Children of teh Atom

wraeth · Last edited by wraeth on Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:55 pm; edited 2 times in total

Which musical instruments do you play - and how well?

I play:

Guitar - competent when in practice (rarely). Never got any good at picking though.

Flute - learnt for a few years but haven't played in ages.

Recorder - ditto, I used to be alright at that. Also the penny whistle!

Voice - used to sing with lessons and all but don't have those anymore.

Erm ... I can generally play a choon on most woodwinds including sax. That's the one I'd like to learn properly but I live in a flat so it would be a bit antisocial. Used to dabble with harmonica. Can only pick out a few choons on the piano - would like to be able to play keyboards well.

I learnt the violin for a while but there was an incident involving my accidental destruction of about 10 violins at school when I went to take mine out and the rest all fell off the shelf concertina fashion

That's when they suggested I take up the flute instead

My family are all quite musical and we can normally pick up anything and get reasonably competent quite quickly, but none of us are good/advanced atm (although bro is best)

I can read basic/simple music s.l.o.w.l.y. again - can't be bothered to practice. No self discipline.

You?

The Doctor · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:32 am Post subject:

I'm a pro on the triangle

And I can play 'smoke on the water' on Guitar.

That's about it though.

strung out · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:33 am Post subject:

ok, here goes... *takes a deep breath*

I play the oboe, the double bass, piano, flute, sax, most types of percussion. I'm ok at guitar and bass as well. Pretty good singer, but not too confident about doing it in public.

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:35 am Post subject:

I'm hoping misskitty posts about hers too. Another musical family strung out - or is it just you and sis?

Do you put much practice in?

strung out · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

not much

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:38 am Post subject:

Me neither

I s'pose if it's a passion you just play all the time in spare moments etc. If it's just something that like and that you're able to do it's less compelling? (Tis for me anyway)

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:01 am Post subject:

I can play a few chords and scales on the guitar. That's about it though.

Ninjadmin · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:24 am Post subject:

i can play the guitar a little bit (not very good tho....)

can get the woowowowooowwo sound out of a didgeridoo

can play the drums badly

and am pretty decent with synths

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:30 am Post subject:

Yay the digeridoo, never tried one of those.

How are folk on equipment such as amps, mixer desks, equalisers etc?

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:31 am Post subject:

Yeah I sort of know my way around Cubase and Reason and midi and sampling and shit like that. Forgotten lots of it though.

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:31 am Post subject:

Ninjadmin · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:34 am Post subject:

i've forgotten more about mixers than you could learn if you lived to 300

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

I can do a bit of basic scratching on the wheels of steel

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

Anyone done any recording in a studio - with the big fekk off equipment?

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

i can play bass to a good standard, although i'm not as good as i used to be, due to lack of practice - but i especially enjoy doing ska, dub, funk soul and hip hop stuff

i can play most percussion from a standard drum kit through to xylaphone and gamalan

i can play keyboards though not to a professional standard (especially not any more)

i am fully versed in programming sequencers, drum machines and all well known music software, i can use a 16 track mixing desk and set up a decent sound rig with my eyes shut

i used to be a dab hand at beatmixing and sratching on the decks but i havent even touched any vinyl for a few years

i love mixing and producing in a recording studio - i actually think it's more fun than playing in a band - if i won the lottery i would set up my own recording studio

i can't read music but i can play by ear and pick things up pretty easy

The Doctor · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:44 am Post subject:

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:46 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:48 am Post subject:

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:51 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:52 am Post subject:

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:57 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:04 am Post subject:

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:10 am Post subject:

i'll have a look, tbh i havent quite got to grips with all this internet radio stuff yet but i'm interested in it - a mate of mine has set up a libertarian pirate radio station in southampton and wants to put it online

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:10 am Post subject:

hiccup · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:11 am Post subject:

The TCTE Supergroup Allstarz

We could headline Glastonbury next year.

sparky lightbourne · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:12 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:15 am Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:16 am Post subject:

Ninjadmin · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject:

that woiuld be way cool if we made a supergroup

freddy makes music as well.....

misskitty · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject:

I was really hoping you'd post misskitty because you've mentioned the piano/keyboards and voice but not in lots of detail. I like hearing about it, especially how people got into music in the first place. My nan had a piano and the three of us used to spend hours trying to play it when we were kids in the school holidays. Never had any lessons or chance to pursue it though. We've still got some records that my mum recorded when she was young, but she had operatic training.

If you're still into the singing music you mentioned I've got some CDs that I can burn for you that you might like (Australian artists so you can't easily get them over here).

misskitty · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

Cheers Dezzers, I would love some! Some of my favourite artists have come from people saying "I think you'd really like..." etc.

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

misskitty · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject:

Done

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:13 pm Post subject:

Cool

strung out · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject:

i can play the kazoo

wraeth · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:30 pm Post subject:

No-one's gonna believe yooooooooooo