Introduce Yourself

Tone71

I remember this from MR, I have the same username as I did there, great thread.

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

Its my name and year of birth

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Epsom Surrey

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To play with like minded people, learn more and potentially play live

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Taylor 314

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Too many but currently Ambulance Blues

xSkarloey

Hello @Tone71. If you're in Epsom and fancy playing in front of others a mate of mine runs the open mic at the Jolly Coopers.

Warm welcome guaranteed!

ChristophEar

Skarloey said:

My all time favourite track? Too hard a question! I love loads of pieces but if the proverbial gun was held to my head I might say the Gnossiennes by Erik Satie.

Excellent choice!

TTony

Tell everyone about the Spotify playlist @ChristophEar!!

ChristophEar

TTony said:

Tell everyone about the Spotify playlist @ChristophEar!!

Oh yes! 

We have a Spotify playlist of all these excellent #1 tracks (which is kept updated and hopefully includes the closest suitable version to the track which can be found on Spotify - apologies for mistakes!)

Jimbob

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

My nickname at work. Just Jim really

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

S. Oxfordshire. Originally from W. London

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To play guitar, sing and remember the lyrics at the same time.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

My fingers. Don't own any 'proper' gear, I'm just a bedroom player.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Varies. Currently Warren Haynes' I'll be the One.

zenzeypher

Mein name is Adam, Come from swindon ( for my sins ) seem to have a house full of cats. I'm 31 but every time I think about my age I default to 29.. which is where I'm going to stay for awhile.

I'm a tattooist by trade prior to that I was an IT administrator and Cisco network engineer. I collect vinyl, comics, cats and herpies.  Whilst working as a Tattooist I ran a music venue in Banbury called the Wheatsheaf.

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

I was 20 and playing in the pro-games league I tried to think of something cool I miss pelt it and it kinda stuck, it sucks but what you gonna do ?!

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Oxford

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

Just to be gigging again, enough to keep me doing it as a hobby. I miss my last band because we were just a bunch of mates who managed to bumble through a nationwide tour and some merch' sales.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

I don't really have any it's just ramshackled pieces of equipment I just manage to acquire. My prized possession has to be my Gibson.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Beethoven Violin concerto in D major. Namely the 3rd movement (not trying to sound snobby or owt but I think this is the most played song in the house consistently)

Philly_Q

Oh god, I wish I could figure out how to stop fucking up the "quote" thing on this forum.  And I wish I could just abandon a post once I've bollocksed it up.....

Anyway:

Q1:  Where did your username come from?

My first name is Philip and my surname begins with a Q....  I used to work with another Phil so to avoid confusion we ended up as Philly B and Philly Q.  I kept it.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Streatham, South London.  Originally from Swansea, South Wales.  I guess I'm a Southerner.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To be able to play a note perfect rendition of Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers by ZZ Top.  I should say that after 34 years of playing guitar I still haven't attempted to learn it.  Which pretty much sums up my relationship with the guitar.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Gibson Les Paul Junior.  A reliced one.  I know a lot of people disapprove of relics, but... I don't care.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Errrrrr...... Power of Love by King's X.

Emp_Fab

@Philly_Q If the quote function screws up, edit your post, click the last-but-one icon above it which reveals the HTML code, delete the first bit from the opening < to the closing > (it'll have something about "normal" between the < and >) and re-save it.

Philly_Q

Thank you @Emp_Fab!  I shall try that next time.  Tomorrow, probably.

Tone71

Skarloey said:

Hello @Tone71. If you're in Epsom and fancy playing in front of others a mate of mine runs the open mic at the Jolly Coopers.

Warm welcome guaranteed!


Many thanks, let me know the next one I may pop down for a pint, just to watch

CHRISB50

1. It's my name and initial and then just a number I'll remember. Exciting huh!

2. I grew up in the tropics of Morden, South London, but moved to Walton on Thames when I met the Mrs, which is where I now live with Mrs B, 2 little B's (both girls) and 2 furry B's (our cats, Dolly and Oscar).

3. I'd love to actually write something that makes the hairs on the back of my neck standup (in a good way).

4. My only bit of gear now is a rather beautiful Lowden O22C.

5. I think it would have to be DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World

stimpsonslostson

Q1:  Where did you username come from? Stimpson was my first band- I left to go to Uni... I became stimpsons-lost-son (I use it everywhere, so should you see it on other forums- it's me)
Q2:  Where in the world/country are you? Edinburgh, Scotland.
Q3:  What's your main musical ambition? To play (and sing) better.
Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one? Squier Bass VI. I LOVE it AND its versatile.
Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one? Ruby Soho- Rancid

Rufus

Greetings from The Shires -

New boy saying "Hello".

Q1:  Where did your username come from?

A cat.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To have a tune used in a film / on TV.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Grotty old classical guitar, bought on holiday in Cape Town for about £20

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

"Do you realize" - The Flaming Lips

english_bob

Howdy. I'm really Matt, I live in Leicester and I play the guitar.

 

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

From Richard Harris' character in "Unforgiven"

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Leicester

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

To pay my bills with my guitar. Playing it, not selling it. Or maybe to write something that someone I'm not related to by birth or marriage really likes.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Aw man... The one bit of gear that is emphatically not going anywhere except over my dead body is my CIJ JD Telecaster. There's only one other phallic shaped object I've been abusing for as long.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Hate this question. Today I think I'll go for "Yours Is No Disgrace"  by Yes.

MtB

Mike here - based not too far from J8 M1.

Q1:  Where did you username come from?

Mike the Bike     motorbikes, mountain bikes and racer bikes

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?

Hertfordshre 

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?

Get better at playing the guitar, understand more theory and jam on a regular basis.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?

Currently my Haar 58 S type.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?

Springsteen - Jungleland

David_R_Ferguson

Q1:  Where did you username come from?
My mother on a cold winter night in January of 1981.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?
I live in Nashville, Tennessee in the US.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?
To keep having fun.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?
One of my Strats.

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?
Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix. The song changed my life when I was 11 years old. Its when I knew I wanted to play guitars. It was several years later before I got my first guitar.

I have been talking over on RCF for the past 3 years. Its the only forums I have talked on in 5 years I reckon.
But I have met a lot of cool chaps over there, that have said good things about this forums. So, I thought I would come over.

Hootsmon

^ welcome young American

DrJazzTap

Good to see you on here Dave Some goods chaps here.

markv

Q1:  Where did you username come from?
A lack of imagination on my part.

Q2:  Where in the world/country are you?
Hampshire, UK.

Q3:  What's your main musical ambition?
To make very very loud noises.

Q4:  Your "best" bit of gear - just the one?
Late 70s JEM Cry Baby (white Fasel), bought secondhand in about 1985 for about £25. Now worth semi-silly money, apparently (I found out last year).

Q5:  Your #1 ever track - again, just the one?
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise