Teleman4554 + Musician in Sahuarita, AZ

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ABOUT

I am available to join a working part time band, playing mostly older music for dancing and listening. Could join a startup provided at least one band member has solid connections to paying venues, have a band practice space, and a PA. I am experienced in playing and singing Standards, Oldies from the 1950's forward, Country & Western (mostly classic), Smooth Jazz, Rockabilly, R & B, older rock and pop. Hard, loud, heavy rock and blues is not what I do. I like to work with musicians and singers of professional quality, meaning, proficient on their instruments, have significantly long experience in working bands, and sound good. No beginners, amateurs, or snowbirds. If you are looking for a lead guitarist only to support a front person, or to sing lead on less than 8 songs, or you are not interested in having at least 3-part vocal harmony, I would not be the right fit for your project.

Prefer being in a band in which most of the musicians sing leads and harmonies. If there are vocal harmonies on the original recordings we cover, I expect the band members to support whoever is singing lead with consistently accurate harmony singing. If the band members just can't do good harmony singing, I am in favor of using my vocal harmonizer on some songs.

I’m not interested in bands that play exclusively blues, exclusively southern rock, exclusively modern country, exclusively classic rock, etc. There is nothing wrong with those genres, but playing just one of these styles doesn’t permit enough song variety to interest me. I would enjoy doing a few songs of these types as part of a larger variety.

I am not a front man, entertainer, or booking agent. Audiences generally like the songs I sing, and if some song doesn’t work at a particular venue, I will do a different selection the next time I play there. Infrequently, gigs for a band come my way, and whatever band I’m in will be offered to play the gig. I am a well experienced side man with a variety of songs to offer. I consider myself to be a secondary singer. Another band member would have to be a primary singer who does more of the expected requests than I do. I bring interesting songs people like but don’t usually hear a band play. I like to sing a mix that includes popular requests and my favorites that work for the audiences. Over time, an experienced band will drop songs that don’t work anymore, and bring in replacement songs.

I learn songs from recordings by ear, and I can read sheet music. I approximate the guitar solos.

I sing songs appropriate for the instrumentation in the band. My favorite combination of instruments includes guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and sax for playing the widest variety of pop song types.

I would fit with a band that plays a variety of songs for older audiences who like to dance and listen. Songs from the 1950s onward, mostly songs from the 1960s and 1970s, and some songs from later decades. There are a few older songs that audiences request because they like the songs, and there are certain dances associated with particular songs. Even though some musicians may be tired of playing certain common requests, I have no objection to the band covering such songs upon request (such as Margaritaville, Mustang Sally, Boot Scootin’ Boogie, I’m Tore Down, Under The Boardwalk, and others). These can be back-burner songs; if no one makes these requests, we don’t have to play them.

I would also fit with a band that plays standards and jazz. Great American Songbook, and Real Book. I also sing some of this standard and lounge style music (All Of Me, Summer Wind, Just The Two Of Us, Fly Me To The Moon, More Today Than Yesterday, and more). I have big band and small combo experience.

I would also fit with a band playing mostly classic (older) country band with steel and/or fiddle. I have played and sang in classic and modern (at the time) country bands. I sang All My Ex’s, On The Road Again, Old Flame, Heartbroke, Mama Tried, Waltz Across Texas, Route 66, and more.

I would also fit with a band consisting of two 6-string guitar players, bass and drums. Guitar bands typically must play a mix of some kinds of rock and some kinds of country. I have experience in guitar bands as well. I sang I Feel Fine, The Night Before, The Break Up Song, Black Is Black, Can’t Help Falling In Love With You, Hey Bartender, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, Pretty Woman, That Thing You Do, Hello Mary Lou, I Fought The Law, and more).

I have experience working in duos and trios, and with their prerecorded tracks. I prefer working with at least 3 other musicians.

I have some pit band experience for musical shows: Always Patsy Cline, Little Shop Of Horrors, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

I have played on stage with some celebrities including Kellye Cash (former Miss America 1987), Mickey Gilley, Sally Starr, the Glaser Brothers, the Dovells, the Fantastic Johnny C. I have played on the same shows opposite Ernest Tubb, and Conway Twitty.

Screen name:

Teleman4554

Member since:

Jan 28 2010

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

55

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

I enjoy most kinds of popular music from the 1940s thru today, including but not limited to, older rock, classic country, R&B, Motown, some disco, salsa, western swing, standards, harmony singing groups, big bands, and jazz.

Instrument experience:

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Vocalist:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Bass Guitar:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Fender and Gibson guitars, old and newer Fender amps, EV and Shure mics, Vocalist Live 5 harmonizer, Boss effects board, music stand, and other accessories for practical gigs.