I'm a musician and that doesnt play much any more. I actually found something from the good old days of reddit when cleaning my parents house... A CD.... That was sent to me by a stranger from reddit as a music swap. I think the idea is awesome and as much as I love the ability to listen to everything streaming, sitting down and listening to that CD invoked amazing memories I forgot about, and I even found a few bangers I didn't vibe with all those years ago. Long story short, I wanna do music swaps with people and not just playlists, actual physical music. Don't know if anyone will read this or how I would even physically send someone music now, but if you're interested post or DM me and we can figure something out!

Guitar here.

Maybe we can decide on one sub we can all inhabit? There's not enough folks on Lemmy to keep niche communities alive. If we just pick a general (any instrument) community it might be functional. Instrument specific communities could branch off when they have enough people

1. Used to play viola back in school. Lost it around fall 2019, early winter 2020 during a forced move.
2. I currently have an acoustic guitar I got recently. Really need to actually play it now that I have time instead of letting it sit in the case. Learn it instead of procrastinating.
3. I should follow music communities to find more music, but I don't because IDK.
4. I don't post because I feel like whenever I do post on a site like this that I need to respond to everyone who replies, which adds mental gymnastics I don't wanna play with .

Bassist and vocalist here! Production and mixing too. Really love synths too.

Massive rush fan, if its not obvious

I play a bunch of instruments at least good enough to jam around a campfire. I also am in the middle of designing and building an analog drone based instrument with multiple oscillator types, a swimming pool of onboard effects, filters and other doodads.

I found a synth diy community the other day that I plan to start posting to soon.

Guitar for 25 years with some bass and drums in there too, play in one band atm but always on the lookout for new stuff. I should play more.

It's a shame the music communities here aren't as vibrant as reddit but far less people over here. I live in hope that it'll get busier!

I've played guitar on and off since I was about 7, but I'm still amateurish at best. I got some lessons in my late teens from a co-worker that got me good enough to bash out chords in the church band. Played bass briefly in a band after quitting the church in the early nineties, but didn't really touch an instrument again until the divorce in '09. I've been playing ukulele since then after getting some cheap ones for my kids and learning it myself to teach them and fell in love with it. I used to go busking with it 5-6 days a week singing and playing covers when I was unemployed and broke, but that ended about ten years ago when I had to get a real job.

I've never considered myself a musician, though.

I'd love to have a music theory comm. Like discussing some passages and analyzing things beyond the basics

Bedroom guitarist with too many pedals checking in

Long time musician here!

Back in Reddit days I did prawl through music-making related communities, but found that discussion tended to stick to pretty trivial spheres. Figured that general music maker communities don't work. You want jazz drumming / pure data / microtonal techniques level specialised communities to keep it interesting. Otherwise it's just 'recommend a beginner-friendly daw' over and over.

I'm a bassist in a few bands. Wish there was more bass discussion here on Lemmy.

If you're into prog rock, check out one of my band's songs: frog rock

I love acoustic and classical guitar. Never could make electric work for me. Maybe had I learned jazz things would be different. Just too hippie

I play the guitar, but mostly I just learn tricky songs and I try to play them. I would happily read about music though.

I’m a semi-professional choral singer! I very frequently sing on a volunteer basis in a symphony chorus with a professional orchestra. And also sing with a smaller 12-person choir, really tight harmonies and blending. It’s a lot of fun.

Sometimes I get paid, but that’s rare.

I’ve gotten to sing some pretty awesome stuff (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, video game concerts, Verdi’s Requiem, etc. etc. etc.) and gotten to meet some pretty cool people (including my wife)!