Re: OSG Multi-Instrumentalists thread

El Pr0n · Post by **El Pr0n** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:05 pm

Could this be an "official" thread?
Yeah, it's a pretty pompous title to give yourself, but who on here likes to consider themselves multi-instrumentalists?

I'm a guitarist first, but lately I've almost given up trying to learn new stuff on guitar in favour of learning piano. I think it's far far more rewarding to be decent at two instruments than it is to be really good at one. Eventually, I'd like to be a sort of Steven Drozd or Jonny Greenwood type of guy, who isn't necessarily known as a 'guitarist'. I play drums too, and I absolutely love drumming. I guess the thing I REALLY want to do with music is compose, be it for bands, computers, ensembles, or maybe orchestras? Who knows. I don't just want to play one instrument.

I know there are loads of people on here like me, let's represent

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:07 pm

Count me in. I've been a drummer much longer than I've been a guitar player.

Professor Plum · Post by **Professor Plum** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:37 pm

i play a miniscule amount of paino and want to learn more. i also REALLY wanna learn bass clarinet! (i guess iv been listening to too much eric dolphy)

id love to try trombone and drums eventually too.

NBarnes21 · Post by **NBarnes21** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:56 pm

I started on the drums when I was 11 (after some piano lessons when I was younger) and I'd still consider that my main instrument, I make a living drumming in my band and giving drum lessons on the side. I do however also play lots of guitar and have since high school, and know enough on bass to b.s. it. I too record my own material where I play every instrument on it and sing, so I suppose I'm qualified as well.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:00 pm

I played Trombone all through junior high and high school. First chair in high school Jazz Band.

I also play a bit of drums, and can play some chords on a piano...but those don't really count.

jaguarOW · Post by **jaguarOW** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:10 pm

I play guitar, keyboard and steel pans mostly, but also bass and im probably going to start playing drums.

I used to play violin when i was little aswell

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:13 pm

I play all the instruments on my recordings - I'm far from beeing a virtuose (?), but I get along with keys and non-guitar stringed instruments. I think programming is an art too....

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:16 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote: I played Trombone all through junior high and high school. First chair in high school Jazz Band.

Can I hire you?

I love to arrange brass/woodwind - but I can't get a single tone out of such an instrument, so I'm stuck with my crappy Reason samples....

Gw10101 · Post by **Gw10101** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:21 pm

haha, this could easily become some sort of brag sheet.

i started on piano when i was 8, took lessons for quite a while, picked up the trombone in 5th grade. some where in highschool i started picking up the guitar to just bang around on, but i really stuck tothe piano as far as scholastically.

following highschool i was a jazz performance major for several years focusing on percussion (piano, tuned percussion, drums, auxilliary etc.) also playing some trombone

in collage also getting the "fundamentals" in a bunch of standard band instruments (woodwins, brass) but i never gained any real understanding of those instruments. i can pick them up and make sounds with them, but nothing proficcient at all.

than after collage working on electronic keyboard instruments (where they act similar to a piano, but i swear it is a different discipline)

so yeah, i'd say i have a rounded instrumental training. but as far as comprehension and practical ability, i can play the guitar, drums and piano.

greg

jop · Post by **jop** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:24 pm

I can play a couple (literally a couple) of tunes on the piano, I can play one rythm on the drums (yes, first the bass drum, then the snare ,then the bassdrum twice and then the snare once again. All that and the hi-hat at the same time! 8)

). I can do some very basic bass stuff, hold maracas and a triangle (basically all instruments like that), I can hit the bongo's and congo's and in my fantasies I'm a great lead-singer too. :-[

So: no.

idiotbear · Post by **idiotbear** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:12 pm

Guitars aside, I'm a cellist and not especially great pianist. My only regret is not being able to drum.

Jonesie · Post by **Jonesie** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:29 pm

I started playing drums and guitar when I was 7. My brother got a kit, I got a guitar. Then we eventually switched somewhere. I started taking guitar seriously when I was like 12-ish. So I really think I'm a much better drummer than guitarist.

I also dabble in Piano and Bass.

Pingu · Post by **Pingu** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:32 pm

idiotbear wrote: Guitars aside, I'm a cellist and not especially great pianist. My only regret is not being able to drum.

+1

I'm a decent guitarist, mediocre pianist and horrible cellist. Thinking about picking up the viola.

horizontalmode · Post by **horizontalmode** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:03 pm

Hello, Everyone
Glad to see other instruments can bring joy to the OSG guitar community.

I started on the song flute back in grade school

then
started guitar in my late teens, got curious about the piano/keyboards in my late 20's,
my passion now is butchering jazz drumming.
my noise makers

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Stratelejazzuar · Post by **Stratelejazzuar** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:22 pm

besides guitar, i can play some bass...