dougorlando + Musician in Chandler, AZ

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Professional Keyboard Musician specializing in Hammond B3 Organ , Jazz Piano, various Synthesizers, Keytar, Bass, Organ, and simulating a multitude of other midi instruments such as Guitars, Strings, Brass, woodwinds, Percussion.
Website: ://.dougorlando/

Doug Orlando began music lessons on Drums & percussion in Chicago Illinois, and moved to a focus on Keyboards (Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ and Electronic Music Synthesizers) in the late '70s. He enjoys playing other acoustical instruments (guitar, sax, violin, flute, and others) on the synthesizer keyboards using modulation wheels, sliders, ribbon, joystick, breath & foot controllers. He has played in Chicago local bands such as “Episode (with guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio .angelo )” , “Sweetwine” and "Episode".

In the late 1970's and he opened for bands such as KISS, STYX, Thin Lizzy and Ted Nugent. One of his favorite gigs was playing live with Abe Laboriel virtuoso bass player. He has created and led many bands over his musical career, recorded 5 albums of original music, and is thrilled to have the DOB Doug Orlando Band launched and playing in the Phoenix Chandler area.

During 1995-2004, Doug formed and played in several musical bands at Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington IL, in the WCCC Programming Ministry for weekend or mid-week program as well as Men’s Events & NFL Men’s Breakfast program.

Doug is currently working in the IT Telecommunications Industry and located in Phoenix/Chandler AZ. He is the Global Data Operations Director at AT&T Business Solutions in Phoenix, AZ as part of the Managed Services Outsourcing Fortune 500 customers. Doug’s key work history contains 20 years with IBM, and is currently with AT&T Business Services. He hired on with IBM as a customer engineer to repair computers in the early 80′s, and PC’s, and mainframe computers. Now that he has completed his MBA he is looking to continue gigging at LIVE concerts, recording new music CD’s concerts.

Screen name:

dougorlando

Member since:

Jun 30 2012

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

40

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Keith Jarret, Rod Argent, Jimmy Smith, Booker T Jones, Joey DeFrancesco, Robert, Laam (Chicago), Billy Preston, Jon Lord, Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), U2, Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Greg Rollie (Santana), Keith Emerson (ELP), Rick Wakeman (Yes), Sting (The Police), Michael Omartian (Paul McCartney & Wings), Ray Manzarik (Doors), Eric Clapton, Rush, Dennis DeYoung (Styx), Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Pink Floyd, Russ Freeman (The Rippingtons), Pinetop Perkins, Billy Preston ( Beatles, Blues Brothers), Oscar Peterson, Booker T and the MG's, Jimmy Smith, Keane, Kansas, Aerosmith, Matchbox Twenty, Greg Allman (Allman Brothers), Aerosmith, Chick Corea, Herbie Handcock, Peter Gabriel (Genesis), Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Kutless, Moody Blues, The Who, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Incubus, Johann Sebastian Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mozart

Instrument experience:

Other Percussion:

Expert

Keyboard:

Expert

Piano:

Expert

Background Singer:

Advanced

Vocalist - Tenor:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

- Hammond XK5 (new)
- Kurzweil 88 Key Piano Keyboard SP88
- Macbook Pro, Logic Pro Studio midi (Brass , Mellotron strings ), synths
- Roland Jv-1010 60s 70s module
- Roland AX-09 Black Lucina Wireless Keytar / Shoulder Keyboard Synthesizer
- Roland VK7 Hammond B3 Organ/Leslie Simulator Keyboard
- Korg Radius R3 Synthesizer
- Yamaha DX7 Keyboard Workstation
- Oxygen 48 Keyboard and Mac LogicPro Studio Software

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