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Sparky

Trad climber
vagabon movin on
Dec 1, 2006 - 02:39pm PT
Piano starting at 5yrs. Many other instruments to follow. Stuck with and developed piano, saxophone, and guitar (Sax for senior recital). Studied composition and music education at UNC located on the front range. Climbed the rest of the time. Now a band director for 8yrs with 200+ program consisting of beginning, intermediate, jazz, and advanced bands out in Santa Clarita, Ca. Also run a rock climbing club so I get paid for my two greatest passions! Stoney after work and trips to the Valley, Bishop, JT, etc.... Have a home studio and still enjoy composing.

Jeff
ha-ha

climber
location
Dec 1, 2006 - 04:47pm PT
playing drums for 20 years, too many bands to name, but i sold my kit a few years ago to buy camera equipment. drums are kind of a pain (noisy, take up lots of space, everybody hates you). i'd like to get a small kit to play with brushes. mostly, i just play acoustic guitar and piano now, we also have a hammer dulcimer in the living room. i'd like to get a cello.

by the way...what's the last thing a drummer says before getting fired?



"hey guys, i wrote some songs!"
wbw

climber
'cross the great divide
Dec 1, 2006 - 05:16pm PT
I've played guitar for 30 years. I minored in classical and jazz guitar in college, when I used to practice four hours each day. Played in a jazz/fusion group called Four Voices, and came pretty close to going to Berklee College of Music in 1984. Got into climbing and the outdoor life which derailed any interest in an urban lifestyle. . . no regrets. The climbing life is the shiznitt.

I don't practice consistently anymore and haven't in years. Occasionally, I pull out my old ES-175 and noodle. I have very infrequent jams with climbing bros, which is great fun. Many years ago I got involved in a jam session at Kyle Copeland's house in Moab, and I think Todd Gordon may have been involved. To tell you the truth, there were so many famous climber-types present, Kyle's house being the epicenter of Moab climbing at the time,(Greg Epperson, Derek Hersey, Jim Beyer, and I think Warren Harding may have even popped in although I have reason to doubt my memory of that particular night), that I was pretty intimidated by it all. And I still had some chops back then. Got to goof off on Kyle's pedal steel, which impressed me as one heck of a difficult instrument.
paganmonkeyboy

Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
Dec 1, 2006 - 05:28pm PT
been playing for years - tuba, bassoon, keys, drums, guitar, bass, just got a sax...only just barely learned to sing though...

i like to play anything from folk to punk, but i seem to be partial to the overheating tube amp sonic youth/pavement thing, with a healthy lump of grunge thrown in the mix. and I love tube amps - got a couple old silvertone 100w heads that will push a club full of people at 3 and a half....so nice...one still has the original tubes in it, the other has been sovtek-ed...

current thing going - the high explosives - sort of a one man band with whoever happens to be in the living room when we decide to record something...demos available of some stuff here, but most of the goods are still sitting on the machine over in the other room...

http://myspace.com/thehighexplosives
Tan Slacks

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Dec 1, 2006 - 06:47pm PT
Thanks Todd for mentioning my tenure with the Cactus Pricks. A great time it was, at least until the booze limit was reached. I always dreamed of being in a rock band. I only wish I had done it before I got married. The groupies were amazing at the gordo ranch.

The other day Sierra, my eleven year old daughter was explaining to me (again) how "uncool" I was. I tried to explain to her that I had played in a rock band. The Cactus pricks no less and that I wailed the guitar like Kurt Cobain. She just laughed. Even Cindy backed me up, still she laughed....

Then I found the video. Yes one exists from one of your larger partys. She is now a believer. But I'm still uncool. In the video was a bass player that should get mentioned, another JT "local" Mark Bowling pounded it out that night.

Locker and I will pull off another feat. Perhaps instead of the "Cactus Pricks" we could be "just the pricks"

Music is good times
Todd Gordon

Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
Dec 2, 2006 - 10:19am PT
Tan Slacks;.....I mentioned Mark's bass playing.... just spelled his name wrong..(which I corrected..). To be cool, you need to grow your hair longer, get some ink done, and maybe some piercings .....and perhaps a Harley........Best consult Hillary and Chelsea on this one.........Rock on, old dude! (My kids are easier to please than your soon to be teen......all I need to do is look at their face and tickle them as I change their loaded diapers.......). You ARE cool, and Sierra knows it;... she just can't let you it. When my kids get to be teens, the only thing cool about me will be my wheel-chair and the extra-large diaper I will load for THEM to change.....(Pay back is Sa-weeeet!)
Tan Slacks

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Dec 2, 2006 - 04:59pm PT
Every now and then Sierra talks about who she might marry. I tell her I only have one prerequiset (sp)

He must be able to pick me up.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 17, 2018 - 10:44pm PT
hey there, say, ... was looking for the newer thread and found this...

bump... :)


spur of the moment, in thrift store:
and, wouldn't you know it! not a SPOON IN THE HOUSE! (so to speak)
so thus-- i joined the piano using a spatula and a small soup ladle...
oh my...

and-- the piano lady there, is ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD! and her husband, is 87...

https://youtu.be/OVTS1bkcTJo



these, well, i was just messing around with some new ones, and
did not really practice to the piece... just did a fast 'add on'...

https://youtu.be/kfkC9dN8z6o


little practice... not has time to really know the piece yet...
but, am working on trying to do this everyday, now-- new year goal...

https://youtu.be/5sBPdytipL0
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 18, 2018 - 10:10am PT
hey there say, wow... i finally had time to go back and read all these
shares...

hope you all can too...

very neat to see all this music in folks lives...

very nice!
RURP_Belay

Big Wall climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
Feb 18, 2018 - 11:10am PT
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