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How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:23 pm
by RhythmMan-2
I've been playing for 45 years.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 2:24 pm
by RhythmMan-2
Oh, gee, sorry older folks; I forgot an option for over 50 years.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:21 pm
by schmedidiah
Since 89, but then again, someone here keeps telling me to practice so I can get good. :lol:

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 7:17 pm
by Cajundaddy
Since 1967 so 51 years. :shock:

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:06 am
by J-HALEY
You got me beat Cajundaddy I started in 1969.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 4:06 am
by RhythmMan-2
There's a lot of playing experience, here.
How many songs have you guys written?

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 1:44 pm
by GuitarMikeB
RhythmMan-2 wrote:There's a lot of playing experience, here.
How many songs have you guys written?


People keep count? 5 albums of songs published/released, plus a few non-album songs on my Bandcamp page. Plus dozens of songs either 1) not recorded, or 2) not released, or 3) not completed.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 3:52 pm
by Planetguy
"songs written"?????

never thought to count. been playing about 47 yrs. and writing just about that long. i've written way more songs than i could count on one hand and way less than there are stars.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:48 pm
by MikeTalbot
Been playing since I provided musical accompaniment for the Red Sea Crossing. The one sponsored by some cat named Moses.

Have no idea how many songs I've written but plenty for sure. One of my first and most un-lauded attempts at that was called "Paramecium blues...and mine." I thought it was pretty nifty though, from the bacterial point of view: "Is that God lookin' down on me, or is just a great big eye?" 8)

Lost a lot of songs and stories in the "Catastrophe of '94" where I got drunk, decided I was a failure and burned everything I could find. I got over it. Sadly i can remember just snippet of one of my favorites from the Hollywood adventure called "Risen.'" It was based on a homeless drug addict I encountered:

"She always has her makeup on, though her lipstick's smeared some times...
She's keepin' up appearances for no one, sleepin' on the ground.
but a hunchback's not a very good pillow..."

Talbot

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:43 pm
by Ancient Vegan
I'm a drum player who thinks he can play guitar but I only play piano

I've been playing a long time, and the amount of songs I've wrote, a bunch

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 4:57 pm
by Cajundaddy
Songs written? Probably a couple dozen, mostly forgettable. I am no poet and my contribution has always been more musical. We did have a handful of songs recorded back in the 80s that would probably still stand up today. That was the "record deal missed". Young musicians in our 20s who each brought a lot of talent but couldn't get our act together.

C'est la vie.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:01 pm
by Planetguy
C-Daddy. I'm like you. I've written some (very weak) lyrics but primarily I'm a "music" guy.

MikeTalbot wrote:Been playing since I provided musical accompaniment for the Red Sea Crossing. The one sponsored by some cat named Moses.


LOL....always love reading your writing Mike....you have as they say...a way w words! Paramecium Blues, GREAT concept, I love it. You need to find an old recording or do up a new one.

Re: How long have youbeen playing?

PostPosted: Sat Dec 01, 2018 5:46 pm
by RhythmMan-2
GuitarMikeB wrote:
RhythmMan-2 wrote:There's a lot of playing experience, here.
How many songs have you guys written?


People keep count? 5 albums of songs published/released, plus a few non-album songs on my Bandcamp page. Plus dozens of songs either 1) not recorded, or 2) not released, or 3) not completed.

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Yeah - that really hits home: "Dozens of songs not recorded."