I play the radio and a CD player.

Jillieann/JR

Quote from: Jillieann/JR on December 21, 2006, 05:22:19 AM
I play the radio and a CD player.

Jillieann/JR

LOL ....that was hilarious, Jillieann!  You're too funny!

tinkerbell

Or Linear Edge......
Hmmmm i may be onto something!
Make a song for me please.. please something with lots of passion, earth, frustration---something that rocks but SCREAMS!!!!!!!!!!
yes Cindy groupies can have groupies.. We'll have our first meeting over drinks you name the place I'll buy the booze!
Luv to younze alll! (younze is a definate pittsburgh word)
Ricki

Since Lynn seems to be our resident rock star and Cindi suggested Bender for the band name what about Lyne (pronounced 'line') Benders.  Certainly none of us walk a straight line 

All I can offer is the vocals.  From 2nd to 6th grade I was in the church choir.  I sang soprano.  If you heard my natural voice you'd know that voice is long gone.  But I can still sing, but it would be more bass than anything.  And no, I couldn't get that voice changer to work at all (probably defective).  So all I have left is my real voice.

I'd be best used as backup vocals and band manager.  Maybe I could be the mixer chick cuz I have a great ear for music.

Julie

How about:
Bender Engender

Kristi

Kristi and julie are thinking alike! Are Sirens going off somewhere!   
you guys, I love it!
Ricki

Quote from: Julie Marie on December 18, 2006, 01:28:24 PM
"We're putting the band back together." Elwood Blues.

It seems there's a lot of musical talent here at Susan's.

So, what instrument(s) do you play?  Do you sing?  Have you ever been in a band or an orchestra?  Have you ever played live on stage?  Have you played solo?  What type of music do you play/sing?  What's your favorite song?  What's your most memorable moment?  Are you actively playing/singing?

If you had to provide your musical resume, what would it look like?

Julie

Instruments: Rhythm guitar and Bodhran (trad. Irish drum)

Sing:  Tennor, though I have been known to grovel with the basses.

Stage:  Not per se.  I have done a couple Irish music gigs.  I have been a liturgical musician for 32 years.  Maybe 12 years as director.  Not afraid to go solo.

Music:  Traditional Irish and Country.

Favorite song:  Tough one.  I would have to say The Foggy Dew, which deals with the Easter Rebellion.  (No one here is surprised by this, is there?)  On the country side, I would have to say The River by Garth Brooks.

Memorable Moment:  Easy.  I had a chance to jam with Marty Haugen for an hour+ after a workshop he did.  Marty writes absolutely wonderful liturgical music that incorporates a wide variety of instruments.  (No, it's not traditional organ music!  Yuck!)

Resume:  It's listed above.

On band names--

I declare we're in brainstorming mode and anything, no matter how dumb, can be tossed to see if it sticks...

For an all t-girl band - "Transistor" -- spelled just that way, with no hints.  I want the audience to figure it out on their own >

Karen

I'm a bit late getting to this thread but I am a very active performing musician.  I am a lead guitarist and I play with a
blues and country rock band.  I also make guest performances with other area bands and I play bass in a heavy metal
band.  I perform two to three nights a week.  My primary style is blues but I am equally comfortable play jazz, metal,
or classic rock.  I do a bit of background vocals but no leads yet, though I am being encouraged to do so.  My favorite
song to play and something of a signature tune for me is "Little Wing" by Hendrix.

Dawn

Of course. That's common sense. 

I play a ton of instruments, but the only two worthy of noting are bassoon and saxophone, because I don't really care about the others. I want to play oboe someday though! and that would probably join those both, because it's so awesome.

Currently I just play in my school's band, which is pretty boring. I really want to play in an orchestra or a jazz band... or both, if possible.

QuoteSo, what instrument(s) do you play?  Do you sing?  Have you ever been in a band or an orchestra?  Have you ever played live on stage?

I play acoustic guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, uke, dulcimer, a little piano, some singing... I'm a full time musician, various styles including Appalachian, Celtic, blues, klezmer, Scandinavian... would love to play in a T-band!

I've had many wonderful musical experiences, perhaps the most memorable moment as pertains to this board was performing a few songs at a trans event in Washington DC before Leslie Feinberg spoke!

zythyra

Quote from: Victoria on January 01, 2007, 02:36:07 AM
Of course. That's common sense. 

I play a ton of instruments, but the only two worthy of noting are bassoon and saxophone, because I don't really care about the others. I want to play oboe someday though! and that would probably join those both, because it's so awesome.

Currently I just play in my school's band, which is pretty boring. I really want to play in an orchestra or a jazz band... or both, if possible.

Hey... Is the saxophone a difficult instrument..
I once tried a flute, but it wasn't the thing for me.
I've played guitar also in a small jazz band and the sax is soooooooooooo great 

I am a singer, I play loose drums (used to be able to play a full kit ok) and any other rythym instruments like that...I also write songs.

Music has always been a great source of joy in my life. I've played drums a little and still have a set in my music room. I also worked for a major record distribution company in SF for 10 years in the 1970's & 1980's as a marketing and promotion manager. So I met many musician's and lived the musician's life vicariously through them.

As a child, what I loved was to sing. But I was told a boy can't sing with the emotions and feelings that I expressed. So eventually I stopped singing because of the berating.

But now that I am clear who I am, I am SINGING AGAIN! I'm even taking voice lessons from a 33 year veteran of the Broadway Stage and Opera. And what joy and fun I am having! My teacher says I have a two octave range from a low G to a high G sharp, fine pitch and vibrato. So he says I can sing just about anything. I'm not sure I believe that yet. But I do know that a big hole in my soul is now being fed.

I have never played in a band. But I am currently putting together three songs to perform on stage. I have done public speaking on stage so I'm not all that intimidated by the stage.

My favorite song of all time is Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". I tear up each time I sing it or hear it. But all told I love to sing Blues, Jazz and Pop. My repetoire runs from Stormy Monday to Brown Eyed Girl to Dizzie Miss Lizzie.

So I hope I passed the audition!

All Smiles,

Gwen 

Gwen, that is a fabulous range!  I am envious.  I have a very hard time going that high.  I have to play games with sort of a falsetto (but it isn't, quite) to get up there.  I really need a mic to get up above an E#  It sounds like you indeed, can sing just about anything you want.  I bet you are just loving it!  Hey... did you see that Art Garfunkle has a new recording available?  He and Paul Simon were splitting up just as I became an interested teenager.  But I always loved Art's clear high voice.  It was so perfect.

I've got no problems on the low notes though... I can hit a low C effortlessly.  Sometimes, I really wonder how I ever get my voice to work for me in normal conversation.... Hey... I posted that around here some where.

And on the local front... Cindi is still waiting for her contrabass which should be coming in February.  Her cello replacement is still on order from Romania.  Who knows when that will come.

Cindi

Cindi, thanks for the nice compliment. I really hadn't sang at all before. So I had no idea what was good, bad or indifferent about ranges etc. I just knew I needed to. When my teacher first told me a couple weeks ago that I had a two octave range I wasn't sure if he was just stroking me to keep me taking lessons. Yes I'm LOVING it. I want to do nothing but sing and music right now. However, responsibilities dictate differently.

I had not seen that Art Garfinkle has a new recording. I'll have to check it out. I'm going to date myself, but I DID grow up on Simon and Garfinkle. Their harmony's are still some of the prettiest ever. Simon, as great of a song writer as he is, just can't carry it without Art.

A low C and effortlessly, now I'm jealous. I couldn't get close to that note.

Gwen 

Quote from: Julie Marie on December 18, 2006, 01:28:24 PM

So, what instrument(s) do you play?  Do you sing?  Have you ever been in a band or an orchestra?  Have you ever played live on stage?  Have you played solo?  What type of music do you play/sing?  What's your favorite song?  What's your most memorable moment?  Are you actively playing/singing?

If you had to provide your musical resume, what would it look like?

Julie

I play guitar and program the computer.  I try not to sing.  I did have a small little band but we were very amateur and only got a few songs together.

I did a lot of open-mic readings back in college, which was a lot of fun; but I did play (bass) guitar on stage once.  It was a tragedy because the guys were playing somethings I really didn't care for. 

I play classical and metal and program electronic nonsense.  I do have like an ep-s length of electronic stuff that all kinds of sucks.  I also have written a half-dozen really short (3-6 minute) string quartet-things, but that's all midi and never been played by real people.

I've been trying to focus on writing words more lately than music, but I do want to do some post-rockish kind of stuff (Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, esmarine, Silver Mt. Zion and so on). 

d/b

I'm more of a drawing person than a musical one, although I can whistle and I have played the tamborine a couple of times. 

Hmmm, (Hrrr?) I missed this post going around.  I wanted the drums in school, but they were taken.  You know the educational theory:  "We'll let you play what fits our orchestra plan, not yours!" so I got handed the Coronet (4 valve trumpet).  That lasted one year, or less, then I let someone else graciously agree to fulfill the band seating chart, or maybe the director made the choice, I don't remember.  If he did, I concur with it. 

In my teens I bought my own drums and went at it without benefit of the formal education.  I was thrashing away at the drum set one afternoon when  a knock came upon my apartment door.  Expecting an irate neighbor, it turned out to be a guy visiting his girl friend that heard my efforts.  We struck up a friendship and he turned out to playing drums full time locally with a lounge duo.  We hung out quite a bit.  I sat in at times at his club and at various jam sessions.  He was the nicest person I have ever met, and, extremely rare in a drummer, very modest and a gentleman.  I dated his sister for a time, but another story.  I went on to play in several country bands (this is Kansas) for about ten or twelve years.  I met my SO through one of the bands.  Family and job pressures, and the incursion of the dreaded disk jockeys in clubs putting real musicians out of work caused me to hang up the sticks.  Later on I lost a strategic finger-tip, and I sold the kit.  Oh, well.

I never played in natural dress.  I wonder how that would have effected my playing.  Probably, it would have resulted in improved running abilities in heels!  >

Susan Kay

I played the clarinet for a few years when I was little but now I just sing. I started in 5th grade and sang straight though to the early 90s, about 15 years in that stretch. (I also sang in the church choir in 3rd grade.) Then a few years later I sang for a year with a community choir. It was all either concerts or masses, so in that respect I've done a lot of live music. I took voice class for two years in high school and we had to do a few recitals a year, so does that count as doing solos?

My most memorable moment would have to be my senior year. The Select Choir went to a competition, and we were required to do one Bach chorale that had been picked ahead of time plus two pieces of our own choosing. We did the chorale first to get it out of the way. We scored 98 out of 100, and we lost both points on the chorale. We actually did two perfect pieces at NYSSMA competition. That's a moment I could relive forever.

I'm not singing right now because I don't know of any choirs right now that I want to join and can get to. My musical resume would have to include one year of Junior High Area All County, three years of Senior High Area All County, and two years of Senior High Area All State. And I'll cheat and include the A- (92) I got at NYSSMA solo competition.