A Bird of Fire
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SEEKING

Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard.

ABOUT

Short-term Goal: Over the next 3-4 months I want to record a few songs live in the studio here in Las Vegas with multi-cam video coverage to throw out into the world.

I need people to start by learning the frameworks as I wrote them - then, I want to work together to build up stronger collective versions of each song. In a big way so we can be looser/improvisational live.

Just wanting to start with a 4 or 5 song e.p. for the sake of focus.

Writing spontaneously with players in a room is the funnest, but I have scores of songs that I need to get recorded before I can get back to doing a significant amount of that.

I've just been subjected to a lot of overplaying musicians over the years (thankfully because people have loved my songs!)

I play with restraint on guitar when the song calls for it, I sing with the same. Looking for players who respect the spirit of the song most of all.

In exchange - I love to help people with their projects however I can (engineering, playing, writing, singing, producing).

Long-term Goal: to do this for a living - the current situations in the music industry are crazy. I figure that making audio/visual product is the logical start.

Screen name:
A Bird of Fire
Member since:
Jan 24 2010
Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:
Very Committed
Years together:
9
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Age:
53 years

Influences

Anything from Hendrix to Cocteau Twins, ZZ to Funkadelic, Voivod to Miles, Killing Joke to Smiths, Kool Keith to Kraftwerk, Meshuggah to Michael Jackson...

Members Of Band

Kudzai - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys

EQUIPMENT

Guitars: Customized Yamaha Pacifica, Monsterized 1989 Charvel Model1, Yamaha fretless, 1974 K Yairi classical guitar

Amp: Weber version of 50 watt Marshall JCM 800

Studio:
- A rack of 80's and 90's outboard compressors and effects (Ashley, Sony, Lexicon, Aphex, Alesis), Arturia synth
- Roland electronic drum kit
- Running Reaper on Mac