Bryan MacMartin
CONTACT

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle.

ABOUT

I play tuba, euphonium, trombone, flugelhorn, trumpet, cornet. Working on flute, clarinet, bass guitar and bass harmonica.
I'll play any style: Jazz, blues, funk, ska, dixieland, second line, bluegrass, marching band, concert band, swing, even electronica (using effects pedals and vocal harmonic overtones).
I've interned as a recording engineer and worked stage crew at several major venues in New England & New Orleans.

978-210-4053 from noon to midnight

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Screen name:
Bryan MacMartin
Member since:
Aug 31 2007
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years playing music:
40
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
6-7 nights a week

Influences

From marches to tuvan throat singing.

Blues, funk, jazz, rock, klezmer, reggae, ska, old & new electronica, New Orleans dixieland and funky second line, alphorn & yodeling choirs, Rock & Reel, drum & bugle corps, junk drumming, steel drums, a cappella & some scat (Satchmo, Ella, Torme, Clark Terry, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross).

Maynard Ferguson, Don Ellis, Bill Chase, Doc Severinson, Cat Anderson, Ray Anthony, Al Hirt, Clark Terry, Phil Wilson, Albert Mangelsdorf, Ray Anderson, Gunhild Carling, Booty Wood, Bill Watrous, Steve Turre, Rich Matteson, Sam Pilafian, Oystein Baadsvik, Howard Johnson, Dave Bargeron, Pete Fountain, Doreen (NOLA), Al Gallodoro, Gordon Beadle, Scott Shetler, Jerry Jumonville, Timo Shanko, Ben Webster, Woody Herman, Spike Jones, Mickey Bones, Bonzo Dog Band, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Tom McDermott, ReBirth & Dirty Dozen Brass Bands, Bonerama, P-Funk, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Harry Reser, Bela Fleck, Ellington, Basie, Kenton, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Leonard & Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Patrick Gilmore

Ella Fitzgerald, Ursula Dudziak, Bjork, Nina Hagen, Ingrid Lucia, Joe Williams, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Cliff Edwards, Bobby Short, George Leh, Bobby McFerrin, Tom Waits, Thurl Ravenscroft, The Modernaires, The Andrews Sisters

Favorite online radio: WWOZ, DRS.ch (Musigwalle), WERS

EQUIPMENT

Sousaphone, helicon tuba, upright tuba, euphonium, flugabone, mellophonium, valve alto trombone, tenor & bass slide trombones, slide trumpet, valve alto trombone, trumpets, cornet, double french horn, bass harmonica, Casio DH-100 MIDI horn, ARP Avatar synth and Casio CZ-101 & newer MIDI keyboard, many electronic effects pedals and boxes of pro & toy percussion.

MUSIC