So assuming any of us are looking for someone to replace their computerized sounds. Or add a neat instrument to an idea in our head. Who here does what sort of instruments?
I crapily play ukulele, pretty crap vocals, and do even crapier keyboards (with an awesome ROLI Seaboard keyboard). And thinking of adding crapy sounding tambourine to my skill set.
I would love to know what everybody around here does well. Iām just going to place my full resume here, and I hope more people do too. Some of these are pretty old, but I donāt think Iāve progressed much in my playing ability over the past few years.
I can play piano and do orchestration. My favorite thing to do is add orchestration to existing songs. Iām pretty mediocre at at guitar, bass and drums, but play enough to get by if I have to.
Metal with orchestration
Just orchestration
More Orchestration
More orchestration
I played bass on this
Played everything on this (drums are programmed)
Same as above
Same as above (drums programmed, not me singing)
Oh, and I consider myself a very proficient opera singer when it comes to topics that are close to my heart.
Guitarist first. I can play some pretty decent bass. āAdequateā vocalist (whatever that means). Can find my way around drums and record a reasonable part (with a good bit of help from my DAW).
Iām a terrible keyboard player - thank goodness for midi. My sister is a brilliant pianist, so I never even tried - I should have
I can do a half good rock vocal and been playing blues harp for 20 years, Not set up here for recording but could sort that out if needs be .ColdRoomStudio is the voice
Oh, why the hell not? I do vocals, rhythm and lead guitar, bass guitar, play drums (rusty) and drum programming, shaman drum and shaker, and a bit of keyboards.
Most of this is things I have posted on the forum(s) at one time or another.
My āsignatureā song āI Would Die For Metalā, all original, me on vox and instruments (MIDI drums), lyrics and music inspired as a Spinal Tap parody (i.e. a parody of a parody ).
Cover (karaoke track) of Godsmack āWhateverā, me on vocals. (explicit)
Cover (karaoke track) of Rob Zombie āDragulaā, me on vocals.
Cover of Motorhead āDogsā, me on vox and all instruments (MIDI drums).
Cover of Judas Priest āMetal Godsā, me on vox and all instruments (MIDI drums), home made sound effects based on how the band did them in the studio.
Cover (karaoke track) of Judas Priest āBreaking the Lawā, me on vocals.
Snippet of Judas Priest āThe Ripperā intro, Rob Halford on left, me on right (vocals).
Cover of Aerosmith āToys in the Atticā, me on vox, instruments via collab with RR user.
Mixing contest song āFlybugā by band A Girl and a Gun. Basic tracks were provided but only one drum track with Toms was in there; I had to add the main rhythm track for drums. Also added some sound effects.
Original song āSave The Minionsā, me on vox and beats/samples. Lyrics by (IRD member) Emma.
Original song āSyria Rapā, me on vox and beats/samples. Political topic, explicit.
Original theme song āSpiderās Webā, me on programmed drums and Zebra synth, and lead guitar (sampled).
Oh, and last but not least, a cover of āYouāre a Mean One, Mr. Grinchā with me on vocals and a karaoke track.
My strength is acoustic guitar. I am also decent at mandolin and bass, and electric rhythm guitar. I am not a lead/shred kinda guy by any stretch of the imagination.
I started playing music with a keyboard, but I quickly got involved into drums, vocals and guitar too. I am passionate about timing and interpretation so I can play anything tight and clean provided it doesnāt involve any technical stuff otherwise Iāll suck, except maybe on keys.
Itās interesting to see that most producers are also all-around musicians while musicians are rarely excellent on more than one instrument (not talking about prodigies like Jacob Collier and the likes who come from another planet).
I play keyboards and sing mostly.
I also can play a bit of guitarā¦ if I have too.
Iāve been writing songs since I was 15 or so. Mostly ballads.
And the last few years Iām trying to get better at the art of mixing.
Here are some samples:
Sagapo in Greek or I love you, from a record we did back in 2009 with a band called Arhi Dialogou. I composed, sang and played keyboards and acoustic guitar here.
Rainy Autumn Day. Another one of my songs. Everything here is done by me 5 or 6 years ago in my home studio.
A christmas song we did two years ago with my friend Nikos Iglezos who sings. I do the rest.
A summer song from back in 2004. Called Arhes Avgoustou in Greek or Beginning of August. Everything but the vocals and acoustic guitar was midi back then. Even the electric guitarsā¦ Terrible
And a couple of covers we do with my bands. With Busy Toneā¦
I do lead guitar quite decently or so Iāve been told. I can do metal vocals, extreme genres, death, black metal, decent Lemmy and Chronos impression. Decent bass player.