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concrete_optimist + Musician in Inver Grove Heights, MN

concrete_optimist
CONTACT

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Bagpipes, Cello.

ABOUT

GUITARIST/songwriter/ studio engineer LOOKING TO JOIN OR START A NEW BAND and use my ProTools training from IPR. you can email any time at techworx_04c
0mcast(dot)net

Screen name:
concrete_optimist
Member since:
Jul 18 2012
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
15
Gigs played:
Under 10
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
1 night a week
Most available:
Mornings

Influences

Too many-Grunge to Alternative, to Metal, to Industrial.... on and on- if it's good, or got a good hook I don't care about genres

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:
Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:
Advanced
Lead Guitar:
Moderate
Bass Guitar:
Moderate
Other Percussion:
Moderate
Keyboard:
Moderate
Vocalist:
Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Various Epiphones (p-90 junior to hot-rodded '02 standards) to Ibanez Iceman w/EMGs(think White Zombie, you'll know what it sounds like then), and various other Strats. Typical pedals like Mxr, wahs, Boss, on and on. Amps-Marshall and Epiphone (modded-tube) stacks. Full Pro-tools 002r recording rig, various mics/cords blah blah blah.....

MUSIC

CALENDAR

Past Events

now seeking drummer (JC where are you bro?) and lead guitar(i'm no shredder) for possible band under name of From Out of Nowhere or Blue Mercury

looking to add vocals over my basic tracks, male or female don't care as long as the vocal track matches the key of the guitar track. Open to ALL colabs!!

got my foot in th' door and gonna be working at GC(guitar center)-Oakdale!!! Musician's ALMOST dream job....performing IS 1st, but you gotta have income between gigs! See anybody there who needs stuff or wants to Jam!!

Working on putting vocal harmony backing trax on a piece called "Autopilot" from Adam...pulled the lyrics and trying to get key/scale right. thinking maybe old soundgarden/temple of the dog for style-wise.

Anybody up for a GC jam session???

had to scrap the roller all the way back to the drum and rhythm guitar tracks as the basslines and leads stunk...bummer.

I added the rhythm guitar lines, but still trying to work in good solos that fit....

Finishing work on 3 tracks: "The Roller", "Left Me With Nothing", and the cover track-not saying what or who until it's done and posted!!

Added "The Roller" rough demo online, took down "funk on the top"--a "meh" track anyways....

put cover track on hiatus(while re-working drums) and started up work on new original demo for "The Roller"

It ain't easy when you don't have a working midi clock(i hate metronomes-kills the "feel") to non-midi/waveform sync-up drums, guitar, and bass altogether!!!

Working more on a new track, covering an older alternative song(not sayin' who/what yet) that has lots of potential!

added "Stupid Batman Cover" and "Smackdown"

adding more tracks again today

Added 2nd cut rough demo for "I Don't Care"

added in 3 more new rough tracks from Olympus. Still working on the re-recording and song progressions on all. No finished tracks yet...

just got done with the rough demos on a mini-recorder for 14 new tracks-personal works