How many DU'ers are Musicians, and what instrument(s) do you play?

[Failure]

I'm a concert pianist, and I also play any other percussion instrument.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. Guitarist, singer, bassist, keyboardist, percussionist, kazooist, theremin

all pretty hamfistedly.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

4. guitar, drums

:yourock:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Cool. We should invent Guitardrums.

[bobthedrummer]

8. I think Bo Diddley did just that!

:hi:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. Yeah. Of course. Good ol' Bo.

[Failure]

17. Ever seen Bela Fleck? Doesn't a bandmember play a

Drumitar??

[Screaming Lord Byron]

21. Yeah, I think you're right.

[Failure]

24. weird lookin' thing I think...he came to Interlochen Arts Academy

when I was in school there.

[Blue-Jay]

40. When were you at Interlochen?

I used to counsel there. A few years at Blue Lake too.

[Failure]

53. I went to the academy 96-97

[Buck Turgidson]

26. 5-string bluegrass banjo and various other acoustic instruments.

BTW, Future Man plays the synth-axe drumitar for Bela Fleck & The Flecktones.

[MuseRider]

29. I have tickets

to see them soon in Lawrence, Kansas. Can't wait. I have seen them twice before and seen Bela with Edgar Meyer and Victor on one of his tours. They are amazing. Future Man is interesting as is his Drumitar, I was stunned at how good he is.

[Blue-Jay]

30. The Drumitar

Played by "Future Man" in Bela's band. It's an amazing thing to see live. "Future Man" is formerly known as Charles (I think) Wooten. Yep, that's Victor Wooten's brother. Victor, being the baddest-assed bass player on the planet, bar none.



Edited to add picture from Bela's website:

[Failure]

31. n freakin' t

[SheepyMcSheepster]

23. i wish i had the money to get a midi guitar processor thingy

you can play drums on a guitar with one of those, or you can be Future Man and build you own drum/guitar thingy :silly:

[Donkeyboy75]

2. Guitar, piano, and skin flute.

In increasing order of competency.

[Failure]

18. lol...n/t

[bobthedrummer]

3. I'm the drummer in The Books Banned, my wife is the bass player

I use a Tama kit. I come from a musical family.
:hi:
on edit: I also play some harmonica and mess around with keyboards, I also sing certain types of songs-lol.

[daveskilt]

6. accordion and guitar (no bagpipes, I'm afraid)

my wife plays the marimba and piano

[lovedems]

7. Do spouses count?

My husband plays the guitar and drums (is in a band and that is a big part of our lives). One of my sons plays the drums and another plays the bass.

No, they do not aspire to be Hanson! :)

[Mr. McD]

10. Bagpipe and Guitar

[Gothic Sponge]

12. Guitar, Drums, Bass, Vox

[Commendatori]

11. I used to be a fairly decent guitarist

until I shattered my hand in a baseball injury. Haven't picked one up since I saw just how much dexterity I lost on the fretboard.

[freetobegay]

13. Alto sax

Just like...

[dryan]

14. singer

[Misunderestimator]

15. Piano, trumpet, singing

I used to be a pro opera singer... long story, but in an entirely different career now.

[TrogL]

16. Conducted last night, can't play winds/brass anymore due to bad teeth

I'm an organist, backup accompianist for a choir and conducted a band rehearsal last night.

[Exultant Democracy]

19. I even have a show tonight

I am the lead singer, but I also play guitar a little bit. I also play the trombone, but it is a little hard to do that and sing at the same time :-)

[southpaw]

20. Started as a drummer...

Switched to bass at age 19. I don't play actively anymore, but I can't bring myself to sell my Spector NS-2.

[Failure]

22. How about a DU band?!?

Could we get it together if we had a DU meet up? I'll play.

[Bonhomme Richard]

46. Sure, if we did it at my house. n/t

[Arkana]

25. Saxophonist

Can play all of them, specialize in alto.

[KansDem]

47. Saxophonist here too...

specializing in baritone (although I do have an alto) ...

[MuseRider]

27. Orchestral musician.

I play clarinet in our orchestra, have been in for about 30 years. My husband plays some jazz trumpet. My oldest is majoring in percussion with an emphasis in jazz. My youngest just accepted a scholarship at UMKC to study jazz, he is a bassist. There are a lot of musical DUers. It is so fun to learn what everyone does.

[Whitacre D_WI]

28. I play anything that doesn't play me first.

All poorly, but with great enthusiasm!

[VelmaD]

32. Primarily piano but there are a bunch more

I started playing piano when I was so little I really don't even remember. Played seriously up until a couple of years into college.

I also play clarinet, flute, and was a percussionist in band in high school and college. I sing alto in a local women's chorus.

[robertpaulsen]

33. Guitar, harmonica.

Going for the Guthrie/Dylan effect. Getting better all the time!

[Blue-Jay]

34. Let's see....sax, guitar, flute, clarinet, bagpipes, oboe,

misc. percussion, keyboards (poorly), bass (poorly), and tuba.

I think that's about all.

[Whitacre D_WI]

35. I hear you are a virtuoso...

...at the "skin flute."

So am I!

[Blue-Jay]

39. From what I hear

you play the butt pipe as well!

[Whitacre D_WI]

50. I AM

a butt pipe!

[Zorra]

36. Guitar, vocals, bass sometimes.

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Piano, Guitar, Bass, Violin, & Sax

But, i'm not particularly skilled at the last two. I learned them more to understand the phrasing and note selection when i use a synth to emulate those instruments. I didn't want to play sax sounds using piano parts.

I'm trained as a jazz piano player, and played in competitions from about age 12 to 19. Got tired of that, though.

I taught myself guitar at 20, since i understood music and theory pretty darned well by then. I picked up bass out of necessity about 2 years ago. Since i play bass in the left hand on piano (thinking like a bass player), and i knew guitar for nearly 25 years by that point, i got quite competent in a big hurry. I like it, actually. I enjoy finding a way to play counterpoint bass lines to the guitars and vocals when working in a 3 piece. I don't think i'd like it as much in a larger group. In a 3 piece, you not only CAN be busy, you nearly have to be.
The Professor

[Lydia Leftcoast]

38. Singer

classical/religious choral and Balkan. Currently singing in a semi-professional church choir.

I can also muddle through tunes on the piano, violin, and recorder.

[geniph]

41. Also a singer

I'm a first soprano with the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Chorus (and yes, they welcome those of us who are heteroflexible or bi). We'll have our first big performance of the year in two months at Seattle Pride, and I'm getting psyched for it!

[leftofthedial]

42. songwriter

piano. guitar. singer

miscellaneous other things when they are lying around

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. Violin

I'm a freelancer in the DC, Baltimore, Annapolis area; but I've been known to drive to NYC and Philly (and various distant odd places nobody's ever heard of) for gigs. :nopity:

I love to sing, too; but people rarely hear me do that unless I've had a pint too many.

[Bonhomme Richard]

44. Guitar, Lead Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica, some................

drums, bass and keyboard.

[Bonhomme Richard]

52. Hah!, Got up with my old band last friday night and ..................

played some percussion when they played Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen/Oya Como Va. It was a hoot, just like old times except I've never been introduced as an alumni before. LOL I guess I am getting old.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

45. Mandolin

I dabble with some others, but mando is my real instrument.

[jus_the_facts]

48. love musicians....

.....and playin' with their instruments! :headbang: :evilgrin:

[mitchum]

49. guitar, piano, theremin, harp, jazzhorn, timelag accumulator

[liberalhistorian]

51. I play the piano and flute,

both for about thirty years now, and my son plays the piano and drums.

[Failure]

54. sweet...i've been playing piano for 20 years now.

[Guy Fawkes]

55. Violin, Electrec Violin, Jewsharp, singing

[VOX]

56. Blues harp (Chicago and country styles), guitar and ukulele!

Aloha. :)

[oneighty]

57. Trombone

I played trombone, but never like those guys!

See my thread here in the lounge.

180

[Quahog]

58. I have played guitar, bass and keyboards professionally

I also facilitate drum circles employing African, Latin and S.E. Asian percussion traditions. At the height of my study of ethnomusicology, I was proficient on about two dozen instruments. I'll betcha I'm the only DUer who's a skilled player of the bonang panerus in the Javanese gamelan!