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Posted by LKD on Jun-25-2003 15:43:

TOTA musicians

so....was having a chat with Elmo and it made me wonder how many musicians are there on TOTA...if u sing or play an instrument, post here

Posted by The Highroller on Jun-25-2003 15:44:

I play the keyboard and the trumpet.

Posted by sohaness on Jun-25-2003 15:46:

drums here.

i used to play a mean trumpet in high school, but alas that was a long time ago!

steve.

Posted by BANDIT on Jun-25-2003 16:11:

I use to play a trumpet in grade 5-8

Posted by psychosomatica on Jun-25-2003 16:13:

currently: none
previously: Piano and Tenor Sax

Posted by Michael Russo on Jun-25-2003 16:16:

I play the Euphonium (awesome instrument)

Posted by King_Mack on Jun-25-2003 17:46:

used to play the piano, havent touched in a while though..mebbe I should start getting into it when I have more time. Always wanted to.

Posted by LKD on Jun-25-2003 17:48:

quote:
Originally posted by King_Mack
used to play the piano, havent touched in a while though..mebbe I should start getting into it when I have more time. Always wanted to.

yea thats what im thinking about my guitars..ahvent touched them in months

Posted by AmbiguousBliss on Jun-25-2003 18:46:

quote:
Originally posted by King_Mack
used to play the piano, havent touched in a while though..mebbe I should start getting into it when I have more time. Always wanted to.

Likewise... I also used to play the clarinet. Although the clarinet was never a huge interest of mine, I really would like to start back up on the piano or the keyboard.

Posted by dEsidEL on Jun-25-2003 19:01:

i used to play keyboard .. regretful that i stopped as it definately gives you an edge if wanting to compose music..

for all those little kids out there who want to be future producers, don't stop those piano lessons !!

Posted by SeventhSun on Jun-25-2003 22:23:

I used to be good at guitar, still have the thing, but when i pick it up and play it seems ive lost my touch now.

Posted by DigiNut on Jun-25-2003 22:50:

I played the piano for about 10 years, oboe for 8... I can still play both, pretty well, passed the instrumental exams and all, but I don't have much time for it these days.

Piano/"keyboard" may help a little if you're trying to compose or produce, but what really helps if you're trying to come up with something original (i.e. in my case, the classic "okay, what am I supposed to do next" moment) is theory/harmony study, and also good experience with various styles (Indie for psy, Asian for chillout, African for tribal or electro types, modern jazz especially for all types, and others).

Posted by LKD on Jun-25-2003 22:56:

quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
I played the piano for about 10 years, oboe for 8... I can still play both, pretty well, passed the instrumental exams and all, but I don't have much time for it these days.

Piano/"keyboard" may help a little if you're trying to compose or produce, but what really helps if you're trying to come up with something original (i.e. in my case, the classic "okay, what am I supposed to do next" moment) is theory study, and also good experience with various styles (Indie for psy, Asian for chillout, African for tribal or electro types, modern jazz especially for all types, and others).

actually imo knowing the theory is good..however it restricts u to ur output cos u tend to stay within the boundries ...

Posted by DigiNut on Jun-25-2003 23:41:

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Originally posted by DJ El Kay Dee
actually imo knowing the theory is good..however it restricts u to ur output cos u tend to stay within the boundries ...

Harmony only teaches you the rules, it's up to you to decide when and where to break them. Even the baroque composers didn't follow them strictly - it's like anything else in life, does a person just do what s/he's told, or go above and beyond? Besides which, the "rules" are different depending on what time period and geographic location the music is from.

Anyway, that's my 2c - I think you'd be hard-pressed to find a well-known producer out there who hasn't studied either classical or jazz harmony.

Posted by loca on Jun-26-2003 00:43:

Piano/Keyboard... used to play it when i was little, started up again just recently. Luckily it seems i haven't lost everything i learnt back then so i'm doing pretty good (i think... )

Posted by kate on Jun-26-2003 03:21:

Not a TOTA, but I've played violin for 18 years and played piano for 5 years as well.

Posted by Rocco on Jun-26-2003 03:28:

drums/percussion

Posted by Mr.Cool on Jun-26-2003 14:46:

i play guitar and drums

mostly guitar tho, people say i'm better than hendrix, i dunno tho.......i mean he was ok but i'd rather be compared to someone else