Music?

[+Henry Spencer 117]

Anyone here musically inclined? As in, play an instrument, compose music, etc.?

Also, what kind of music do you listen to?

[Plasma Waffle 0]

I play guitar and write my own songs with my band. We play metalcore & deathcore, which I'm sure most people here don't like.

[+Henry Spencer 117]

Never actually listened to any, tbh. If you were willing to link to your band, I'd give it a listen.

I play a variety of things. I listen to Classic Rock and Classical.

[Plasma Waffle 0]

Cool man, I like classic rock too. We have a myspace page and I have 2 recorded songs in .wav format, I can't find a working free converter to convert it to .mp3 to put it up

[+Henry Spencer 117]

I looked... there are some free trials you could use.

Another option is to find a really good converter, then look for it on torrent site. Chances are, if it's really good and they charge a decent amount for it, you'll find people that want it. Just make sure to scan it for worms and keyloggers.

Just remembered... I have a playlist on my Myspace page.

1. Hip to Be Square - Huey Louis and the News

2. Montagues and Capulets - Sergei Prokofiev

3. Life Support - Rent OBC

4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" - Ludwig van Beethoven (3rd movement of the Moonlight Sonata, for those without a musical background)

5. Story of My Life - Social Distortion

6. Concerto No. 3 in F, RV 293 'Autumn' - III: Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi (3rd movement of "Autumn", from the Four Seasons)

7. The Camera Eye - Rush

8. Last Train Home - Pat Metheny Group

9. You Are What You Is - Frank Zappa

10. Train 1 - Philip Glass

Yeah, did I mention I like musicals?

[Nket 16]

[kuttlewug 28]

I play piano but I'm not really good at it yet but I enjoy it. My friend kayla tell me I could learn and be good at guitar but I doubt it. I listen to almost anything.

[Oww My Nose 19]

pfft, wearing dragon boots and the red gloves from rekella, and what's with the slayer staff. stupid outfit to wear when making a runescape music video

i mean i never played runescape

Edited March 5, 2009 by Oww My Nose

[Nket 16]

runescape just happened to be the only video that has that song on it, flawlessly. I have never played runescape, and my only memories of it are idiots at LANs eating up all the fucking bandwidth with it

[+Henry Spencer 117]

I played RuneScape up until they decided to go 3D. I played the 3D realm once, realized the game was going to suck donkey dick, then ditched it.

[Repoman 0]

I play the Trombone and electric bass.

o.o

[James Tyrgglidaar Quall 69 0]

I play some electric guitar. I play a style known as MEtal!!!!!!!!1111111111 A lot of Black DAhlia Murder and a lot of Death and a lot of Between The Buried and ME!!!

[Plasma Waffle 0]

I play some electric guitar. I play a style known as MEtal!!!!!!!!1111111111 A lot of Black DAhlia Murder and a lot of Death and a lot of Between The Buried and ME!!!

I love the Black Dahlia Murder, they're amazing.

[Nket 16]

I play RAPTAL

THATS METAL RAP FOR YOU KIDS WHO DONT KNOW

[LunchBox 10]

I play RAPTAL

[+Henry Spencer 117]

It's great to see people play guitar, but I meant "instruments" in the orchestra sense.

Ex. Violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, piano, brass, woodwinds (saxophone isn't really an orchestra instrument, but I'd say it takes a fair amount of skill to play), percussion.

Note what all these have in common... they take more than half a brain and 3 working fingers to play.

Also, I'll have none of this TROLLAN in my thread.

[Oww My Nose 19]

i play the piano, violin, and cello

sometimes at the same time

[James Tyrgglidaar Quall 69 0]

It's great to see people play guitar, but I meant "instruments" in the orchestra sense.

Ex. Violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, piano, brass, woodwinds (saxophone isn't really an orchestra instrument, but I'd say it takes a fair amount of skill to play), percussion.

Note what all these have in common... they take more than half a brain and 3 working fingers to play.

Also, I'll have none of this TROLLAN in my thread.

Whoa whoa whoaaaaaa. How is guitar an orchestral instrument?? Has more strings than a cello, bass, or violin. I can play a little classical guitar, but I prefer to play heavy electric distorted metal shit. My uncle is a flamenco guitarist, I plan on getting lesson eventually, but he is far away.

I played baritone saxophone in my high school regular and jazz bands. Won a few outstanding musicianship awards or something at a few jazz contests, but I was never really into it.

Have you never seen a guitarist play with an orchestra before? Yngwie? Metallica (not a huge fan but they did it!)? Petrucci? Michael Romeo? I'm pretty sure Jason Becker's version of Paginini's 5th Caprice will still make your jaw drop even when done on guitar (I think it sounds better than the violin).

All instrument can be played with half a brain and three fingers. It just takes more to master it.

Also Limp Bizkit is the best raptal ever.

[+Henry Spencer 117]

Whoa whoa whoaaaaaa. How is guitar an orchestral instrument?? Has more strings than a cello, bass, or violin. I can play a little classical guitar, but I prefer to play heavy electric distorted metal shit. My uncle is a flamenco guitarist, I plan on getting lesson eventually, but he is far away.

I played baritone saxophone in my high school regular and jazz bands. Won a few outstanding musicianship awards or something at a few jazz contests, but I was never really into it.

Have you never seen a guitarist play with an orchestra before? Yngwie? Metallica (not a huge fan but they did it!)? Petrucci? Michael Romeo? I'm pretty sure Jason Becker's version of Paginini's 5th Caprice will still make your jaw drop even when done on guitar (I think it sounds better than the violin).

All instrument can be played with half a brain and three fingers. It just takes more to master it.

Also Limp Bizkit is the best raptal ever.

Compare the number of original pieces composed for orchestra featuring a guitar to the number with violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, english horn, trumpet, French horn, baritone, euphonium, trombone, tuba, and percussion, such as timpani. You'll see what I'm getting at.

Not saying the guitar CAN'T be used in a classical setting, just saying it's not very common at all. Plus, a lot of pieces that DO feature it are contemporary.

String count doesn't matter. You have 6 strings... violin, viola, cello, and bass not only have no frets, but also use a bow. There's a huge difference there.

^

Some of the best use of bow technique out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT1n-woNg6o

^

Some of the most emotional playing.

I give examples because guitar, even though I can sound nice, cannot do things like this. Also, I played a viola arrangement of the second piece; faster, and sounds less strained than on cello, but it's still not true to the original, no matter how awesome it sounds.

[Nket 16]

I do not play any instruments Henry, but if it interests you, I am actively involved in my county's orchestra, I am sort of stage crew if you will, My grandfather is a chairman for them, so I help out

[Benny Hill 0]

Cool man, I like classic rock too. We have a myspace page and I have 2 recorded songs in .wav format, I can't find a working free converter to convert it to .mp3 to put it up

Use MediaCoder ... It's open source and can convert anything to anything. http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm

[+Henry Spencer 117]

I do not play any instruments Henry, but if it interests you, I am actively involved in my county's orchestra, I am sort of stage crew if you will, My grandfather is a chairman for them, so I help out

If you work there, just pick up an instrument sometime! It's difficult at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun.

lol, any work-related horror stories?

[Nket 16]

lots of old people, and we run out of seats at concerts so i have to sit on the floor. thats good though, we sell out tickets boiii

[Plasma Waffle 0]

It's great to see people play guitar, but I meant "instruments" in the orchestra sense.

Note what all these have in common... they take more than half a brain and 3 working fingers to play.

Guitar takes a lot of skill to play well, thanks. I am extremely insulted. This takes more than 3 fingers.

Watch this.

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Use MediaCoder ... It's open source and can convert anything to anything. http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/download.htm

OMFG Thankyou I tried like 10 different programs none of them would convert a full file for free or work properly.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Plasma Waffle

[+Henry Spencer 117]

Guitar takes a lot of skill to play well, thanks. I am extremely insulted. This takes more than 3 fingers.

Watch this.

(wtf, video embedding is broken)

OMFG Thankyou I tried like 10 different programs none of them would convert a full file for free or work properly.

lol, actually, I saw a video of a 3-fingered guy playing like that somewhere. I don't remember where... probably YouTube.

Also, here you go:

Played with a bow. First one is probably all you need to listen to.