SEEKING
Vocalist - Alto, Keyboard, Drums, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist.ABOUT
We were all sitting in front of the television waiting to see the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show. As soon as they began, I ran to the garage, got my tennis racket and did my first air guitar. At the young age of 7, I knew music was going to be a big part of my life. I played my first gig at age 9 with a 50's group called Joe Hotrod and the Sparkplugs. Funny thing, Ed Sullivan was starting to have groups like Iron Butterfly and Steppenwolf on. I fell madly in love with that psychedelic music. Soon the hair got longer, and soon the first Rock band was formed. COMOTION played all the FM hits - Santana, Alice Cooper, Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Led Zepplin and so on. 40 years later, I am still playing and still learning to appreciate the music that I missed when I was Rockin it out. I have played John Denver to Def Leppard and everything in between. I have played for as many as 40,000 screaming fans to as few as 10 or 15 people. I don't have the room to list all my influences, but most people tell me that it is pretty obvious when you hear me play. Sometimes I do it note for note, but mostly I do what I feel. I think I have rearranged just about every song that we do and most of it has been real time.
Thanks for listening to my guitar. It is the one way I can guarantee you a front seat to my soul.
- Screen name:
- Lee Shalinsky
- Member since:
- May 19 2010
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 40
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
Hall and Oats,Def Leppard, 38 Special, Dooby Brothers, Greg Khin,Gretchen Wilson, Van Morrison, The Eagles, Bette Midler, Ben E. King,Sam Cooke, Def Leppard, Rod Stewart, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Motley Crew, Billy Joel, Heart, Hall & Oates, Janis Joplin
EQUIPMENT
Full sound system, several guitars (including bass), microphones, keyboard, all you need is a voice or your particular instrument and/or amp
