that the white stripes would have been a better band if the only drummer had been jack white with his foot on a bass drum pedal

Mr. G

Arang wrote:

chrishallett83 wrote:

Holy shit your drummer sucks, Metz. Meg White is a better drummer than whoever you currently have.

I maintain to this day that the white stripes would have been a better band if the only drummer had been jack white with his foot on a bass drum pedal

I hate when people say this, because Meg White was perfect for the White Stripes

Imagine those songs with a more competent drummer

You'd have The Raconteurs

so maybe it wouldn't be all bad

SirToasty

HellaJeff wrote:

Toasty are you a classy sax guy or a jazzy sax guy?

Mainly classy. I play a little jazz but I am terribad at improv.

joshofalltrades

I want to hear SirToasty play some sleazy sax

HellaJeff

SirToasty wrote:

HellaJeff wrote:

Toasty are you a classy sax guy or a jazzy sax guy?

Mainly classy. I play a little jazz but I am terribad at improv.

That's cool, there a wonderful amount of really really beautiful solos for saxophone, and sax quartets are some of the best small ensembles ever.

Wombat!!

I play a few instruments, all with complete mediocrity. I used to play bass over ventrilo a lot, too.

Only been in 1 band in almost 4 years of bass playing (and fewer years of everything else I play). We practiced once, and recorded 1 song during that 4 hour meet up.

GreasyKidsStuff

I think I need to get my guitar looked at. When I plug it in, sometimes it won't produce a sound unless I jiggle the cord at the input jack a bit. Has to be in there just right or it won't do anything. So, obviously, this leads to me cutting out entirely if I so much as move. It's rather annoying.

Unless somebody has a magic fix but I'm no expert and would rather leave it in the hands of a professional.

Homeless

sounds like the prong that makes contact with the cable is bent out of place. that or a wire has come loose. should be a simple fix.

Aneurhythmia

Yeah, that's actually not a bad place to start learning how to fix your own shit. Though if a lead needs to be re-soldered and your electronics are particularly nice or expensive, you might want to get someone else to do it.

Also, try another cable. Make sure it's narrowed down to the guitar.

AgentofOrange

I've enough instruments to form my own folk band, minus percussion.
Pictured: deering goodtime 5 string banjo, johnson A mandolin, fender 12-string guitar, suzuki promaster valved harmonica in key of A
Not pictured: like 7 other fucking harmonicas and a Lanikai concert ukulele.

GreasyKidsStuff

Aneurhythmia wrote:

Yeah, that's actually not a bad place to start learning how to fix your own shit. Though if a lead needs to be re-soldered and your electronics are particularly nice or expensive, you might want to get someone else to do it.

Also, try another cable. Make sure it's narrowed down to the guitar.

I'm hesitant because it's my baby and I'd hate to fuck something up. I have zero expertise in fixing anything like that myself.

I'm pretty sure it's the guitar. Maybe I'll get it taken somewhere and see what the process would be. Or how much it would cost.

The Lovely Bastard

I want a dude playing softcore sax along with everything I do

my life demands a skinemax soundtrack

Aneurhythmia

GreasyKidsStuff wrote:

Aneurhythmia wrote:

Yeah, that's actually not a bad place to start learning how to fix your own shit. Though if a lead needs to be re-soldered and your electronics are particularly nice or expensive, you might want to get someone else to do it.

Also, try another cable. Make sure it's narrowed down to the guitar.

I'm hesitant because it's my baby and I'd hate to fuck something up. I have zero expertise in fixing anything like that myself.

I'm pretty sure it's the guitar. Maybe I'll get it taken somewhere and see what the process would be. Or how much it would cost.

Honestly, there's not much you could screw up unless you just go stabbing things with a screwdriver. But if you've never soldered before, take it somewhere. If it's the jack or the wiring, it should be pretty cheap to fix. You can also have 'em look at your neck and frets and all that while it's in.

Typhoid Manny

GreasyKidsStuff wrote:

I think I need to get my guitar looked at. When I plug it in, sometimes it won't produce a sound unless I jiggle the cord at the input jack a bit. Has to be in there just right or it won't do anything. So, obviously, this leads to me cutting out entirely if I so much as move. It's rather annoying.

Unless somebody has a magic fix but I'm no expert and would rather leave it in the hands of a professional.

this is almost certainly just a wire came loose from the jack. it'll take longer for your soldering iron to heat up than to actually fix the problem

HellaJeff

@Agent, have you ever watched Cowboy Bebop? I want to learn to play harmonica like the music in that, and I even own one! But I am struggling with it, do you have any pointers are places to look for harmonica learning?

AgentofOrange

Everywhere I asked about learning the harmonica I was told "Nobody can teach you how to play with the harmonica. Just keep fucking with it."
Which is bullshit, because I found a wonderful website that helps.
In particular, I'd recommend this man.

Always play the harmonica. Play stupid melodies until you wanna vomit. Try making noises with the harp that you never thought you'd hear.
Eventually you'll get surprised at the new levels of experience you will arrive at.

Airking850

Playing music is awesome, yes. One of my band mates is renting out a room in a house with a badass basement so we're hosting / playing a series of house shows there. Ain't nothing like rocking out in a dramatically lit stone-wall basement.

HellaJeff

Beatboxing into a harmonica is fun easy and sounds impressive when it really isn't

Staleghoti

I am a beginner DJ and I play guitar! Woooo.

AgentofOrange

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3MQku_94U

Not afraid to look like an idiot. Here's a video of me fucking around on the mandolin.
Anyone else play mandolin?

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Brian Krakow

AgentofOrange wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3MQku_94U

Not afraid to look like an idiot. Here's a video of me fucking around on the mandolin.
Anyone else play mandolin?

Goddamnit I have enough instruments I want to buy only to give up on after two weeks.