Reply to: Musicians on CUK?

[ChrisPackit]

Guitar and ukelele. Started off with a passion for George Formby, as he was born down the road from my parents so a local point of interest for me.

Progressed on guitar. Now own a reasonable collection of guitars... '65 Antoria Jumbo, Taylor semi acoustic, late 90's Fender USA Strat etc

Was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in a band in the early to mid 90's who gigged and did some studio stuff - chatted with Richard Ashcroft several times in the Wigan based recording studios...

[NotAllThere]

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Piano to me is about getting chords sounding good "let's take that chord, drop the root on the right, play the 7th & 11th with the left, don't sound good, hit the 9th, na, drop the 3rd out on the right, OK got it, which chord do I move to now..." and it all starts again. Complicated.

That technique doesn't quite work with Prokofiev.

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My problem is that I could never work anything out; I could never hear something and be able to play it.

That I can do. I can also do musical arrangements - deciding who does what and when.

[minestrone]

The old boy was finance head of Scottish Opera for a while, Pavarotti played and he got a front row ticket with my mother and I asked him if I could go with him and he said no. Swine, never forgive him for that.

[stek]

On my many trips to Russia, I overwhelmingly loved the Ballet and then the Opera, absolutely wonderful and fantastically cheap.

First time I went saw a play too, mistake, even though my Russian is not so shabby, there's no way I could keep up with a play. I remember it as being called 'Taksist' - i.e. taxi driver, but the current mrs stek said it had a longer title and I forgot what she said it was.

Still, loved it even though I was not really following it...

But the ballet - wow - and me coming from the arse end of Bolton. Still love ballet....

[minestrone]

[minestrone]

If I could write like this...

Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, these ruskies can blow my mind, and the middle 8 to don't worry baby by the beach boys.

[Cliphead]

One of mine...

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[Cliphead]

what is your most favourite passage of music?

If I could write like this...

[EternalOptimist]

I am the non-music member of a very talented musical family.
BUT, I do have one claim to fame
I have a genuine digeridoo, bought in Ti Tree Oz, AND I can get a few notes out of it



er..carry on. nothing to see here

[stek]

I'd be rated as a guitarist in several styles. Made my name in folk circles playing tenor banjo (No2 in the country, my mate got No1 but that's journalistic tulipe).

Well enough repsected to do session work over the years including work at Abbey Road and another session scheduled for March next year.

Got a fully equipped studio at home, mostly compose for film / TV these days rather than live work.

As I mentioned before you will have heard me play on somebody's album or a film score.

I got a Whirle Windsor from about 1900 or so, well, guy said it was 'Victorian' which I doubt, worth owt'? Also have a massive piano-accordian I can't play that I paid £15 for from a postcard in ASDA - forgot the name - will have to dig it out.....

[minestrone]

Fck the tech, get out there and gig. You don't have to kid yourself on only the punters.

what is your most favourite passage of music?

[doodab]

I play with synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines and assorted effects gadgets, so these days mostly the computer. I play keyboards badly, can just about do a 12 bar blues and a bit of hand drumming and I bought a guitar once although I've no idea what I've done with it.

[Cliphead]

I pushed myself to be a technical drummer, played all the rudiments, practiced them for as much as I could, then when I was 17 listened to stevie wonder's superstition...

Got it all wrong I did.

Fck the tech, get out there and gig. You don't have to kid yourself on only the punters.

[minestrone]

I pushed myself to be a technical drummer, played all the rudiments, practiced them for as much as I could, then when I was 17 listened to stevie wonder's superstition...

Got it all wrong I did.

[Cliphead]

So how good are you and on what instruments? It might seem a daft question, but lots of famous bands are pretty ropey musicians and lots of excellent musicians never make it anywhere!

Do you have a proper studio or what?

I'd be rated as a guitarist in several styles. Made my name in folk circles playing tenor banjo (No2 in the country, my mate got No1 but that's journalistic tulipe).

Well enough repsected to do session work over the years including work at Abbey Road and another session scheduled for March next year.

Got a fully equipped studio at home, mostly compose for film / TV these days rather than live work.

As I mentioned before you will have heard me play on somebody's album or a film score.