j2fly

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Background Singer, Keyboard, Drums, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar.

About

I'm 26 and have been involved with music my whole life. I joined the Madison Boychoir when I was in 2nd grade, sang in the top choirs at UWEC and was part of a 6-man a cappella group called Fifth Element where I served as a high tenor and vocal percussionist. In addition to drumming with my mouth, I'm a very good "real" drummer and am also a good rhythm guitar player (I can also do some lead stuff, though it doesn't come as natural to me as rhytym). I also find myself at home in the recording studio.

I want to start/join a band for fun and gig out 1-2 times per month (more if we are well received and all want to pursue it together). Note my influences below for the type of music I hope to sing/play and I have a sample song list of tracks I would sound good singing on. I am a very versatile vocalist and can sing pop/rock/country but try to stay away from the heavier rock screaming stuff and am definitely NOT into metal at all.

I'm also a live sound and studio engineer. I have one full length album under my belt as a performer with Fifth Element and I recorded/produced/and mixed another album on which I did not perform for the UWEC vocal group "The Innocent Men".

Hit me up at jonkinney [at] gmail [dot] com or on Twitter @j2fly or contact me via my website http://jonkinney.com/contact. Cell is 920-349-7829. I am currently very busy with the studio build project as well as a client project in the studio that I'll be transitioning to once the build is finished and am thus not immediately available for much of anything. That being said, I am still looking to start something on my own, most likely acoustic/solo act to start (maybe with a few other top notch vocalists/guitarists if our tastes are similar enough) or if the perfect band opportunity comes along I would consider that as well. But please look at the song list for the style of music that I am accustomed to... I'm not Scott Stapp so please don't expect me to get on stage and fling sweaty hair around and scream ;-) I'm also hoping for guys that are around my age since I want to make friends and have fun making music rather than trying to scrap together a bunch of gigs to try to make some cash.

Influences

Foo Fighters (the non-yelling tracks), O.A.R., Kaiser Chiefs, Green Day, Eve 6, Blink 182, Simple Plan, Everclear, Linkin Park, Gavin DeGraw, John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Kid Rock, Lucky Boys Confusion, Matchbox 20, Rascal Flatts, Reel Big Fish, Rockapella, Nickel Creek, Spin Doctors, Sublime, Third Eye Blind, The Verve Pipe, 311.

I've been keeping a running list of songs I think would be fun to cover in a project that I would be involved with. Some I already know how to play/sing others I haven't learned yet but again, they're on my list so here it is:

Nine Days - Story of a girl
3rd eye blind - Semi-charmed kinda life
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want to Be
Nickel Creek - This Side
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Eve 6 - Leech
Eve 6 - Here's to the night
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Rascal Flatts - Life is a highway
The Verve Pipe - Colorful
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!
O.A.R. - Anyway
Green Day - When I come around (acoustic)
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Spin Dr's - Little miss can't be wrong
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Matchbox 20 - 3AM
Goo Goo Dolls - Slide
3rd eye blind - Jumper
Ben Harper - Steal my kisses
Everclear - Everything to everyone
The Script - Breakeven
The Script - Man who can't be moved
O.A.R. - Hey Girl
Johm Mayer - Comfortable
O.A.R. - Crazy Game of Poker

This is just from a quick brainstorm... I'll be adding to the list over time.

Equipment List

Instruments:
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Taylor 610-ce acoustic guitar
57' Fender Strat knockoff
Korg T1 88-key hammer action synthesizer/piano (heavy bastard)

Studio Gear
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Mac Pro Quad Core 3ghz with 8gb ram
MacBook Pro 17" 3.06ghz core2 duo with 8gb ram, 7200rpm hd
Dual 22" Samsung LCD monitors for the Mac Pro
24" apple cinema LCD for the MacBook Pro.
Glyph GT 062E 1TB Raid scratch disc
Drobo Pro 8-disk RAID for securely archiving media
Pro Tools M-Powered 8.x (always kept up to date)
Waves v7 Gold and Renaissance Maxx plugin bundles
Melodyne Studio (autotune software)
M-Audio FW 1814 audio interface
Apogee Rosetta-200 AD/DA converter
Avalon 737sp class a tube preamp
Dynaudio acoustic BM5a studio near field monitors
Groove tubes GT67 tube studio microphone
Shure talkback mic
Digidesign Command8 motorized fader mixing interface for ProTools
Pro Tools computer keyboard with shortcut keys
A studio desk with racks to hold everything
Several pop filters / studio mic stands
Access to many other mics as needed

I'm finishing my basement this year as a home recording studio with the first time home buyer tax credit. I have most of the gear, just need a decent space! Finishing it myself should allow that.

PA Gear
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Sennheiser EW 135 G2 wireless hand held microphone
3x wired Shure beta58a mics
2x wired Shure sm58a mics
1x Shure beta 87a
A&H MixWiz 16 channel analog mixing console
Presonus Digimax LT 8 channel mic pre with adat lightpipe out
Alesis HD24 multi-track hard disc recorder (lightpipe/analog in)
M-ONE XL efx processor
DBX 166xl stereo compressor
BBE Max-X3 stereo/mono crossover with BBE sonic maximizer
BBE Stereo Compressor with sonic maximizer
Presonus ACP88 8 channel compressor/limiter/gate
4 JBL MR925 FOH cabinets
4 community monitors
16 channel whirlwind snake
QSC PLX 3402 Stereo amplifier
QSC RMX 850 Stereo amplifier
Crown 1200 Stereo amplifier (one channel needs repair)
TOA 6 channel powered mixer
4 speaker stands
All necessary cabling / power components / racks / cases (some even on casters)
A mini-van that can fit this whole sound system

I'm sure there are things I've forgotten other things... but basically all I need are people... I have all the gear!