ABOUT
Bass player who is also a programmer, biker, and gamer.
Styles played include:
- Heavy Metal (classic NWOBHM, Technical, Thrash, Death Metal)
- Rock/Classic Rock
Over the years, I've also jammed along to Blues, Folk, Alternative, Country, Southern Rock and Indian Classical styles with other musicians.
I also play rhythm guitar (acoustic as well as electric).
Music-wise, while Metal and Rock (in all their various forms and subgenres) are unquestionably my first love, I listen to pretty much everything EXCEPT rap/hiphop/related and electronica/house/music-that-goes-"ThisThingThatThing"-mindlessly/related.
Some non-metallic musicians (amongst a vast plethora) whom I like/listen to on a regular basis are Simon & Garfunkel; The Beatles; CCR; The Doors; oldies rock/pop from the 40s to the 70s (including The Mills Brothers, Motown acts, crooners like Tom Jones, Al Martino, Englebert Humperdinck, Cliff Richard et al) just to name a few.
I have to confess that I am not, however, all that current on contemporary rock/metal artists - it seems that I'm stuck in a time warp which ends at the turn of the millennium. That being said, I have stumbled upon a few contemporary metal acts which I like - Be'lakor, Korpiklaani, Gojira, Havamal, Steignyr...
Feel free to get in touch if you want to say hello. Missives sent to:
beast <DOT> in <DOT> black <PLUS> bandmix <AT> g m a i <ELL> <DOT> c 0 m
(In the preceding, remove all spaces, replace all zeros with the letter 'o', and substitute the relevant characters for the items mentioned in <angular brackets>) will find me. Unless it's spam. Those are mercilessly redirected to /dev/null.
- Screen name:
- Beast_in_Black
- Member since:
- Mar 11 2015
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 7
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Death, Pantera, Megadeth, Motorhead
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Moderate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Moderate
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
Basses:
- Artisan Bass Works custom 5-string
- ESP LTD F415FM 5-string
- Customized double-neck 5-string-bass/6-string-guitar
- Ibanez SR406 6-string bass
- Fender T-Bucket Acoustic 4-string bass
Amps: JBL PRX735 1500-watt powered PA Speaker, Fender Rumble 40 (practice)
Yamaha MG16/4 unpowered 16-channel mixer
Effects: Line6 POD HD500X
(I usually just go DI to the mixer/PA speaker from this)
