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electric guitar is where its at! just need to find time to actually pick it up and play.

edit: the rush doing my first tri was pretty cool, but nothing beats rockin out on stage in front of an awesome crowd!

I've played Clarinet since I was 12 (just under 15 years) but I tried a whole bunch before that including piano (still know some of that and wouldn't mind taking it up again but our keyboard doesn't work), violin, recorder, guitar (all compulsary in different grades when I was in primary school) and tena horn (part of the tuba family) at a local brass band that my brother and cousins were part of. When I was in HS I was part of the concert band and in a local wind symphony for a while but I got sick of some of the people and their politics.

Started playing the French horn in the 5th grade.  Played off and on over the years, but got serious about again twenty years ago.  Played in the Sarasota Pops Orchestra for five or six years, in a brass quintet and a lot a church gigs during the Holidays.  Studied for a couple of years with Lisa Heiny, who had been a student of the legendary Phil Farkas.
Highlight of my playing career was performing with and getting to know David Ohanian and Ron Romm, formerly of the Canadian Brass.
Had to quit playing after my open heart surgery ten years ago because it hurt my sternum and rib cage too much.  Everything's healed now, but have moved on to other things in my life and don't feel the desire to play anymore.

Mark

I have NO musical talent what so ever.  I played trumpet for like 3 weeks when I was in 5th grade.  So.....

I live my musical life through my two teenage daughters....one sings and placed in the state finals in both show choir and regular choir and the other one plays the clarinet and was a member of the grand national champions in marching band this year.

Piano as a kid, violin as an adult and viola as an older adult. 

That said, the orchestra I am playing in is having an end-of-semester concert tonight. 

COWBELL

LOTSA COWBELL

From 4th grade to about 10th grade I played a variety of woodwinds.....clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet and bassoon. 

None of them well, trust me.  I'm a better singer than instrumentalist and that I do by ear cause I make up my own harmony line as I go.....

Played trombone from 5th through some college. Played bass trombone as freshman in HS on in Jazz Band, symphonic and marching.

My wife bought me a drum set about 10 years ago and I taught myself how to play as I always wanted. I played out a few times with a friend's band for a couple of songs.

I also bought a bass guitar thinking I was going to be able to teach myself how to play that but got bored\distracted and gave up. Barely used with an amp if anyone's interested in it.

Phew, glad I am not the only one that went straight to the gutter. 

The thread title was so promising.  What a letdown.  : )

Drums in Grade school through high school and taught myself to play a little piano.

I would love to learn the violin and to play the piano better.  I would kill to be able to sing but I can't carry a tune in a bucket.