Let's talk music!

Heard Elvis when I was about 8. Used to mimic him by singing into the hose of an old Electrolux vacuum cleaned while holding the other end to my ear (my first experience in creating reverb). Picked up the guitar when I was 14. 3 months later in my first band. Been performing/playing/writing/recording ever since. I'm 64, own my own live music venue, still performing, and going stronger than ever. I can't even imagine my life without playing music. I don't even care to know what a Pentatonic scale is...but I could tell you if it was played from the heart. :)

Nice and interesting thread. :) My parents used to listen to classic and jazz music and I remember clearly loving Mahler compositions and the Beethoven 6th symphony, 'La Pastorale'. But the first one that introduced me to rock music was 'Don't let me down' (The Beatles) ; I was 10 or 11, during a summer while I was visiting my cousins which are 7 and 9 years older than me and were listening music a lot. This one stuck in my mind forever. After, there have been these : 'Out on the weekend" (Neil young) and 'I got the blues' (Rolling Stones). Don't know exactly why but the Neil young one decided me to get a guitar ; I was 15 at this time. From this, I slowly got more gear through the years but never a true music theory background and I guess that's what is limiting me, presently, this, with a not enough rigorous practice through the years, but well... Just jammed alone yesterday evening until late, with my new guitar amp and I regret not having recorded at least few things. The essential is still there : the pleasure of playing, even with limited skills. And I still don't like jazz compositions : too complicated. No matter what jazz piece is involved, it will never touch me as much as, say, something like Neil Young 'Ramada Inn' tune...

Rhino - we should start a band. Did you check out my ONE tune on Soundcloud? :D

These two guys: - Pat Metheny (acoustic/electric jazz-type sound) - Nobuo Uematsu (composer for Final Fantasy 1 thru 9 as well as well as other titles)

Bloody hell, Robo - you thought you were old... I had already played my first few paying gigs by your date of birth! Now I DO feel old....