forrest27
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Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Other, Upright bass, DJ, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

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sometimes I drum on IG: forrestflams
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Current Projects:
- Spare Parts For Broken Hearts
- Hans San Juan

I'm a professional drummer and software engineer originally from Dallas, TX. I've been writing, recording, and performing with bands, musicals, and drumlines for 10+ years. My life dream and goal is to create music that is inspiring and meaningful, at least to me and hopefully to others as well.

I'm looking for people with a wide range of musical influences (if you don't want to sound like your favorite band/genre, you must broaden your musical horizons) that love to experiment with sound and rhythm (rapid iteration of ideas; quantity breeds quality), are masters of their craft (but still humble!), and are artistically fearless (not trying to be anyone else). My favorite music to play is both technically (fun for musicians) and musically (dynamic and expressive; fun for anyone) interesting.

hmu if you're looking for a drummer in any capacity (jamming, writing, recording, live, etc) - I'm always down to grab coffee/beer and talk music!
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Forrest Akin

Screen name:
forrest27
Member since:
Sep 13 2014
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
20
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
2-3 nights a week
Most available:
Nights

Influences

Tigran Hamasyan
Esperanza Spalding
Snarky Puppy
The Bad Plus
Tony Williams
Larnell Lewis
Karriem Riggins
Nate Wood
Mark Guiliana

Animals As Leaders
Battles
The Mars Volta
Radiohead
Tool
Soundgarden
Deftones
Meshuggah
Sufjan Stevens
Dirty Projectors
Hiatus Kaiyote
Björk
Thundercat
Louis Cole
Knower

J Dilla
Madlib
MF Doom
Raekwon
Freddie Gibbs
Danny Brown
Kendrick Lamar
Jay Rock
Schoolboy Q
Jadakiss

Instrument experience:

Drums:
Expert
Other Percussion:
Expert

CALENDAR

Past Events

Hamster Ball is celebrating our 10 year reunion! Come experience the magic all over again and more at Pariah Arts.

1505 Gano St
Dallas, TX 75215

Drumming for Terrence Lindsey on the Rebel Stage at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI