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Auckland Chase Theoden + Musician in Collinsville, IL

Auckland Chase Theoden
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SEEKING

Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

I own and play 34 keyboard instruments, including 3 Hammomds / 4 Leslie speakers, BUT, I have portables, will travel!!

(I'm now 56.)

"Aging is inevitable. Getting OLD is a CHOICE!!"
- Auckland Chase Théoden

51 yrs after I heard the first musical instrument even while I was in utero, I bought **THAT** Hammond C3 with her screaming Leslie 122 from the church that I was born into.

I've been a musician since before my birth - I had no choice!!
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My ideal band situation is to join a band that is either relatively new, or just starting out and we can all get accustomed to each other at the same time.

I will, however, join an existing band - but with stipulations:

1) If you are a cover band, one week prior to my audition gig, I will receive a list of songs that you play and the key that you play each of them in .

2) If you write your own music - which I love!! - I will receive lyrics and chords to each of your songs, PLUS at least access to digital recordings of EACH at least 2 weeks in advance prior to our audition gig.

I have over 50 years of keyboard experience, and that will be both protected and appreciated

My look is in *no* way connected to my music!

I've played keyboards since 1973, and I've looked closer to my current image since 2009, although I never, ever dressed like "normal" people. I look this way just to do routine shopping, to go to the gym, and, in fact, nearly every single time I step outside my door. There are many good reasons for who I am and what I do, but nobody wants to read that miniseries, at least not at this point!)

Videos of me playing in my music studio:

s://./MichaelJKeller1/videos_by

Screen name:
Auckland Chase Theoden
Member since:
May 02 2016
Active within 2 weeks
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years playing music:
50
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
6-7 nights a week
Most available:
Nights

Influences

Billy Preston
Billy Powell
Ray Charles
Keith Emerson
Elton John
Billy Joel
and the list continues....

Instrument experience:

Keyboard:
Expert
Piano:
Expert
Other:
Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Nord Electro 61 5D

Korg SV-1 (Vintage Keyboard Simulator), Special Edition,

Korg Triton Extreme 88

3 Hammond organs / 4 Leslie 122 speakers

1 Rhodes 88 Suitcase Electric piano

1 (Year 2000) Roland RS-5 64-voice synth

One 1980 vintage Rhodes 88 Suitcase elec. piano

...and many, many more!!

1959 Hammond C3 (B3) w/ Leslie 122

1963 Hammond A-100 (B3) w/ Leslie 122

1969 Hammond E-100 w/ Leslie 122

(I won't be gigging with my Hammonds unless the music gets serious! They're my babies and I treat them tenderly! I will travel, however, with my Nord Electro 61 5D (Hammond organ simulator) and / or my Korg Triton Extreme 88)

2 acoustic pianos
.Casio Groove Synthesizer XW G1
Roland RS-5 64 voice synthesizer
1944 WWII government issued pump reed organ
1888 reed organ
7 MIDI controllers (Axiom 61, Axiom 49 and many others)
Korg MS-20 modeler with Korg Legacy software

MUSIC