TheSpinalShaft
CONTACT

SEEKING

Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, 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.

ABOUT

I am a very 70's style progressive style player, with gifts in improvisation, rhythm, and lead guitar. When I play with other people I listen to the music being created as "layers", and I try to find good contrasts with the different parts and instruments we're using.
Being in the suburbs of good ol' Wisconsin, it's hard to find ANY committed players that actually have the natural born gift of music. Instead I play with people who struggle with even the fundamentals of guitar, but ignore it and push forward with absolutely no skill improvement. It's hard to play Major League ball in the Minors.

Screen name:
TheSpinalShaft
Member since:
Jun 26 2008
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years playing music:
6
Gigs played:
Under 10
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
6-7 nights a week

Influences

Umphrey's McGee, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, The Arctic Monkeys, Phish, The Doors, The Steve Miller Band, Bob Marley and The Wailers, John Cougar Mellencamp, The Beatles, Amos Lee, The Allman Brothers Band, Beck, David Gray, Pat Metheny Brian Wilson, Collective Soul, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, Guns N' Roses, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Mayfield Four, Pantera, Queen, Damien Rice, The Who, Pink Floyd, Primus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Robin Trower, Santana, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Switchfoot, Talking Heads, U2, Velvet Revolver, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Rod Stewart, The Flaiming Lips, Dream Theater, Tool, Medeski Martin & Wood, John Scofield, STS9, Donovan, Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Joe Cocker, Brick, Son Seals, John McLaughlin, Path Metheny, Luther Allison, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Pearl Jam, Blue Oyster Cult, The Police, Daft Punk, Widespread Panic (heady brah content), Supertramp, Boston, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Blind Melon, Lotus, Tea Leaf Green, Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, The Foo Fighters, Sound Trip Sector 9

EQUIPMENT

Gibson Les Paul Studio
Marshal AVT 275 (soon to change)
Boss Blues Driver
Morley Bad Horsie Wah
Taylor Acoustic