I tried and I'm horrible. I'd really like to be a good musician but I spend my time programming and reading and drawing and writing and not doing music, so I'm not good at that (also I'm naturally awful). I'm a good programmer, but very bad at music.
Ask HN: How many of you play music?
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#32I'm a drummer and I'm saving up for this bad boy: http://www.yamaha.com/drums/drumproductdetail.html?CNTID=568... Oh, and I would rather stab myself with a fork than play punk.
I've got a maple custom absolute and I think it's pretty sweet, but that PHX looks sick... how new is that?
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#33Vocals, guitar, and keyboards. I semi-frequently record tracks in GarageBand. I ping-pong between rock and trip hop.
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#34Classically trained violinist, though my forte is in improvisation (classical, rock, and jazz).
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#35I play primarily drums, though often I putz around on whatever gut-harp is within arm's reach. When I was playing in a band, we were a two-piece grind/death band; we were also another two-piece doing instrumental rock. I also play in a roughly annual Halloween Misfits cover band with some other rock dudes from the area. (Confidential to sofal: if punk is easy to play, you're playing too slow. :)
Gear: I have a Mapex Saturn 3pc (24x22 kick, 15x15 mounted tom, 18x16 floor tom) with a 14x7 Ludwig Black Beauty snare. More of less is more. :D Also, whatever cymbals I haven't killed yet -- right now it's Sabian crashes and hats, 24" Paiste ride, 18" Wuhan china.
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#36I consider myself a composer first, but I code my own laptop instruments and have experimented with networked performance as well. http://www.uwm.edu/~gssurges/
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#37I play bassoon in orchestra and piano on my own (though I'm very rusty at the latter).
My main musical outlet these days is traditional dance music, primarily from Ireland (with a strong focus on South Sligo) and Newfoundland. I play whistle reasonably well and I'm working on learning wooden flute and one-row button accordion. I write tunes in this style as well.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you think that bands like Signals would like to auction their unique things (guitar, signed tshirt, special call ... like NIN drummer) to get some revenue?
The standard is to do that to rise some funds for charity. I don't think you can change that into a business, becuase a band who would change from charity to profit would come of too greedy and self-important. You won't be able to sell that to the cool-kids.
I think that you ha ve a good point of view. But I think that it is normal for bands to sell their own stuff on the concerts, etc. http://mashable.com/2009/02/20/josh-freese-album-promotion took it step further and he is selling package for USD 75K. Do you see it too greedy? I think that fans are ok with it, but there is a problem, that similar package can be bought just by few guys.
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#39I'm a drummer and I'm saving up for this bad boy: http://www.yamaha.com/drums/drumproductdetail.html?CNTID=568... Oh, and I would rather stab myself with a fork than play punk.
"Oh, and I would rather stab myself with a fork than play punk." good for you, but music should be emotive and a 20-minute Neil Pert drum solo is hardly emotive. If you equate technical mastery of an (needlessly expensive) instrument as the sole determining factor of musical enjoyment, I feel sorry for you. I cannot see the appeal of some technical wizard like Yngwie Malsteen. It's really, boring music at its core. Instrumental competence does not mean good song writing.
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#40I've played Irish Traditional music on the tinwhistle for over 20 years. I've taught it in schools that are part of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and qualified to compete in the All-Ireland. (And never stood a chance. I'm agog at how much musical talent there is in Ireland.)