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benjajl ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: August 03 2009 Location: Missouri Status: Offline Points: 16 |
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I've been playing piano since I was a teenager. I'm 32 now. But it's (mainly Ayreon) has inspired me to expand my range into keyboards and synths. Until I listened to some of the older Ayreon albums I never knew you could do all that with a synthesiser. Blew my mind.
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Tychovski ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 19 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 249 |
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I was already playing recorder and clarinet when I heard my first Who album. After that it was all about the guitar and Pete Townshend.
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Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact.
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Slartibartfast ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625 |
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Did you actually ever attempt Who on those instruments? Who are you? Toot toot toot toot toot. ![]() |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15453 |
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LMAO!!
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Tychovski ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 19 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 249 |
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Wow! No I never even thought to try |
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Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact.
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Dayvenkirq ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
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PF's "A Saucerful of Secrets" -> the organ and the voices made me want to write music on keys, especially for the organ. Too bad instead of the classic Hammond B3 I have this lousy Yamaha church organ.
King Crimson's "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" and "Fracture" and perhaps PF's "Wot's ... Uh the Deal" -> got me into playing the electric guitar. PF's "Wot's ... Uh the Deal" -> got me into playing the acoustic guitar. KC's "Islands" and Chopin's "Prelude in Em (28.4) got me into playing the acoustic piano.
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Morsenator ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 13 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 397 |
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Mike Portnoy got me to start playing drums. DON'T. LAUGH.
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HolyMoly ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin Joined: April 01 2009 Location: Atlanta Status: Offline Points: 26133 |
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I played saxophone in the high school band, but when I saw a close friend of mine play in his punk band at a birthday party, and I saw how much the girls swooned over the guitarist/singer, I really wanted to be that guy. I got an acoustic guitar first, learned all the chords, then got a cheap electric guitar and continued my chord bashing through an amp. Still no girls. But I guess they were the real reason I started playing guitar. Who's with me?
![]() My real inspiration as a musician (if I may be so bold as to call myself one) has mostly come from punk bands (not just the three chord and shouting variety, either. there's some pretty imaginative stuff out there), and not so much from progressive rock. I just feel like that level of technical mastery is beyond me, and I don't have any pressing incentive to prove myself otherwise. |
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
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Bj-1 ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31157 |
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Mike Giles from Kcrimson got me picking up the sticks when I was around 10, I've always loved his chops and style. Very melodic, jazzy, intense and powerful.
My mentor now is Billy Cobham (best.drumming.ever) and I try to use some of his tricks in the deathmetal band I play in now. Very effective I must say!! ![]() |
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
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frippism ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 27 2010 Location: Tel Aviv Status: Offline Points: 4160 |
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I started drums at 12, just because I always wanted to. But fairly quickly I saw that I need to know notation and more musical theory, so I decided to go with bass. Bass was supposed to be a "second instrument" but very quickly it became my main instrument. The fact that I was starting to get into prog helped inspire me to practice technique a lot. I still do practice a lot of technique, it's one of those things that make me zone out, so it's nice. So I have pretty good technique now :D
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There be dragons
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Online Points: 64700 |
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HackettFan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 20 2012 Location: Oklahoma Status: Offline Points: 7946 |
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Steve Hackett was my first inspiration for learning to play guitar. Frank Zappa was my second inspiration. I always tried to probe what it would sound like to blend their styles. Very difficult, very different. I was very good at my peak and rather experimental, lots of 30 minute improvs, lots of sound experiments, lots of music theory. I never got a band together, so I went cold turkey eventually and stopped playing. I expect to pick it up again, but I'm actually looking first into effects pedals and racks. It's amazing what is available now that wasn't around in the eighties when I was playing.
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