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TexasTowelie

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22. Trumpet player.

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 02:52 AM

Dec 2011

Played from 5th grade until I graduated from college. Finally took music theory for non-music majors the last semester of college since I needed 3 hours of classroom fine arts along with 3 hours of performance art on my BS degree plan (yes, they wanted the science majors to have a diverse background). In college, I was in a concert band since we did not have football at my university.

Dabbled a bit on keyboards after graduation, but wasn't talented enough to pursue as a career.

One of the funner experiences was about 12 years after high school, they had an alumni band function where the band members joined with the high school band during a football game. While the youngsters were out marching, the old fogies stayed in the stands to play the fight song when we scored. Our team scored more in that one game than we did my entire junior year of high school so my chops were shot by the end of the night.

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Who here is a musician? [View all] PETRUS Dec 2011 OP

I am when I'm motivated arcane1 Dec 2011 #1

"When I'm motivated" PETRUS Dec 2011 #4

It's "when I end up playing" arcane1 Dec 2011 #14

Guitar. Rock and blues. No talent but plenty of grinding determination and love for music. n/t Scuba Dec 2011 #2

Talent PETRUS Dec 2011 #5

And the will to get better. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #12

I was a very good classical pianist and violinist who probably could have gone far if it were my Brickbat Dec 2011 #3

Cool. PETRUS Dec 2011 #6

Oh God -- a bottle of wine, a record on the stereo, and I'm off. Brickbat Dec 2011 #7

A poet friend of mine... PETRUS Dec 2011 #13

Played rythem, lead and bass in rock and punk UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #8

As a relative novice, I'd love it if you posted some songs with tabs and strumming patterns. Scuba Dec 2011 #10

I would but I never learned tablature. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #11

After a fashion. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2011 #9

I sing, and play harmonica, flute, and sax abq e streeter Dec 2011 #15

sort of faking jazz PETRUS Dec 2011 #16

I feel the same way when I'm playing with serious jazzers abq e streeter Dec 2011 #21

Been playing guitar and bass for about 17 years RZM Dec 2011 #17

I played the cello for 8 years tammywammy Dec 2011 #18

You sound like me. murielm99 Dec 2011 #19

I don't have kids tammywammy Dec 2011 #20

Agreed, tammywammy hifiguy Dec 2011 #27

Trumpet player. TexasTowelie Dec 2011 #22

my husband just started teaching me the bass fizzgig Dec 2011 #23

I've played bass and bass guitar for 33 years, and I sing Tenor and Alto. mikeytherat Dec 2011 #24

Bass. R&R cover tunes mostly OxQQme Dec 2011 #25

Bass guitar for almost 40 years hifiguy Dec 2011 #26

Here's me on bass OxQQme Dec 2011 #28

Trumpet, Keyboards and Classically Trained Tenor I Burma Jones Dec 2011 #29