# Role Call for Musicians on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945 "2000-10-14T23:59:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/21 "2000-10-15T04:11:09Z")
Mr. Dumbass Ad Noctum here plays Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Acoustic Guitar Drums and next year will belong to an Internationally Known A Capella Choir šŸ™‚ P.S. [HIJACK] all you bassists out there, this is the most complete, best BASS TAB website Iā€™ve found [/HIJACK] ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/22 "2000-10-15T04:13:19Z")
Iā€™m a Frigginā€™ SMART ONE! [http://www.mxtabs.net/basstabs.shtml](http://www.mxtabs.net/basstabs.shtml) is the websiteā€¦ Good God I think that is the spaciest thing I have done todayā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/23 "2000-10-15T04:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > \*\* > Is it PC to call a mouth harp a Jewā€™s Harp? > > I really donā€™t know. Hope I donā€™t offend anyone with that, itā€™s just what Iā€™ve always heard them called. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/24 "2000-10-15T04:40:19Z")
Another violinist here, although nowadays I just control the mikes when we go karaoke. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/25 "2000-10-15T05:09:36Z")
I am Lord of the Kazoo. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/26 "2000-10-15T05:12:45Z")
I play trumpet in the same marching band tuerca8 is in. I can also play some trombone, baritone, and guitar. Nowhere near as talented as some people, but good enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/27 "2000-10-15T05:52:17Z")
Well I only posted a few words earlier, Iā€™ll explain more: Iā€™m a self taught and formally taught guitarist. I play electric, acoustic and classical guitar. One of my teachers was a student of Eric Johnson, and the other was a student of Joe Satriani. My style, interestingly enough, is prolly closest to that of Steve Vai. I have performed live with a band and solo. However, the past year or so I have been reclusive with my playing. Spending lots of time by myself composing, recording, working with drum machines and effects processors. I write a song every few days: it might be jazz, fusion, funk, rock, metal, country, classical, folk or intermingling different combinations of these types of music. Anyways, I love music and I love the guitarā€“Itā€™s like my own personal artistic launching pad. Maybe someday yall will hear me all over the radio, then I can brag about it here šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Neil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/839c29/32.png) [@Neil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neil)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/28 "2000-10-15T06:06:18Z")
I play bass trombone. I also played euphonium in the Glassmen Drum & Bugle Corps this past summer. If I had some more time, Iā€™d kind of like to learn bass, but Iā€™m not sure I could get someone to teach me. -Neil ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/29 "2000-10-15T07:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by orion007 \* > \*\*Cool you play bass too? I play electric and acousticā€¦ they both kick major ass. What do you play? \*\* Hey there **orion**. Nice to hear there are more bass players on the boards. I play a Fender Precision 4-string, mostly. Though, Iā€™m looking into getting an Ernie Ball Music Man 5-string. I want to get an acoustic (tried it and loved it), but Iā€™ve got to shop around first. Now, as to what kind of music I playā€¦a lot of different stuff. I like pretty much any music except country, and any bass style I hear I immediately want to play. So, I play funk (a lot of this lately), punk, ska, jazz (one of the main reasons I want a stand-up), heavy metal, rap-metal, rock, pop, hard core/thrash, folk. Also, I have a couple of friends that are really good guitar players, so theyā€™ll tell me songs to learn for when we jam. Then thereā€™s my own stuff, which doesnā€™t really fit well into a category. It ranges from hard core, to rock, to lullabyes. I write quite a bit. Since **Ad Noctum** chimed in with his fav Bass Tab web site, I though I might throw out a couple. [Bass Tab Archive](http://www.basstabarchive.com/) Huge; all styles of music. Iā€™ve written tabs for them, actually. If the band has bass in it, youā€™ll find them here. [Talk Bass.com](http://www.talkbass.com/) Another huge bass place. 'Cept, they also have articles and the like. I would also suggest Punk Guitar Archive, but they seem to be down right now. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/30 "2000-10-15T13:18:08Z")
What choir are you joining? There are probably MN Dopers who would like to hear you sing. I know imthjckaz and I would probably try to come if it werenā€™t too far, and Iā€™ll bet sandyr would come with us if we could work it all out. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/31 "2000-10-15T16:27:12Z")
First off, not to be picky, but youā€™re calling the ROLL. I play tuba, bass, euphonium pretty okay. Also mess around with trombone, flugelhorn, harmonica. Sing a little. Played a lot of percussion too. As for genres/styles, I like and have played most everything, but love jazz the most and the best. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/32 "2000-10-15T16:36:43Z")
Alrighty, Iā€™ll check in. Iā€™ve played piano for 11 years, and itā€™s my primary instrument. Almost all classical, though, and I really canā€™t improvise or play by ear. Thatā€™s the problem with classical, is that itā€™s all sheet music, and I havenā€™t gotten a good enough grasp of chord progressions and such. I really wanna take jazz lessons, but donā€™t know if Iā€™d have time. Next to that, I just started playing harmonica, which Iā€™m self taught on and canā€™t play more than a few diddies on. Right now Iā€™m working on bending notes, and having a bitch of a time. Oh, yeah, you can add me to the list of electric bass players, though Iā€™m in the same boat as with harmonica: beginner, and having trouble with the self-teaching. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/33 "2000-10-15T17:46:57Z")
Veteran singer, beginning guitar student, dabble a bit on piano and flute. Played grand marimba in the high school band. ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/34 "2000-10-15T17:52:23Z")
I try to play trumpet, but Iā€™ve lost an entire octave since my junior year of high school. Marching band and pep band, I canā€™t wait for basketball to start. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/35 "2000-10-15T17:52:55Z")
I play drums. Been in a couple of bands (rock, mostly), but nothing more than just jamming and messing around. I was in a marching band for 2 years, and learned a valuable lesson: If you drop a drumstick during a parade, donā€™t stop to pick it up, especially if the woodwinds are right behind you staring intently at their music. Makes for a nice little pile-up, and earned me the name ā€œFumble Fingersā€. I play a little acoustic guitar, but nothing to brag about. Trying to play more jazz type stuff. I tried to teach myself the clarinet, but the only thing I can manage to do is get spit pouring out the bell end. ---
**Author:** ![Sakura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sakura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sakura)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/36 "2000-10-15T18:06:39Z")
Iā€™m a vocalist. (1st or 2nd soprano. Still finding out which. Jeez, puberty sucks!) I take weekly voice lessons with a wonderful teacher. Iā€™m also in my school chorus and am praying that I get into All County Chorus this year. Itā€™ll never happen though, 'cause I canā€™t sight read! I can also play ā€œHot Cross Bunsā€ without much confidence on the recorder. 3rd grade music education. Where would we be without it? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/37 "2000-10-15T18:38:16Z")
I play the tenor saxophone, flute, tuba, and piano, currently. I used to play pipe organs in churches. I have recorders in the house, from sopranino down through bass (not going to count those, because anyone who can figure out how to play the sax or the flute should be able to master the recorder). My 10-year-old daughter is taking trumpet now, and I seem to be getting my chops back on that, much to her disgust. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/38 "2000-10-15T19:30:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*I play the tenor saxophone, flute, tuba, and piano, currently. > > I used to play pipe organs in churches. > > I have recorders in the house, from sopranino down through bass (not going to count those, because anyone who can figure out how to play the sax or the flute should be able to master the recorder). > > My 10-year-old daughter is taking trumpet now, and I seem to be getting my chops back on that, much to her disgust. \*\* So you donā€™t play, um, the ukulele? ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/39 "2000-10-15T20:16:25Z")
Brass is definitely the bestā€¦weā€™ve got TubaDiva! ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945/40 "2000-10-15T20:32:13Z")
Spiderwoman & SaNdYr~~ I will be joining (if all goes well) the Brainerd Senior High A Capella choir, in the past 4 years, they have been invited to France, Italy, Hawaii, and other exotic nations, so much travelling done by me, just because I can singā€¦ this is gonna be great šŸ˜‰ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-call-for-musicians-on-the-sdmb/36945.md?page=3)