Dean_Lapinel Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I started when I was forced to enter the field by a bunch of Roger Hargrave EX-groupies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_N Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 I always liked music, mostly early 60's stuff on AM radio. Then I heard two different kinds of REAL music. I heard Led Zeppelin 1 on a stereo and never went back to AM, and I went to the Detroit Symphony as a field trip for the band (played clarinet) and couldn't believe the sound. I tuned the radio on in my room and listened to the rebroadcast a few days later. Still today, Yes, ELP, Jethro Tull, or Prokofiev, Beethoven, Stravinsky and other songs will play in my head; no stereo required. I grew older, the family was growing up, and out of the blue I started thinking about making instruments. Thought I'd make a clarinet, and learned all the acoustics from a book by Benade, Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. Had a programable calculator and figured out where and how big the bore perturbs had to be, and then didn't realize how hard it would be to actually do it! So I thought of guitars, but found there were a lot of people doing them. Bought a book on making stringed instruments by George Buchanan, and the violins and violas looked like more fun, although the archtop, and mandolins looked cool too. So I started making violins. I figured NOBODY makes them. Hah. Now 10 years and 7 instruments later (plus the 4 I have started) I think I might have some idea what I am doing. I'm going to be 59 this year, so soon I will enter into stage 3 of the disease. There is no cure. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Tucker Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Long time no see Dean. It's good to see you here again. (what do you mean "ex" groupies?, aren't they current?) Inquiring minds want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dean_Lapinel Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 Hi Craig! Yes, the groupies are current but...they only followed me for one day. Presently they are hounding a some long bearded duck call maker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludwigbartholdy Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Started playing the piano back in 2000, but I take it seriously until I joined a voice competition in 2003. I would start reading the piano obbligato to "Caro mio ben" and "Panis Angelicus" (both with at least three flats. That was too daunting for a beginner) and accompany myself. Since then I started teaching myself the piano and have reached a fairly advanced level ever since. That's when I also decided to learn the violin. Spent about a hundred bucks to buy myself a new 4/4 violin and started teaching myself using Suzuki Book 1 thereafter. Never got past "Twinkle, twinkle little star". LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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