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08-02-2011 10:45 AM |
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Originally Posted by Ben Butler
(Post 1091552)
Learning to play the piano takes more skill. They are probably quite nerdy because a lot of them come from well off families who can afford to pay for lessons and are usually well educated. Not always the case, a lot of normal members of society play the piano, it's just stereotype.
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That sounds like my relatives, musically/socioeconomically. Very good point, which could be validated by checking the backgrounds of famous keyboard players. For example, I just checked Page McConnell - his father was a doctor. And Jonathan Cain attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music. David Bryan went to Julliard. Greg Hawkes dropped out of Berklee College of Music.... Lol Tolhurst (once of The Cure) went to art school and "is also the uncle of Nick Tolhurst, an author on Corporate Social Responsibility and head of the Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs." Brian Eno went to art school. Robert Lamm and Geoff Downes attended college. More than a keyboard player: Trent Reznor's family probably didn't have much money, but he studied computer engineering in college. Ah, yes, found one who didn't go to college and apparently grew up working class - Gregg Rolie. (On cue, VH1 Classic plays a Journey song.)
Someone mentioned Nick Rhodes as not nerdy? Nick Rhodes of the muted sexuality? Lol.
An observation about the Farris brothers of INXS, probably none of whom attended college: the nerdiest-looking one is the keyboard player. |
