Joe Muscara Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 [video:youtube] Of course, it doesn't hurt that his dad is Kevin McKendree, keyboard player for Delbert, an amazing boogie-woogie piano player in his own right. Here are more. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmruSysRzdo [video:youtube] "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meisenhower Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 When I was 10, I was playing Bach, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Then I heard Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Herbie Hancock and pissed my parents off by wanted to study jazz piano instead. The parents agreed to jazz studies ALONG with my classical studies. I don't think I started playing any boogie woogie piano until I was 11. Yamaha C7 Grand, My Hammonds: '57 B3, '54 C2, '42 BC, '40 D, '05 XK3 Pro System, Kawai MP9000, Fender Rhodes Mk I 73, Yamaha CP33, Motif ES6, Nord Electro 2, Minimoog Voyager & Model D, Korg MS10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksoper Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 When I was 10, I was the organist at a Lutheran church and played Bach, Mendelssohn, Purcel, et. al. Then I heard Wendy Carlos, Keith Emerson, and Rick Wakeman and pissed my parents off by wanting to study synthesizer and rock organ instead. The parents agreed to...none of that. I paid for my own synth/multi-track studio lessons and picked up rock by ear. I don't think I started playing any boogie woogie piano until I was 14. 9 Moog things, 3 Roland things, 2 Hammond things and a computer with stuff on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montunoman Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 When I was 10 I was playing with GI Joes and Tonka Trucks. I don't think I started playing any boogie woogie piano until I was 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I was probably picking my nose and pissing my parents off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I don't think I started playing any boogie woogie piano until I was 11. Funny. The last song I learned to play (by rote, as that's all the teacher gave me was the ability to read and then memorize) before I quit lessons at age 10 was, indeed, "Tin Roof Blues"... When I took the keys back up at age 16, I drove the music director nuts when I'd bust into that groove (dragging the band with me) during marching band rehearsal. He'd quickly chase me back to the tuba, where I'd resume the bass line (and get the rest of the brass playing the lead) and piss him off even more. He'd yell "Goddammit, Scott, the 'Boogie Woogie' again? Really?" A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelp Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Good thing boogie woogie don't need no stinkin' sustain pedal! His feet don't touch the floor! This is awesome! Nord Lead A1; Yamaha P-125; QSC K10; Cubase 12 Pro; Windows 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT156 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was chasing skirts trying to get laid. Music came later. Cheers, Mike T. Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I was chasing skirts trying to get laid. Music came later. Cheers, Mike T. Damn Mike--at age 10? Man I must be a late bloomer--I wasn't doing that until I was at least a mature 11! You Penna guys are real studs! Age 10...Hmmmm. I was playing trombone on the cusp of the sousaphone. Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffLearman Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Playing with legos. My sister had a cheap classical guitar and took a few lessons and had probably showed me my first position chords by then. I could play "Heart and Soul" on the piano. I remember seeing kids at school doing that and asked one to show me how, at age 9. Klutz that I am, that came pretty easily. Dammit, that's still pretty much my piano style! Not long after that my mom had her childhood Acrosonic shipped up from her folks' home so my sister could take lessons. Getting laid was the furthest thing from my mind! That changed two years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Havu Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 At 10 I was learning the keyboard solo to "Rosanna", note for note. Hardware Yamaha MODX7, DX7, PSR-530, SY77/Korg TR-Rack, 01/W Pro X, Trinity Pro X, Karma/Ensoniq ESQ-1, VFX-SD Behringer DeepMind12, Model D, Odyssey, 2600/Roland RD-1000/Kurzweil PC88MX/Arturia Keylab MKII 61 Software Studio One/V Collection 9/Korg Collection 4/Cherry Audio/UVI SonicPass/EW Composer Cloud/Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian/IK Total Studio 3.5 MAX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT156 Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 by Forceman: Damn Mike--at age 10? Man I must be a late bloomer--I wasn't doing that until I was at least a mature 11! wink You Penna guys are real studs! Nah, I "may" have been just wishing at age 10, and didn't start chasing skirts until maybe 12. We start young in PA, same with the girls. Sometimes you didn't have to do much chasing after age 14. Lots of pregnant 15 year old girls back before "The pill" came along. Then it was "Welcome to the Woodstock generation". Everyone got laid. Cheers! Mike T. Yamaha Motif ES8, Alesis Ion, Prophet 5 Rev 3.2, 1979 Rhodes Mark 1 Suitcase 73 Piano, Arp Odyssey Md III, Roland R-70 Drum Machine, Digitech Vocalist Live Pro. Roland Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misspam Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks for sharing! This kid is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 When I was 10, I was playing Bach, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. This. I played my first boogie woogie around that time - "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie". It wasn't until I was 14 that I got into bands and combo organs. Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Playing baseball! ....and trying to aviod practicing piano at all costs! "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Playing trumpet, mostly. I started wearing glasses in 4th grade, and I more or less sucked at sports. So there wasn't really anything more exciting happening in my life. If I remember correctly, I was probably still dinking around with a ukele then. I don't think I had learned any guitar yet. I also dinked around on piano a fair amount, but if memory serves I didn't start any formal lessons until I was 11. I certainly wasn't impressing anyone with my skills, unless it was by singing in church. I was a damn good singer until my voice changed... --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus64 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 When I was 10, it was the height of Evil Knievel. We were setting up ramps and jumping as high as we could with our bikes, I think at one point I got 7 inches in the air. Drove the neighbors nuts. Built a lot of models as well. I really sucked it that, we burned a couple of them and I was pretty good at that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsongs Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 This was like 30 years ago! I was taking guitar lessons. My dad and I both took lessons from the same teacher, a guy who ran a small music school out of a converted house in our neighborhood. Thing was, it was Spanish classical guitar and I got bored out of my mind since I wanted to play chords and all they taught me were single notes...I didn't even know the difference. The guitar lessons were a compromise with my parents. I REALLY wanted to learn how to play drums, but they forbade me from having a drum it in the house So I asked if I could learn guitar and they said "OK." I guess anything besides drums was cool with them. Needless to say, none of the Spanish guitar lessons I took at that age stuck with me. It wasn't until 2 years later (almost an eternity since the ill-fated Spanish guitar lessons) that I concurrently took piano (privately) and tenor sax (in school) when I was able to retain any sort of musical education. I can play a little guitar today, but that's largely due to being self-taught or asking my guitar player friends how to play certain chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I started playing trumpet. At the time I had learned how to read - WORDS I mean - and did a lot of reading. And rode my bike, went to the swimming pool.Girls were icky at that point.... they had "cooties". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Playing baseball! ....and trying to aviod practicing piano In my case it was baseball, model rockets, fishing, etc... plus avoiding practicing the organ. We had a Baldwin similar to this in the living room: http://images1.americanlisted.com/nlarge/baldwin_spinet_organ_300_mobile_20655789.jpg Trumpet lessons came later as well. I wasn't very enthusiastic at the time but looking back, I'm extremely grateful my parents introduced me to music. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogut Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I was doing the moonwalk just like Michael Jackson http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/dancing/michael-jackson-dance-smiley-emoticon.gif -Greg Motif XS8, MOXF8, Hammond XK1c, Vent Rhodes Mark II 88 suitcase, Yamaha P255 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEMcCut Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Wow, that is a long time ago for me. I was into basketball and other sports. I was in the grade school Chorus and in the vocal quartet. Music didn't interest me until two years later when the Beatles hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Damn, a lot of 10 year olds playing Rachmaninoff in this thread. Really? Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I won several grade school/junior high talent shows with the old reliable "Prelude in C# minor". By the time I was 10 I had been studying for 6 years. Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Playing clarinet in public school and driving the folks crazy on my great grandmothers old, seriously out of tune piano in the basement. http://www.michaelwwright.com https://www.facebook.com MPN Paetron https://www.patreon.com/musicplayernetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridog6996 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I was taking lessons at age 10, but I don't remember what I was playing. I never did any recitals, talent shows, or anything like that until much later, so I don't have any landmarks to go by. Probably the usual suspects from the classical repertoire, and I didn't start playing jazz until high school. I think it was around age 10 or so I briefly decided to play the saxophone (which lasted less than a year). I don't remember at all why that would have interested me, because the music I listened to at the time (Guns N Roses ALL THE WAY :grin:) didn't have anything to do with the saxophone. Or the piano for that matter, until the Use Your Illusion albums came out. I remember learning Estranged and November Rain by ear the first day I bought the albums. My YouTube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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