Hang Out and Post

[Hannah B.]

I am good at smacking my table and pretending they're drums.

You drummers are all the same! :laughingsmiley: All the drummers I've ever known do this all the time, it's hilarious.

 

I took classical guitar classes in high school for a couple of years. We used really nice guitars with nylon strings and read sheet music, it was quite fancy :rolleyes_anim: we played mostly music from Iceland, but once in a while our teacher would let us rock out and play some power chords, lol.

[Spritzie]

I really miss playing. Band was always my favorite class. That's where I had the most fun, and made most of my friends. I especially loved my summer band. We would practice like crazy, then travel doing performances. We performed in parades, at Air Force bases, county/state fairs, schools, etc. It was a blast. I miss those days.

 

And since my dad played when he was younger and still had his instruments, we used to do duets and such. And in middle school, in 7th, me and my friend Rachel entered a competition doing a flute duet. We won 1st. In 8th, me, Rachel, and Michelle (Rachel and I played flute, Michelle played baritone) entered, and we won 1st again.

 

And it was the same competitions my dad did when he was younger. He even gave me his old medals to put with mine.

[CAV of Gang Green]

Because I don't have actual drums (I pretty sure Guitar Hero doesn't count).

 

I forgot to say I'm a FANTASTIC singer, and none of that R&B or Hip Hop stuff. I sing rock, metal, and some easy listening. I sing best at Linkin Park songs, cause the lyrics are easy to learn. The only thing holding me back is I have stage fright.

[Divya Bean]

Nice CAV! You sure are modest. :laughingsmiley: Hahha. I dont know anybody with a really good voice except for this one girl. She has an AMAZING voice that she is already performing at the Kimmel Center (a huge perfermance place in Philadelphia). :woot:

[Wembly]

Wow, that is big. My brother just performed there and he said it was even nicer there than Carnige Hall.

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Ummmm wait a moment ummmmm uhhhhhh Cow?

[Divya Bean]

I was chosen to read a poem there. Wow. Now I am all proud of myself. :D

[Spritzie]

My best friend was an amazing singer. She could have pursued it, if she had chosen to. She actually entered a few radio contests and won all of them. It was kind of disgusting how good she was at music related things. She could dance really well, any kind. From country, to salsa. She was teaching herself guitar. She actually had an acoustic band for awhile, who's videos were on Youtube. But now she's married. :laughingsmiley:

[Wembly]

The only thing holding me back is I have stage fright.

Hehe, I read that as you have to cage fight and I was very much amused.

 

Ummmm wait a moment ummmmm uhhhhhh Cow?

Yeah, that happens sometimes. *watches as cow goes by playing the kazoo*

 

 

I was chosen to read a poem there. Wow. Now I am all proud of myself. :D

You should be. That's pretty sweet. Congratulations. :)

[Anisha]

I play the viola and the piano, but my main instrument is the clarinet. I am in love with it!!! I have like 5 auditions coming up within the next 2 months for clarinet bands/orchaestras/solos. I cant wait!!! :laughingsmiley:

Oh! I want to buy a Violin now. They look and sound so great. None in our family play Violin (and I don't think they are planning to) but I just love everything about it.

 

Yeah drums are pretty popular, its just that no ones parents can stand the noise. :laughingsmiley: So must people pick guitar.

Yeah. You are so right. I can imagine my mom's look when I am gonna play drum (which is, obviously, never going to happen). I love the rhythm of the drum beats. They sound pretty cool. But, again, drums are the only instrument that I doubt I can play.

But I can, sort of, play Tabla. It's an Indian instrument, obviously. You have to play it with bare hands. It's not thrashing and banging like they do in those drum sets. It's kind of a smoothing sound, yet fast.

 

My family is the same way. With my dad's parents, his dad was a band director for the US Navy, as well as a Colorado HS. My dad's mom got college scholarships for playing trumpet. My dad played Tuba, Baritone, and Trombone. My mom played violin. I played flute, piccolo, and Tenor Sax. My sister originally wanted to play clarinet, then drums, then guitar. So she ended up never doing anything. And now my husband, he plays piano and violin.

It's good to be from a musical family.

I usually played my Piano at Christmas Nights. Christmas is not much celebrated in India. But here in Goa, there are lots of Christians and some of them are my friends too. And I love the Christmas Karaoke. :laughingsmiley:

 

Just like when I was in Grade school/ Middle school, everyone wanted to play drums.

Oh well. :laughingsmiley: I would say most of the boys like to or would want to play Drums. They are kind of, you know, heavy instruments. And I think I am going to stick with my Piano and Guitar.

 

I forgot to say I'm a FANTASTIC singer, and none of that R&B or Hip Hop stuff. I sing rock, metal, and some easy listening. I sing best at Linkin Park songs, cause the lyrics are easy to learn. The only thing holding me back is I have stage fright.

Well, I like a male singer better than a female one. No offense to female singers (as I am myself one. Well, sort of). I don't know why. Maybe because they have a bold voice which I like the most.

[Hannah B.]

Well, I like a male singer better than a female one. No offense to female singers (as I am myself one. Well, sort of). I don't know why. Maybe because they have a bold voice which I like the most.

I agree with you, but in some cases a female singer can sound lovely, or better than lovely--just plain rockin' :laughingsmiley:

 

Take for example, Emily Haines from the band Metric. She can sound so awesome and intense in her work with Metric, yet in her solo stuff, she sings along with piano and other classical instruments and sounds so feminine and soft and soothing.

 

I also love Feist, and the lead singer from the now-defunct band Controller.Controller... pardon me for only mentioning Canadian female artists (and I left out Avril Lavigne on purpose :rolleyes_anim: lol)

[Anisha]

I agree with you, but in some cases a female singer can sound lovely, or better than lovely--just plain rockin' :laughingsmiley:

 

Take for example, Emily Haines from the band Metric. She can sound so badass and intense in her work with Metric, yet in her solo stuff, she sings along with piano and other classical instruments and sounds so feminine and soft and soothing.

 

I also love Feist, and the lead singer from the now-defunct band Controller.Controller... pardon me for only mentioning Canadian female artists (and I left out Avril Lavigne on purpose :rolleyes_anim: lol)

I have heard Metric a couple of times and I liked the female singer's voice, obviously. Amy Lee of Evanescence has a very nice, sort of bold voice.

And I have never heard Feist before. Is she good? I am going to check some songs of her right now. :laughingsmiley:

[Divya Bean]

Anisha, I love the Tabla! I love the sound it makes, not the hard metal-y sound drums make but a softer nicer more traditional sound. I am also learning the shanai (is that how you spell it?) which is the Indian clarinet/recorder. It is so hard to get a sound out of! :laughingsmiley:

[Anisha]

Anisha, I love the Tabla! I love the sound it makes, not the hard metal-y sound drums make but a softer nicer more traditional sound. I am also learning the shanai (is that how you spell it?) which is the Indian clarinet/recorder. It is so hard to get a sound out of! :laughingsmiley:

Oh, you mean Shehnai. :laughingsmiley: It's a very cute instrument. Learning Shehnai is very prestigious thing in India as it's getting rarer by days. Well, I have no plans of learning it right now. As I recently brought my guitar and have already learned a few chords. :laughingsmiley:

[Divya Bean]

Thanks for the spelling. Its prestigious, you say? Hmmm...Thats good. :laughingsmiley: You too! The guitar! What is our world coming to?! :rolleyes_anim:

[Anisha]

So true. It must be cool for you. I mean, you are learning an Indian instruments. And I bet you classmates know none of them! :laughingsmiley:

[Divya Bean]

Yeah...Probably not. They are as American as Americans can be! Except for the Chinese ones (there are many of them). I am the only Indian kid at my school of 1,200 kids! Can you believe that? :king:

[Anisha]

Wow! The only Indian? You are so lucky, you know. You must be very popular then. :laughingsmiley:

[Divya Bean]

I could be....but I am not because I am smart. The people in my school like the blone-blue eyed dumb girls and the guys who are bad. Sigh. But I am glad that I am not popular because being popular is a full time job.

[Anisha]

It happens in our school too. Only looks matter here. <_< Not even attitude.

Being popular is a headache. And I am NOT meaning to be too. But most of my friends are quite popular. Actually, they really won't be called friends. Classmates would be more preferable. Cheer-Leaders, basket ball players, soccer players and rock bands are only popular here. I am not a cheerleader and I am not even planning to. Basket Ball is an awesome game and I love it. But only one thing lacks in our school. We only have boys basket ball team. No girls allowed. I am not a soccer player, but we have a girls soccer team.

[Swim freak]

I'm in the school play right now :) and I think I'm a pretty good singer sicne I'm in choir and everything

[Tyler.]

I hate school plays.

I personally don't give a crap about what other people in my class think about me. The only reason I am willing to go to school is to actually learn. All my friends don't go to my school, anyways.

[Divya Bean]

Awww I am sorry Tyler. You must get sooo bored during class with no one to text under you desk. :D

[Wembly]

Haha, I don't know what we did before texting. Oh yeah thats right, we just passed notes, I suppose kids these day are more environmentally friendly? I'm not sure the circuitry waste from old cell phones is actually better than the cost of paper from trees though...

[Anisha]

Passing notes is a common thing. Everyone (well ... almost) does that.

 

I hate school plays.

I personally don't give a crap about what other people in my class think about me. The only reason I am willing to go to school is to actually learn. All my friends don't go to my school, anyways.

I totally agree with you. It's not necessary to have lot of friends revolving around you.

I believe 4 or 5 close friends will do. You know, the one you can share your thoughts and the one you can trust. I have 1 best friend and 3 extremely close friends, and that's enough for me.