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Burma Jones

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29. Trumpet, Keyboards and Classically Trained Tenor I

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 03:19 PM

Dec 2011

I've been paid (poorly) to play trumpet and for my singing, more for my singing. I've been a paid Tenor for a couple of Church Choirs and a soloist for a few things.

My keyboard playing was mostly for punk/New Wave bands in the early 1980's, very rudimentary

I've played at CBGB's and Southpaw in NYC, the 9:30 Club, Black Cat, IOTA and The Bayou here in DC, a couple places I can't recall in Baltimore and a bunch of places I can't recall throughout Illinois and Iowa. I've also sang at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Washington National Cathedral, The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, Strathmore Music Center, Funerals, Weddings, many Churches and more than one street corner.......

I also composed music for Live Theatre Productions and spun records at Clubs.

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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