gdemkow + Musician in Howell, NJ

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ABOUT

I live in the Howell/Jackson area. Work up in Wall area. I am pretty easy going, but have a drive to play, am dedicated, and like to move VERY fast. No ego. No drugs, no smoke, a couple of beers while I play is great.

I started guitar when I was about 12. I had a music background before guitar - trumpet, trombone, baritone, have taken several years of music theory classes (although I probably have forgotten more than I remember by this point). I switched over to bass in my late teens/early 20's. I am very solid, good grove, and can attack some fairly involved bass lines, but not flashy and I don't need to be in the spotlight. I also can play keys. Definitely more Geddy type stuff, but I played Bohemian Rhapsody on piano in my last band. I am fine with being a straight ahead bass player, but if you wanted a utility person I can play that role too (maybe even as a rhythm guitarist/keyboardist).

gdemkow at gee male

Screen name:

gdemkow

Member since:

Jul 03 2006

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

40

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

I guess the easiest way to get this across is just a list...Rush, Yes, Brother Cane, Fuel, Steve Morse, Alice in Chains, Zappa, Classical (Mozart and Vivaldi especially), Zep, Floyd, Tull, Seal, The Pretenders, Queensryche, Jellyfish, The The, Queen, etc., etc., etc. I could go on for quite a while. I guess the main point is that my musical tastes are pretty diverse. I like what I like regardless of what genre it gets stuffed into. So I am flexible. But my favorite genres are Prog Rock, Classic Rock (roughly mid 70's and on), Hard Rock and Mainstream Rock.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Keyboard:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Bass: Fender Jazz (Geddy Lee signature), two Line 6 Variax 500 basses, Ibanez BTB 5 string (active), Steinberger Spirit XZ-25 5 string (passive), etc. Main rig is a MarkBass CMD 151 Jeff Berlin combo with an extension cab. I also have GK MB2 500, GK 800, and GK 400 heads and Hartke 4200 (Pro series), & Hartke 2200 (Pro series) cabs.

Guitar: A '79 Les Paul, Line 6 JTV-59, Line 6 JTV-69, 2 Floyd Rose DST1, '85 Ovation acoustic electric. Marshall Code 50, Peavey Classic 30, Peavey Studio Pro 112 combo, etc. Line 6 Helix, POD HD500X, TC Electronic Nova System, tons of individual pedals.

Keys: Yamaha MODX7, Roland Juno-DS61, Roland D-550 (rack mount D-50), Keith McMillan 12 Step MIDI pedals, Fatar/Studiologic MP-113 MIDI pedals.

PA: Allen & Heath CQ-20B, Mackie DL1608, Mackie DL806, two QSC K-12 tops (plus several more single/dual tops), Harbinger 18" subs.

And tons of other items that didn't make the list.

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