What did you PLAY?

Furryanimal said:
Tried learning to play the guitar.Failed abysmally...:(
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awww... :( I’m sorry Furry.

Fyrefox said:
I had orthodonture ("braces"), and was forbidden by the orthodontist to play any wind instrument, which he claimed would conflict with his dental work. That left me the piano, a stringed instrument such as violin, or the drums. So I became a drummer...
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Drummers are cool.

To Gary. I wish you still had that guitar cause I’d hound you to play ‘Little Brown Jug.’
I remeber that song. Your story was very sad ( to me ) but touching.
 

hollydolly said:
Yes , but she hasn't for years.. it's such a shame I love the sound of the sax...
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Neither have I really. I’ve considered getting it fixed and starting back up.
The cello is a beautiful instrument. So heavenly in tone.
It must have been heavy though.
 

I started playing clarinet in grade school for a few years. When I was in high school my brother needed a bass player for his rock n' roll band. So I bought a electric bass guitar and joined his band. After three or four years I switched over to playing regular guitar. From there I've continued playing most of my life. Been in a few bands and just played local venues mostly for the fun of it.

In the last four years or so we have been getting together here at the house. We set up a little recording studio and posted some of our songs on the SoundCloud website. And as I've said before, we know our songs aren't the best but we had a lot of fun doing them and I guess that's what counts. You're welcome to drop by, link is below. Thank you, Davey.
 

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Trumpet at eight, guitar at ten, bass guitar from 11, on. Made my fortune with three bands, up until I turned forty-two. Picked up congas, doumbek and tabla along the way. Taught myself blues harp and bansuri, too.
 
Keesha said:
How very unfortunate. If you would have gotten the instrument you wanted you would have done so much better cause your heart HAS to be into it.
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I kind of doubt that. I was a slacker as a teenager. I didn't apply myself to much of anything.

But it's really nice of you to be so compassionate.
 
Besides "hard to get"? Due to the fact that no one seemed to be making that much of an effort to get me, I showed natural talent.

In the matter of musical instruments, I reluctantly played the piano. My mother made me slog through two years of lessons and then gave it up as a lost cause.

In college, I played the guitar, of course. I knew four chords and thus could strum along to all the folk songs. Later in life, I took up the banjo, without much success.
 
I also wasted my time and my parent's money on piano lessons. I think I can still play "Riding on a Mule," and "Chopsticks" so I guess it wasn't a total loss.

My sons are very talented; one's a guitarist and the other a drummer. They did not get that from me. :D
 
I wanted a piano when I was young but we couldn't afford it. My parents did get me a Magnus Chord Organ for Christmas. I got pretty good at it and had a Fiddler on the Roof songbook and one with traditional songs like 'I dream of Jeannie, You are my Sunshine, Beautiful Dreamer."
I still love to hear 'Sunrise, Sunset......'
In high school I was given an old guitar that I learned they play by ear. I learned mostly folk songs and some riffs. Maybe I'll take it up again in my retirement.
 

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