SEEKING
Vocalist, Lead Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Trombone.ABOUT
"Clay Johnson, an Ohio native graduated high school in Mountain View, Arkansas, the Folk music capital of the world. Clay studied electric bass guitar in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in Music Business from the University of Arkansas. He studied under Dr. James Greeson, Claudia Burson, and upright bass under Dr. Michael Montgomery. But he has always enjoyed playing outside of school as opposed to inside a practice room. Clay has played with a variety of different musical groups around the area including: UA Jazz Band, UA Funk ensemble, Jon Shorter band, Tom & Hebron, Rough Draftz, and LaFuSo. Recently Clay has played in a International Blues Challenge contending band "Jigsaw Mud" with Arkansas Blues HOF vocalist“Lectric” Liz Lottmann, Shockolate (a party band whose setlist spans a variety of number one hits through the years). He has also entertained alongside Matt Reeves (son of Country Legend Jack Reeves) and Benjamin Del Shreve. Clay enjoys playing a variety of different genres including Funk, Jazz (including Bebop, bossa nova, swing, blues, Afro-Cuban jazz, and Fusion), progressive rock, Pop, Reggae, and others. He also presents an energetic and unbridled stage presence. Clay’s ultimate goal is to achieve a mastery of the bass in any genre through exploration in any known or unknown style. Music is a great passion of his, and he enjoys sharing it with everyone that cares to slow down and take a listen."
I'm Clay and my problem is bass addiction. Nothing can prepare you for a life of music like playing with other people can. The more I learn the more I realize there is to learn. My goal in any group i'm involved with, is to support the other musicians in the group the best I can, and to make them sound better than they could without me. I do this by laying down a rock solid foundation on which ideas can be built.
- Screen name:
- clay484581
- Member since:
- Jul 17 2012
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 10
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Instrument experience:
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Upright bass:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
4 string Bass - Fender American Standard Jazz Bass
4 string Bass - Modified Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass
4 string Fretless Bass - Modiied Squire Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz Bass
5 string Bass - modified Lakland skyline 55-AJ
5 string Bass - Fender American Standard jazz bass V
Upright Bass w/ fishman pickup
Aguilar Tonehammer 500 with DB410 cabinet
Mesa Subway d-800 with SWR Goliath iii cabinet
Phil Jones compact 4 cabinets
Pedal Train Pedalboard with
-Darkglass Electronics B7K preamp
-Dunlop 105q crybaby bass wah
-EHX Nano POG
-EHX Pulsar Tremolo
-JHS 4wheeler bass fuzz
-JHS little black buffer
-Loop Master true bypass loop switcher
-MXR Bass Octave Deluxe
-MXR Bass Envelope Filter
-TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
-TC Electronic Corona Chorus
-Tech 21 Red Ripper
*Not in use:
Fishman Platinum Pro EQ/Preamp/Compressor/DI
TC electronic Ditto Looper
MXR Bass Overdrive
Mogami cables
DR Strings