Songs that make you want to learn other instruments.

thecolourbox · March 2021

I bought a cheap and nasty mandolin in order to learn this song and a couple of others from the same soundtrack.

I learnt then, realised there was nothing else I wanted to learn on it as I wouldn't have time to get into proper bluegrass mandolin, then gave it away to a chap who, despite chasing me several times whilst awaiting me to drop it off for him, is yet to say thank you for it several years down the line.

I also realised this song sounded better on guitar anyway when I do it...

meltedbuzzbox · April 2021

Flashlight - for that amazing synth bass line

ewal · August 2021

One of the first tunes I learnt after I could play trombone was Geno by Dexys Midnight Runners. I ended up doing an arrangement of it for brass band.

It's amusing to hear properly trained trombone players attempt to play it, as the blastiness of it goes against what they've been taught.

kennedydream1980 · August 2021

When I first heard Toto and started to delve into their back catalogue in the mid 90’s, all I wanted to do was play the drums. Jeff Porcaro’s parts were so tactile and musical. They just draw you in!!

tanihhiavlt · August 2021

Ralph Vaughn Williams - The Lark Ascending

Beethoven - Violin Concerto

I don't know if I want to play violin or compose classical music... I watched the Aurora Orchestra play Richard Ayres No. 52 (exploring Beethoven's discovery of his deafness and sharing the news with his brothers - as Richard himself was going deaf) - the piece tries to describe the artefacts that interfere with normal sounds so we all can feel a little of what Beethoven felt... then they played Beethoven's violin concerto, led by Nicola Benedetti (written 4 years after discovering he was losing his hearing) - full of fire, determination and joy - I had something in my eye was all - I wasn't crying, you were crying! (what an absolute fighter he must have been!)

This Wednesday - Aurora Orchestra play The Firebird Suite as part of the proms with an introduction that's a must for any Zappa fans (Stravinsky was one of his role-models) it explains some of the theory and "theft" involved - We watched it on Sunday in one of their rural performances... The Firebird Suite has been a favourite of mine for about 30 years all told. I'm not a fan of the proms or a good percentage of the audience at any performance (what Theodore Adornos described as 'Jealous Listeners' .. "I prefer the blah-blah version..." ) - but the rooms this stuff is played in is a big part of the sound, and the audience are part of the acoustics (if they could just shut up about what Vivian is doing in Sicily this month, that'd be reet grand)

Aside from that Billy Taylor - made me want to play Piano

axisus · August 2021

Greg Howard playing Charmed life on Chapman stick - That first melodic bit, lovely!

gretschthumper · August 2021

Anything by Larkin Poe gets me lookin at lap steels, but in the end I just stuck one of those raised nuts on an electric, tuned it to G, realised I was rubbish at it and took it off again.

Actually does lap steel count as another instrument?

digitalkettle · August 2021

Sambostar said:

What is it? Flute and/or beer bottles?

digitalkettle · August 2021

axisus said:

Greg Howard playing Charmed life on Chapman stick - That first melodic bit, lovely!

I fell for this too...how hard can it be, right?

Bork · August 2021

I have musical taste that is verging on camp. Only because music these days is more about feeling good than intellectual challenge. So, I'm tossing any sense of musical credibility to the winds in the interests of at least making a contribution here

So...drums...Marc Cerrone.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=77uYNp4vQRU

In fact I'd never heard of him when I decided to take up drums but the guy who inspired me played a lot like him - solid, metronomic, four to the floor and in the pocket. I still gravitate towards drummers who can nail the groove solidly to the wall...like Marc Cerrone.

Piano - or more specifically, rhodes...Selan. We auditioned a keyboardist for my dance band many years ago. He was Australian and turned up with a Nord Electro II, plugged it in and played a few inversions like Selan and all 10 of us stopped what we were doing went dead silent and just watched him, while the hair on the back of our necks collectively stood up. We begged him to join up but he decided to emigrate back to Australia instead. That was the one that got away and I've never had had such an intense aethetic reaction to any instrument since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmJCAR6qArE

So yeah, rhodes like Selan. Master of those inversions and maintaining a tonal centre through a chord progression, a bit like Nile Rodgers.

axisus · August 2021

digitalkettle said:

axisus said:

Greg Howard playing Charmed life on Chapman stick - That first melodic bit, lovely!

I fell for this too...how hard can it be, right?

Too hard. I bought a chapman stick. Wrestled with it for years before finally putting it aside.

Will try again one day, but it's been 10 years in its case now .....

bobblehat · August 2021

bencowling81 said:

Piano - Bohemian Rhapsody
Keyboards - Jump

Whenever I hear Bohemian Rhapsody I always wished I'd learnt to play the Piano.

Kittyfrisk · August 2021

Piano Mike Garson on Bowie's Aladdin Sane 'Lady Grinning Soul'. Still stunning every time I hear it.

Also with @Fuengi Mandolin on Copperhead Road but also on Led Zeppelin 'IV' Battle of Evermore.

The version by Heart is pretty damn good too

Yorkie · August 2021

St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins. Got the jones, bought a cheap tenor sax, learned the tune from start to finish, and played it obsessively until I got the most horrifying jaw ache ever. I was in pain for weeks. Got very scared, sold the sax, end of the story. But what a ride.

thermionic · August 2021

The late, great, Tich Gwilym not only made me want to learn to play a Fender Stratocaster, he became friends with some South Americans in Cardiff and his side project Los Ionisos (also known as Los Guapos) started me on a minor obsession with the Charango.

https://youtu.be/8RIbzOAvyeI

I eventually got one, and can find my way around:

https://youtu.be/wzI_XzXXjBA

Love the sound of these things, but I would like to learn some South American music on it.

thegummy · September 2021

If I didn't already play keys, Pink Floyd's Sheep would make me want to play electric piano.

Teetonetal · September 2021

Banjo in this one

(852) The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company [Official Music Video] - YouTube

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