Musician vapers or vapers with other hobbies

[oxygen thief]

I posted this elsewhere and thought it might get buried. I've been drumming for 40 years and it has helped keep me sane but wasn't totally successful keeping me sane unfortunately. So, a band I was in in the '80's and my current kit. Got any players out there?

http://www.myspace.com/roadhouserefugio

 

[Nurzrachit]

O2 thief that's a nice set up. Looks like more than a hobby. never been a serious musician, but played a little rhythm guitar and sang for a garage band back in the early 90's when I was stationed down the road at Fort Hood in Kileen. These days, enjoy finding old ... Bikes that have been discarded, cleaning them up, putting on some slight mods, and setting them free back to the road to be enjoyed. Been riding since a teenager, was the only thing I could afford back when I grew up in K.C.

 

[Orobas]

Here on the internet I amuse myself by roleplaying and breeding horses in SecondLife.

In the real world I enjoy cooking, reading books, and insect collecting.

Not much in the way of musical talent but I was playing with fruity loops before dubstep was cool.

 

[iamtumus]

drummer, guitarist, pianist, oboist, clarinet player, and violin player.

also really into american muscle cars from 1965-1985, but i don't have enough money at the moment to be seriously involved with that hobby. grew up around those cars and can work on them as well as most people who collect them...saving up slowly to get into it myself.

 

[thinkingaboutit]

I shoot stuff. And I used to drive over stuff with my Jeep. Not much time these days for hobbies

 

[mostapha]

I used to compete at Olympic Riflery. I was actually pretty good until I realized I'd have to shoot 40+ hours/week to get any better and it fell by the wayside. I hope to go back to it later in life……I was really good at prone, and if I have a place to practice and the money to keep up with ammo costs, there'd be nothing stopping me from trying out for the olympics in my 50s.

I also produce electronic music (Maschine + Pro Tools 10 Native), DJ (1200s + SSL at home; Pioneers out), play blues guitar (G&L Legacy with Tonestyler and Epiphone SG limited edition into amp sims, a Blues Junior NOS, or an Epiphone Valve Junior), and sing (Baritone) in an a'capella group.

My girlfriend and I collect Legos.

I used to play Magic: The Gathering competitively, but I got out at the wrong time, and now the cost to play Vintage/Legacy is just too high and I have no desire to play Standard/Modern/Extended/Limited unless it changes drastically from where it is. But I'm anxiously awaiting my copy of Android Netrunner and hoping that it lives a while and that I can find people to play with. I also enjoy Talisman but don't think it's worth the cost to own without a better/closer local game store.

I ride a road bike (2010 Specialized Allez) for fun and occasionally borrow a mountain bike for simple single track.

And before gas started costing $4.20/gallon, I considered driving a hobby. I still drive like 20,000 miles/year because I have to, but it's a lot less fun now.

I'm also a computer geek. I enjoy coding, but the prospect of it becoming a career means I don't want to do it for fun. And it feels like forever since I've built a computer……then again, I have to run OS X, and the ROI on building a hackintosh and getting Pro Tools to play nice just doesn't seem worth it.

I totally forgot that I used to be a photographer. I did it to take me away from the rest of my hobbies when they got annoying and kind of burned out on it. I don't think I own any of my gear anymore except one older Nikon body, a 35mm/2, and the world's cheapest vivitar flash. I might have a kit tele zoom, but I haven't used it in a while.

For a while, I loved sports and concert photography……and I kind of just stopped.

 

[Amish Ed]

Photography, play a cajon with the worship team at church, surf, and kayak fish. vaping and kayak fishing is the hardest to make compatible as it's possible, but not as easy as smoking. I have a lanyard and use my Tornado-t, but my paddle whacks the PV when I back paddle (which I have to do a lot).

 

[oxygen thief]

Man you guys do some cool stuff! And this guy!!vvvv

drummer, guitarist, pianist, oboist, clarinet player, and violin player.

also really into american muscle cars from 1965-1985, but i don't have enough money at the moment to be seriously involved with that hobby. grew up around those cars and can work on them as well as most people who collect them...saving up slowly to get into it myself.

That's a lot of instruments. I love the oboe and it would be great to play piano but I was never motivated enough to do it. Pianist always have really solid time so they always enhance a band though my time is pretty solid too. Played cornet for 6 years in school.
Mixing these juices and fiddling with devices is taking over my life and is one of the most satisfying things I've ever done.
If I could get off my hiney and it wasn't 102 outside I love digging in the dirt and making stuff grow.

 

[twohandedcreations]

guitar player here! I'm actually a guitar repair man as well! I've been doing it my whole life as my father has been a fairly well known luthier in florida my entire life!

 

[skotsour]

I play bass for a touring band and build basses in my spare time. I started building basses because I'm a lefty and there aren't many options for us southpaws.

 

[kiwivap]

You've made me think my keyboard has been gathering dust too long. Its been a while since I tootled about with it.

 

[iamtumus]

yeah...all my instruments are in storage currently because there is nowhere to put them at the sober house i live in.
can't wait to get all this sobriety stuff in life so i can get on with my life.

 

[HighlanderNorth]

drummer, guitarist, pianist, oboist, clarinet player, and violin player.

also really into american muscle cars from 1965-1985, but i don't have enough money at the moment to be seriously involved with that hobby. grew up around those cars and can work on them as well as most people who collect them...saving up slowly to get into it myself.

I've been into early 60's to early 70's American muscle cars from when I was very young and built models of a few hot rods, through when I turned 16 and got my 1st job while finishing high school at a machine shop in the 80's that built high stall torque converters for street and track cars, then when I drove a 1966 Chevy short bed step side pickup for 3 years in the 90's, til now, although I bought a new Dodge truck in 2005. But although I really started out being into Fords, I have had this desire for the last few years to eventually buy/restore a 1968 Firebird. I've just always loved that 1967-69 Firebird and very early Trans Am body style, but especially the 68 Firebird. With decent tires, the '68 400 Ram Air 2 Firebird was probably the quickest of all "Pony cars" of the 60's and 70's(and 80's). With the right stock gearing and good traction, you could run high 12's with them!


To Oxygen thief: I play drums kinda on and off, and used to play rhythm guitar when I was younger.
All you need is to trade out the Sabian cymbals for some Zildjian K's and you'll be set!

 

[oxygen thief]

I've been into early 60's to early 70's American muscle cars from when I was very young and built models of a few hot rods, through when I turned 16 and got my 1st job while finishing high school at a machine shop in the 80's that built high stall torque converters for street and track cars, then when I drove a 1966 Chevy short bed step side pickup for 3 years in the 90's, til now, although I bought a new Dodge truck in 2005. But although I really started out being into Fords, I have had this desire for the last few years to eventually buy/restore a 1968 Firebird. I've just always loved that 1967-69 Firebird and very early Trans Am body style, but especially the 68 Firebird. With decent tires, the '68 400 Ram Air 2 Firebird was probably the quickest of all "Pony cars" of the 60's and 70's(and 80's). With the right stock gearing and good traction, you could run high 12's with them!


To Oxygen thief: I play drums kinda on and off, and used to play rhythm guitar when I was younger.
All you need is to trade out the Sabian cymbals for some Zildjian K's and you'll be set!

These are terrible Sabians but their AAX and HHX lines are amazing. The HHX is much like the K. The regular Zildjians that I started out on are still right at the top. Both of those company's stuff is great. God knows Zildjian has had enough practice.
Check Jack Whites drumkit out.

 

[HighlanderNorth]

It seems that since the grunge era began in the early 90's, the tendency towards bigger drum kits with lots of(or any) mounted toms came to an abrupt end! Suddenly everyone plays simpler kits with maybe 1 mounted tom and 2 or more floor toms. Roto-toms are out, lots of cymbals were out, double bass drums were pretty much out, etc. But you still had the heavy metal and hard rock drummers who kept the large kits with 10+ cymbals, 5+ mounted toms, 2-3 floor toms, double bass, etc. To each his/her own, but I still love to watch guys like Mike Portnoy play a HUGE drumset, and regularly hit each and every piece though!

I think with a lot of today's musicians, unfortunately its more a product of not being all that talented, so therefore not needing many drums or cymbals! Not to knock guys from the 80's and before who used basic kits but were extremely talented(including jazz drummers), but I think much of todays "musicians" probably use pre-programmed digital drum machines to lay down the percussion tracks in the studio anyway!

I was watching a video on youtube recently where a person posted a video of ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, and posted that Grohl is the best drummer ever. I kinda got in an argument about that one!

 

[AuBadge]

Not a musician, but I love music, and operate an internet radio station.

 

[iamtumus]

smh....dave grohl is such a simplistic drummer.

though nirvana days he played very interesting beats, his FF stuff is terrible.

bernard purdie is god, in my opinion.

 

[Dauslyn]

<------------------------- this guy.

 

[oxygen thief]

You're definitely a working musician. That's awesome. Good to have a paying gig. It's really cool when you can do what you love for a living.

 

[oxygen thief]

smh....dave grohl is such a simplistic drummer.

though nirvana days he played very interesting beats, his FF stuff is terrible.

bernard purdie is god, in my opinion.

Perdie was resonsible for several Steely Dan hits not counting the rest of his resume.