Still very curious about the demographics of Lemmy :3

  • Rhoeri@piefed.worldEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    Group/session/live bassist of over 30+ years as well as having been a studio songwriter that’s worked with orchestras.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    Guitar. Been playing for close to 35 years now, and I’m half decent. I also play bass, but I consider myself a beginner.

    And I was pretty good at trumpet when I was a kid, but I haven’t played since I was 16.

    • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vipEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      anyone can play bass! nobody can be good at bass unless you’re one of those guys

      claypool, wooten, etc lolol

      just kidding

      anyways wanna start a ska band?

      • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
        5·
        10 days ago

        I was noodling around on the bass yesterday, and one of my kids asked me to play Master of Puppets. So I did what any guitarist would in that situation: I just played the guitar riff on the bass, as I don’t remember the actual bassline. But it sounded pretty good. Had to use a pick, though.

        The first part of starting a ska band is having difficulties keeping a band together, so naturally I would have to say No.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      10 days ago

      I learnt the recorder to get out of having to sing/pray, frequently got told off because I wasn’t doing it loud enough. Well over a decade later I can still remember “miss! miss!! he wasn’t singing/praying!” which resulted in the teacher yelling at me for a while.

      The music corner was more hidden away and the recorder was my way in.

  • FenderStratocaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    10 days ago

    I play guitar. I have 15 now I think. I’m reasonably good, but every time you think you are good there is someone who is somehow 1000 fold better. I am not one to care to much about shredding ability. I’m more of a songwriter and entertainer.

    I also play bass, harmonica, piano, jaw harp, but I suck big time at drums. I also have a stylophone that I play with for fun and write little melodies.

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    10 days ago

    I spent a couple decades as a professional musician, and so I learned my way around a lot of instruments. I’d say bass is my best though - it’s absolutely my favorite. I’m not Thundercat but I’ll lay down rock grooves for you all week long.

  • CobblerScholar@lemmy.world
    9·
    10 days ago

    Can play most brass instruments its just been a very long time since I’ve picked most of them up. Usually just Trombone when I get the fancy since I still have mine from high-school

  • marighost@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    I play drums mostly as a way to exercise. I like to think I’m decent, but nowhere near good enough to play for people.

  • cv_octavio@piefed.caEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    Modular synths for me. I built a “Synthcase” out of an old antique suitcase in 2025. Now I’m learning to tease signal from noise.

  • Demonmariner@lemmy.world
    7·
    10 days ago

    Viola, with proficiency somewhere between beginner and just plain bad. But it’s still fun (for a given value of"fun").

  • anon6789@lemmy.world
    6·
    10 days ago

    I started with guitar, then bass, then piano.

    Guitar over only really played for fun with other people. I’ve played bass in 3 bands, 2 of those publicly. Piano I’ve played solo at recitals and publicly a few times as part of an ensemble group. Guitar and bass were self taught, so I plateaued early on, but I take piano lessons now. I also have a sampler/drum machine I play around with and use to make backing tracks to practice the other instruments.

    I’m not very good at any of them in my own opinion, but it doesn’t take much to have fun. I think it’s harder to be good alone than playing with other people, though as an introvert, it’s hard to get over the initial hump of getting together with people.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    Vocal Chords: Expert

    Ocarina: Pretty good.

    Harmonica: Decent.

    Piano: Amateur.

    Guitar: I can pluck strings and make it go “twang!”

    Honorable mention to the mouth harp; I am not sure how you can be good or bad at it.