What musical instrument(s) do you play?

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I first got into the piano when I was visiting an aunt who was so bizarrely strict she wouldn’t let me or my cousins play in the backyard. They lived in a nice neighborhood. She spent most of that month in bed except when engaging in cult activities.

They had a piano, and I worked my way through my cousins’ method books while I was there.

I love string instruments, too. I also like woodwinds, especially the oboe, but nothing speaks to me like the piano.

what do you think of digital pianos?

I like the ones that I have. I have good ones, but they still aren’t the same as a decent acoustic. They are certainly better than a lot of acoustic pianos out there, though.

when i was young i remember toying with the first digital pianos, most only had a very few discrete dynamic levels [how hard you push the keys to get a louder sound] with maybe 6 steps at most. they seem to have greatly improved from that point.

Selected Violin, Drums, and Other.

Took lessons for violin and piano as a kid. Recently bought a viola to play around with.

Took lessons for drums as a teen, still play to this day. Have an Alesis digital drum kit.

Bought a guitar and bass to pluck around on. No lessons, but can bungle out a melody, or play a basic bass line from a hand-full of songs.

Been singing since I was a kid. (no lessons) I've been told I'm pretty good at it.

Play around with digital synthesizers and loop stations, have a DAW set up on PC, a MIDI pad, and MIDI mini-keyboard. Trying to learn to record and mix my own music.

^^^what style of drumming do you prefer? or what drummer do you wish to emulate?

it said i voted for too many! voice, keys, guitar, ukulele, and a bit of drums and bass

Sounds really nice. ^

We have Ableton and a Midi controller.
I don't think I can name anything else lol.

Looking forward to the Grammy Awards tonight.

My music teacher (drums) taught me to play all different music styles, under the idea that "If a place is hiring a drummer, who do you think they want? They guy who can only play "rock", or the guy who can play rock, reggae, disco, shuffle, jazz, blues, samba, big band, and bluegrass?"

I grew up listening to a lot of Phil Collins, so I always liked the idea of both drumming and singing. I have emulated some of his styles for things like timing and fills. Big fan of Roger Taylor from Queen, also sings and drums. Stellar good classical drummer, great technique. David Grohl from his Nirvana days, another singer drummer. There's an EDM guy who goes by the name Afishal. He's amazing to watch, and what he does sort of bridges the gap between electronic drums and traditional DJ mixing.

I prefer to play music with energy. Jazz, rock, punk, metal, swing etc. I also like EDM, drum n bass, break-beat, jungle beats, things like that, in the realm of digital drumming.

OHHHH. MYYYY.

Thanks! I spent a year building my DAW and equipment, and then never got to use it cos of school. Now that I'm done with school, I'm hoping to get back into it. My fav piece is my Korg Kaossilator. It's a standalone synthesizer pad and 4-track loop station.

How do you like Ableton? I've never used it.

I've never used it myself but my son's band has recorded a few albums with it.

I don't know what any of that equipment is that you've described, but it sounds impressive.

I kinda seriously love Dave Grohl, and I've been obsessed with Phil Collins / Genesis lately.

Queen has always been one of my fave bands.

Good luck getting back into music!

I'm a tech geek, I like my gadgets

You have good taste.

And thank you I have been considering posting things I make in the music section here, see if I can get some feedback.

Also, spectacular performance

That was just a week or two before he died. ^

I won't keep derailing TP's thread since I don't play anything, but shouts out to Peter Criss who was my first love when I was five (lol), then Nigel Olsson, Ray Cooper, and Neil Peart.

Post your music anytime!

I won't be able to say much more than "That's good!" since I don't understand music theory, but I'd love to hear it!

Since this is more of a fun thread, I don’t mind derails.

When I was in Uni I wanted to join the marching band but didn't know how to play anything, and didn't want to have to carry a heavy flag. I decided to audition for playing the triangle. I went to a music store and bought one but didn't get chosen. I wish I still had it.

In Kindergarten I was obsessed with my pale pink, cracked plastic tambourine with silver jingle bells on the side, because of that song "Hey Mr. Tambourine Man".

Sigh.

Those were the days.