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Playing it? Do you mean as in playing an instrument?

Most of my spare time is spent in my studio making music (as a matter of a fact I'm working on an idea right now) but I don't spend so much time listening to music.

Play piano. At the moment, I'm learning a Mozart concerto and Pathétique, and other stuff.

I listen to oldies and play a little guitar.

I play an instrument in a local symphony orchestra. It's not the type of music that I most often listen to, but it is sure fun to play.

I love listening to music and composing it and playing it!  Heck, I love playing rhythm-based video games, like DDR, Rock Band, BIT.TRIP, and Parappa the Rapper as well!  If it gives me a chance to tap my feet or swing my hips or ring out my voice or sway or pirouette or frantically gnash my fingers and hands on an instrument, I'm all for it!

Both listen and play. Either one allows me to escape my current reality and exist in a place of pure beauty.

Quote from: Laura91 on August 27, 2012, 10:23:32 AM
yepper pepper.

Oh, well, I play the guitar (for 23 years now) and a little keyboards. Mostly though I produce electronica and do odd studio/audio work for different bands and artists.

I had to listen to a French song on YouTube for homework and translate and analyse the lyrics this week.  "Bang,Bang",  by Sheila, French version of the Nancy Sinatra song.  I think it is better than the original, as the words flow better in French.

While I had the PC on I typed "French rock bands" into the search function.  I now have 3 new favourite bands, 'Matmatah', 'Noir Desir' and 'Merzhin'.  All awesome..  I was running out of motivation for classes, but now am rejuvenated.  ;D  Must look for download albums.

I play bass, slide and lap steel guitar, and also 12-string.  Hopefully I will be able to find some band mates for an all-girl garage band at Uni eventually.  Good way to improve my spoken French.

Karen.

I love to listen to relaxing music, new age and all that stuff

Listening to music is my life, literally. And I can play drums and just starting to learn guitar. I live for music.
Joey

Quote from: shamu on November 17, 2012, 09:51:04 PM
I love to listen to relaxing music, new age and all that stuff

That's how the vast majority of the music I make sounds.
Here (http://soundcloud.com/mayazimmerman)'s my relaxing music.  :)

A bit of both.

I shred the mandolin :) It's always just kind of come naturally to me. I also play guitar and sing.

Singing was weird for me for awhile after coming out because I was always trying to fake this womanly voice, but now I've gotten more comfortable just letting myself be natural ^_^ Being trans and accepting myself has made my musicianship soar. All that fear and trembling replaced with unblocked potential and musical flow. It's amazing.

Thanks to my girlfriend playing in a brass band I have resurrected the trumpet I bought a few years ago in a moment of jazz-inspired silliness, and started to play in earnest.  Apparently I have a good tone , so thanks darling.

Karen.

I am a guitarist, vocalist, sometimes drummer, and sometimes bassist. Been in hardcore and goth bands.

I am also a major audiophile. There is not one room in my house without, at very minimum, stereo receiver, a turntable, an auxiliary 1/8" plug, and a set of speakers. Some setups are simple, others are exceptionally elaborate. There is always music happening here :D

I like DJ music which is like fun and stuff, but that's like about it really  :P

Quote from: Snickerdoodle on August 25, 2012, 03:44:42 PM
Listening to Music or playing it. What ya do?

Both. I am a music fiend and am always listening to something. I'm also getting back into playing.

I know how to play a few instruments but not particularly good at any of them. Can't read music to save myself D:

I play the drums in a local band.  We have gigs maybe once or twice a week which is awesome.  I also love playing guitar!

It's a Mapex with birch wood.  It's a really nice set.  I only use the bass drum, floor tom and 1 other tom.  1 medium crash/ride and a splash symbol is perfect.

Do you play?

I don't listen to much, but I rap in a couple of groups. I make music in a video-game inspried hip hop group. It's a two-piece band, and I have a drummer as well. We have a lot of fun and tour the country. I can rap your face off.

o_o sorry for being a topic necro. But how can a MUSIC topic die!? HOW! *drama*

Ahem... sorry, lol.

I listen to A LOT of music, and honestly I couldn't even do without it. It's my life line. It's the one thing that has kept me sane for years of hardship. I love a lot of genres, the only things I basically don't like are rap, techno and jazz, the rest... well, about all the rest. I also love going to rock concerts (I'm going to ruin my ears some day D:)

I never played an instrument for a long time because I kept telling myself it was too hard, etc. but about four months ago I started self-teaching myself piano, and I just frigging LOVE it! (what have I missed out on!? :O)
I especially like improvising a lot, and eventually would like to write my own songs. I mean, what is better than hearing your own music brought to life!? *dreams*

I agree, cannot let a music thread die!
I've been playing music since I was in grade 5.  Suffice it to say, playing music is a part of me now.  I learned Clarinet, French Horn, a bit of Piano, Singing, Ocarina and some Pan Flute.  Something amazing about playing the piano, although I'm relatively a newb at it.  I love it and wish I had more self discipline about practicing while not taking lessons.

As for listening, I love music from other countries (folk, classical and contemporary) and pretty much everything except most heavy metalish scream-o type music and most rap.  I can handle small doses of rap though if it's done really well.

Music is one of my only ambitions in life.
I've been playing the guitar since I was 13, and the drums here and there. I wish I knew how to play the piano.

Quote from: Asa on May 29, 2013, 08:45:03 AM
Something amazing about playing the piano

Agree about the piano - my sister's been playing for a few years now and it's wonderful. I started with recorder/clarinet myself and moved on to play saxophone for 6 years, and by now I wish I had played piano all this time instead.

I don't like dealing with the pressure playing the saxophone puts on the mouth - playing becomes hard after 2 hours  - and there is also too much spit involved. Someone knocked one of my front teeth in half in high school, and since it was glued back together, I have been paranoid about it breaking again. This makes playing the saxophone hard - you're supposed to bite down on the mouthpiece, which I no longer do  :(

I play guitar and sing. I used to play keyboard but my idiot father discouraged me from it. My brother plays the drums in a alternative rock band and they have released an album, which didn't help my inferiority complex at all.

I have been playing guitar for about 6 years, even though the first 1-3 years were mostly just messing around, then I self taught using youtube, then got a teacher for 1-2 years, surpassed him, and have been continuing to improve by myself. Though I think the guitar was obvious :)

A few months ago, I started violin, and love it, though it is hard to find time to practice. But I laugh when my friends say it is an instrument for girls, and is limited(hasn't anyone heard of Lindsey Stirling?).

Now I have like.. 4 people who want me to teach them to play the guitar, my dad, brother, and two cousins. Honestly, I am afraid to teach them since they will kind of learn my habits(since I can't bend one of my thumb joints, I kind of improvise sometimes, and hold my guitar funny), and I have never taught anyone. But I did get to work on my brother's left handed Les Paul a few weeks ago :) and that was cool, even though he is missing a nob and I have to find a replacement.

I also am considering a third instrument, one that I can teach myself for a few years. But it is cool since I play violin and guitar, one of my cousins is learning bass guitar(no amp so he has no idea if he is good or not, the two cousins mentioned above are his sisters) and knows a bit of piano, one of my cousins who wants to learn guitar knows a bit of piano, and the other one who wants to learn guitar is learning the flute in school and teaching herself piano.

I love to talk about music by the way :D

I'm constantly listening to music. If there's nothing playing around me, there'll be music playing in my head. I listen to various genres, but I particularly enjoy various kinds of electronic music, like synthpop, darkwave, electro-industrial, etc., as well as some symphonic rock/metal and experimental music. Oh, and let's not forget both the nostalgic 80s/90s cheesepop and the ever-delightful (sometimes so-bad-it's-good) Eurovision cheesepop!

As for playing music, I had lessons in both descant recorder and piano during my school days (I never got good at either of them, however), but my main instrument these days is my voice. It amuses me, in a shake-head-facepalm-why-universe kind of way, that I seem to be a soprano. I also poke at tracker programs from time to time.

I have two guitars, a bass, a keyboard and a bass cabinet sitting right next to me. :) An older Hartke stack, but it still makes sweet rumbling bass after all these years. It's a 3500 head on a 4.5 and a 215. (That's 4 10" and 2 15" subs.) I used to play bass in a few bands, and I sang two others. (Not all at the same time. Over the years.)

Currently listening to Arkona through a Jolida tube amp and my wonderful Mobile Fidelity speakers.

I like music too! ;D

I love both... Music is my life, my drug! I make rap and r&b instrumentals as well as write music. I actually have shows locally right now.

I like lots of different types of music it's so hard to decide, but if I had to pick my favorite type of music, it would have to be modern violin. I love violin music. My favorite violinist is named Lindsey Stirling. She is a very creative musician! I play the violin too, but I am no where near as good as Lindsey.  :D