posted January 05, 2014 11:58 PM            

I played Saxophone in grade school. Guitar all my life, but mostly to accompany myself in Singing.

I Love to Sing!

Played around with a Mandolin, learned that the tuning is the same for Banjo, Violin & Mandolin.

The sound of a Mandolin just sends me...

When I was trying to find out about my family's lineage in Masonic, Shriner & Scottish Rite, I found not only Masonic Records, but pictures of an old Hammered Dulcimer that they purchased on the boat that brought them from County Down to America.

We still have it in my family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmroX2i1rw

posted January 06, 2014 08:53 AM            

I can play some guitar. I even wrote a song for a crush at one point.

posted January 06, 2014 03:22 PM            

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Originally posted by scorpio17:
That's cool. I like it when people can play an instrument. A long time ago I took a few piano lessons. I don't have a piano. And i don't have time at the mo to practice. So the answer is no I do not play an instrument. Buth I certainly dream about it....and in my dreams I sing beautifully to... .

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Maybe one day it will happen? You never know!

posted January 06, 2014 06:31 PM            

Taught myself how to play (classical) piano while I was a teen.... Took a musicality test at university and they rated me as an Intermediate Level student-- but I didn't know anything about how to practice basic scales. (That was a funny story I passed along under a different topic here at LLC2.0)

Taught myself how to play guitar (chords only) -- way too bashful to play and sing in front of people. (Any kind!) Okay, once I sang for a boyfriend and I made him cry (~heh, was good enough for him awwww) (Folk songs, 70s era)... (My voice fits well with stringed acoustic type instruments.)

posted January 06, 2014 08:25 PM            

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posted January 07, 2014 06:55 AM            

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Originally posted by Ellynlvx:
You write lyrics?

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posted January 08, 2014 05:29 PM            

killer.

posted January 09, 2014 08:29 AM            

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Originally posted by T:
saw this today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXwPSbtzN8

killer.

I havent picked up a guitar or owned one in years.

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posted January 09, 2014 12:39 PM            

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Originally posted by Catalina:
Guitar and piano. I dabbled in violin, harp and flute as a kid - violin is harder than guitar, Randall! I sing and used to write and arrange music but got tired of the controlling behaviour of record companies and producers, so only for private pleasure now.

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Yes, violin is much harder. I think guitar is easier than piano, too, but my guitar teacher says it is one of the harder instruments. I don't see it but that is his opinion, I guess.

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posted January 09, 2014 01:04 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Piano is probably the hardest.

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I don't think so at all, Randall. I have played since I was a little girl. The violin seems like you have so much more to do than a piano.
I have always been in awe of people playing the violin.

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posted January 09, 2014 08:12 PM            

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Guitar and piano. I dabbled in violin, harp and flute as a kid - violin is harder than guitar, Randall! I sing and used to write and arrange music but got tired of the controlling behaviour of record companies and producers, so only for private pleasure now.

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Now you can do it all on your own...if you know how. I know how, but I still haven't tried yet. I'm overly perfectionist, and as I'm the one doing all the composing and recording, it takes a fair amount of time. Basically, the steps I'll take if I ever have an album-worth of music together is:

1. Register with BMI or ASCAP or some other music royalty tracker. You get to register as both the songwriter and publisher. It's more costly, but there are also more potential royalties.

2. Go to Create Space to work out your CD and MP3 distribution on Amazon. It's essentially free to you to set-up. You send in your music and artwork, and then you and they sell it for prices you determine. They have some absolute costs per disc, which you would take into account when setting your price, but you don't pay anything up front except for maybe your proof copy ($5 + shipping).

3. Suggest your music to Pandora (the requirement is that you have a physical CD available on Amazon last I checked). Add your own music to your Pandora station (if they ever accept it).

4. Promote.

I haven't checked out Spotify very much, but that might also be a good venue to get your music on as they are currently trying to take over internet radio, and the audience is international.

posted January 10, 2014 02:10 PM            

Seems like if you put it up anywhere or anyway on the computer it would have that potential.