cary1412478 + Musician in Belleville, IL

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Songwriter, sound engineer, multiple-instrument musician looking to collaborate with like-minded musicians and record original music and hopefully perform live and a "few" covers. Touring would not be excluded if we could get this off the ground, but I'm taking it one day at a time. I'm not looking to be the front-man of a band either I'd prefer just playing guitar or whatever instrument I'm playing that night and when it's my turn to shine, then I'll step into the spotlight and play and then move back to the shadows when I'm finished.

Update: 3/2/2023. I added this out of frustration! I'm writing, playing and recording a lot of new material these days, and my playing is about as good as it's ever been, if not even better with my touch now. However, it doesn't seem to matter trying to collaborate with others on this site. I've been a member for 4 years and only one person has legitimately reached out to me locally and they were just looking for a hired gun to play their original and covers. My music is worthy of playing live too but apparently it isn't good enough for that. The rest of the people who have reached out (and there haven't been many are scammers. I can't believe, or maybe I just refuse to believe that musicians looking for talent and ability, creativity, don't see my profile out there. I'm all over the place with 117 videos posted on be alone most of which I'm playing something or singing on it. I have posted 53 on this site, and apparently nobody is interested in what I have to offer. I will never understand that I guess! I have skills to write, record, and play music, Mix and mastering engineer capabilities too, and can improvise on my guitar like there is no tomorrow, but still.....nobody is interested. When I do searches for my area, nothing hardly even comes up or the profile is fake or there isn't enough information to make an informed decision whether or not the person is qualified to play; subscribers don't include any videos of them playing or music they've written, which makes about as much sense and trying to sell a car and not advertising it's for sale. I can't confirm this from any other perspective other than my own, but I believe this site may be useless! Why would I choose to pay for more services on this site when the most important service, linking capable individuals together, doesn't even appear to work? Don't advertise this as a free site to link up musicians, songwriters, etc., if you have to pay to get someone to view your profile.

Update: 5/16/2022. I'm back! My playing is pretty good, my balance is good, my speech is good. I feel pretty good overall considering I had a stroke 2 months ago and was paralyzed on my left side. Apparently GOD likes me because I don't think I would have been able to get through this without him!

Update: 4/10/2022. Had a stroke 3/15/22 which left me partially paralyzed on my left side. I basically have to relearn how to play like I used to play all over and it's not going as well as I had hoped. I can still mix and master and my ear is still 100% so that's a plus and I have been working on my playing almost daily so I'm not giving up. Check out the first video on my site and you'll see I can still write and play, but it's nothing fancy!

Screen name:

cary1412478

Member since:

Nov 01 2019

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

45

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

4-5 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

Blues (SRV, Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Gary Moore)
Classic Rock (Too many to list)
Metal (Metallica, Queensryche, Dokken, Fastway, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc.)
Modern Rock (Godsmack, Audioslave, Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, etc.)
Country (Johnny Cash, WIllie, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, newer stuff)
Easy Listening (Micheal Buble, Harry Connick Jr.)
Fusion Jazz (Al Dimeola, Lee Rittenour)
Latin (Love it but can't think of any popular artists. I've written several tunes)
Funk (anything funk would probably get my attention)

Instrument experience:

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Trumpet:

Advanced

Drums:

Moderate

Piano:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Vocalist:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Instruments:
Custom Schecter Electric Guitar
Hughes & Kettner Grandmeister 36
1 x 12 HnK Cab x 2
Midi Controller
Misc Pedals
Martin Classical Acoustic
Seagull Acoustic
Ibanez Bass

Live PA Gear:
Yamaha AW4416 mixer with Waves Mastering Tools (can be used for live)
Misc Mics and cables

Studio Gear:
IMac
Ableton Live
Many software packages for In/Out and Final Mastering
Focusrite Pre's
Misc Mics and cables/stands

MUSIC