SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Trumpet, Saxophone, Piano.ABOUT
Experienced, stylistically open electric & acoustic, lead & rhythm, rock & jazz guitar player looking to either join an established band or put together a group to play covers locally with the possibility of writing original music to perform and record.
Experience in gigging rock band and different jazz outfits.
- Screen name:
- Andy Guertin
- Member since:
- Jul 04 2010
- Active within 2 weeks
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 15
- Gigs played:
- 50 to 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
Kind of all over the rock spectrum and open to going in different directions: The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Phish, Built To Spill, Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Ambulance LTD, The Dave Matthews Band, Umphrey's McGee, The Pixies, Radiohead, The Shins, The Doors, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Metallica, Matt Pond PA, Rise Against, Thrice, Oasis, The Velvet Underground, Incubus, The Foo Fighters, At the Drive-In, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses, The Arctic Monkeys, Sigur Ros, Explosions in the Sky, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Tom Petty, Third Eye Blind's first album, The Wallflowers, Van Halen, The Smashing Pumpkins, Everclear, Wilco...
As for jazz I'm really only into the combo bop stuff and not so much for big band and contemporary smooth stuff: Miles, Coltrane, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Dizzy, Monk...
Favorite lead players: Tre Anastasio, John Frusciante, Slash, Jake Cinninger, Mike Einziger, Kirk Hammett
Favorite songwriters: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elliott Smith, Bob Dylan, Frank Black, Tom Petty
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Harmonica:
- Moderate
- Vocalist:
- Intermediate
- Drums:
- Intermediate
- Keyboard:
- Intermediate
- Piano:
- Intermediate
- Background Singer:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
American Fender Strat w/bridge humbucker and 2 single-coil vintage pickups. Epiphone acoustic guitar. Crate 120W multi-channel amp. Wah pedal. Noise suppressor pedal. Line 6 POD preamp. Tascam digital 8-track portable recorder.
MUSIC
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Break On Through
Break On Through Album: The Next Paradigm Genre: Classic Rock
a well recorded cover of The Doors "Break On Through" recorded by my old band Copenger
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Self Restraint
Self Restraint Genre: Alternative
original song by my old band Copenger, wrote the music but not the lyrics
