Classical violin, as well as acoustic and rock guitar.
Ask HN: How many of you play music?
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#62Trumpet player, played lead in jazz and principal in orchestra when i was in college. Also done some random shows with local rock bands looking for a horn player and church cantatas at the holidays.
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#63I'm a classically trained musician (Royal College of Music) and played professionally for a couple of years before getting into software development. My brother is also a musician turned developer and this seems to be a common career path among former college friends.
I play all sorts of music (not just classical) and will listen to most things.
A life without music is truly empty.
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#64I played Violin for 5 years, but quit two years ago. I just don't have the time to practice anymore, going to GATech.
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#65I am an ex-trombone, bass singer, and arranger of the Gamer Symphony Orchestra, an 80-person student orchestra at UMD College Park that plays exclusively video game music. Check us out here: http://umd.gamersymphony.org/
We've done a wide range of songs. Stuff from Mother 3, Zelda, Kirby, Halo, Tetris, the works. We've got recordings on the site. Our last concert attracted 1100 people. I'm very proud to be a part of it.
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#66I currently play guitar in a rock band called Shipyards (www.myspace.com/shipyards). We're based in NYC.
I used to play in a band called First Aid Kit (before the swedes used the name) and before we broke up we had the amazing experience of spending a month opening for Finch (punk rock from California) playing to between 300 and 1000 kids.
I've played guitar since I was 12 and start with Metallica and Nirvana. I also play drums.
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#67Piano, guitar and sing the songs I write. I had the urge to start learning to play when I started hearing songs in my head Id never heard before.
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#68In our software office of 14, 4 do not play a musical instrument
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#69Piano. Classical. Used To.
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#70I have studied classical violin for almost 11 years, and am in an orchestra. I also like to sing (some mix between songs from musicals, hymns, and classical music, in about that order).