OT: How many 914 fans/owners are musicians? Options

[Dr Evil]

It is always interesting to see what we have in common considering that we come from varied walks of life on this site. I have tried to go to other forums and have been largely dissatisfied, and sometimes pissed off at how the people are on them. I have met several hundred of you from this site and could not ask for a better group of people to hang with. Besides our love of the 914, how many of you also play instruments?

As many of you know, I am a musician. I ask the above question from curiosity and because I have an ulterior motive. I have a friend that is Beta testing his new site:

JamZoom

...which is for musicians.

There are other sites out there for musicians, but this one is intended to fill a void/niche that those seem to be missing:

*Content and community site in one. (forums and press releases and videos etc)
*Ability to post videos on the site
*Ability to post videos in the threads
*All new technologies (html5 etc.)
*One stop shop for musicians

My friend's site needs beta testers. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think. He is OUR kind of people, trust me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I figure another place to populate with like-minded musicians would be pretty cool. This atmosphere with a different focus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)

[Scott S]

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I am not a musician. I am a drummer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I retired after close to 30 years in early 2008 from the whole wanna-be rock star thing. I spent the rest of 2008 backing one of the American Idol idiots which was the absolute worst musical year of my life ( I thought it would be brainless and fun - I was half right...). I used the birth of daughter #2 to get out of that deal. I was so burnt that I didn't touch a drum for probably 6-8 months - which was an absolute eternity for me. It was the first time since I was 13 that I was not humping it in a band. It was a really really difficult time.

Now I only do a half dozen shows a year, and some studio work - but only with folks I know really well (cant handle the drama/personalities anymore.) I am still an absolute gear whore however, and my quarterly royalties are good for about a third of a tank of gas - or a binge at Taco Bell.

Livin the dream....

I will post pics, but only if Eric Shea does first.............. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)