Carmen.eric.shepherd + Musician in Battle Creek, MI

SEEKING

ABOUT

Pro vocalist currently in Battle Creek Michigan.
Looking for professional working band or musicians.
Interested in touring or performing locally also available for studio work.
Carmen has performed professionally in dinner theater, blues bars, jazz clubs, rock cover bands, original funk bands, original and cover acid jazz.
Excels at improvisational lyrics and vocal melody and harmony.
email to carmen.ceric.shepherd

Screen name:

Carmen.eric.shepherd

Member since:

Nov 20 2005

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Anita Baker,
The Beatles
Big Mama Thornton,
Bob Dylan
Cee Lo
Dandy Warhols
Duran Duran
Earth Wind and Fire,
Ella Fitzgerald,
Etta James,
Fleetwood Mac,
Heart,
Jamiroquai,
John Lennon,
Johnny Cash
Kanye West
Led Zeppelin,
Modest Mouse,
Morcheeba,
Morissey,
Mosquito’s,
Nine Inch Nails,
Outkast,
Peter Gabriel,
Patsy Cline,
Pink Floyd,
Portishead,
Queen,
Radiohead,
Ray Charles,
Rolling Stones,
Roxy Music
Sarah McLachlan,
Sarah Vaughan,
Sex Pistols,
Spearhead,
Steely Dan,
Stevie Wonder,
Supertramp,
The Smiths,
Tom Petty,
Tori Amos,

EQUIPMENT

CONTACT INFO:
[email protected]
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MAGNOLIASTUDIOS
Phone (269) 964-9695

LIVE AND STUDIO MUSIC EQUIPMENT LIST:

CONDENSER MICS:
Rode K2 Tube Mic,
Shure Beta 87A,
Shure Beta 87C
(Same mics used live by Tori Amos and Peter Gabriel)
Oktavia MK-319
(2) MXL 1-inch vocal mics
MXL model 2001 Vocal Mic
(2) MXL half-inch instrument mics

DYNAMIC MICS:
Shure Beta 58A
Shure SM57
Shure SM58
(2) Shure 515SD
AKG base/kick
Digitech Vx400 Preamp and Vocal Effects Processor
9 Mic stands with booms

RECORDING CONTROL SYSTEM:
Yamaha EM 100 II Analog Mixer,
Ashly XR2001 crossover
ESI Wami 192X high definition 192-kHz 24-bit 4-track Rack Mount digital recorder
8 channel surround sound capability

COMPUTER: (Custom Made Silent)
Fanless MSI P6N SLI Platinum Motherboard
Intel 6300 Core2Duo 2x2 Ghz
2 GB of Corsair 900 Mhz DDR2 ram
1300 GB (yes 1.3 terabytes) of SATA 3.0 hard drives
Fan-less XFX GeForce 7600 GT Fatal1ty Edition / 256MB
Antec Phantom 500 watt noise-less power supply unit
Two 17" LCDs and one 32" LCD and one 32" CRT Monitor

SOFTWARE:
Adobe Audition 2.0, 32 bit Multitrack Recording and Mastering,
4-band 64 bit Izotope compressors, 31 band EQs,
Any reverb/echo/delay effects imaginable.
FL studio 7.0 producer edition XXL package,

CD/DVD PRODUCTION
LITE-ON 20X DVD+R 20X DVD-R 48X CD-R Burner with LightScribe
Two 48X CD burners One DVD Writer
Two 5760 dpi CD face printers.
3 CD jacket paper cutters.
5 MegaPixel Sony DSC-F717 Digital Camera with Zeiss Lens
3200x6400 dpi epson image scanner

POWER AMPLIFIERS:
Crown power amp 400 watt x 2 channels
Adcom power amp 100 watt x 5 channels
Headphone amplifier 4-channel 12-outputs
Two 1800 watt Furman Power Conditioners.

SPEAKERS:
One pair of KRK Rokit-6 SE White Near Field Studio Monitors,
Two pairs of Acustic Reaserch 215PS Monitors
2 fifteen inch PA cabinets with horn tweeters,
2 fifteen inch Diamond Audio Subs,
3 sets of AKG Headphone
AKG K240 Headphones.
Two Sets of Shure In Ear Monitors with 1 Receiver and 2 Channel Transmitter,

INSTRUMENTS:
Hammond M100 Organ,
1800's Pump Organ,
Yamaha SK-20 Vintage Analog Synthesizer,
Casio CTK-651 Digital Keyboard,
New Gibson USA Les Paul Studio,
1970's Fender Twin Reverb,
New Ibanez Fretless 5 string Bass,
New Peavey Grind Bass 4 BXP NTB Electric Bass Guitar (Natural)
New Ampeg BA115 Bass Amp,
Honner 12 string Acoustic,

DRUMS / PERCUSSION:
Yamaha Double Kit includes:
All new Evans EC2 and J1 heads.
2 kicks,
2 floor toms,
4 toms,
3 snares, Including a steel shell SPAUN,
4 zildjian ZBT cymbals,
Zildjian Z Custom Mastersound Hi-Hat,
Zildjian ZBT Hi-Hat,
3 Piece set of LP Professional Classic Congas,
LP Concert Series Bar Chimes - 36 Bar Single Row LP511C
Turkish Dumbeck, LP claves,
LP Shakers

MUSIC