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jritzmann said:I listen to just about anything. My favs are the Dixie Dregs, Dream Theater, Rainbow, Rik Emmett, Steve Morse, Judas Priest, Joe Satriani, Earl Klugh, Larry Carlton, Paganini, Liszt, and I know I'm forgetting more cuz I'm exhausted. But, Iron Maiden, thats *the* band for me, since like, 1980. I love Metal, but not the hair metal crap or this de-evolved stuff of today.
I've played guitar since I was 9 and thats probably influenced most of what I listen to.
David Biedny said:I LOVE Ableton Live, am enthralled with MetaSynth, adore Absynth, could not live without PSP Vintage Warmer and the Wave Arts MasterVerb and TrackPlug plugins.
Brian Now said:David Biedny said:I LOVE Ableton Live, am enthralled with MetaSynth, adore Absynth, could not live without PSP Vintage Warmer and the Wave Arts MasterVerb and TrackPlug plugins.
You like Ableton? Me too, I make music with it sans a keyboard right now. It's just me and that roll editor grid, with lots of plugins.
When/if I switch to Mac I would love to try Logic. Being a Mac person I am surprised you don't prefer that over Ableton. Is there a reason?
Gene Steinberg said:After all this, I'm reluctant to state that my musical instrument collection is minimal. All that's left right now is a Yamaha keyboard, seldom used, and my son's black Fender Strat and, of course, his violin. He doesn't use either right now, largely because his career paths have strayed towards writing rather than music. But he might pursue them again some day soon.
Me? Well, I might just go back to that guitar, since the instrument has been untouched for a while.
Musical tastes? Usual 1960s-1970s Classic rock: The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Moody Blues, etc.
But I also grew up hearing the 1950s crooners that my late brother preferred.
The Pair of Cats said:Great thread!
I have been listening to Velvet Revolver, lately (although i was never a Gn'R fan) but i also listen to Deep Purple, Seether, Nickelback, Metallica, Moody Blues, Foghat, Grinspoon, Cold Chisel, ACDC, The Angels and Wolfmother.
I have been playing Bass Guitar in bands for 20 years in and around my hometown and traveled tens of thousands of kilometres doing that which i love.
My Bass Rig is a Gallien Krueger 1001RB into a GK 410 SBX Quad and i also use
a Behringer 2X10 box for practising.
I have an Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray 4 string and a G&L SB-1 4 string.
Oh dude, I'm sure of it. We are gear sluts! Case in point: A few weeks ago I spent a considerable amount of money for an authentic African gourd shaker. When I showed it to my wife and she said "HOW MUCH????" is was hoping for an alien abduction pronto!David Biedny said:Ondafritz... that's a heavy list!
I won't even try to do a similar one here... it'll take up pages! LOL!
Some other bands/musicians I really like, that I didn't include in the previous post:
Todd Rundgren/Utopia (I've attended many a wild party at Rundgren's former Marin county home, good, good times), Stevie Ray Vaughn, Prince, Cream (otherwise, I absolutely DETEST Clapton), PM Dawn, King Missile, Cake, Midget Handjob (the album: Midnight Snack Break at the Poodle Factory, and NO, I am not making this up, click on the link, I love this album), King's X, Beck, Diamanda Galas, and Jeff Ritzmann's punk band, JesusNiggahChunk.
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