apparent

SEEKING

Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, DJ, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

I'm a singer/songwriter/guitarist/synth player and programmer. I'd like to collaborate on something that fuses synthpop, industrial, post-punk, shoegaze, 90's alternative/indie, Warp Records electronic. I tend to write music that is melancholy but not overly so. More than anything I'd like to work on music that I love and my commitment stems from that. I want to work on music that is trying to say something important. I'm very open to doing shows but that would depend on how good the songs are. We'd have to share a lot of the same influences because my tastes are a bit specific.

I'm a sort of jack of all trades musician. I can program synths, manipulate samples, innovate different types of distortions, filters, modulation and delays. I've done Reaktor builds but nowadays prefer to work with Ableton macros. I don't sample other peoples music and rarely use preset sounds. I tend to have a lot of ideas that aren't run of the mill but have no problem keeping things simple when needed.

All the tracks I've uploaded to this account were performed by me with the exception of the song Lightweight which was written by Lindsay Miller and I contributed keyboards, drum loops and samples.

You can reach me jjochems at hot mail dot com

Screen name:: apparent
Member since:: Aug 06 2019; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years playing music:: 20
Gigs played:: Under 10
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, <PIG>, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Gabriel, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, Tempers, Agnes Obel, Slowdive, Ladytron, Massive Attack, Curve, 80's U2, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Tricky, Thomas Newman, Arcade Fire,