68quickness + Musician in Portland, OR

SEEKING

ABOUT

I'm a self-taught musician from the Midwest. I just moved to Portland, OR mid-summer of 2013 and getting my feet on the ground here. All my musical equipment is still in storage, but will soon follow. I've played lead guitar since I was 10 years old. At 14, I was in my first cover band. At 17, I started composing my own music with songwriter and vocalist Zap Tripper which started our band Trazar and played six to seven days a week for four years. If we weren't performing somewhere in St. Louis, we were writing new music. Withdrew from active performing to raise my son but continued to practice and record privately on a nightly basis after homework and bedtime. Now I have a massive collection of new and unheard music covering an array of styles on cassettes, videotapes, CD's, and DVD's.

Screen name:

68quickness

Member since:

Aug 18 2013

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

35

Gigs played:

50 to 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

4-5 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Alfred Montplaisir, Slayer, Benny Goodman, Yngwie J Malmsteen, Artie Shaw, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, Steve Vai, Dimebag Darrell, The Devil Makes 3, Parliament Funkadelic, Death, Mortification, The Devil (band), Trazar

EQUIPMENT

BC Rich Warlock
Washburn 6-string with Floyd Rose, Seymour Duncan
Nady Wireless
Various stompboxes
Peavey 2-12"
Peavey Studio Pro 40
TASCAM-2488
Hitachi 78x Zoom Video Camcorder

I prefer to record everything played during writing or just hanging out and jamming

MUSIC