John
CONTACT

SEEKING

Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

LOOKING TO BUILD MY BAND FROM THE GROUND UP.....WAS OFFERED AND WORKED WITH SOME MUSICIANS, HENCE, ITS IMPORTANT TO ME TO BUILD AND PUT TOGETHER A BAND.. TO BUILD A STRONG FOUNDATION..I WANT TO SET UP A DATE TO MEET AT MY STUDIO/REHERSAL SPACE, JAM OUT, AND HOPEFULLY CATCH LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE..MY MUSIC IS ALL ORIGINAL..I WAS A SONGWRITER FOR A LONG TIME, I HONED MY CRAFT, SPENT ONE WHOLE YEAR, 7 DAYS A WEEK WRITING ENOUGH SONGS FOR MY OWN ALBUM...WHICH I AM LEAD SINGER/SONGWRITER/PRODUCER/ARRANGER/ AND LEAD GUITARIST...I AM MANAGED, AND IM IN CONTACT/CONVERSATION WITH PEOLPLE IN THE INDUSTRY WHO ARE JUST AS EXCITED AS I AM TO HEAR THE FINISHED PRODUCT. {AND NEED TO REMAIN NAMELESS, UNTIL SOMEONE IS A PROVEN MEMBER OF THE GROUP.. {SO, NEED SERIOUS MUSICIANS} MUST BE; WILLING TO REHEARSE/RECORD ATLEAST TWICE A WEEK...I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE HAVE DAY JOBS, IM NOT A SLAVE DRIVER FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD...ILL, WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE, AND YOULL BE TREATED BETTER IN THIS BAND THEN ANY BAND IN THE WORLD...[I KNOW, BOLD, STATEMENT} BUT, YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT..WERE ALL ADULTS AND PROFFESSIONALS AND YOULL BE TREATED LIKE ONE..GREAT MUSIC IS CREATED WHEN THERES COMMOROTORY, THATS WHY I CHOSE TO BUILD THE BAND ON MY OWN, FROM SCRATCH...SO, WELL DEFINITLY HAVE SOME FUN...THIS IS MY ONLY JOB, I PUT EVERYTHING I HAVE INTO THIS PROJECT AND ITS GONNA WORK OUT...I BUILT A SMALL STUDIO, THAT HAS ENOUGH EQUIPTMENT TO REHEARSE AND MAKE 1ST RECORDINGS AND MIXES, JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE... ALSO STILL ADDING GEAR... THEN WE EITHER SEND THEM OUT TO BE MIXED, OR RECORD IN PRO STUDIOS...WHOEVER RESPONDS MUST BE WILLING TO REHEARSE THE MATERIAL FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS 2/3 TIMES PER WEEK AND RECORD 2 TIMES PER MONTH..I FEEL THATS A MUST TO BE READY TO PEFORM IN 6 MONTHS FROM BECOMING A MEMBER ..I INTERVEIWED/REHEARSED WITH TOP NOTCH PLAYERS IN N.Y.C THE PAST 2 MONTHS, BUT THERE TO SPREAD OUT..{NEED COMMITMENT}ALSO, BE WILLING TO TOUR THE STATES ONCE THE ALBUM IS DONE...I DONT EXPECT PEOPLE TO QUIT THERE JOBS, NATURALLY....BUT NEED VALUABLE PROFFESSIONALS WHO WOULD CONSIDER BEING A FULL TIME BANDMATE, ONCE THE ALBUM IS DROPPED AND MY TEAM SCHEDULES SOME DATES...THIS IS NOT A PAYING GIG, UNTIL THAT HAPPENS..THEN EVERY BAND MEMBER WILL BE {WELL} COMPINSATED..ESPECIALLY, IF THE BAND IS THERE # 1 PRIORITY...ALL MUSIC IS ORIGINAL!....A MIX OF HEAVY BLUES, SOUL,AND R&B.. IF YOU LOVE 60'S SOUL AND R&B, VINTAGE AMERICAN AND ENGLISH BLUES, THEN YOUR GONNA LOVE MY MUSIC..IT IS FROM THE CLOTH OF THOSE GENRES I JUST MENTIONED, BUT VERY UNIQUE IN ITS OWN RIGHT...IM NOT BOASTING, BUT, GOOD MUSIC IS GOOD MUSIC...LAST THING, I DONT CARE WHAT YOU DO ON YOUR OWN TIME, BUT PLEASE NO DRINKING OR DRUGGING WHILE WORKING, IN MY EXPERIENCE IT JUST COMPLICATES THINGS..IM NOT TALKING ABOUT HAVING A BEER, AGAIN, WERE ALL ADULTS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT HELPS GET SOME PLAYERS LOOSE, IF THATS THE CASE HAVE A BEER, BUT NO 6 PACKS, OR 40 OZ'S OF OLD ENGLISH LOL JUST NO DRUGS, PLUS, IM 3 YEARS SOBER BY CHOICE...IF THERE ANY SUCH THING LOL....WELL ALL HAVE A DRINK TOGETHER WHEN THE BAND IS COMPLETE AND WHEN THE MUSIC DROPS, MY TREAT...IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR, THEN EMAIL ME, I DONT DO CELL PHONES SINCE I STARTED THIS PROJECT, I COULDNT GET ANYTHING DONE WITH THAT THING BEEPING/BUZZING ALL DAY....ONCE WE MEET, AND AGREE ON WORKING TOGETHER YOULL HAVE MY CONTACT INFO.. I'LL LIST THE TYPE OF MUSICIANS/BACKROUND VOCALISTS NEEDED WHERE IT READS MEMBERS OF THE BAND! DONT CARE HOW OLD OR HOW YOUNG, JUST BE PROFESSIONAL, WELL MANNORED WHEN NEED BE, SHOULD KNOW ENOUGH MUSIC THEORY TO WING A TUNE IN A PINCH, THE REST WELL FIGURE OUT AS A GROUP, IM EVEN, WAITING TO NAME THE BAND, TILL ITS FORMED, AND COMES SPONTAINIOUSLY, REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A COVER BAND, OR FOR SOMEONE LOOKING TO BE A HIRED GUN, ALL MATERIAL IS WRITTEN, ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE, BUT BANDMEMBERS WILL NOT BE STUNTED CREATIVLY, IF YOU ADD SOMETHING OR WRITE A SONG, THAT BELONGS, AND WORKS, IT GETS WRITTEN IN, AND CREDITED TO THAT PERSON, BUT NOT REQUIRED...JUST BE PREPARED TO WEAR EXTRAVEGANT AND COLORFUL COSTUMES, THINK YOUNG ELTON JOHN.....LOL....JUST MESSING AROUND, NO COSTUMES, COME AS YOU ARE..GOD BLESS, PEACE, AND HURRY, LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

Screen name:
john1580758
Member since:
Dec 07 2021
Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:
Touring
Years together:
1
Tend to practice:
2-3 times per week
Age:
41 years

Influences

SAM COOKE, MARVIN GAYE, AL GREEN,THE MOTOWN, MUSCLE SHOALS, AND STAXX SOUND OF THE 60S AND EARLY 70'S,EARLY ELVIS WAS A BEAST! 1960'S WALL OF SOUND, GIRL GROUPS, ERIC CLAPTON, PETER GREEN,......OF COURSE THE BEATLES, THE 3 KINGS, ALBERT, FREDDIE, AND B.B., IN THAT ORDER...BUDDY GUY.. TO NAME A FEW...IN MORE RECENT TIMES, LAST 10 YEARS, GARY CLARK JR.,OASIS THATS ABOUT IT...LAST 15 OR SO YEARS, AMY WINEHOUSE, REST HER SOUL, SHES DEFININITLY TOP 5 ALL TIME FOR ME....AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SINATRA,BENNETT, BILLY HOLIDAY, ARETHA FOR SURE!, SARAH VAUGHN,DINAH WASHINGTON, YOUNG FRANKIE LYMON, LED ZEPPLIN, NIRVANA, ANYTHING WITH FEELING, MUSIC IS SUPPOSED SPEAK THROUGH AND TO ONES SOUL, SUPPOSED TO EVOKE EMOTION, GOOD, BAD, HAPPY, SAD..ALL THAT GOOD STUFF! IF YOU NOTICE I NAMED 3 ARTISTS IN THE LAST 15TO20 YEARS..KINDA SAD!

Members Of Band

JOHN MIRABILE; LEADSINGER,SONGWRITER,PRODUCER,CO/MIX/ENGINEER,LEAD
GUITARIST, BAND LEADER.....LOOKING FOR FEMALE BACKROUND VOCALISTS, A BASS PLAYER, DRUMMER, RYTHM GUITARIST AND KEYBOARD/PIANO MAN...MALE BACKGROUNG SINGERS WELCOME TO AUDITION...
GUYS&GALS , I HATE THE WORD BAND LEADER, IT JUST HAS TO BE PROFESSIONAL, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS SOMEONE WHO GUIDES AND GIVES MUSICAL DIRECTION TO THE BAND, ALSO , TO LET IT BE KNOWN, THIS BAND WILL HOPEFULLY BE A PERMANENT HOME,NOT A COVER BAND, AND IS BEING BUILT AROUND MY ALBUM, WHICH IS 85% DONE..WHOEVER BECOMES A MEMBER WILL BE TREATED IN THE HIGHEST REGARDS WITH RESPECT, AND DIGNITY...AND WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO INJECT MUSICALLY, OR ITS NOT A BAND AT ALL, BUT LIKE MY MANAGER TELLS ME TO BE READY BY A CERTAIN TIME, I NEED PROS WHO CANTAKE DIRECTION, WITHOUT GETTING THERE EGOS INVOLVED... SO, IF YOUR AN EXPERIENCED BASS PLAYER, FEMALE BACKROUND VOCALIST, MALES ALSO WELCOMED TO AUDITION, RYTHM GUITARIST, KEY/PIANO MAN, DRUMMER, ALSO NEED A SOUND/STUDIO ENGINEER/MIX GUY WHO KNOWS PRO TOOLS/STUDIO 1 ETC.. FOR REHERSAL/GIG/RECORDING AND MAIN STUDIO, I NEED HELP RECORDING/MIXING MY DEMOS BEFORE SENDING THEM OUT...SO, WHOEVER FITS THESE REQUIREMENTS EMAIL ME jmirabile1980 AND WELL SET UP A MEETING...ROCK ON!

EQUIPMENT

STUDIO HAS: DRUMS, A FEW GOOD GUITAR AMPS, FENDER, VOX, MARSHALLDECENT MONITORS,, KEYBOARD, EXPECTING A NEW UPRIGHT PIANO, TRYING TO BUY A 73 RHODES,HAVE A FEW GUITARS THAT BELONG TO ME, IF YOUR A GUITATIST OR BASSIST, PLZ BRING YOUR OWN AXES...HOUSE DRUMS DECENT ENOUGH TO REHEARSE/RECORD DEMOS ON,ALSO BEING UPGRADED...SO DRUMMERS NO NEED TO DRAG YOUR KIT TO STUDIO, UNLESS YOU WISH TOO...GOOD VOCAL MICS, DECENT DRUM/INSTRUMENT MICS....NEWLY BUILT VOCAL/ISO BOOTH...5X7X8FT.. BUILT PROFESSIONALLY, JUST WAITING TO INSTALL UPGRADED DOOR..BOOTH BIG ENOUGH, FOR 3/4 SINGERS OR COUPLE AMPS AT A TIME... GOOD P.A. SYSTEM...AS OF RIGHT NOW USING THE BEST VERSION STUDIO 1 WITH ALL PLUG INS...PHOTOGRAPHY LIGHTING, FOR FILMING OR BAND PICS....GOOD QUALITY EQUIPTMENT CABLES. FULL REHEARSAL/STUDIO ...IS 2 ADJOINING ROOMS CONSISTING OF A MIXING ROOM WITH ISO/BOOTH BUILT IN 9X16X9FT CEIL....AND LIVE ROOM....LIVE ROOM 9X8X9FT CEIL...HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED TO REHEARSE/RECORD/MIX.....