What do you play? - Forums

Topic starter

Oct 1, 2016

Hello,
It seems to me a lot of imagers also have experience in music. I'm a drummer for the last 30 years, I can also play keyboards, trombone, and sousaphone not at a professional level.

Sagittarius_a

Oct 1, 2016

Hello

You seem to be a great musician

I play piano, and I like the idea of this group, it's interesting.

Hadrien

Scott

Topic starter

Oct 1, 2016

Welcome Hadrien,
Thought it might be a good topic. maybe put a few bands together. Never know.

Don Curry

Oct 8, 2016

30 years bass trombone, 5 years in a professional big band.

Josh Smith

Oct 8, 2016

Guitar, bass, trumpet, trombone, and piano here!

tempusfugitxxii

Oct 8, 2016

I play classical guitar and tenor saxophone.

KuriousGeorge

Oct 8, 2016

40 years piano.

Carastro

Oct 8, 2016

I've been an opera singer for most of my life having sung professionally for around 10 years. Still singing but not as vocally fit as I was in my younger days.

So my instrument is my voice.

Carole

Andre van der Hoeven

Oct 9, 2016

20 years of flute playing…

Heinz L

Oct 10, 2016 · Edited: Oct 14, 2016

Piano - I teach a lot and play some Concerts……
Greetings from Germany Heinz L.

Gabriel R. Santos (grsotnas)

Oct 14, 2016

I really liked this thread, great opportunity for the communtity to talk about other interests along astrophotographing!

As for me, I can play the piano, mostly. Can also improvise a bit on the keyboard…

Gabriel

David Goldstein

Oct 15, 2016

49 years on guitar. Build tube amps occasionally for myself and friends that gig. Played piano, but hand issues ended that.

rhedden

Oct 17, 2016

32 years playing cello…. about 8 times what I have devoted to astrophotography!

Riccardo A. Ballerini

Oct 17, 2016

Jazz piano player and conservatory teacher

Jeff Clayton

Oct 17, 2016

interesting thread. I play clarinet, saxophone and drums. mostly drums these days

Wes Chilton

Oct 18, 2016

I've been a drummer since about 1970… I've toured, been a studio musician and composer (mostly commercial). I have a masters in jazz comp from Berklee College of music in Boston (1991).

I don't pursue music professionally any longer, but I still play.

Daniel Nobre

Dec 9, 2016 · Edited: Dec 9, 2016

HI everybody! I´ tried to play very rookie-like keyboards…I love very much music and astrophotography…but unfortunately I decided to sell my beloved Tyros 4 to remain with my gear in Astrophotos! :-) … :-( ….

My Best regards, Daniel Nobre…

….please see my llittle play here, if you like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ie5_hOCBU

Annette & Holger

Dec 9, 2016

He plays the guitar and used to do so in a band (long time ago), and I play with people and my camera…

Michael J. Mangieri

Dec 13, 2016 · Edited: Dec 13, 2016

I play synthesizer (Roland Fantom X7), piano and accordion. I'm not all that great as a player but have two CDs (of my original compositions) out on CDBaby and iTunes (and other networks). Go by the name 'Epaphras'.

Well Written

AC1000

Dec 21, 2016 · Edited: Dec 24, 2016

I start playing guitar 45 years ago, mostly electric, favourite instrument is a Fender Squier Strat classic 50's,
played through a Fender Frontman amp, occasionally combined with a tube overdrive or digital delay.
Most preferred style is blues rock and psychedelic sound, sometimes played very loud in my cellar

Cheers, Harald

John Schnupp

Dec 22, 2016

I play the radio. Had piano lessons as a child but that was nearly 40 years ago. I got more serious about playing radio in high school when I joined the radio club and got my amateur radio license in 1980. de N3CNL.

Rick Breen

Jan 26, 2017 · Edited: Jan 26, 2017

When it's cloudy, I should be post-processing, but I'm usually playing my guitar.

I also play harmonica and keyboards. I tend to play blues/rock on Guitar, but on piano I play a sort-of impressionist style. I have a small recording studio and I'm always geeking out with music technology and synthesizers. I have a couple nice electric guitars and a beautiful Martin D16 acoustic, as well as several synthesizers and a Schimmel upright. I wrote software for a synthesizer company and worked on audio software for a couple music technology companies. These days I work in robotics which is very interesting, but not as much fun as music - though it pays better! I enjoy my Fender Deluxe Reverb tube amp, guitar pedals, and a newly acquired Line6 Helix multi-effects pedal - which is amazing.

It's great to read everyone's post and see so many who love music and astronomy!

-Rick

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dps603

May 20, 2017 · Edited: May 20, 2017

Keyboards, guitar , trumpet (well in years past I did), drums, I've been putsing around with the idea of getting a wind controller too.

In addition I have generally found astronomers (both amateur and professional) have an artistic eye, are nature lovers, love classical music, jazz and blues, for that matter any musical genre that's well performed, have talents in painting, general or landscape photography and literature along with logical thinking patterns. Generally have a centrist or left wing political stance (but not always…

A good balance between right and left brain activities but lean towards the right brain. Agree? Disagree??

Sigga

May 20, 2017

Mini Moog, Eurorack, Volcas, Novation Circuit, Moog Mother 32 x2 , many pedals, also piano and church organist.

Rick Breen

May 20, 2017

Dan: What you said is interesting, but finding any correlation to political views is pretty close to impossible, IMHO. People vary so much in background, environment, culture, education, taste, and aptitudes. Perhaps there's some correlation to education, but again, in the US it might be one way and in some other country, another way. I can barely draw a stick figure :-) but I do find musical capability common with people in science and engineering. Overall, I like to stay away from inferences and generalities about populations of people, as interesting as it might be. It is natural to want to find correlations, so I'm not saying you shouldn't.

Sigriour: I'm digging the gear you listed. I just bought the "mother of all guitar pedals", the Line 6 Helix. And I am waiting on a new Paramount and Planewave telescope. Looks like I need to work a lot of extra hours writing C++ the next couple years! (Actually, I saved up for all this, but it's a lot in one year).

The Paramount MX+ and PlaneWave CDK 12.5 should be here next week. I was so excited, I couldn't sleep last night. I am selling my AP Mach 1 and Edge 9.25.

Rick

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