Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:24 am
Hi everyone. My name is Réal. My story goes like this:
I had a couple of years of classical piano as a kid. As a teenager, I got hooked by the music of Jethro Tull, got a flute, played some for a while, but that was just a trip, I was never all that motivated at that age.
Although I never played much instruments (besides the above, which almost does not count), music was always a great part of my life. I was a rock DJ for 12 years. I also had the immense opportunity to brush shoulders with many many of the greats of the rock/progressive scene of the late 70's, being a photographer for a local Rock newspaper, with backstage passes for all the shows. A few of my pictures got awarded, and I used to make album covers and posters for local bands trying to make it big.
I was a professional photographer for fifteen years of so, recycling myself into computer programming when photography went tough business wise. But work is accessory to the good life I think.
Although there are lots of great music (and musicians) out there, I was always focused mainly on Keith Emerson's music, the Moog sound, and acoustic Jethro Tull, both of which I saw live a countless number of times. Honorable mentions here go to : Gentle Giant, PFM, Happy the man and Triumvirat (which I am getting to play quite nicely). Oh yeah, forgot to mention Zappa.
Last fall, I walked into a music store, thinking about giving my young son the gift of music, bought a small Yamaha keyboard. The son didn't catch on all this much, but dad was hooked. That's probably my only regret in life : why didn't I do that earlier? A little bit awkward when I think I have been playing keyboard hero in my head for some 35 years.
If last fall was synth season for me, late winter and spring were guitar seasons. Now that I got all this stuff, i don't let it collect dust. There are very few minutes in a day where I don't practice an instrument. I don't consider myself particularly gifted, but luckily, i don't totally stink either. Keyboards come more naturally to me than guitars, where i find myself struggling to keep pace, but I have been at it only a few months, and my progresses are quite good my guitar teacher tells me.
I don't have any performing goals, the most important thing is I am having a ball. But there are three dreams I cherish :
1- Find myself a (mint if at all possible) Minimoog Model D
2- Make my own homebrew interpretation and recording of KE's Abaddon's bolero.
3- Play acoustic Tull on guitar. I already play Nursie quite well
That's it, in a nutshell.
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LP StageII/CP251/DS Mopho/Nord Rack2x/Alesis Micron/Blofeld/SH201/Kurzweil K2500X/Guild guitars/Epiphone LP-SG/Fender Geddy Lee Jazzbass/Dean Edge 6 bass
I had a couple of years of classical piano as a kid. As a teenager, I got hooked by the music of Jethro Tull, got a flute, played some for a while, but that was just a trip, I was never all that motivated at that age.
Although I never played much instruments (besides the above, which almost does not count), music was always a great part of my life. I was a rock DJ for 12 years. I also had the immense opportunity to brush shoulders with many many of the greats of the rock/progressive scene of the late 70's, being a photographer for a local Rock newspaper, with backstage passes for all the shows. A few of my pictures got awarded, and I used to make album covers and posters for local bands trying to make it big.
I was a professional photographer for fifteen years of so, recycling myself into computer programming when photography went tough business wise. But work is accessory to the good life I think.
Although there are lots of great music (and musicians) out there, I was always focused mainly on Keith Emerson's music, the Moog sound, and acoustic Jethro Tull, both of which I saw live a countless number of times. Honorable mentions here go to : Gentle Giant, PFM, Happy the man and Triumvirat (which I am getting to play quite nicely). Oh yeah, forgot to mention Zappa.
Last fall, I walked into a music store, thinking about giving my young son the gift of music, bought a small Yamaha keyboard. The son didn't catch on all this much, but dad was hooked. That's probably my only regret in life : why didn't I do that earlier? A little bit awkward when I think I have been playing keyboard hero in my head for some 35 years.
If last fall was synth season for me, late winter and spring were guitar seasons. Now that I got all this stuff, i don't let it collect dust. There are very few minutes in a day where I don't practice an instrument. I don't consider myself particularly gifted, but luckily, i don't totally stink either. Keyboards come more naturally to me than guitars, where i find myself struggling to keep pace, but I have been at it only a few months, and my progresses are quite good my guitar teacher tells me.
I don't have any performing goals, the most important thing is I am having a ball. But there are three dreams I cherish :
1- Find myself a (mint if at all possible) Minimoog Model D
2- Make my own homebrew interpretation and recording of KE's Abaddon's bolero.
3- Play acoustic Tull on guitar. I already play Nursie quite well
That's it, in a nutshell.
_______________________________________
LP StageII/CP251/DS Mopho/Nord Rack2x/Alesis Micron/Blofeld/SH201/Kurzweil K2500X/Guild guitars/Epiphone LP-SG/Fender Geddy Lee Jazzbass/Dean Edge 6 bass
