Re: Hello guitar and bass players
  By: mark lewis to Jesse Lawrence on Thu May 15 2014 10:50 am

 > 
 > welcome to the echo, jesse!
 > 

Thank you kindly!  Glad to be here :)  I'll try to respond a little more 
quickly and maybe we can generate some discussion here.

 > 
 > years and years ago, in my early teens, we used to skip school and go to a
 > friend's house where he had a room with instruments and a small PA... someti
 > i'd pick up the sticks and try to keep a decent beat on the drums (four
 > uprights, a bass, and at least 4 different cymbal sets) while other times i
 > might grab one of the guitars or basses and goof around with them...
 > 
 > we were all just messing around but several of the guys were pretty good and
 > helpful in offering some suggestions on the various instruments... i was,
 > however, mostly into keyboards and the winds... bugle (in the scouts), trump
 > sax, and my sister's flute (which she hated when i'd pick it up and play
 > something that she was having troubles with)... i was only formally trained 
 > the piano, trumpet, and sax but only for about six to eight years or so...
 > 

Sounds like you guys had lots of fun.  I used to do similar things with my 
time when I was in (or rather supposed to be in!) highschool. 
 
 > i'm sure there are... the trick is getting them to join the area and start
 > writing messages ;)
 >

Ah, the plight of the enthusiastic sysop ;)  "This is really great, but where 
is everybody?" 

Maybe I'll start reporting my musical/bassist exploits here.  I'm currently 
starting to look for other musicians to play with, and get into some gigging.
Wish me luck!

Cheers,

Jesse Lawrence (jlawr)
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