SEEKING
Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.ABOUT
Keys and vocals, primarily. Some rhythm and acoustic guitar experience. I can sing lead vocals but prefer to share lead vocals with another vocalist or two. My current most prominent strength is playing solid rhythmic keyboard and synth parts while singing harmonies or lead. I can sing and play parts in a live or studio setting. I have pretty strong improvisational skills as well. In 1988 I received the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award and was the only girl chosen to be in the Michigan All-State Jazz Band as their pianist. My jazz skills have waned since then, but what I learned gave me a good solid foundation for theory and improv skills.
- Screen name:
- JeaniKeysAndHarmonies
- Member since:
- Jul 27 2021
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 40
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Too many to name, as I love a lot of different styles and genres. Big personal influences for me (going chronologically from memory since early childhood) include: The Beatles, The Who, The Stones, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, Jim Croce, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Neil Diamond, Earth Wind and Fire, Lionel Ritchie (Commodores), Chicago, ALL Motown (seriously, all of it), Fleetwood Mac, Prince, Elton John, Billy Joel, Donna Summer, The Ramones, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, The Police, The Cure, Yaz, The Smiths, The Psychedelic Furs, The Kinks, The Violent Femmes, The Pretenders, Talking Heads, Van Halen, Rush, Triumph, Pink Floyd, Ozzy/Sabbath, Styx, Kansas, Toto, Yes, ELP, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction, Nirvana, The Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Blind Melon, Edie Brickell, Sheryl Crow, PJ Harvey, Liz Phair, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Ricki Lee Jones, Ani Difranco, Alanis Morissette, Indigo Girls, Weezer, Beck, DMB, Phish, The Grateful Dead, Rusted Root, MGMT, Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, Joss Stone, Dido, Tash Sultana...seriously, I could just keep going, all day long. Seriously...
Instrument experience:
- Keyboard:
- Expert
- Background Singer:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Alto:
- Expert
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Piano:
- Advanced
- Other Percussion:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
I have my own PA, 3 keyboards (2 Yamaha and 1 Roland), Two keyboard amps (one big Roland and one small practice amp), several guitars (classical, acoustic/electric and electric) I also have an old Hammond B3 with leslie speaker but it stays put, as I lack means and ability to lug it around without risking damage to it.
