Brandon_Edge + Musician in Austin, TX

SEEKING

ABOUT

i've written hundreds of songs, ranging from loud to soft, silly to "serious" [and i don't think the 2 are mutually exclusive. life is complex. let it breathe. do what comes naturally. for me that means all emotions/attitudes are valid, and the more you express, the more interesting it is]. i'm drug-free and i'm easy to work with. aside from talent, patience is the main prerequisite. everyone comes from a different place. i want to form positive working relationships and it should be fun, joyous. life is too short to fight over dumb stuff or force yourself to work with people you can't stand. i'm looking for unique talented fun ppl to get a band together. i've self-produced 30 original albums and 3 albums of covers. some of those songs are good. some aren't. opinions differ. i've had ppl praise songs i did that to me were nothing special and ignore songs i worked hard on and thought highly of. this is why my albums generally have most everything i came up with during a specific period w/ few omissions. you may find the skip button useful.
here are the links:
download/stream my albums here: ://brandonedge.
download my non- albums here: ://.mediafire/folder/zw36vgrw2j46s
artist page: :///brandonedgerocks
YT channels:
1. "brandonedgerarities" s://./channel/UCD8w4ojw1kQbbVftokjLcMw/videos [rarities / non-lp]
2. "brandonedge" s://./user/brandonedge/videos [misc & official vids]
3. "brandonedgealbums" s://./user/brandonedgealbums/playlists [my original albums as YT playlists. for the albums for which i have pages on but aren't hosted there, the page will link to the album playlist on this YT channel.]
4. "brandonedgecovers" s://./user/brandonedgecovers/videos [cover songs]

contact me: brandontedge at ya hoo daught calm
or /brandontedge

Screen name:

Brandon_Edge

Member since:

Jan 24 2009

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

20

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Influences

i'd recommend just going to my and skimming through a few different albums, but here's a list of bands... beatles, cocteau twins, sonic youth, talking heads, smashing pumpkins, bob dylan, r.e.m., television, nirvana, the cure, the smiths, rolling stones, pixies, pearl jam, u2, joy division/new order, brian eno, david bowie, my bloody valentine, rhcp, depeche mode, failure, hum, guided by voices, green day, saint etienne, gary numan, b52's, archers of loaf, 10,000 maniacs, for against, simple minds, the fixx, foo fighters, goo goo dolls, black sabbath, led zeppelin, coldplay, jesus and mary chain, alice in chains, rush, kate bush, korn, sarah mclachlan, nine inch nails, peter gabriel, pavement, prince, radiohead, weezer, robyn hitchcock, soundgarden, stevie wonder, supergrass, swervedriver, siouxsie and the banshees, the doors, the cardigans, wesley willis, vangelis, my dad tom edge ...whatever i listened to the week before i wrote something..blahblahblah.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Advanced

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Drums:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

a few cheap guitars, a few pedals, a roland practice amp. it's pretty dire at the moment. i do have an old peavey XRD-680 mixer-amp that powers 2 15" Fender 112-ELC PA speakers, decent to practice w/ vocals or line-in acoustic or bass or keyboards. wouldn't really trust it for gigs but it could be brought as a backup just in case. also have another power amp but no speakers or mixer for it.

MUSIC