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)

[avidfanjpl]

Started playing keyboards in 57 at the age of 5. By 10 I was equipped with a VOX Jaguar and played a lot of silly stuff, but lessons was having me play a lot of Bach organ works.

By 66, I was playing in bands that eventually played a lot at Teendevous in Shrewsbury, and at Red Bank Catholic, Christian Brothers Academy (my old school), Monmouth College, and we opened several times for Bruce's band, Earth, and many times for Steven (now called Little Steven) and his band was named Flowers. They were smokin' hot, and Steven sang almost all the songs. I actually learned guitar by watching both Bruce and Steven, and my guitar player, Jack, who was possibly the best player of all in 1966-70.

Jack had drug issues, hence no last names. My bands were named Fresh, then we went country rock/country funk and changed our names to Buckwheat. I played only keyboards then, but we had a riotous time!

In college, at Seton Hall, Max was seemingly rooming across the hall in the Men's Dorm for a bit, along with Gene, Southside's bassist. John Hall (Not the Jon Hall NY State Congressional Rep! - ANOTHER John Hall) was lost to me in the corridors of time, but he was another SMOKIN' guitarist along with Dickie Orleans and there was always others hanging around teaching me many guitar licks. I mean MANY. They were very gracious and generous to me.

I left the NY/NJ scene for St. Louis, where I did not play out for 7 years from 81-88. We were having babies.

I took back to playing out in 1994. Never was rusty like a 914 floorpan, because I always practiced. A LOT.

Well, at this point at almost 60, I have a ton of guitars, keyboards, basses, and every amp you can imagine. I played a lot in a country band in the 90's as their bassist. Led and was led astray in many garage bands all my life.

Recorded a 6 song demo in NY that our drummer ripped off in 1980 due to coke deals gone bad, and the movie Babylon Pink has our songs. The first thing you hear at the opening of the movie is me singing.

Most of our music got onto that vile video. I am not proud of that, but it is hilarious to hear your own demo while squishy squealy is going on.

Otherwise, I have been a happy musician since 1957, because I make my living in satellites, not standing on a riser at Friday midnight trying to shake my fat ass and look very serious.

I shake my 914's asses instead!

John