SEEKING
Rhythm Guitar, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto, Trombone, Bagpipes, Steel guitar, Upright bass, Cello, Accordion.ABOUT
Leddie Garcia with Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger’s, “Sounds From The Vault”, a playable orchestration of virtual instruments for the Chicago Field Museum, won the Gold Muse Award from the Association of American Museums. Leddie played the key role of Principal Percussionist and Committee Advisor. Letting “outsider”,
professional musicians like Leddie Garcia, come in and play these priceless artifacts is almost unheard of in the museum world. With his diligent efforts, Leddie mastered an instrument called a friction block. “I’d never seen a friction block”, said Garcia, “so I continued to experiment with this unusual instrument”. At some point, I started rubbing it, and it finally spoke to me, making this ululating sound”. Leddie played 32 of 50 priceless instruments collected for this award-winning exhibit. (Quotes from The Chicago Tribune with staff writer William Mullen).
- Screen name:
- Leddie
- Member since:
- Oct 05 2010
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Touring
- Years playing music:
- 20
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
Leddie’s musical influences include God, his family, The Beatles, Motown, Rock n’ Roll!!!! Alex Acuna, Bernard Purdie, Airto Moreiro , and Carl Stalling have been major influences. His sound can be heard across genres from Pop Music to Jazz Fusion, with Brazilian, and South Pacific Rhythms with Latin influences. Leddie describes his adaptive approach to performing as “wordly hybrid style of percussion styles blended into one.
EQUIPMENT
All genre's of percussion styled instruments
