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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