Jim Lambertson + Musician in Orcutt, CA

SEEKING

ABOUT

I'm a longtime singer/songwriter, been in many bands over the years, usually fronting or co-fronting on vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, keys, percussion.
Had nice runs and fan bases in Lake Tahoe, Santa Barbara, San Diego, L.A., and Monterey. In the Orcutt area since 2011, fronted classic rock outfit, The UpShot until 2017, then downshifted to small combos in local wineries. Since 2020 I’ve been involved with an online collective of composers called Sum of All Music. We all contribute to our licensing library for film, tv, streaming, podcasts, gaming, etc. I have 60+ originals that I draw from plus instrumental tracks created with Logic Pro X on my Mac. You can check out my stuff on the artist page at sumofallmusic

Screen name:

Jim Lambertson

Member since:

Mar 15 2015

Active within 1 month

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

45

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Influences

Huge respect for Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella, etc, and then there was Elvis and all those great fifties rockers, black and white, but for me it started with the Beatles, like everything else did, got into British Invasion bands like Stones, Kinks, Yardbirds, Animals, The Who, then Jimi, The Doors, Cream, Traffic, Deep Purple, Creedence, lotta Motown, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Santana, into early Elton John, Neil Young, CSN, James Taylor, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Eagles, then Prog Rock like Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, into Police, Clash, Midnight Oil, Bob Marley, 10cc, Squeeze, Bonnie Raitt, Steely Dan, Brazilian like Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, African like Johnny Clegg, Fela Kuti, Cuban like Buena Vista Social Club....and sure I'm leaving a lot of artists out, including more contemporary ones, and you can tell I'm all over the place, but I grew up with rock music and pretty much everything around comes from that rich history.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Mackie 1604-VLZ Pro 16 channel mixer
2 Mackie SRM450 powered speakers w/ stands
2 Behringer Eurolive B205D powered monitors
Behringer Virtualizer 3D Effects Processor
Alesis QS8 Controller/Synthesizer
Alesis Q49 USB/ Midi Keyboard Controller
M-AUDIO Keystation 61 Keyboard Controller
Vox VT120+ Guitar Amp w/ VSF5 Foot Pedal
Vox VT80+ Guitar Amp
Marshall AS100D Acoustic Guitar Amp
Line Six Spider IV Guitar Amp
Digitech Vocalist Live3 Processing Pedal
Gibson MelodyMaker Guitar (1965)
Gibson Les Paul Guitar (1975)
Epiphone Dot Guitar (2010)
Ibanez Black Double Cutaway Guitar
Fender Squire Mini (3/4 Strat) Guitar
Martin D28H Acoustic Guitar (1975)
Fender 220CE Dao-wood Acoustic Guitar
Cort Acoustic Guitar
Washburn Acoustic 12-String Guitar
Dean Electric 12-String Guitar
Gretsch Resonator Guitar
Gretsch Electromatic Guitar
Sunlite Classical Cutaway Guitar
Hofner Electric Bass Guitar
Hondo II Electric Bass Guitar (Fender Precision knockoff)
Kala Ukelele
Epiphone Mandolin
R.W. Jameson 6-String Banjo
Sitar
Flute
Oktava MK319 Condenser Mic
Warm Audio Condenser Mic
2 Shure SM57 Beta Mics
Logic Pro X running on 3.2ghz iMac
w/ Black Lion I/O interface
Various assorted mic stands, guitar stands, cables, etc....

MUSIC