Still very curious about the demographics of Lemmy :3
Group/session/live bassist of over 30+ years as well as having been a studio songwriter that’s worked with orchestras.
I used to play viola from 5th grade until 12th. Not gonna say I was first row material, but I wasn’t terrible either. Stopped a few years later because I lost the instrument in a move and didn’t get another because I had kinda lost interest after losing mine.
I also bought an acoustic guitar last spring but so far I haven’t gotten far with it. It’s definitely a lot harder than viola, IMO. And a lot more painful on my fret/string/whatever holding down hand.
Guitar. Been playing for close to 35 years now, and I’m half decent. I also play bass, but I consider myself a beginner.
And I was pretty good at trumpet when I was a kid, but I haven’t played since I was 16.
What kind of guitar? Answer carefully.
Several. A Montana acoustic, an Ibanez electric, a Yamaha electric, and a Jackson electric.
You have answered INCORRECTLY!!!
A Mexican Fender Tele?
Closer.
I don’t remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster, but I do remember that it had a heart of chrome and a voice like a horny angel!
anyone can play bass! nobody can be good at bass unless you’re one of those guys
claypool, wooten, etc lolol
just kidding
anyways wanna start a ska band?
I was noodling around on the bass yesterday, and one of my kids asked me to play Master of Puppets. So I did what any guitarist would in that situation: I just played the guitar riff on the bass, as I don’t remember the actual bassline. But it sounded pretty good. Had to use a pick, though.
The first part of starting a ska band is having difficulties keeping a band together, so naturally I would have to say No.
fuck yeah I’ll see you at 6!
EDIT: at least they didnt ask you to play any metallica drums!
I can play quite a few. High proficiency at saxophone and clarinet. But i can pick up almost anything and do something with it. I can play a lot of stuff by ear, so lock me in a room for a day with almost any instrument I’d have a decent ability with it and a few songs for you.
That’s one of those things I’d do if I won the lotto, buy as many instruments as I could and build a music room, and recording studio, invite local bands and kids to record there for free.
I bet if I had a recorder, I could still rip a mean hot cross bunz.
I learnt the recorder to get out of having to sing/pray, frequently got told off because I wasn’t doing it loud enough. Well over a decade later I can still remember “miss! miss!! he wasn’t singing/praying!” which resulted in the teacher yelling at me for a while.
The music corner was more hidden away and the recorder was my way in.
I came here just to see if anyone claimed proficiency at the recorder.
Guitar. I played as a teenager, but wasn’t very good, and quit around 20. I loved music, though, and got a degree in Music History, and then had a first career in the classical/Jazz record biz.
40 years after quitting the guitar, I took it up again during Covid. during Covid, but seriously this time. When I was a kid, I was struggling with learning it myself, even though I had good musical aptitude. Guitar is a hard instrument.
But after having learned the basics decades ago, a solid education in Music Theory, lots of experience in the music world with professional musicians, and a LOT of YouTube videos, I took to it pretty fast. I’m playing electric lead stuff and acoustic finger picking, and I’m now at a solid intermediate level, and having a blast.
YouTube was the main difference between self-learning now, and in the past. The best teachers in the world are on YouTube, and it’s basically all free.
My only regret is having quit in the first place, and losing 40 years of progress.
I’ve played various instruments over the years, but guitar is the only one I still pick up sometimes. I am basically an advanced beginner.
Meanwhile, I have recently taken up the recorder, tin whistle, and ocarina. I’m very much a beginner, but having a blast. My wife and a friend are also learning. We’re working on various baroque and early classical pieces.
I’m a serious skin flutist. I play mine like a seasoned master of the highest order.
Modular synths for me. I built a “Synthcase” out of an old antique suitcase in 2025. Now I’m learning to tease signal from noise.
How do you even
these things are like black magic to me. I never even knew it was a thing until I discovered Nero Bellum. I still don’t get how you make sound out of those wires.
I play guitar. I have 15 now I think. I’m reasonably good, but every time you think you are good there is someone who is somehow 1000 fold better. I am not one to care to much about shredding ability. I’m more of a songwriter and entertainer.
I also play bass, harmonica, piano, jaw harp, but I suck big time at drums. I also have a stylophone that I play with for fun and write little melodies.
I’m good enough at guitar to do it professionally. Not my only job but part of my income is playing as a hired gun for local acts and artists touring the region. I play mostly country, a lot of chicken-pickin, bending style telecaster stuff. Been at it over 25 years.
Vocal Chords: Expert
Ocarina: Pretty good.
Harmonica: Decent.
Piano: Amateur.
Guitar: I can pluck strings and make it go “twang!”
Honorable mention to the mouth harp; I am not sure how you can be good or bad at it.
I spent a couple decades as a professional musician, and so I learned my way around a lot of instruments. I’d say bass is my best though - it’s absolutely my favorite. I’m not Thundercat but I’ll lay down rock grooves for you all week long.
I play drums mostly as a way to exercise. I like to think I’m decent, but nowhere near good enough to play for people.
Can play most brass instruments its just been a very long time since I’ve picked most of them up. Usually just Trombone when I get the fancy since I still have mine from high-school
