TopazDragonfly

SEEKING

Band to Join, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Fiddle, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Ukulele, Upright bass.

ABOUT

More of a passion than profession. . . Topaz (aka: Topaz Dragonfly) is an artist born of Appalachian roots with a Celtic lineage and an Hindi-African soul. With aspirations towards something of an integration or fusion of all cultural aspects of human diaspora and nature!

Find me & some old tunes also s://./topazdragonfly

Screen name:: TopazDragonfly
Member since:: Jan 21 2021; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Moderately Committed
Years playing music:: 30
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Mozart, Billie Holiday & Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Marley, Hendrix, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Moody Blues, EWF, George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Stevie Wonder, Prince, MJ, Madonna, Tori Amos, Herbie Hancock, Afro Celt Sound System, Zap Mama, Jai Uttal, Enya & Clannad.

Instrument experience:

Other Percussion:: Expert
Background Singer:: Expert
Vocalist:: Expert
Vocalist - Soprano:: Expert
Drums:: Advanced
Piano:: Advanced
Vocalist - Alto:: Advanced
Clarinet:: Advanced
Keyboard:: Moderate
Other:: Moderate
Mandolin:: Moderate
Saxophone:: Intermediate
Acoustic Guitar:: Intermediate
Bass Guitar:: Beginner
Flute:: Beginner
Accordion:: Beginner

EQUIPMENT

All sorts of auxillary percussion (Latin, African, & Celtic), hand-drums (congas, ashiko, djimbes, talking drum, & bodhran), a Tama Stagestar trapset (jazz set) with a set of both Sabian Cymbols (for crisp studio sound) & Zildjian (for more rock/grunge), as well as a marching snare, custom-crafted travel set, etc... Yamaha digital grand 76 key keyboard, mandolin, hammered & lap dulcimers, chromatic lap-harp, fretless bass, acoustic & electric guitars, clarinet, sax, flute, & a Honer accordion.