Your classic introduction (with a twist) topic. What instruments do you play, or what do you want to start playing?
Disclaimer - I’m not a musician, but I always wanted to learn to play an instrument. I have some experience with a guitar and drums. Currently, I’m learning to play piano.
You are still a musician, no barrier to entry! :)
Always good to be able to play some piano!
Thank you for the kind words, but I’m not the musician. I have a background in STEM, so it makes it easier for me understand the music but I lack in the creative part. I can recreate the music but I struggle to make something on my own. Having said that, I truly enjoy the piano learning experience.
For me it’s the other way around, i can’t read sheet music, or do anything with that. Still it makes us both a musician! :) And to approach it from a theoretic perspective gives a lot of opportunities as well, first do the piano, then go into synthesizers and sound synthesis and BAM all the STEM aspects are needed again. ;)
You sound like me. STEM background, though I have been playing music from an early age. I’m good at transcribing what I hear down to sheet music, but ask me to generate anything original or creative and I can’t do anything.
Originally a drummer, but picked up bass when moving out of my parents house into an apartment building. Now consider bass my main instrument but also still play a bit of drums and guitar.
Instruments I play:
- Guitar
- Bass
- Banjo
- Violin
- Harmonica
- Keys
- Drums
Instruments I play well:
Instruments I play:
Guitar
Bass
Piano/synth
Drums
Instruments I KNOW how to play:
Guitar
Trumpet
My main instrument are the drums! Been playing those for over 20 years now, never had a single lesson in my life so looking to improve technique every day.
I also play a little bit of keys, which translates to soft synths and samples and ambient. I really want to start proper with analogue synthesizers, but vowed to never do that, because it’s a bottomless pit which you fill with money. 😅