The Hills Are Alive...

Mushi · 11-13-2009, 09:57 PM

Hello, VGF. Remember me? Yes? No?

For those of you who don't know, I've been playing the bass guitar for a good four years or so. And was even 'featured' on a track on my cousin's band's album (Papercut Charlie... or Papercut Chuck, or whatever they decided to call it before it exploded into a big pile of procastination and douchebaggery).

Either way, that was two years ago, and this is now. Now I'm practicing with a group of my friends (who's musical tastes I don't exactly share, but love of making music I do) on a semi-regular basis, and I believe we really have something going. If not a band, then at least some truly awesome jam sessions.

But enough about me, are any of you other musically inclined persons out there currently part of anything? A band maybe, or a group of friends you just jam with whenever you get the itch?

P.S: I've also joined the show choir program here at my school, and have been practicing flexing the ol' voice box. I'm most comfortable in the Bass/Baritone range but can get up slightly higher if need be. Apparently I was a vocalist and didn't know it, as I was promoted to the Madrigals, 'varsity' choir, on my first day singing.

**Valigarmander** · 11-13-2009, 10:01 PM

I'm still trying to motivate myself into learning to play piano.

Panfan · 11-14-2009, 11:11 AM

DONT BELIEEEEEEEEVE
JUST DONT BELIEEEEEVE IN WHAT THEY SAAAAAY

Jere · 11-14-2009, 11:24 AM

Trying to get a band togheter, mostly we should do coversongs first, i have a bunch of people that can think of playing, and its great, the thing we are stuck on is that we don't have a drummer.

Im also thinking of try to get togheter with a band i know, they are kind of in a hiatus now so its a little hard.

Mushi · 11-14-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

I'm still trying to motivate myself into learning to play piano.

Ehehe... Val playing the piano... That would be a sight (and a sound, I can imagine you putting your style of everything into music...)

Quote:

Originally Posted by what a girly pdn

DONT BELIEEEEEEEEVE
JUST DONT BELIEEEEEVE IN WHAT THEY SAAAAAY

Yes, that one.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jere

Trying to get a band togheter, mostly we should do coversongs first, i have a bunch of people that can think of playing, and its great, the thing we are stuck on is that we don't have a drummer.

Im also thinking of try to get togheter with a band i know, they are kind of in a hiatus now so its a little hard.

Go for it! I have the fortune of being up to my neck in drummers around here, I don't know if it has anything to do with Travis Barker having gone to my school, or what...

**Valigarmander** · 11-14-2009, 07:32 PM

Hey. I can be very sincere and meaningful when I'm not on the internet.

***CaptHayfever*** · 11-15-2009, 01:41 AM

I play a couple instruments: Jew's harp, drums/percussion, voice.
I wanna get a banjo, too, & learn to play bass on it.

I'd like to start a goofball rock band someday. For now I just occasionally jam with friends & record some rudimentary demos by myself.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Vapor · 11-29-2009, 11:03 AM

I am a FLUTEMASTER. Also the occasional Didgeridoo.

**Galefore** · 12-01-2009, 02:56 PM

I play the drums, and I'm coming along on piano. I actually plan to pick up a guitar this Christmas just to see if it's my cup of tea (and from what I've played around with so far, it seems like I'm going to have fun with it).

As for bands, I've got some minor stuff on the table. I collaborate with several friends, and I'm typically the go-to drummer among my peoples. Me and a friend of mine wrote some pretty good songs that we were proud of, but we don't yet have a name and we need to find more band members before it can become serious. Another of my friends and my occasional boss also typically likes to put small one-off bands together for minor gigs here and there and I'm often the drummer for them before his plans fall apart; maybe some day we'll get something together that actually comes to fruition.

Panfan · 12-01-2009, 07:08 PM

Trumpet, some keyboards, some guitar, hopefully drums and bass soon

Have some collaborators on board but haven't recorded anything, written a few songs which I describe as the lo-fi punk of No Age or Times New Viking combined with the poppy folk of Animal Collective and the intensity of Nine Inch Nails.

There are a ton of more influences but those are the main ones.

Mushi · 01-16-2010, 07:46 PM

I have been invited to sing in the California Honor Choir... more details to follow just as soon as I get all the information as to what this means eactly.

Also, bump.

***Marilink*** · 01-16-2010, 07:59 PM

I'm a Tenor in my school's Concert Choir, which is the traveling choir that sings at churches around Michigan on Sundays.

This is us at the school's Christmas Concert:

Click to view video.

A subset of that choir is Hardin Street Harmony, which is our Swing Choir/Show group thing, which I'm also in. I'm also in the band (1st trumpet, I sit near Panfan) and I'm currently in the Musical (Good News! I'm Bobby), and was also in the musical Freshman Year (chorus role in Guys & Dolls). Um...my roommate plays guitar sometimes and I'll sing along with whatever he's playing, and we've talked about performing some things (like school dances) but haven't gotten around to it yet.

Uh...two years ago I was invited to be in my church body's High School Honor Choir and we sang at the National Worship Conference in Minnesota. Definitely one of the best experiences of my life, but that was just a one-time thing.

**Galefore** · 01-16-2010, 08:44 PM

I've been finally asked to start recording drums for a friend's record label, starting with his own album and then moving on to whatever artist he picks up. He's also offered me the drum seat for his performances.

This is a great thing.

Jere · 01-17-2010, 03:42 AM

Go for it, damn im jealous

11-13-2009, 09:57 PM	#1
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	The Hills Are Alive... Hello, VGF. Remember me? Yes? No? For those of you who don't know, I've been playing the bass guitar for a good four years or so. And was even 'featured' on a track on my cousin's band's album (Papercut Charlie... or Papercut Chuck, or whatever they decided to call it before it exploded into a big pile of procastination and douchebaggery). Either way, that was two years ago, and this is now. Now I'm practicing with a group of my friends (who's musical tastes I don't exactly share, but love of making music I do) on a semi-regular basis, and I believe we really have something going. If not a band, then at least some truly awesome jam sessions. But enough about me, are any of you other musically inclined persons out there currently part of anything? A band maybe, or a group of friends you just jam with whenever you get the itch? P.S: I've also joined the show choir program here at my school, and have been practicing flexing the ol' voice box. I'm most comfortable in the Bass/Baritone range but can get up slightly higher if need be. Apparently I was a vocalist and didn't know it, as I was promoted to the Madrigals, 'varsity' choir, on my first day singing. __________________

01-16-2010, 07:46 PM	#11
Mushi Derp Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Looking at you. I can read your mind. Gender: Posts: 6,982 Thanks: 179 Thanked 351 Times in 271 Posts	I'm Moving Up In The Music World! I have been invited to sing in the California Honor Choir... more details to follow just as soon as I get all the information as to what this means eactly. Also, bump. __________________

11-13-2009, 10:01 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I'm still trying to motivate myself into learning to play piano.

11-14-2009, 11:11 AM	#3
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	DONT BELIEEEEEEEEVE JUST DONT BELIEEEEEVE IN WHAT THEY SAAAAAY

11-14-2009, 11:24 AM	#4
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Trying to get a band togheter, mostly we should do coversongs first, i have a bunch of people that can think of playing, and its great, the thing we are stuck on is that we don't have a drummer. Im also thinking of try to get togheter with a band i know, they are kind of in a hiatus now so its a little hard.

11-14-2009, 07:32 PM	#6
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Hey. I can be very sincere and meaningful when I'm not on the internet.

11-15-2009, 01:41 AM	#7
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	I play a couple instruments: Jew's harp, drums/percussion, voice. I wanna get a banjo, too, & learn to play bass on it. I'd like to start a goofball rock band someday. For now I just occasionally jam with friends & record some rudimentary demos by myself. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-29-2009, 11:03 AM	#8
Vapor Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: WHERE IT'S AT Gender: Posts: 5,211 Thanks: 314 Thanked 413 Times in 249 Posts	I am a FLUTEMASTER. Also the occasional Didgeridoo.

12-01-2009, 02:56 PM	#9
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I play the drums, and I'm coming along on piano. I actually plan to pick up a guitar this Christmas just to see if it's my cup of tea (and from what I've played around with so far, it seems like I'm going to have fun with it). As for bands, I've got some minor stuff on the table. I collaborate with several friends, and I'm typically the go-to drummer among my peoples. Me and a friend of mine wrote some pretty good songs that we were proud of, but we don't yet have a name and we need to find more band members before it can become serious. Another of my friends and my occasional boss also typically likes to put small one-off bands together for minor gigs here and there and I'm often the drummer for them before his plans fall apart; maybe some day we'll get something together that actually comes to fruition.

12-01-2009, 07:08 PM	#10
Panfan AND HE PRAYS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Grayskull Gender: Posts: 18,806 Thanks: 1,405 Thanked 2,247 Times in 1,337 Posts Blog Entries: 15	Trumpet, some keyboards, some guitar, hopefully drums and bass soon Have some collaborators on board but haven't recorded anything, written a few songs which I describe as the lo-fi punk of No Age or Times New Viking combined with the poppy folk of Animal Collective and the intensity of Nine Inch Nails. There are a ton of more influences but those are the main ones.

01-16-2010, 08:44 PM	#13
Galefore EXPLOSION GOD OF MUSIC Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Some studio somewhere Gender: Posts: 8,275 Thanks: 1,361 Thanked 826 Times in 535 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I've been finally asked to start recording drums for a friend's record label, starting with his own album and then moving on to whatever artist he picks up. He's also offered me the drum seat for his performances. This is a great thing.

01-17-2010, 03:42 AM	#14
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Go for it, damn im jealous