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View Poll Results: what instrument dou you play? -PLAY, NOT "WANT TO PLAY" - IN THIS CASE
Guitar 263 60.05%
Drums 123 28.08%
Bass 124 28.31%
Keyboard(it sucks...) 129 29.45%
Other 177 40.41%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 438. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-14-2010, 12:53 AM   #441 (permalink)
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well it would also be nice if guitarists, bassists and any other instrumentalist would explore different styles too, in that case.
I'm a guitarist and I explore different styles, doing the same types of music can get boring after a while.
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:04 AM   #442 (permalink)
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If I pulled some random dude from the street and had him bang on a drum and play alternating quarters on a hi hat and snare, do you call him a musician? Once again, you (along with half of the people that replied to me) jumped the shark and assumed I meant the worst. I don't call someone who can strum two or so notes on a guitar, or make a noise on a trumpet, or bang sticks on a drum set a musician. Was that really that hard to comprehend?

I have absolutely no problem with someone being fluent in one instrument and not the entire family, I'm down with that. I personally know a freshman in my percussion section that thinks he's the coolest kid ever and he can barely keep a steady set of eighths. But he's having fun, and since music is for everyone, then he's automatically in the musician category, right? My bad, I forgot that I'm not allowed to have an opinion about who I consider a musician.
We didn't say everyone is considered a musician, we said anyone can BE a musician.
The attitude isn't needed if you're the one that's wrong.
I can teach quarter notes on a snare drum.
Alternating quarters? That's what everybody plays on drumset? Because I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of complex drumset parts out there.
Sixteenth notes, time in 5/8.
Have you ever listened to jazz? Hip hop, maybe?

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Really? Everyone with arms can play a drum, I guess they're all musicians. How did 'everyone learns differently' come into play? Again, you're jumping on the bandwagon and assuming things like it's in style (it seems to be around here). Where did I say that that every musician that can't read is hardly a musician? Please quote me, as I can't seem to dig through my lentghy ten post record or so and find the exact thing I said.

Again, had you given me the benefit of the doubt, you would've known I'm not confident about my music skill in the slightest, and I was talking about simple people who think they're studly because of the volume and speed they can play a drum, for example, without knowing how to read music or feel the beat, or even hold the stick, or even how adjust a music stand.
You weren't talking about all of that before. Why do you have to know how to read music or adjust a music stand? There are countless ways to hold a drumstick, and some people can make their own work.
I'll relate this to guitar because I don't play the drumset.
I play THE WRONG WAY under my teacher's standards, but he's outwardly admitted that I've somehow made it work.
Just because it's not the normal way to play, doesn't mean someone can't do it.
It's kind of hard to play in a band if you can't feel the beat, considering the drums hold the beat. So I don't know who you're talking about, but not the drummers I've grown up with, whether they can read or not.

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But all noobs are arrogant fools, aren't they?

Yes, I know how hard set is to play, which is why...

*GASP* (Is he really gonna say it?!)

I can't play anything complex on a drum set.

Hell, I can hardly play mallets, I have to write the notes in and practice a lot before I get the hang of it. Very pretentious to outright admit I haven't mastered two very important parts of percussion, isn't it?

Also, please tell me where I said I was the best ever in world history at playing drums. I don't remember that part of the conversation, either.
Did anyone say you were the best in history? Nope.
We said that you're belittling other drummers who can't read.
No, you're not saying you're the best, but you are sure making yourself look obnoxious.
Talking about music stands?
You're just bringing up stuff that has nothing to do with the actual technique of a drummer.
You are now admitting that playing something complex on a drumset is an important part of percussion. So you just contradicted your previous post.

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I'm willing to restart this whole thing if we can all just back off what you thought I said. I honestly apologize if you misjudged it, but I assure you it wasn't meant to sound so arrogant as you might've assumed. [/color]
You just blamed it all on everyone else.
You're wrong.
What you said? It was wrong.
We didn't assume anything.
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Old 01-14-2010, 07:46 AM   #443 (permalink)
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It's not necessary to read music to play bass. If you're just playing for fun, you can use tabs and such for an easy music-playing experience. If you're looking to become serious you might want to try but I don't know, there are some really good musicians who couldn't read music.
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Not sure if you meant this literally but you really don't need to be able to read music to play guitar/bass, especially if it is just for fun and to muck about. I can't read music and can play guitar/bass alright after only a few months of either.
I understand that you don't have to be able to read music to play. But for me it kinda goes hand in hand a little. Just basic reading music thats it. Nothing complex or that like.

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And why does Keyboard suck? Piano was definitely the hardest instrument for me personally to learn and become good at...

I'm with tore. Since when did playing music mean aspiring to conquer every single genre, style and technique out there? Learning instruments for me is about enjoyment and personal growth, not trying to be every single different virtuoso out there.

Anyway, I 'play' all instruments that are listed up there apart from drums. I could never, ever get into drums for some reason. I was dragged along to classical piano lessons when I was a child, I then started picking up a guitar when I was a teenager and now I'm venturing into bass - which is definitely my favourite instrument to play! I also 'play' my vocal chords but have no formal training, unless you count singing in the shower and in my car I'm not that great but I enjoy what I do and that is all that matters!
Haha, well I must play my vocal chords too, very badly though...
After I get my car and that, I'm definetly buying Bass. I don't care what anyone says. I want to learn it.

At school I was a champ on drums, that was the instrument I was best at. Don't know how good I'd be now though.
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:46 PM   #444 (permalink)
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^ Good luck with that. [=
I'm excited.
I must have a video.

And obviously you're writing me a song, right? ;P
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Old 01-14-2010, 02:07 PM   #446 (permalink)
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You know you have to learn foggy mountain breakdown now, right?

Darn, I wish I had a banjo!
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Old 01-14-2010, 02:08 PM   #447 (permalink)
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Old 01-14-2010, 02:41 PM   #448 (permalink)
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Terrible terrible news! I have to wait til the 27th. They don't rent out banjos like they do all their other instruments. So the 27th (my birthday) ill have a dandy ol' one and be playing some bluegrass tunes and whatnot. Of course I'll write you a song and learn that one. Hahaha wish me luck!
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Yayayyyy. <3
I'll be waiting! =P
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Old 01-14-2010, 07:19 PM   #450 (permalink)
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Same here man. Except Im getting a 6 string Dean bango. Aka banjitar
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