Are you from a musical family?

[ghettosynth]

My family is very musical, our Christmas gatherings sound a bit like this...sort of...

[AsPeeXXXVIII]

Not exactly. My family isn't known for being a particularly musical one - you could say I'm the first in the bloodline to take such a passionate interest in music. Although my mother told me the other day that a cousin of my father's is a professional musician who has played in Leningrad Cowboys, among some other musical acts.

[kj.metissage]

Not at all.

So everytime I buy music making gear, I got the facepalm treatment.

Like, stop wasting your money on useless stuff blah blah blah.

[Aloysius]

My great, great, great grandfather twice removed played with The Beach Boys.

[Bombadil]

Father played the accordion. One of the, perhaps, three good things I can say he did for me was to teach me to read music when I was learning to read 'Fun With Dick And Jane.' I could play some Xmas carols and marches on his accordion, which was bigger than I was at that age.

When the Beatles hit the Ed Sullivan show, my older brother picked up the guitar. Since he was my 'hero,' I followed 10 years later, although I went from accordion at 6-7 to the organ at around 9. Guitar at 14.

My mother could play one ditty on the piano: "I like coffee, I like tea, I like the boys, and they like me."

So, certainly a bit of music there, but not like some I see here.

[martinjuenke]

My dog barks in C minor...

[Jazzyspoon]

My dog barks in C minor...

Not a dogmented 5th?

[jancivil]