• Question: Do you play a musical insturment?

    Asked by oscanljd to Daniel, Derek, Ian, Phil, Upul on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by taylortabagan.
    • Photo: Derek Mann

      Derek Mann answered on 13 Jun 2010:

      I used to play bass guitar and synthesiser in bands many years ago.

    • Photo: Ian Sillett

      Ian Sillett answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      I play the guitar and have done since I started to teach myself back when I was 15. I spent nearly 10 years in a band called SuperEgo (you can probably find tracks online still, I know there’s a few embarrassing videos on you tube) and we had some small successes like getting tracks on the radio, support slots to touring bands and having our cd in the local HMV! In the end it fell apart because our drummer became an accountant and our bassist became a lawyer.

      Youtube link of us trying to give cds away at a muddy Glastonbury with one of our songs in the background – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiJo2htx4yQ

    • Photo: Daniel Mietchen

      Daniel Mietchen answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      In my band, I mainly act as a singer, but I also enjoy playing drums and jaw harps. Besides, music perception is one of my research interests.

    • Photo: Upul Wijayantha

      Upul Wijayantha answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      Yes I enjoy playing the acoustic guitar.

    • Photo: Philip Wadler

      Philip Wadler answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      No. Sometimes when people ask, I say I play keyboards. They ask, ‘Do you mean piano?’ and I say, no, I mean a computer keyboard. A program or an equation can be as elegant as any piece of music, if you know how to listen to it.

      I’m envious of my colleagues that can play. I’m told a bunch of them are going to get together and form a jazz band at an upcoming conference next January, and I’m looking forward to it.

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