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Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
edited May 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
Just wondering how long people on this forum have been playing guitar or any instrument and how often do you still play?
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    guitar since i was 12, so that's 13 years, and i try to play daily. (some days not as long as i would like though as works fairly demanding sometimes.)
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Acoustic guitar - 1980 to 1996
    Electric Guitar - 2002 to present
    Drums - for a few months

    I play pretty much every day, occasionally I have a music listening evening for a change, and to be sociable wiht my wife. I play drums a few times a week, not much endurance yet. My kick leg gives up.
    I am still progresing steadily with guitar. I keep raising the bar of my expectations when I meet my goals. My next real goal is to play live.
    Music is not a competetion.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    i've been playing for 13 years but only get to play about twice a week for maybe 15-30 minutes these days since i'm old, i have kids and my life is over.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    More than I care to mention...lets just say more than a few decades...:D
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    Playing acoustic for about 7 years with a few breaks off in between. Probably play twice a month now with my wife and kids around.

    I'm not very good. Just an open chord (pro) strumming novice..... but I love it.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    About 6-7 years now, try and put in an hour a day, but it's tough.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Four years on the guitar. I play everyday
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    21 years. 18 playing a 12-string. I play all the time. The only time I won't play is if I'm really tired, the day after a gig in another city.
  • yosi1yosi1 Posts: 3,272
    Drums for 10 years. I play about twice a week when I'm up at school and every day when I'm home.
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane.
  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    About 6-months :rolleyes:
    (lol), just read my profile
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Guitar for about two years now. I've been cooped up with only my acoustic at college for the past nine months, but now that I'm home it's nice to be playing the electric again. Acoustic is nice, but my rock n' roll soul makes me an electric player deep down. :D At this point I'm really working on lead licks and trying to eliminate all the extra noise from my fingers brushing up against other strings, especially when bending. It can be a bitch sometimes.
    It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
  • Worldwidesuicide08Worldwidesuicide08 Posts: 79
    I got my first guitar when i was 13,20 years ago,still play everyday.
    Cant touch the bottom...


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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    13 years...now that i have a band i don't play much outside of band practice, at least not electric...usually just try to learn songs on acoustic to do my "homework" for band practice

    Jam10, you didn't tell us how long YOU'VE been playing!
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • RhynoRhyno Posts: 304
    I've been playing for about 2 years. I played drums when I was younger, but always wanted to pick up guitar and I love it. I just wish I would've started earlier.
    Cheers!
    Rhyno

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  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    Tried learning off and on through high school, never stuck with it. Been playing seriously for a little over two years now. I don't practice nearly as much as I should, but then again being a junior in college I really don't even have time for it.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

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  • Jam10Jam10 Posts: 654
    I've been playing guitar (both electric and acoustic) about 2 years. I try to play everyday between 1 - 2 hours if I can. I am married and have a one year old so it can be tough sometimes but I am committed and I love playing so I stick with it. I take private lessons once a week with a great instructor. I have recently just joined a band playing lead guitar so I am really excited about that. We have our first gig on May 24th.
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,290
    I play piano, saxophone, guitar, and a little drums.
    Started piano and sax as a kid, and more recently picked up guitar and drums (about 3 years ago).
  • TrailerTrailer Posts: 1,431
    since I was 12... so 16 years
    Whoa, chill bro... you know you can't raise your voice like that when the lion's here.
  • Mike_Muse_RageMike_Muse_Rage Posts: 677
    I've been playing classical guitar since I was 7, so for about 11 or so years. Electric for 5 years.
  • who's_pearljam?who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Uhhhh,,,,, hmmmm,,,, 2008 minus 1964 or 5,,, whenever the Stones were on Ed Sullivan.

    Doesn't mean I'm 40+ years good, though! I USED to be good, but I'm entering my sucking era now! :o
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  • jordn6971jordn6971 Posts: 675
    ianvomsaal wrote:
    About 6-months :rolleyes:
    (lol), just read my profile

    Me too for six months. Mostly acoustic, but I try to play about 15-20 minutes everyday.
    "There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like getting high"
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    I started (bass) 12 years ago when I was 16. I've played daily for long but played less the last 2-3 years. I started again in January to play almost daily, bought a new bass, a new amp.
    2006: Antwerp, Paris
    2007: Copenhagen, Werchter
    2009: Rotterdam, London
    2010: MSG, Arras, Werchter
    2012: Amsterdam, Prague, Berlin
    2014: Amsterdam, Stockholm
  • ianvomsaalianvomsaal Posts: 1,224
    jordn6971 wrote:
    ianvomsaal wrote:
    About 6-months :rolleyes:
    (lol), just read my profile
    Me too for six months. Mostly acoustic, but I try to play about 15-20 minutes everyday.
    I haven't really been playing guitar for 6-months - it was a little joke :D (LOL).
    I guess you didn't read my profile - No matter, just keep at it - It can be quite
    a rewarding experience, and it can also be quite therapeutic at stressful times.
    Cheers . . . Ian
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    Started at 10, stopped about 9 months later cos I hate my guitar teacher (didn't have a guitar at home so stopped playing altogether).

    Bought my first guitar on my 15th birthday with money I had saved up from my paperround. I pretty much played powerchordss for a year until...

    Had my first guitar lesson on my 16th birthday. It wasn't a planned thing to be on my 16th birthday, just took a whole year to hunt down a guitar teacher in the local area. Had lessons for 2 years.

    And now I'm nearly 21.

    I tell people I've been playing for 6 years, although really I knew the basics before that. Besides, I'm a pretty average player (I SUCK at improvisation) so saying I've been playing more than 6 years just makes it sound like I should be better than I am.



    ...and that's my life story :)
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    '06 - London, Dublin, Reading
    '07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    '09 - London, Manchester, London
    '12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
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