Hornet + Musician in Puyallup, WA

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Looking for another band or bands to work with. Most recently played bass with ArtrA (modern rock originals), Brainard (alt poprock originals), and with Ted Vigil (a John Denver Tribute). Previously playing with Reverent Circle, an original heavy rock band from Aberdeen; a rock cover band in the United Arab Emirates; a jazz trio in Ft Walton Beach, FL; for Burning Fern out of Brewton, AL - a 90's style band playing covers and originals; and the The Honey Badgers out of Destin, FL - a free-wheeling, jam prone, cover-band centered on an acoustic guitar/harmonica frontman who'd frequently jump from Blues Traveller to TLC and more. I've also played sax for reggae band Tribe Zion. Wrote, played, and recorded with Big Hairy Monster, a prog rock band in Warner Robins, GA, but while in Georgia I was also playing with a rock cover band (Stone Theory), a punk band (Gato Malo), a jazz/rock/blues fusion band (The Damp Wood Project), and sat session on a couple other local projects.

I've played just about every genre for which you'd want a bass guitar, and will play anything with any group of folks that aren't a bunch of no-talent ass-clowns (sorry, Michael Bolton). That being said, my roots are a mix of west coast punk, prog, funk, and jazz. I'm a versatile player that can improvise to the jam, pick-up nearly any song with just a listen or two, or can attempt to reach back to my childhood memories if you hand me a piece of sheet music to read. Just don't ask me to talk through the theory.

Give me a shout and lets start cranking out the jams.

Hornet

478-213-8289

email me: buzzlinesounds at yah oo . com

Screen name:

Hornet

Member since:

Feb 16 2007

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

30

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

Most recently I've been listening to a very random mix with lots of Frank Zappa, Dream Theater, Muse, Cake, Ozric Tentacles, Mars Volta, Blues Traveller, Tool. Huge fan of Consider the Source.

My influences include Mike Watt, Flea, Karl Alvarez, Kim Gordon, Geddy Lee, Tony Levin, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Bobby Sheehan, Victor Wooten and a lot of other bassists whose names I don't remember or never knew.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Background Singer:

Moderate

Electronic Music:

Moderate

Saxophone:

Moderate

Keyboard:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Bass Guitars:
- Dave Pushic custom 5 string "Hornet" bass
- '85 Ibanez Road Star II
- Dean 5-string fretless
- Ibanez acoustic
- custom Ibanez SR-1500 series 4 string fretless

Bass Rigs:
- SWR Mo' Bass running through an SWR Big Bertha, or
- SWR Baby Blue II, or
- Fractal FM-9 (direct or thru an amp), or
- Mark Bass MiniMark 802

Other:
- Alto, Tenor, and Baritone Sax
- Roland JV-2080
- MicroKorg
- 6 pc Pacific DW maple drum kit
- Mac with Ableton LIve Suite

Complete PA with mobile 32 channel live digital recording set-up.

MUSIC