by PSP » Sun May 23, '10, 11:45 pm
Let's see...
I played drums on and off from the time I was 6 or so until I left home at 18 (my dad was a drummer and I played his kit, primarily). Couple of small bands, nothing major. I still play when I go home to visit, but I'm horribly out of practice. I have a good sense of rhythm by nature, but I can't pull off triplets and quadruplets unless I have access to a kit to get my chops back.
I also play guitar, which is my main focus now, though I've mainly restricted myself to root-5 power chords and pentatonic box leads since I was 10 or so. I really started getting serious about it recently and have learned a decent amount, modeling my style after a lot of favorites and trying to discern what they do to (my current favorite is George Lynch of Dokken fame, who I'm actually going to see live at the end of July at a small club locally in hopes of meeting him, he has a reputation for being personable with his fans). So far I've got two-handed tapping pretty much nailed and thanks to a good ear I can typically figure out a song on my own (speed and accuracy is my main thing to work on right now). Still, I've got a long way to go before I put together another band.
No original songs of my own...yet. Plan on changing that soon.