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SwingDJs: The Band
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:53 pm
by falty411
Someone said if we love live music so much we should all start playing instruments. I think this would be HILARIOUS and really really fun. Its too bad we all live so far away.
So who would the bands be? Who plays what instruments?
I play guitar, bass and drums......all not great, but tell me what to do and i can do it!
Whos the bandleader? Whos playing trumpet, drums, sax, vocals?
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:55 pm
by Nando
I used to play trumpet, but I've been hittin vocals here in NYC lately.
Who's gonna decide what tempo we play in?
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:08 pm
by djstarr
Soupbone plays the drums; I played tenor and bari sax in jazz bands in college, although my first instrument is the clarinet.
I'm toying with the idea of picking up a soprano and learning some Bechet solos. Count me in!
I also have a half way decent voice. If Ray Nance can sing, so can I
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:20 pm
by yedancer
I could play that instrument you used to play in elementary school that's just two sticks that you hit together.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:27 pm
by AlekseyKosygin
upright bass here!
am i the only who loves swing songs where you can hear the the bass slap the neck the whole time?
like in bennie moten's lafayette or luis russell early 30's stuff...
i can play it if i owned one we had one in high school and i was on it all the time...and i've seriously been thinking of purchasing one for a while...
if i could pick up one instrument that i didn't know tho it would be trumpet hands down...
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:30 pm
by funkyfreak
yedancer wrote:I could play that instrument you used to play in elementary school that's just two sticks that you hit together.
I think that's all they're called: Sticks
I play african drums, which some groups have used for swing accompaniment around here. I've been looking for an excuse to play more recently, dancing is taking up too much time
-FF
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 7:00 pm
by SpuzBal
AlekseyKosygin wrote:
am i the only who loves swing songs where you can hear the the bass slap the neck the whole time?
You're at least one of two.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:09 pm
by Toon Town Dave
Make that one of three
Unlike some of the Americal Idol try-outs, I know I have no musical talent. But I'll volunteer as roadie
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:07 pm
by Soupbone
As Brenda said, i play drums. I also play upright bass and guitar, and I'm learning tenor banjo right now.
I really hope to put together a hot jazz group here in Seattle once I get settled into a house and job and such. I'd like to do something like Henderson's Dixie Stompers or even some Jelly Roll Morton.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:12 pm
by Swifty
I've been taking trombone lessons for 6 weeks. I can play a mean "Hot Cross Buns," let me tell you.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:27 pm
by Nate Dogg
I played clarinet badly from 1982-85
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2004 10:58 pm
by kitkat
I've got perfect pitch, I think? (I can sing/whistle in tune.) No vibrato or tone...but I can hum our A/Bb.
I'd definitely take up practicing the violin regularly again if I could play jazz with other amateurs who like the music but are as rusty as I! I had a goal to get good by Binge, bring my fiddle, & hope there'd be some down time to jam w/ a band, but then Peter Vawter was there, and I still sucked, so I was glad I didn't.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:58 am
by Platypus
I haven't picked up mallets since college, but ya got the xylophone and marimba covered here.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:11 am
by Roy
I want to learn Jazz piano, talk to me in a few years.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:57 am
by gatorgal
I keep telling you people that I'll play the triangle. It's value as a musical instrument is vastly underrated.
I can also volunteer to be the Hot Groupie!
Tina