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Originally Posted by Yesspaz
Hello Andyyyy. I think there're are a lot of "musicians" in this world that are musicians only because a certain artist or composition inspired them to pick up an instrument. I'm in this group. I play bass because I always wanted to be in a rock band, and my musician heroes are Chris Squire, John Entwistle, Paul McCartney, Ross Valory, and many others. But ultimately I'd have to say I'm not really a musician because of my total lack of skill. Rather, I don't have the skill to play the type of music I want to play (I'm more than adequate to play 90% of the stuff you hear on your local classic rock station).
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Hey Yesspaz!
Yeah, I picked up the bass because it had 4 strings and I thought it would be easier to learn!
Poor reason! Squire was one of my favs too! (Who ever heard of putting tremelo on a bass till Squire did it on Starship Trooper!) Love Jeff Berlin, Tony Levin, Baba Elefante and others. Also managed to learn a little keyboards, though I haven't gotten that good on either. I love writing and that's where the keys come in. I too wanted to be in a band, especially after all the bands my younger brother was in that I got to watch. My one and only band was in the early 80s when I rented a room from a drummer. He was the one who exposed me to prog. I ws into jazz/rock, he turned me on to Genesis, Gentle Giant, Mahavishnu, et al. Also helped me develop a feel for odd rhythms since 4/4 bored him! I was infected for life! We had a total of two gigs, and we had em dancin in 11/8! But with today's equipment, you can be in a virtual band. That's how we did much of the music on Giant for an Hour (in the Musical Suggestions forum). Maybe we can light some fires here too!