chambrenoire
Well-known
Just wondering, since we have a lot of creative people here if anyone also is a musician?! Well, I am 
I've done some records and also some (free) online net releases (http://camomille.genshimedia.com/cam082.htm).
I'd love to hear your stuff.
I've done some records and also some (free) online net releases (http://camomille.genshimedia.com/cam082.htm).I'd love to hear your stuff.
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
When I was a lot younger I earned much of my living pounding a drumkit! - if you include that as musician?...these days I just play a little blues harmonica ( badly! )Just wondering, since we have a lot of creative people here if anyone also is a musician?! Well, I am
I'd love to hear your stuff.
Dave.
Mauro
Mauro
Great!
I like music and I play flute & piccolo with the local windband: I am an amateur player, and it is an enjoyable hobby.
Recordings of our concerts are available, just ask for.
Ciao
I like music and I play flute & piccolo with the local windband: I am an amateur player, and it is an enjoyable hobby.
Recordings of our concerts are available, just ask for.
Ciao
Bassism
Well-known
I'm a musician myself. I typically perform on the double bass, but play many more instruments. My collection of musical instruments easily dwarfs my camera collection
My main gig is a modern folk singer-songwriter living in France this year, so there's sadly not much playing to be had with her at the moment. Here's a link to a concert we played streaming on CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080607kyrie
I also freelance where I can. I've got a show coming up this weekend then I'll be starting into pit band rehearsals for a musical I'm doing next month.
I dig those tracks you linked Chambre. I've always liked soundscapey stuff.
My main gig is a modern folk singer-songwriter living in France this year, so there's sadly not much playing to be had with her at the moment. Here's a link to a concert we played streaming on CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080607kyrie
I also freelance where I can. I've got a show coming up this weekend then I'll be starting into pit band rehearsals for a musical I'm doing next month.
I dig those tracks you linked Chambre. I've always liked soundscapey stuff.
Ken Ford
Refuses to suffer fools
Just a hobby player - mostly electric bass, but I suck equally on guitar, too.
dmr
Registered Abuser
I play guitar and keyboards sortakinda, not very good on either. I don't like to cut my nails short so I don't play guitar that often.
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
Perhaps on this thread, I can be excused for asking a question that's totally unrelated to photography?. For a couple of months I have been practising on a little ukullele, ( and doing quite well! ), I would like to eventually progress to a banjo, and notice that some have a fifth string - tuned half way down the fingerboard, what's it for - and would it make things a lot more difficult for a beginer like me? - perhaps I should just get the four string ( tenor ) model. Just a chance there may be some 'finger pickin' photogs out there!
Thanks, Dave.
Thanks, Dave.
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
Seems to have disapeared from page!-so bump!
Dave.
Dave.
Bassism
Well-known
The five string banjo is a great progression from ukulele!
The four string banjo was designed to be strummed with a pick comping chords like a guitar. This was necessary in the big bands where you were trying to be heard over an 18 piece orchestra and you really only served as a chordal instrument.
The five string banjo is the traditional bluegrassy instrument, and what you think of when you hear banjo. The fifth string is tuned to the fifth fret of the highest string. It's purpose is just to give you a higher note when you're doing rolls that you don't have to worry about fretting.
It's not really as confusing as it sounds once you get used to it. At first you'll find yourself picking that fifth string when you're trying to play on the fourth string, but once you get your head around the fact that what you see at your left hand not matching your right, it disappears.
I say go for it, and dive right in. It's a totally different way of playing from ukulele, and some of the most fun you can have with a stringed instrument. If you've been playing mostly chordal stuff on uke, it might be worthwhile to look into doing some fingerpicking before you get your hands on a banjo. The largest obstacle to banjo playing is getting your hands comfortable with working autonomously. Finger picking a uke is pretty similar to a banjo since the A string on a uke can be treated kind of like the fifth string on a banjo.
Best of luck, and most of all have fun!
The four string banjo was designed to be strummed with a pick comping chords like a guitar. This was necessary in the big bands where you were trying to be heard over an 18 piece orchestra and you really only served as a chordal instrument.
The five string banjo is the traditional bluegrassy instrument, and what you think of when you hear banjo. The fifth string is tuned to the fifth fret of the highest string. It's purpose is just to give you a higher note when you're doing rolls that you don't have to worry about fretting.
It's not really as confusing as it sounds once you get used to it. At first you'll find yourself picking that fifth string when you're trying to play on the fourth string, but once you get your head around the fact that what you see at your left hand not matching your right, it disappears.
I say go for it, and dive right in. It's a totally different way of playing from ukulele, and some of the most fun you can have with a stringed instrument. If you've been playing mostly chordal stuff on uke, it might be worthwhile to look into doing some fingerpicking before you get your hands on a banjo. The largest obstacle to banjo playing is getting your hands comfortable with working autonomously. Finger picking a uke is pretty similar to a banjo since the A string on a uke can be treated kind of like the fifth string on a banjo.
Best of luck, and most of all have fun!
thinkfloyd
Flippy Nose
I'm a musician, I play lead guitar for a band, we're about to release our second album, though before it's released, I'm seriously thinking of quitting. The politics of the industry has severely disillusioned me. I think I'll be sticking to recording at home...
mooge
Well-known
other time-wasters have come and go, but music has stayed. I can't live without it anyway... I've played piano since 4...
I play piano, (electric) guitar and a bit of bass (éléctrique aussi!), in order of noobishness. I'm new to those two...
and I'm awaiting the upcoming CD from these guys. anyone else a metalhead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcVMuv8G70
cheers!
I play piano, (electric) guitar and a bit of bass (éléctrique aussi!), in order of noobishness. I'm new to those two...
and I'm awaiting the upcoming CD from these guys. anyone else a metalhead?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtcVMuv8G70
cheers!
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Dave Wilkinson
Veteran
Well....just as the photography GAS has subsided a bit , I'm now getting GAS for other stuff!. Four months or so back - as I started to recover from my heart attack, I bought a cheap ukulele and started to learn to play!, practiceing just about every day, 'till my fingers were sore!. I can now strum along to my lousy singing on a lot of stuff!, and am having fun getting into the George Formby things! - and this is where the GAS starts!, as during the twenties and thirties, mainly over there in the U.S. there were some real nice ukulele banjos made by firms like Gibson, Ludwig, Gretsch etc, etc.. So now I search the auction lists for these beauties as well as cameras!.....GAS never ends! :bang:
Cheers, Dave.
Cheers, Dave.