david57strat + Musician in Huntington Beach, CA

SEEKING

ABOUT

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I took ten years of piano lessons, starting at eight years old, and switched over to the guitar at eighteen. I have an equal instrument in both instruments. I do most everything by ear. I am very interested in putting together and performing original music with other musicians - for live performance, and/or recording projects.

I am not a "plug and play" guitarist. I use effects (a lot). I consider them to be tools that give me a lot of sonic options.

If you're looking for a purely "organic" guitarist (One who uses few to no effects - someone who literally plugs a guitar straight into an amp and starts playing), then you're not looking for me.

I'm primarily looking for another guitarist, a bassist, a drummer, some keys, and a vocalist or two. A violin would be amazing. I'm not opposed to unconventional instruments!

Hopefully, you have some ideas about music you've wanted to write, or have been wanting to play, but haven’t really connected with the right musicians. I’d love to hear your music and work on your tunes, as well get some help from you, working on mine.

For me, playing alone is okay, but I need to be around other musicians who are excited about the possibility of composing, recording, and publicly performing original music with other musicians. I'm looking for people who understand that need, and have a true desire to share their craft with other musicians; people who understand and crave the magic that music has to offer, when shared with other musicians, when the musical match is right.

Playing with other musicians tends to bring out the best in me. I need that - I can't stress that enough. If you know what I'm talking about and want to be a part of making it happen again, I need to hear from you.

I'm not looking to be in a Top 40 performing situation (I've been in way too many cover bands, and I have no interest, whatsoever, in doing that again); but I would be happy to entertain the idea of doing some covers, just for the fun of it, especially while we're in the composing process. It might be a nice icebreaker for us, to start out. Even throwing in a cover or two, during a set might be fine, but I really want to perform original music, and I'd rather invest my time working on that, than learning (or relearning) someone else's Top 40 pieces. That's the main goal.

The only studio recording in these samples. "Daniel Said", was done with the band back in 1998. I only did the electric guitar parts on that song. Full credit has to go to the other band members:

Sam Ettaro - vocals and acoustic guitar
Kim Ettaro - backing vocals and percussion
Taka Hirobayashi - Bass
Tim Thayer - Drums

We can always shoot files to each other, if you feel so-inclined.

If you haven't posted any samples of your music here, please message or email me and send me some links, so I can hear what you've done. I think that's a reasonable request. I've posted a lot of samples of my music here, even though it's raw and unpolished, so you can get an idea of what you can expect from me, stylistically and experience-wise.

Assuming we've heard each other's music samples and feel like our styles would blend well together, we can always meet for coffee or something, and if that feels right, we can later connect at a place suitable for playing, set up our stuff and just jam together for a while, and see where that goes.

I would gladly welcome any/all of these situations, and am wide open to any suggestions you may have as well.

I have good equipment, reliable transportation, and a hard-working and sincere attitude about making this happen. I just need to connect with the right people. Let's talk and see what happens from there.

Please feel free to message me here, or e-mail me, at david57strathot maildotcom Thank you for reading my ad. I await your reply.

David

Screen name:

david57strat

Member since:

Jul 06 2007

Active within 24 hours

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

40

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Influences

Paul Simon, Michael Hedges, Antoine Dufour, Don Ross, Pat Metheny, David Gilmour, Eric Johnson, The Edge, Dave Bainbridge, Alex Lifeson, John Petrucci, Chick Corea, Lyle Mays, Bill Evans - way too many to fully list here.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

'96 Standard Strat with EMG DG-20 Pickups, Alvarez ADCK60 Acoustic/Electric with Baggs iBeam Active pickup, Fender P-Bass, Fender Ultimate Chorus, Yamaha MX-88, Roland AC-60, Blackstar Sonnet 60 (x2), Focusrite 18i8, BOSS GX-700 and GT-10, GT-1000 Core, dbx 166a, dbx 215, dbx AFS224, Aphex 104 and 204, Presonus Studio Channels (2), RANE MQ302, Digital Music Corp. Ground Control Ernie Ball 6166 and Volume Pedal Jr, Livewire, Monster, Spectraflex, Canare, Mogami, EBS and Rockboard Cables, and a multitude of pedals :-).

MUSIC