i heard a rumour that george michael records almost every instrument in studio on his albums.
is it true?
does he play instruments live on stage???

well.. he uses fake drums in almost every song...


so yeah, he probably does do all the instruments

thebanishedone said:

yes to the first

no to the second.

Many modern artists profess to be multi instrumentalists. This is true in the sense that they can 'noodle' on say a guitar or a few simple chordal progressions on a piano. maybe they can even do a simple root bass walk.

It doesnt make them accomplished musicians.

George falls into this catergory.

but if its true george have show us great knowladge of harmony
check song older
he plaYS NICE GUITAR SOLO ON CARLESS WHISPER,father figure ,faith,jazzy piano on some of his songs

I agree with 3121. Brian McKnight falls in that same category too.

He definitely plays a bit (particularly keyboards), but you can hear the difference between what he can do as opposed to real musicians if you listen to the extended version of I Want Your Sex.

The first part is all done by him, and the second part has outside musicians. His part was a huge hit (to his credit), but the second part leaps off the record in terms of playing.

I'm sure he plays a little guitar, but watching the video to faith he looked like he was not playing the right thing, but that was years ago, maybe I'm wrong.

thebanishedone said:

I saw an interview awhile ago when he said he wrote the song 'Patience' on John Lennon's piano (the Imagine one), but then he scoffed at the idea that it was him playing it on the record, and that he got someone else to play it for the recording. He was basically saying he wasn't good enough for his piano parts to be put on record.