Although I've played other things, I mainly play keyboard (which I know is least cool of all the options... how many famous keyboardists can you name who were in bands who also had vocalists, guitarists, and drummers?)
Having said that, bass must be hard. Can you only practice it when other people are there? Bassists must be the most sociable of musicians and keyboard players are probably the least.
When I played drums as a kid and teenager, my dad used to get out his bass, and we'd jam together. Sometimes my brother would come in with his guitar too, or my dad would play guitar, which was fun, but not strictly necessary. The rhythm section don't need your fancy finger twirlin'. WE GOT EACH OTHER.
Your family were cooler than mine. We had a Bb-tuned clarinet, an A-tuned flute, and a C-tuned cornet. The cornet got the sheet music and my sister and I had to transpose two and three semitones respectively in our heads on the fly. Many mistakes were made and neighbours annoyed.
Haha, exciting! Admittedly, I don't know what all of those words mean in that order, but I assume that it's something about having to mentally change the notes to the right key or something. I should find out what that means. Wait, actually, you know what that means. What does that mean?
I never really learned to read music properly, with pitches and what have you. I'm good with rhythm, and I can read music written for a drum set. I can also read music written for a variety of percussion instruments that you can't play tunes on. There's probably a term for that. I had to learn to read music well enough to play the bells and a bit of glockenspiel in middle school, but it didn't work very well. I should try again sometime.
My family cool, but intimidating. My parents and my brother all play guitar. I tried to learn, but it's hard when you're constantly surrounded by people who are better at it than it seems like you could possibly hope to be.
most songs are written at the keyboard, not necessarily by keyboardists but at the keyboard ... keys are the source of wealth in the music industry.. songwriting is where the money is..
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing at the moment. I don't have a professional keyboard but I've got a really good all-rounder for composing.
Only annoying thing is that I've had a tune in my head for weeks that I've been working on. I can't stop humming it but I kept wondering if I'd lifted it from somewhere. Yup! Heard it on an advert for soup today.
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Although I've played other things, I mainly play keyboard (which I know is least cool of all the options... how many famous keyboardists can you name who were in bands who also had vocalists, guitarists, and drummers?)
Having said that, bass must be hard. Can you only practice it when other people are there? Bassists must be the most sociable of musicians and keyboard players are probably the least.
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When I played drums as a kid and teenager, my dad used to get out his bass, and we'd jam together. Sometimes my brother would come in with his guitar too, or my dad would play guitar, which was fun, but not strictly necessary. The rhythm section don't need your fancy finger twirlin'. WE GOT EACH OTHER.
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Your family were cooler than mine. We had a Bb-tuned clarinet, an A-tuned flute, and a C-tuned cornet. The cornet got the sheet music and my sister and I had to transpose two and three semitones respectively in our heads on the fly. Many mistakes were made and neighbours annoyed.
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Haha, exciting! Admittedly, I don't know what all of those words mean in that order, but I assume that it's something about having to mentally change the notes to the right key or something. I should find out what that means. Wait, actually, you know what that means. What does that mean?
I never really learned to read music properly, with pitches and what have you. I'm good with rhythm, and I can read music written for a drum set. I can also read music written for a variety of percussion instruments that you can't play tunes on. There's probably a term for that. I had to learn to read music well enough to play the bells and a bit of glockenspiel in middle school, but it didn't work very well. I should try again sometime.
My family cool, but intimidating. My parents and my brother all play guitar. I tried to learn, but it's hard when you're constantly surrounded by people who are better at it than it seems like you could possibly hope to be.
Flake Lorenz of Rammstein is a good keyboardist.
most songs are written at the keyboard, not necessarily by keyboardists but at the keyboard ... keys are the source of wealth in the music industry.. songwriting is where the money is..
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Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing at the moment. I don't have a professional keyboard but I've got a really good all-rounder for composing.
Only annoying thing is that I've had a tune in my head for weeks that I've been working on. I can't stop humming it but I kept wondering if I'd lifted it from somewhere. Yup! Heard it on an advert for soup today.