Tenor and Soprano Sax, Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Flute, plus lots of synths, sampling, electronic production. Style is mostly rock in a broad interpretation of the meaning of the word. This is a before work in the morning, after kids go to sleep at night activity, though. If I could just give up on that sleeping part in between....
Ask HN: How many of you play music?
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#42Guitar, bass, keys/electronics (laptop, Tenori-On), and I sort of sing a bit. Used to play violin.
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#43I sing in a couple opera companies in New York City.
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#44I play guitar. I'm always in a band or two. Mostly synth-rock bands. Lately, I've been trying to put together a cuddlecore-twee-grindcore thing with a lot of moog. We'll see how that goes.
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#45piano/keyboards - have my eyes on one of these: http://www.clavia.se/main.asp?tm=Products&clpm=Nord_Stag...
by the way, 4 part series on music theory that's worth a watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnbOWi6f_IM
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#46I am not a hacker by any means, but I do have a band.
If you want to check us out I would love to hear your thoughts: www.myspace.com/augustmoonis
or you can download our whole EP for free here: http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/august-moon/strategy-truck/
Unfortunately we never play shows (tonight is the first in 6 months) since I have moved off to Chicago from Louisville, KY where we originate. But it is always fun when we get a chance.
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#47I'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. I…
Technical wizardry may be boring to you but a lot of people really enjoy it. I agree that instrumental competence does not mean good song writing but the high of music is where those two skills intersect.
There is nothing boring about a Buddy Rich drum solo.
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#48Organ, piano, bassoon;
used to play the first two at weddings/funerals/receptions and substitute-play at various churches. I'm not so good at the bassoon.
My favorite is chamber music, but I haven't even had time for jam sessions the past year or so...
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#49Acoustic guitar, mostly gypsy-jazz style (Django Reinhardt) and a lot of fingerstyle.
I play with some gypsy-jazz bands in Chicago and post YouTube videos here: http://youtube.com/adrianholovaty -- more than 12,000 subscribers! :-)
Re: Ask HN: How many of you play music?
#50Does Rock Band count? I'm Expert on guitar and bass. ;)
More seriously, I do sing some and I took a few years of African drums.