I've played the bassoon and bagpipes for 15 years now, but I havent played either really since I graduated in 2000. I also know the tenor sax, piano and bass guitar.

 

For me, I've been playing piano for years. A lot of classical and pop stuff, but I'm working to diversify a bit. I've also been singing for fucking ages, and I know there's Youtube videos of that (probably about five or six of them of me performing...). I'm a tenor/baritone, and I'm currently working to expand my range up to an A#4 (for all the choir-tards out there who knows what that means).

Right now, I'm been writing a lot of music. Frankly, I'm a better poet than I am a songwriter, but I've got a close friend of mine helping me, and the stuff we're working on is pretty sweet, I'd say.

 

I know how to play the trumpet and the alto sax, though I haven't played them much since I dropped band in high school to take drama to get away from the insane women they had 'directing' band. Unfortunately I got stuck with her anyway as my English instructor the same year. The crazy bitch gave out extra credit for drawing pictures on your tests and complimenting her hair. Anyways, the college that I'm transferring to has sound proof practice rooms so I might take up those instruments again.

 

@Silens: You write music, eh? PM me what you have if you need a helping hand, my dude. I didn't know you were a poet - I've been writing for years now and even took a few college courses on the subject. Holla at meh.

 

Am relatively competent on the Violin, have been practising for over a decade. Would probably be able to go somewhere with it, if I wasn't such a lazy bastard.

Picked the piano up a couple of years ago, think I'm doing pretty decently.

Have had a mostly classical musical education, but like trying to pick other stuff up by ear occasionally.

 

I can play guitar fairly well. I've been playing for about two years now, and am working my way through a few Dead of Winter covers right now. (I dare someone to look up the band, they're the heaviest shit known to man.)

I play mostly metal songs, but that's not so much a preference as much as it is a necessity, because I'm having a hard time finding challenging music in other genres. Metal's usually pretty technical and fast stuff.

A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I went up on stage for this annual presentation our school does, where anyone with any kind of talent can enter and do something. There are stand up comedians and all sorts of musicans and stuff.

So, we went on stage, and said "Hello, we are going to do a composition by Charles Schuldinger." We then proceeded to play the song "Lack of comprehension" by Death. (The lead guitarist's name is Chuck Schuldinger.) It starts off slow for the first 40 seconds or so, before going totally insane.

It took them three minutes to get us off the stage, because we had our own amps, and plugged them into our own generators.

Because of that, I get a six week christmas break.

Yay for catholic school!:banana:

 

So - DLP Band, anyone ? Postal Service-style?

 

Piano.

I mainly play video game music (a lot of Final Fantasy stuff), but I also play some classical, and hope to get to the level soon where I can play more Chopin stuff.

There are a few of his pieces in my lvls 4 and 5 books, but they are his easiest ones. I want to eventually be able to play some of his more difficult pieces, such as his nocturnes and etudes.

 

I've carried his first concerto in my repertoire for two years now.

 

Piano's the main instrument. I play a lot of romantic-era music, some twentieth century and classical. I can't really stand to play anything before the baroque period, especially nothing from the renaissance. Chopin (mostly the etudes) and Debussy are my favoured composers.

Guitar would be my second instrument, but I don't really have song preferences for this yet.

 

Trumpet, Baritone, Tuba, Keyboard, Drums and I can make noise on the trombone

 

Well, be fucked now.

(That sounded much less gay in my head.)

I think the hardest part would be deciding on a genre/style, and picking from the sea of guitar players...but there's some potential here:

- Vocalists
- Lyricist/MC
- Lead guitar
- rhythm guitar
- Acoustic guitar
- Bass (upright or guitar)
- Piano/keyboard
- Drums
- Horns
- Chinese flautist + Wind instruments
- Strings
- DJ/Mixmaster
- Motherfucking bagpipes

We've got all of the above. That would make for an interesting collection of arrangements.

 

Yeah? Well fuck you.

Spoiler

I wish I could play that

 

Well, getting an orchestra to play it with you is a bitch.

Play the easier Moszkowski pieces to build your technique, that's what I did. It circumvents going through the Hanon and Czerny malebolge.

Edit: What do you think about the polonaises?

 

French Horn, Trombone, and Piano for instruments 1st bass or second tenor for voice parts (really depends on the piece. When my voice is in shape I am capable of any piece from second bass to second tenor -- before puberty finished destroying my upper range I could go from second bass to first tenor).

I haven't played the French Horn in years though so I'd probably be a bit rusty. Never could get a handle on guitar though.

Trumpet I've had mixed results with. I never formally studied the instrument (which is why I didn't list it above), but as long as I have sheet music in front of me I can play it acceptably -- or at least I used to be able to do that. No idea what today would bring.

A good friend of mine is a saxophonist and he used to always try to teach me in HS. Never quite worked out though, I seem to have a permanent block when it comes to that instrument.

 

I do some hanon exercises occasionally; usually I just do scales and arpeggios though. Oh, and I like the Burgmuller pieces for beginning technique. He has a few different op. I'm currently on his easier one although I could probably start the more advanced one.

Love the Polonaises. My favorite is his Heroic Polonaise (op. 53 I think), but even virtuosos have some problems with that piece. I think the best vid I've seen of it was Argerich's rendition.

I don't think I'll ever be able to play that one.