SEEKING
Vocalist - Alto, Keyboard, Vocalist - Soprano.ABOUT
I have a day job and play as a fill in on cover gigs.
Prefer to play progressive hard rock or prog metal, jazz fusion, bebop, R&B, Motown, funk, & soul music .
- Screen name:
- Fusion Freak
- Member since:
- Oct 21 2008
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 25
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
THE FOLLOWING LIST IS INCOMPLETE, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, AND WILL ALWAYS BE. Also, they are all INSPIRATIONS, but not all are necessarily INFLUENCES - know what I mean ?
Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, Otis Rush, Son Seals, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, B.B. King, Roy Buchanan, Lonnie Mack, Walter Trout, Matt Guitar Murphy, Steve Cropper
Jazz
Swing, Bebop, Post Bop, Hard Bop, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Django Reinhardt, Thelonious Monk, Mc Coy Tyner, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Cecil McBee, Rufus Reid, Jimmy Raney, Chuck Wayne, George Van Eps, Grant Green, there's just too many cats to list !!
Rock Artists/Bands
Eddie Van Halen, Living Color, Kings X, Fishbone, Bad Brains, Weapon Of Choice, Funkadelic, Frank Zappa, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Schenker, Uli Roth, Ritchie Blackmore, Greg Howe,Tommy Bolin, Deep Purple, Tony Iommi, Gary Moore, Warren DiMartini, Frank Marino, etc . . , Steve Gaines, Dickey Betts, Duane Allman,
Jazz/Rock/Blues Fusion
Jaco Pastorious, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Alan Holdsworth, Bill Connors, AlDimeola, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Alphonso Johnson, George Duke, John Scofield, Scott Henderson, Dennis Chambers, Chuck Loeb, Bill Evans (saxophonist & pianist), Victor Bailey, Weather Report, Marcus Miller, 70's/80's Miles Davis, Jimmy Herring, Mike Miller, Derek Trucks, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark
The Great Composers
Stravinsky, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Zappa, Bartok, Debussy To Be Continued
EQUIPMENT
Tons, but main rig is as follows:
GUITARS:
Gibson Howard Roberts
88 Strat Plus w/ WCR SR's & acme Wiring Kit
Homemade Strat dual Humbucker
AMPS:
Marshall Superbass Clone
Red Plate Amps Magic Dust Duo
Cabs
Boogie Cab w/ EVM 12 L
THD 2-12
Various Effects
