Mulford Drive
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SEEKING

Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Cello.

ABOUT

I've been writing and playing music for over 23 years now. I took some time off to start a family and explore other options but things always came back to music. I've spent 2 years crafting a concept album. 38 tracks were narrowed down to 17. And now I'm working on making a second or possible trilogy out of the stories I have in mind.

We are recording now. Keep an eye on the tracks here to see what we're up to.

If you are interested, please contact me by looking us up and contacting us on FB. Just search for Mulford Drive.

Screen name:
manicstreetpreacher30
Member since:
Feb 08 2012
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years together:
2
Tend to practice:
2-3 times per week
Age:
49 years

Influences

So many, too many to name them all. I draw influence and have a love for many types of music. Opera, rock, blues, soul, punk, metal, classical, acoustic, old bluegrass, Jazz, Rockabilly, so on and so forth. My biggest influence tends to come from the UK rock scene. Here's a large but incomplete list of those who have influenced me.

Manic Street Preachers, Mansun, Blur (And all other Damon Albarn projects), The Cure, B.B. King, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, SoundGarden, Beatles, Sunshine(From the Czech Republic), Anything that Mike Patton does, Super Furry Animals, Well Hung Heart, Tori Amos, Porcupine Tree, Tom Waits, Sly and the Family Stone, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, Bad Religion, NIN, MM, QOTSA, Rolling Stones, Nat King Cole, classic Metallica, Pete Doherty (Libertines, Babyshambles), Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Willie Nelson, At the Drive In, Coldplay, Black Sabbath, Band of Horses, Randy Newman, The Red Paintings, My Bloody Valentine, Pearl Jam, Peter Murphy, David Bowie, classic Alice Cooper, The Doors, Violent Femmes, XTC, The Jam, Tony Bennett, Manchester Orchestra, Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, Luciano Pavarotti, Nina Simone, Nirvana, GNR, AFI, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Pixies, U2, INXS, Pantera, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Ray Charles,Patti Smith, Shannon Wright, Miles Davis, James Brown, David Byrne/Talking Heads, Edith Piaf, Al Green, Depeche Mode, Yann Tiersen, so on and so forth.

Members Of Band

Currently we are a vocalist, rhythm Guitar and I just hired Leyla I Royale to do cello and some string arrangements. She's just an unbelievable talent. Speaking of talent, our insanely talented engineer/producer Dave at Alley Cat recording in Warrenville IL is filling in all the gaps playing bass, drums, piano/keyboards, lead guitar, etc...
Check us out on Band camp to get some free downloads and follow us on FB to keep updated with where the album is at and what we're up to. Just search for Mulford Drive on both sites.

EQUIPMENT

I have a Martin acoustic/electric, A Fender Jaguar blacktop, a Bohemian black matte Ltd edition, 1964 Eko 12 string acoustic, Mexican Fender strat, A Takamine acoustic, and a fender mustang 2 amp. More equipment will be acquired once it is needed. But our studio has everything we need and more.

MUSIC