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What kind of music do you like to play?

Just curious as to what type of musicians we have out there.

Im a metalhead myself :D

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Permalink Reply by Glenn Martin on July 15, 2008 at 3:29pm

I occasionally play backup keyboards in jam sessions with my brother and our friends. We usually played alternative and indie rock covers, but we did write a few (lyrically-minimal) songs. We had a band going called Geology (get it? study of rock? 9_9) and we did a few minor gigs until my brother, the drummer, left for college.

Now I just write trance music, though occasionally I'll just load up a synth, plug in my midi keyboard, and just play what comes to mind.

Permalink Reply by Craig Olson on July 16, 2008 at 3:46pm

In high school I played guitar in your basic 70's rock band - Doobies, Steely Dan, Allman Bro's, Beatles, etc. Then toured for a few years playin' top 40 at clubs, casinos, resorts & learned a lot about the craft of music. Went back to school, got a "real" job. Formed a Pagan tribal-rock band in '99, released 2 albums & did the festival circuit in the Pacific Northwest. Discovered Ableton Live a couple years ago and am havin' a blast doing tech-oriented alt-rock, extended jams - a blend of loops & samples mixed with more organic instruments, like acoustic and/or electric guitar over a techno vibe. Always a rocker at the core...

Permalink Reply by Daniel Valentine on July 17, 2008 at 11:18am

It wholly depends. I consider myself to be a man of classical music (especially of the baroque), but you may see me performing some rather postmodern works by composers like Cage or Xenakis.

I also perform the music I write, because I am an egoist.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Blanton Breece on July 17, 2008 at 5:48pm

American Roots music, blues, swinging the blues, rockin da blues and other stuff.

Permalink Reply by AxisofJared on July 17, 2008 at 6:45pm

I learned the guitar listening to the Beatles, went through that phase where guitar playing was all about ego, so I played a lot of SRV and Hendrix. Now that I'm a more serious musician, I'm very much into John Frusciante's solo work, and I enjoy playing hard progressive rock, like TOOL.

Permalink Reply by BuildingCastles on July 20, 2008 at 8:08am

I have sort of a clusterfuck of genres I write in. Rock, rocktronica, dance, synth pop, trance...ish, rap/hip hop, and anything in between. I have a song up here (still needs to be mixed):

www.myspace.com/buildingcastlesmusic

Permalink Reply by futuremonkey on July 20, 2008 at 1:19pm

It's hard to pick just one. I like Junior Brown-style country (JB is Hendrix in a cowboy costume; you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't check out Junior Brown), Adrian Legg / Leo Kottke guitar music, Fripp / King Crimson / Gentle Giant prog-esque stuff, Weather Report / Allan Holdsworth / Al DiMeola jazz fusion, Frank Zappa / Mike Keneally awesomeness, Black Sabbath / Type O Negative heavy metal, DEVO, Raymond Scott / Brian Eno / Aphex Twin / Skinny Puppy / Boards of Canada electronic madness, and the occasional bluegrass tune. I am also a slavering fan of Frederic Chopin and Igor Stravinsky. I like to think that each of those has had some sort of impact on the way I play music. If nothing else, they've helped to define my musical landscape.

Permalink Reply by thomas on July 20, 2008 at 7:39pm

I compose ambient, electronic, experimental music...mostly for tv documentaries on the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK so far...but hoping to put out an album sometime that isn't a soundtrack :)

Permalink Reply by Michael Becker on July 20, 2008 at 10:47pm

Metal, Hip-Hop, R&B, Dance, Electronic, Jazz. My guitar playing is mostly metal, but I love singing just about anything.
I've been in a couple alt rock bands, done some metal projects, and done some nerdcore hip-hop. Currently I'm working on two albums, one that's a sci-fi concept album, the other a collab with a rapper from Georgia currently living in Japan.

Permalink Reply by Matt on July 21, 2008 at 2:48pm

I am stuck in between. I love writing alt-country, folk, indie rock songs but lavish in electronica, and chiptune. I tried combining them with not-so-goodnik results.

Permalink Reply by matt on July 21, 2008 at 3:46pm

I like to play all kinds of music, as long as there is a good groove. My band Loudmouth Ale plays mainly classic rock, reggae, and improvisational jams, but we also tear up some metal on occasion.

Permalink Reply by LeaT on July 24, 2008 at 7:42am

I am a guitarist, but i am dreaming of becoming a good pianist someday. I can play some piano, but lack one myself so practicing is a little hard.

I play both acoustic and electric guitar, I don't make that many songs, they tend to be instrumentals although I can sing and write. Even though I am an avid metal lover I think my music is more leaning towards some kind of jazzy progressive. I admit that bands such as Opeth might be one of the inspirational sources.