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Musically I mean. Paddy need not answer this question............Please LOL


I'll start............

I can play.....My voice :roll:

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I've got grade 8 flute
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Smart arse!
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:lol:
took me 10 years though!
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Grade 8 clarinet, grade 5 piano, grade A1 fool ;-)
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I always wanted a clarinet or an oboe instead of a flute at first. Wouldn't mind a go at a saxophone either
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Was told I'd have to learn the clarinet before being allowed anywhere near a saxophone, at school ( Noah was just about to gather the wood together for a project he was starting), managed a whole 6 months and thought 'bugger this for a game of soldiers'

Can usually get a tune or sound from most instruments I pick up...but to actually 'play' them...well that would take effort and practise...a thing Debasers don't do.

I can toot a recorder rather well mind you ;) Belle and Sebastian, anyone?
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Mainly Guitars and pretty much anything with strings on it.

Used to be able to play the piano when I was a kid, can't remember how now though. Can't even read music anymore.

And I used to play the trumpet as well. Decided it was s**t though.
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i can play the pc, which in turn can play drum machines and synths

i can also hit E on a bass guitar very, very fast whilst holding it very, very low. which was always enough for being in a goth band ;)

i can also pluck (badly) a few sisters riffs on a geeter, but nowt you'd want to play in public.

thinking of having either guitar or keyboard lessons as i have so many ideas for tunes but its frustrating not being able to actually play the damn things i want to write :urff: :(

and i've always fancied being able to walk into a room, see an instrument and pickit up and play it. :D
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Mr Debaser (Ebay slut) purchased a set of drums a few months back (his earlier foray into drum ownership was quashed after two days by my goodself :evil: )

Not content in thrashing them to within an inch of their lives...he's just bought (bloody Ebay) a set of mikes to 'enhance' the sound.

p.s. Can anyone tell me exactly how many cybals (frickin Ebay) are needed before it's classed as an obession?
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Interesting ponder......why is it the neighbours ONLY confront me about the thud bash bokkity bock noises eminating from the garage?
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i had grade 4 piano a while back but ive forgotten it all, mainly its guitars and stuff.
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guitars too
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Guitars.

Although "Play" may be a bit strong for what I do to mine.
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What's all this grade this & grade that when talking about instruments?

You mean you had music at SCHOOL?

Wow. It's a whole nother world.

I used to be able to bring a guitar around to my way of thinking, but I haven't for a long time. So I probably can't now.

They are still best though, after singing, which is pure physicality if done right.
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Where are you from, straylight?
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markfiend wrote:Where are you from, straylight?
Erm... London.

But if you did music at my school you had to buy the instrument first & pay extra for lessons. Which wasn't an option for me at the time.

The pain of the scholarship child... :wink:
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My mother is a music teacher - so everything under the sun has passed me by.

But main weapon of choice used to be this:

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straylight wrote:
markfiend wrote:Where are you from, straylight?
Erm... London.

But if you did music at my school you had to buy the instrument first & pay extra for lessons. Which wasn't an option for me at the time.

The pain of the scholarship child... :wink:
Oh right :oops:

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markfiend wrote:Oh right :oops:

Dickhead me.
Not at all, it was a fair question given what I had written...

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I took lessons for guitar when I was a kid. But never really kept it going.

When I was 20, me and a friend was thinking about taking lessons again, but we never did :(
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straylight wrote:There are some around MF, but you ain't one.
:oops: Awwww shucks! :oops:
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I can play my distortion pedal pretty well, but woe betide anyone who switches it off with the guitar still twanging.
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