ABOUT
Been playing music for over 20+ years. I've been playing guitar for about 18-ish years. I've tried starting my own band a few times but it never ended up working out. I've had some experience recording. I prefer playing lead guitar over rhythm but I love doing both. I can read sheet music and I'm halfway okay at writing music. I love to improvise on the guitar and jam, just give me a drum beat and a little bass. I just love to play guitar and I don't get to play near as much as I would like to. It would just be nice to have a band to jam with or whatever. Interested in taking a shot at lead vocals as well.
AS far as the song on here goes, this is a song I recorded back in '03 when my friend and I were trying to start a band. It's just a song I kinda made up on the spot. I recorded the background rhythm guitar, then went back and recorded the lead over that. The drums are just a drum machine. The recording quality isn't the best, gets a little distorted at times, gains were too high when recording but hey, we were still learning.
- Screen name:
- JoeShaft
- Member since:
- May 22 2007
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 20
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Avenged Sevenfold, Slash(G'n'R), Third Day, DCTalk, David Gilmour(Pink Floyd), Lincoln Brewster, Casting Crowns, Velvet Revolver, Shinedown, Zac Brown Band, Needtobreathe, Kenny Chesney, Joe Bonamassa, etc...
EQUIPMENT
Guitars: Schecter C1 E/A semi-hollow, Epiphone Les Paul Standard, Fender 60th Anniversary Strat, Yamaha Pacifica 112, Dean Exotica 6-string acoustic, Dean Performer 12-string acoustic, Galvador Ibanez Thinline classical acoustic.
Effects: Boss ME-30 processor, other individual effects pedals as well. I tend to keep it simple and just use an overdrive pedal or my amp's built in effects.
Peavey Classic 50 2x12 all tube amp, Fender Frontman 212R 100watt Amp, Crate 30watt Amp, old Yorkshire 2 x 10 keyboard amp(works great for guitar).
MUSIC
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In The Dark
In The Dark Track number: 1 Year: 2003 Album: none Genre: Alternative
This is a song I recorded back in '03 when my friend and I were trying to start a band. It's just a song I kinda made up on the spot. I recorded the background rhythm guitar, then went back and recorded the lead over that. The drums are just a drum machine. The recording quality isn't the best, gets a little distorted at times, gains were too high when recording but hey, we were still learning.