Literal Guitar Hero + Musician in Arcadia, CA

SEEKING

ABOUT

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Bio:
I'm an 18 year old, newly graduated musician in need of a group of people who wouldn't mind coming with me on my shenanigans in the music world. Art is my forte, so I live in movies, books, poetry, paintings, and most importantly music. I was published in my school's poetry anthology and I started a band called "The Welcoming Committee" that played Alternative Rock, Classic Rock covers. I'd want to find people who are open to experimentation and willing to work with original songs. I aspire to join the Citrus College Jazz program and travel a bit.

I started playing music in the 5th grade and carried the Alto Sax till sophomore year, where I switched to Baritone in marching band. That same year, i started playing the Trombone in my schools award winning Jazz Band, also where I learned the concepts of improvisation and expression. I did the same my junior year, where I also took up playing the guitar and bass in my spare time. In my senior year, I left marching band and devoted my time to jazz band, playing the Bass Guitar. That same year, I started a band and played the talent show on the bass. I also took up the drum-set i my final year of high school.
In Total:
5 years on the Alto Saxophone
3 years on the Baritone
2 years on Trombone
2 years on Guitar
2 years on Bass
1 year on the Drum-set

I'd prefer to play guitar and bass. I can play Alternative Rock, Blues, Swing, Funk, Latin, and I'm open to new stuff.

Screen name:

Literal Guitar Hero

Member since:

Jun 03 2015

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

6

Gigs played:

Under 10

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

My musical fluency spans across several genres, but the type of sound that i want resembles the following:

The Black Keys, The Gorillaz, The White Stripes, Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer, Sublime. Gritty Stuff to jam to with soulful lyrics.

I'll update the list below as I recall more bands, but these are the groups that i listen to frequently.
(The aforementioned) Linkin Park, Rise Against, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Phantogram, Daft Punk, Amy Winehouse, Adele, The Doors, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Of Mice and Men, Bring Me the Horiozon, A Day to Remember, Red Hot Chili Peppers, CAKE, Gogol Bordello, The Dropkick Murphy's, Franz Ferdinand, Incubus, Tool, Pearl Jam, Rush, The Animals, Mana, Jullieta Venegas, Enrique Inglesias, The Clash, Radio Citizen.
Classical Composers: (Modern/Movie Soundracks) Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Micheal Giachianno, Two Steps from Hell. And the standard composers: Tchiakovsky, Handel, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mozart, etc.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Moderate

Rhythm Guitar:

Moderate

Lead Guitar:

Moderate

Acoustic Guitar:

Moderate

Bass Guitar:

Moderate

Drums:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Trombone:

Moderate

Upright bass:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

A really old (bout 23-24 years old, still a clean sound) Peavy Dyna-Bass guitar. An Ibanez RG-120 electric guitar. An Epiphone Les Paul 100. Two small practice amps (Spider-VI 16' and Peavy Viper I 16') and a brand new Pearl 5pc Soundcheck stock drum-set with a Zildjian crash ride and crash. Double kick by DW
Also a brand new custom fender Bass Guitar.

I'll be building my collection soon.

MUSIC