Country Bumpkin + Musician in Cherry Valley, IL

SEEKING

ABOUT

Easy going personality, significant touring, studio engineer, & gigging experience. I've played everything from dive bars for no show crowds, orchestra pits, to sold out stadiums with national acts. Primarily I'm looking to build a trio for classic covers, jazz and blues or starting a professional minded progressive metal project. Additionally I'm Interested in online collaboration, building local connections, working paid gigs, local & tour fill in, session work, and working cover bands. Genre doesn't really matter to me.

Professional Engineer by trade, open to additional work outside of traditional business hours. Primarily available week nights and weekends. Open to travel within reason and am capable of remote rehearsals. Will travel up to 8 hours on weekends for the right opportunity. Based out of Cherry Valley IL. Frequent flyer to LA, Nashville, Toronto, Cleveland, and Buffalo. Active US passport. Catching a flight for a weekend in North America is not an issue. Zero tolerance for drama. I'm not interested in the touring life or being a rock star, I'm in music for the love of it and nothing else!

Formal business, acoustic mechanics, music theory, and recording education. I have a strong drive to succeed and grow. I'm easy to get along with and level headed. I'm technical and results driven, I apply that mindset to everything I do. I like to have fun and love to play music. That being said, I take what I do seriously. I'm not interested in just jamming for fun or hanging out unless there is a firm goal in mind. I'm a high energy player and put on a show.

Primarily a guitar player and focused on guitar. Competent skills and can transcribe on the fly. Comfortable playing lead or rythm in any situation. 7 & 8 string preferred.

Bass I with low wide range, comfortable with Fry and gutturals.

Comfortable on bass for most genres.

Comfortable on rock drums.

Comfortable mixing, producing, running live sound or light.

Open to fill in gigs, positions with local working groups playing out no more than 1-3 times a month, producing, recording/mixing, mastering, studio work, ghost writing, and fill in positions on bass, drums, programming, and guitar. Remote recording capable. I also do photography, videography, graphic arts, and media editing. Let's link up and make something happen!

Contact me if you are interested in working together. Blues, metal, country, jazz, bluegrass, RnB, orchestra, electronica, rock, ska, doesn't matter. I'm into just about everything!

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Screen name:

Country Bumpkin

Member since:

Mar 13 2021

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

15

Gigs played:

Over 100

Influences

12ft Ninja, Devin Townsend, Leprous, Caligula's Horse, Bury Tomorrow, They Art is Murder, Gov't Mule, Job for a Cowboy, BTBAM, Lorna Shore, Bleed From Within, Heart of a Coward, ERRA, Lamb of God, Dua Lipa, As I Lay Dying, Dream Theatre, Scar Symmetry, Tool, Gojira, Whitechapel, Veil of Maya, Architects, Rings of Saturn, Archspire, Per Nilsson, Greg Koch, Elton John, Quentin Taranto, Jason Richardson, Nuno Bettencourt, Rick Graham, Andy Timmons, Eric Johnson, Andy James, Satriani, Vai, Paul Gilbert, Extreme, White snake, Scorpions, Zac Brown Band, Big and Rich, John Denver, Richie Kotzen, SRV & Double Trouble, Infant Annihilator, Van Halen, Styx, John Mayer, Winery Dogs, Joe Bonamassa, Fit for an Autopsy, Santana, Rush, Gary Moore, Johnny Lang, Muddy Waters, Prince, Alter Bridge, Killswitch Engage, Alice in Chains, Volbeat, Igor Stravinsky, All that Remains, Hans Zimmer, Polyphia, Meshuggah, Merle Haggard, Jerry Douglas, Marshall Tucker Band, Gary Allan, Travis Tritt, Sonny Landreth, 5FDP, Periphery, Jeff Loomis, Haken, Opeth, I built The Sky, Within the Ruins, Plini, Winds of Plague, Steve Irwin, Brand of Sacrifice, Black Crown Initiate, Volumes, Karnivool, Breaking Benjamin, Teramaze, Porcupine Tree, Tool, TesseracT, Enterprise Earth, Rivers of Nihil, Alan Walker, The Weeknd, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Mary J. Blige, Bassnectar, Bury Tomorrow, Irish folklore, the beautiful sounds of dial up internet, sea shantys, John Browne, and others. You get the idea!

Instrument experience:

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Fiddle:

Advanced

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Electronic Music:

Moderate

Vocalist - Bass:

Moderate

Drums:

Intermediate

Background Singer:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Live & Di Rigs. Primary and backup setups. Extended range Guitars, acoustic guitars, Banjos, Mandolins.

6 string bass, Live & DI rack rigs.

PDP kit, DW/Tama hardware, Istanbul & Zildjian Cymbals. Yamaha FP9 double kick.

Studio Space & Recording Equipment.

PA, Playback rig, lights system, IEM system, remote mixer based system.

MUSIC