Instruments

[Magrathean]

1) What instrument(s) do you play?
Piano, voice, more or less guitar.

2) How long have you played it/them?
Piano - 9 years (but the last one i haven't played, so it's really 8)
Voice - since i learned how to speak
Guitar - probably three years

3) How long since you last played?
Piano - one year
Voice - about an hour and a half
Guitar - months

4) Why did you want to learn to play it/them?
Piano - never wanted to, but my parents made me because i wanted to play guitar and "playing the piano would make my fingers faster"
Voice - i've always wanted to sing, i've always loved singing
Guitar - one of my favorite instruments

5) How much time do you spend practising?
Piano & guitar - varies
Voice - i sing along to songs all the time

6) Do you abuse your instrument(s)?
Only my voice, and only sometimes.

7) Does/do it/they have name(s)?
No...

8) Do you let anyone else play your instrument(s)?
I sometimes let others play my guitar.

9) Have you personalised them in any way?
Piano - no
Voice - ...
Guitar - no, but i've wanted to for a long, long time

10) Have you performed in public?
Yes.

11) Did you get any money from that?
No.

12) How good or bad do you reckon you are?
Piano - average
Voice - pretty good
Guitar - extremely bad; i need a teacher

13) Does knowing how to play said instrument(s) help get you dates?
Not yet.

14) Have you ever slept with your instrument(s)?
No...

15) Does your significant other get jealous of your instrument(s)?
I don't have one, and when i've had one she hasn't been jealous.

16) Favourite instrument to play?
Voice, definitely.

17) Favourite instrument to listen to?
Violin, guitar, bagpipe, and Cristina Scabbia's voice.

18) What instrument(s) do you wish you played? Why?
Guitar (i wish i played better), bagpipe, drums. Because i love the guitar and the bagpipe, and i'd like to play drums just because.

19) Do you think you'll actually get around to learning what you want to learn?
I honestly haven't the slightest idea.

20) What instrument(s) do you LOOK like you play (what people think)?
Um.. guitar? Don't know, you tell me (i've posted a couple of pics on the boards).

21) How many instruments do you own and what are they?
Two: my guitar and my voice. I used to own a piano, but i left it at my own house. I've wanted to ask my grandfather for his synthesizer, but i don't see him that much, and besides i think he gave it to my uncle.

 

[Vizjaqtaar]

1. What instrument(s) do you play?
drums seriously and guitar for fun

2. How long have you played it/them?
not long.. drums 2 years, guitar a bit less

3. How long since you last played?
drums 2 hours, guitar 3 hours

4. Why did you want to learn to play it/them?
I started to listen to metal some years ago and then slowly came the idea of forming a band, become rock star, busty teens all around wanting to have sex (ok the last one is a bit too much imagination )

5. How much time do you spend practising?
drums a few hours every day, I try to actually practise time, rudiments, coordination and interdependency and not just bang around all the time... the guitar I don't practise I just play it, well it depens, if I want to learn a song I go on for hours (for exaple blackmore's Nur eine Minute, I was playing that for days until I got it al the h.o. and p.o. )

6. Do you abuse your instrument(s)?
No I love them too much.

7. Does/do it/they have name(s)?
not really

8. Do you let anyone else play your instrument(s)?
I don't like it, because noone seems to treat my instrument with the respect they deserve... but I allow people to play if they ask me

9. Have you personalised them in any way?
Na-a.. well I have the end of my strings formed in a pattern if this counts

10. Have you performed in public?
did a few times, was a lot of fun

11. Did you get any money from that?
not yet

12. How good or bad do you reckon you are?
at guitar I suck cock, on drums I'm ok for 2 years, at least people like my stile of playing

13. Does knowing how to play said instrument(s) help get you dates?
well the drums seem to have something like an effect of ''coolnes'' about them

14. Have you ever slept with your instrument(s)?
fell asleep on my drums a few times

15. Does your significant other get jealous of your instrument(s)?
there isn't any know, but all my s.o. were alternative-rock-metal so they liked it

16. Favourite instrument to play?
drums

17. Favourite instrument to listen to?
hmm probably something like...how do you say lutnja in English? let's see what wisdom the dictionary holds.. oh lute

18. What instrument(s) do you wish you played? Why?
the picolo, it's just fucking rules .. I'm going to learn it someday, until now I never managed to get past C-dur lol..

19. Do you think you'll actually get around to learning what you want to learn?
Music college is the goal... in few years, I'm quite confident I'll succeed

20. What instrument(s) do you LOOK like you play (what people think)?
Well I asked and people say I do look like a drummer

21. How many instruments do you own and what are they?
Humm... a got a cheap picolo right here, that I've got an Esp m-50 guitar (the strings are a bit stiff, but I'm used to it), and then I have 2 drum sets:hotjump:

 

[Valerie]

1) What instrument(s) do you play?
I sing, play guitar, bass, some violin, some piano
2) How long have you played it/them? since I was about 10-12
3) How long since you last played? half an hour
4) Why did you want to learn to play it/them? my dad plays guitar, bass, violin and piano, and my mom used to sing.
5) How much time do you spend practising? whenever i have nothing else to do
6) Do you abuse your instrument(s)? no
7) Does/do it/they have name(s)? none of them do
8) Do you let anyone else play your instrument(s)? if they're good enough
9) Have you personalised them in any way? not really... unless you count opeth's logo on one of my hardshell cases
10) Have you performed in public? yes
11) Did you get any money from that? no
12) How good or bad do you reckon you are? very good
13) Does knowing how to play said instrument(s) help get you dates? i don't know
14) Have you ever slept with your instrument(s)? yes
15) Does your significant other get jealous of your instrument(s)? no
16) Favourite instrument to play? guitar
17) Favourite instrument to listen to? all
18) What instrument(s) do you wish you played? Why? cello, double bass(not the drums ) because they sound cool
19) Do you think you'll actually get around to learning what you want to learn? probably
20) What instrument(s) do you LOOK like you play (what people think)? people don't think i play anything, except maybe singing
21) How many instruments do you own and what are they? 14.
jackson kelly ke2, fender jazzmaster, dean dime-o-flame, gibson les paul, gibson firebird studio, 2 acoustics, rickenbacker 4001, fender '62 reissue jazz bass, fender aerodyne jazz bass, squier 4 string p-bass, squier 5 string p-bass, rockbass/warwick 5 string vampyre, and a violin

 

[Magrathean]

I feel like i'm the only one here who only owns one instrument...

 

[rahvin]

I feel like i'm the only one here who only owns one instrument...

not to blow my own blue horn, but my kazoo is - as it were - sole master of its domain as well!

 

[Magrathean]

I don't feel so alone now.

 

[RampageSword]

@Undo and rahvin : So you can feel better guys, I don't own or play any instrument Well, except for my throat but I couldn't say that I'm a professional singer....Oh, what the hey! :

1) What instrument(s) do you play?
One, my throat (for singing, not for....)

2) How long have you played it/them?
Started two years ago

3) How long since you last played?
12 hours

4) Why did you want to learn to play it/them?
Influenced by music. I just started singing along...

5) How much time do you spend practising?
Everytime I'm listening to an album except in public places where I sing only if I'm drunk enough...

6) Do you abuse your instrument(s)?
Not anymore. Besides, a sore throat can be fixed with a glass of water

7) Does/do it/they have name(s)?
Eeergh.....Pete?

8) Do you let anyone else play your instrument(s)?
That is a sick thought.

9) Have you personalised them in any way?
Unique from birth.

10) Have you performed in public?
Yes

11) Did you get any money from that?


12) How good or bad do you reckon you are?
Quite good

13) Does knowing how to play said instrument(s) help get you dates?
Not really. Helps me narrow my chances though..

14) Have you ever slept with your instrument(s)?
Always

15) Does your significant other get jealous of your instrument(s)?
What significant other?

16) Favourite instrument to play?
...

17) Favourite instrument to listen to?
Drums, guitar, voice

18) What instrument(s) do you wish you played? Why?
Guitar

19) Do you think you'll actually get around to learning what you want to learn?
Maybe.

20) What instrument(s) do you LOOK like you play (what people think)? Most people think I'm a bass player because of my large hands

21) How many instruments do you own and what are they?
One, my voice.

 

[Cuthalion]

21) How many instruments do you own and what are they? 14.
jackson kelly ke2, fender jazzmaster, dean dime-o-flame, gibson les paul, gibson firebird studio, 2 acoustics, rickenbacker 4001, fender '62 reissue jazz bass, fender aerodyne jazz bass, squier 4 string p-bass, squier 5 string p-bass, rockbass/warwick 5 string vampyre, and a violin

:Spin: :Spin: :Spin: :Spin:

 

[Cuthalion]

quality bump there

here's a picture of my geetar to complete my answer:

http://tinypic.com/ixz04h.jpg

you should be fined by the guitar protection comitee for beeing cruel towards your guitar, clean it you horrible person

 

[Erik]

you should be fined by the guitar protection comitee for beeing cruel towards your guitar, clean it you horrible person

no, it is my thrash metal guitar

i will probably get a second one though, maybe a schecter, that i will take good care of

 

[Cuthalion]

no, it is my thrash metal guitar

oh ok than, you did a god job trashing it

 

[Erik]

i haven't actually damaged it on purpose... well maybe the stickers if you count that as damage, but the other shit is just what happens when you rokk out a lot

 

[Angelbreeze]

1) What instrument(s) do you play?
Guitar, and a little bit of keyboards. I used to sing a few years ago, but not anymore.


2) How long have you played it/them?
Guitar: around 6 years
Keybords: I used to play it when I was around 7 years old

3) How long since you last played?
One day ago.

4) Why did you want to learn to play it/them?
I’ve always loved music, specially guitar sound, that’s why I wanted to learn to play it. Keyboard was my mother’s idea.

5) How much time do you spend practising?
Nowadays, nothing at all, however I should do it.

6) Do you abuse your instrument(s)?
Perhaps accidentally.

7) Does/do it/they have name(s)?
Somethimes I call my guitar “Sarajuana”, but is just a nickname. Anyway, I think it doesn’t count because is not really my own guitar (Please don’t say that to Misanthrope)

8) Do you let anyone else play your instrument(s)?
Nope

9) Have you personalised them in any way?
Not at all


10) Have you performed in public?
Yes, a few times

11) Did you get any money from that?
Not exactly, but I won a trip to the beach for playing guitar

12) How good or bad do you reckon you are?
Pretty bad.

13) Does knowing how to play said instrument(s) help get you dates?
Sure, it gives extra points.

14) Have you ever slept with your instrument(s)?
Nope.

15) Does your significant other get jealous of your instrument(s)?
Not really, he shouldn’t since it’s his own guitar.


16) Favourite instrument to play?
Guitar

17) Favourite instrument to listen to?
Drums, guitar, chello and sax

18) What instrument(s) do you wish you played? Why?
Sax: ‘cause I’ve always wanted to get my own jazz band
Chello: ‘cause I love it’s sound.

19) Do you think you'll actually get around to learning what you want to learn?
No, I don’t really think so.

20) What instrument(s) do you LOOK like you play (what people think)?
I have no idea. Maybe the door.

21) How many instruments do you own and what are they?
It will sound ironical, but I’ve never had a guitar. I had a little keybord when I was a child, though.