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pete from Hull
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My other interest in life
« on: Dec 13th, 2007, 12:08am » |
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Just got myself a Yamaha Tyros 2 keyboard, 
ABSOLUTELY brilliant peice of kit, anyone else got musical interests?
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #1 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 9:24am » |
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No none whatsoever.... I like the Sex Pistols!!
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pete from Hull
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #2 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 9:56am » |
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on Dec 13th, 2007, 9:24am, Baz wrote:| No none whatsoever.... I like the Sex Pistols!! |
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Not interested in music then Baz? 
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #3 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 10:56am » |
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music is a massive part of my life, unfortunately i cant play a single instrument.
p.s. the pistols are brill.....
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joe-satch
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #4 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 11:53am » |
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hi,best band is LED ZEPPELIN, best guitarist now is JOE SATRIANI.
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Tons_of_fun
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #5 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 1:54pm » |
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My Ibanez 777 (7 string) guitar & my DAT machine  .Hey satch....Surfing with the alien or flying in a blue dream ? ? ?
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #6 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 9:37pm » |
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I play 'Air guitar'
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #7 on: Dec 13th, 2007, 10:55pm » |
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Joe,
did you see the guys being interviewed on Sky News that had been at the concert at the O2? one had paid £100.00 for his ticket and another had paid face value. Both had bought them outside the donme just before the start!! 
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #8 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 2:50am » |
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I've been known to thrash out a few power chords & heat the fretboard up in the past  ....
....'78 Hamer Standard Custom (handbuilt), & '84 Fender Strat
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pete from Hull
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #9 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 9:20am » |
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I have found this site which I found very interesting, I'm sure there will be others on the forum who will be interested as well so here it is.....
http://www.dandmbr.co.uk/tyros2/
look at his OTHER interest...
Enjoy...
Pete
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #11 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 1:31pm » |
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hi tons of fun and baz,
well flying in a blue dream is very good...joe is a excellant guitarist anyway...seen him many times...baz...yes i saw that..i never went to 02...but i did meet john paul jones led zep bass player..at a joe satriani concert at the shepards bush empire a few years ago..we chatted for a while..and he is a real gent...my daughter was with me at the time..
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #12 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 6:31pm » |
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I do like spanking the plank..................but's that's another story. 
As for my guitars, and I'll have to stop buying them as you can only play one at a time.
I've got a 1965 Gibson SG Special.
2002 Gibson SG Special ( Pete Townshend Signature Model )
Epiphone Dot 335
Epiphone Les Paul Junior
Epiphone EB1 Violin Bass
Fender Acoustic
5 String Banjo
Various Harmonicas
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #13 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 6:40pm » |
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Mr Floppy ....a '65 SG special ?...
That must be a very special guitar
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #14 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 7:48pm » |
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still got my mam,s jews harp, (some of you will be saying" wots one of them")
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #15 on: Dec 14th, 2007, 10:11pm » |
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on Dec 14th, 2007, 9:30am, peteHull wrote:
Also been known to play 'Air keyboard' and 'Air drums' too - had to give the drums up as the wife said they took up too much room...
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #16 on: Dec 15th, 2007, 12:01am » |
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Guys. Unlike my food which I like fresh, I prefer my music ready made, either on these little 5" shiny silver discs or these big black wonky ones which spin around and get scratched by a glorified diamond-enctrusted nail on a chrome scaffold pole.
However, I do a great impression of the didgeridoo on an old radiator bottom hose
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #17 on: Dec 15th, 2007, 4:17am » |
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If anyone is interested....music used to be my life & not just my interest in life
Ever since I got my first guitar at 14, I wanted to work in the music industry. So when I left school at 16 I did a YTS sound engineering course & became a sound engineer in a small Essex recording studio....& was studio manager by the time I was 19 
But all I really wanted to do was play guitar for a living ...that's what I told my careers master at school & he looked at me blankly & gave me a Marconi application form 
The local band I was in was okay but was never gonna go anywhere ......
...Eventually I got a decent band going & did some gigs, recorded some demos, did more gigs, got a management deal, went on tour, did more demos, got a couple of full UK tours supporting signed bands, got good write ups in Kerrang/Sounds etc, got record label interest, became resident support band at the Marquee (when it was in Charing Cross Rd), went on tour again & finally got a deal with a small record label in 1989.
Spent 4 weeks in a residential recording studio in Eastbourne in early 1990 with a producer who had previously produced Thin Lizzy & Marillion (to name but a few) & then....the day we finished mixing the album....the record company turned 'round & said...."sorry everyone, we can't afford to pay for all this recording/production etc 'cos we're now in the hands of the receiver" ......off walks the producer, the studio keeps the tapes & threatens to destroy them unless they get paid....EMI are interested but want the album remixed, but are not prepared to pay for the original recording studio costs (skinflints)  ....so small record company goes into receivership & band is classed as an asset of the company, so cannot be signed by any other record company unless they want to pay off all studio & producer costs.....no interest anymore & master tapes of 4 weeks recording are duely rubbed by studio .... 
The band carried on for a couple more years, even released a self financed 12", 4 track EP. But for some reason it never happened again, probably 'cos people & press thought we were has-beens & just lost interest... if only they knew the truth 
I eventually, after playing in a few other bands became so disillutioned with music & the whole industry that I didn't want anything more to do with it & realised that it was just a totally contrived & corrupt industry that strives to manipulate & dupe not just the artist, but the audience too.....& it's full of drugs
So next time someone asks me why I became a cab driver, I'll say "Is this gonna be a long journey then ?"
P.S....Another reason I gave up music is because I never made a penny out of it...it actually cost me money
The only time I ever made any money out of music was when a guy I used to work with at the recording studio phoned me up one day & asked if I was interested in doing some session work.
I Did two tracks in one afternoon with him & got royalty cheques for 6 years for the stuff being used on TV all over the world
Pete mate, this is your fault I've poured my musical heart out ...........for starting a post about musical interests in life
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #18 on: Dec 15th, 2007, 1:35pm » |
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Indeed Johnnycab, the music industry is a fickle business.
While people like Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse and James Blunt are ( undeserved IMO ) millionaires on the strength of just one or two albums, hard working artists and bands that have trod the boards for yonks can't get a look in because these X Factor sressot get all the record deals.
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pete from Hull
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Re: My other interest in life
« Reply #19 on: Dec 15th, 2007, 1:55pm » |
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JC,
What do you mean by making my wife cry? She's sobbing her heart out here and there's no consoling her after she read your musical experiences, I'm only just managing to hold back the tears...... 
No, really, it is a very interesting background you have there, and as I read it I was thinking about how the cut throat industry works, it brings to mind all the stories of people who have come on hard times persuing a career in music. Many Have are succeeding and many are still striving to get in on the way of life, I think of all those who perform to the Simon cowels of this world (a typical example of someone getting "Rich" at others expense) I also think of those who have got into the drugs scene etc only to ruin (or lose) their life.
Sad isn't it..
My musical ability stems from when my dad gave me a mouth organ at about 7 years old, I sat on the stairs for hours and taugh myself to play "God save the gratious queen" I think this was probably the seed....
I spent many a night in the pub playing the gobiron and getting everybody singing roll out the barrel etc (cost me an arm and a leg). After that I didn't bother anymore until back in the seventies when I got an old harmonium and started to pump the bellows on that for a while, I had a mate who came down one day, he turned out to have a Yamaha organ and so he more or less helped me with a few chords etc and got me very interested in keyboards.
I bought a Hammond 123j2 which I managed to make satifactory progress on.... THEN, the Technics G7 was introduced to me, I went to see it at the local music store where I fell deeply in love with it, but alas, I couldn't afford it at 5 grand..... Soon after that I did buy the Technics E55 at 3 grand (on the knock) took me ages to pay it off. This instrument really did bring me along, had it for years before trading it in for a Rolan E20 which I still have along with 4 various other keyboards, a Korg 05/RW synth module etc etc
I used to go to all the demo's and organ shows, I even used to play at a local nightclub (full of blue rinses) on a Thursday night (for beer) I must've been mad cos I used to load up the Technics (after folding it down) in my Wartburg Estate and take it all the way to the club, set it up and play it for a couple of hours, couldn't have much beer as I had to drive it home again afterwards.. (the things we do''')
Oh well, that's about the size of my commecial music career, I only play for my own enjoyment, I find that it is by far the BEST way to unwind and forget about All the things that I find to moan about.... keeps the Victor Meldrew aproach at bay so to say.
Anyway, back to you.... I did find your story very interesting, was your band well known then, I would like to hear more about it..... if you have time.
Pete
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