IAW8U + Musician in Albany, NY

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LOOK---> It's NO FUN working amazing audio magic if one has no one to share it with or help. Don't be SHY, email me if your name is below. I want absolutely NOTHING from you. You'll be amazed at the difference in your audio or video track. Please, read on:

A hobby of mine is "fixing" good performances which are plagued by poor sound quality or a bad mix. I am NOT selling anything, nor am I looking for endorsements. It's just a pure act of kindness.

Bosborn of Menlo Park, CA (I remixed & remastered your "Slinky Thing - "Reelin' in the Years" live (Video)". Please email me at the address below).

bigrich72 of Castle Rock, CO: (I remixed & remastered your "High Point Players - Crazy Train (Video)". Please email me at the address below).

alexrtellez of Little Elm, TX: (I remixed & remastered your "Dreams w/Echo Canyon - Live at The Rustic (Video)". Please email me at the address below).

Stroke of Luck Band in Danvers, MA: (I remixed & remastered your "Spooky" Audio recording. Please email me at the address below).

John1667563 of Westbury, CT : (I remixed & remastered your "25 or Six to Four (7/20/23) (Video)". Please email me at the address below).

Bruce1728355 of Arlington, TN: (I remixed & remastered your "To Make You Laugh!!! - Practice 1977" audio recording)<---DELIVERED, & made a new friend!

Crane90 of Advance, NC: (I remixed & remastered your "Hawthorne Curve - Amie (Video)". <--- DELIVERED, & made another new friend!

Please email me at the address in the next paragraph. Again, I'm NOT selling anything. I'm just doing this for fun and to help the community.

IMPORTANT: IF YOUR PROFILE APPEARS IN MY MUSIC LIST, OR YOU ARE NAMED ABOVE, IT'S BECAUSE I SEEK TO CORRESPOND WITH YOU; PLEASE EMAIL ME HERE: precision productions at proton mail dot com (No Spaces/at=the (at) Symbol).

I'm not 35 years old. I'm not under 30, nor am I over 60. Age upon inquiry.

Please check out my audio content, and take note of their descriptions at the bottom of the page.

I am a meticulous, driven, ambitious individual who takes great pride in nailing every song the way it was originally recorded. Original composures are treated with the same quality and care. I have years of stage experience, and I have acted as instructor, engineer, manager, booking agent, and band leader throughout those years.

I will play nearly any song. I'm here to do a job, not to play only songs I personally enjoy. It's not about what I like. It's about what the audience enjoys.

I'm interested in joining either a group with multiple guitars that handle rhythms and overdubs, or a singular guitar group that chooses songs containing mostly singular guitar tracks with only minor overdubs. I prefer to avoid integrating and montaging multiple guitar tracks into a single live track where guitar rhythms are nowhere to be found during lead breaks, but I am willing to be flexible in certain cases.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm also very interested in collaborating with like-minded exceptionalists from all over the world for the purpose of building cover or original song material. I can record sections to send, or act as a hub for all incoming content which I will gladly mix and master.

I'm not involved for financial gain. I am involved to achieve success by doing my part to make the band I join as popular and well-known as possible.

My ideal scenario would be to find five or six other musicians like myself who use their own initiative to learn, and perform, songs as accurately as possible, so that everything fits together like a perfectly crafted puzzle.

My ideal line-up would be:
2-3 guitars (1 lead, 1 secondary/harmony lead & rhythm, 1 Rhythm)
1 keys
1 Lead Vocal/Front-Person
1 Bass
1 Drums
(with optional brass section, percussion section, etc)
Preferably with the majority of members also singing backing vocals.

My minimally acceptable full-band line-up would be:
1 Bass
1 Guitar
1 Drums
1 Lead Vocal/Front Person (or stellar singing while playing from musicians)

Other situations I would willingly join:
An acoustic duo (or myself and a vocalist)
An "unplugged" three-piece. (with emphasis on creativity over improvisation).
Slap-Top-Cajon style groups with a box to beat on instead of drums.

I enjoy performing rock music from all eras, classic to modern. From the soft, melodic, acoustic melodies of Bread and America to the hard raging rhythms and leads of Ride the Lightning and Animal Magnetism, with everything that goes in between such as STP, Greenday, BTO, Zeppelin, Floyd, Montrose, Bad Co.. Cars, Eddie Money, Tom Petty, and tons more. A group who enjoys performing songs in these areas of the rock genre that fill audiences with energy would be my ideal fit. Both high energy and strongly moving ballad-style song titles have great entertainment value, and I will play just about anything that has the potential to knock the socks off a grateful audience.

I am as equally comfortable playing finger-style acoustic rhythms as I am playing heavily palm-muted, grinding rhythms, or melodic arpeggiated rhythms. I have a huge roster of memorized rhythm sections for many songs. Lead guitar too, is right up my alley, and I have a large array of memorized leads as well.

I learn & memorize every lead as perfectly as humanly possible, be it my own, or a cover song. Like Randy Rhoads, I strive to be able to play complicated, fast, complex lead tracks with such accuracy that they can be overdubbed twice and still remain spot on (Randy did this in most of his songs).

I have also performed in the roll of bassist on stage for several years. I am extremely comfortable playing bass, and I have a huge library of songs which I can play fluently. I prefer guitar to bass, but I will definitely consider a roll as bassist with the right group of individuals.

There may be scenarios which I have not covered here that could be a good fit for myself. Please make contact with any ideas for projects or endeavors. All will be seriously considered.

Thanks for reading.

Screen name:

IAW8U

Member since:

Mar 04 2022

Active within 24 hours

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

20

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Influences

Frank Zappa (for his perfectionism & unyeilding demands of excellence)
Joe Satriani (for his technical skill & clarity)
Steve Vai (Satriani took a creativity pill)
Randy Rhoads (he who would have surpassed them all)
Ronnie Montrose
Gary Richrath
David Gilmore
Rich Williams
Neal Schon

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Vocalist:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Other Percussion:

Advanced

Background Singer:

Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Plenty of high quality equipment for guitar, bass, overall sound/monitoring systems and studio recording.

MUSIC