ABOUT
I played Classical and Jazz trumpet for 4 years before picking up a guitar. Since then guitar has been my main focus, mainly in classic rock and metal, mostly lead-type stuff but really anything that interests me.
I played in my first band for 6 months when I was 14 before breaking up after not playing a single gig, and from there I found a truly talented group of people in Oklahoma. We played festivals and other random gigs throughout almost 3 years together with myself as Lead Guitar. In that time we put together a fairly large amount of music, both covers and originals and we sat down and recorded an album together, covering 13 tracks and what we felt to be the best of our original music. All 3 tracks available to play here are songs I either wrote myself, Leading Me On, to songs I collaborated with my band to make, Entrust and Papa Pork Jam.
- Screen name:
- guitarslingerchris
- Member since:
- Dec 11 2008
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 15
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Zeppelin, Boston, Tesla, Lamb of God, SRV, Van Halen, STP, Pearl Jam, Incubus, Queen, Guns 'N Roses, A Perfect Circle, Cake, Wallflowers, too many more to list...
EQUIPMENT
2017 Gibson Les Paul Standard Traditional
Epiphone Les Paul Standard - 59/Hybrid bridge and Seth Lover neck
2016 PRS Custom 22 with 57/08s
2012 PRS Custom 24 with 85/15s
2004 Fender American Deluxe Strat
2016 Taylor 314ce
EVH 5150 III 50w mini stack
Roland JC-40 Jazz Chorus
LOTS of pedals...
MUSIC
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Entrust
Entrust Track number: 3 Year: 2006 Album: In The Studio Genre: Alternative
I wrote this with my lead singer/rhythm player over the course of a couple weeks. Never did quite get the rhythm track as clean as it should be, but this is probably my favorite song to have been a part of, as well as the best solo I have written so far.
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Leading Me On
Leading Me On Track number: 1 Year: 2006 Album: In The Studio Genre: Alternative
Put this song together in about 2 hours between myself and my lead singer/rhythm player. I sang the first half of the song and chorus, he sings the second half and backs up the chorus.
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Papa Pork Jam
Papa Pork Jam Track number: 2 Year: 2006 Album: In The Studio Genre: Alternative
This came to be from a riff I had come up with in high school when I mistakenly learned how to play Chem 6A horribly wrong without ever having heard the song. From there it evolved to a jam song that my band kept adding to whenever we practicing and this was the version we would play live.
