SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Steel guitar, Cello, Electronic Music.ABOUT
Anybody can learn to play an instrument, but it takes gift and dedication to know how to play music. One must tune their ear to be able to hear and articulate sound in ways that are unseen by the human eye.
My NUMBER one instrument as a musician is my ear. I train my hearing before anything else so that when I put myself to the test on the instrument, I can help someone else hear everything that I was able to hear. I've been playing music for 11 years now and I'm ALWAYS ALWAYS asked the question," Nick, why aren't you in a band?" Truth is, I've just never found a mix of musicians with the same level of dedication as I have for music. If the band is serious enough about their music, then it will be something their willing to dedicate their own personal time to. Music is not something that you call off because you got invited to go and play frisbee at the park with some dudes or their some movie you want to go see real bad. Sacrifices will be made to make it important. I plan to go all the way and see where my ears and my voice in the music world can take me
- Screen name:
- NickPoppin
- Member since:
- May 11 2014
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Touring
- Years playing music:
- 11
- Gigs played:
- 50 to 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Days
Influences
Mumford and Sons, R.E.M, The War on Drugs, Paramore, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Avett Brothers, Ellenown, Burlap to Cashmere, The Civil Wars, John Mayer, Andrew Shirley, Jack White, The Beach Boys, Baha Men(their fun :D) Bloc Party, My Morning Jacket, David Ryan Harris, Lowercase Noises, Eagles, Fall out Boy, fun., The Gaslight Anthem, Hoobastank, Queen, Imagine Dragons, Nels Cline, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Buffett, Journey, The Killers, Kings of Leon, The Lumineers, Minus the Bear, Owl City, Panic! at the Disco, Run River North, Walk the Moon, Sigur Ros, Sounds of Satellites, Spoon, Annie Clark, The Tallest Man on Earth, U2, Vintage Trouble, U2, We the Kings, Did I mention U2? , Wolfmother, Young the Giant, Zac Brown Band, and Wilco
EQUIPMENT
Guitars: -Gretsch Historic Series (true Dynasonic pickups
- Custom built Jazzmaster
- Custom built Strat
- Custom Jaguar (Gold Foil Pickups)
- Fano TC-6
Amps: - 3 Monkeys Grease Monkey Head and Cab
- Vintage Harmony Combo amp
- Custom 1x12 speaker cabinet(for testing amps at shops)
Pedals: -FIX Pedalboards artist
as my board is always ever changing depending I will just save sometime by listing all of the pedals I'll go through and use BUT I will list some of my favorite pedals and Companies
- JHS Pedals Superbolt, Moonshine, Low Drive, Colour Box, Panther, Alpine, Emperor, Warble Tron
- Walrus Audio Descent, Bellwether, Vanguard, Luminary, Messner
-Keely Electronics Time Machine Boost, Compressor Pro
Line 6 M9 with JHV3 Mods
Strymon Big Sky, Flint, OB1, El Capistan, Deco
Earthquaker Devices Rainbow Machine, Speaker Cranker, Tentacle, Interstellar Orbiter, Organizer
those are a SMALL few of the favorites I'll use from time to time but my board is ALWAYS changing to fit the "gig" or setting that I am playing
