SEEKING
Band to Join, Trombone, Trumpet, Drums, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocalist.ABOUT
I‘m currently not living in the US. I’m not deleting this profile because I will want to use it again when I return, but for now I am unavailable for any US music projects.
I've been playing bass for about 20 years. Started out playing for my high school band. Then moved to Colorado and played in a rock band called Johnny Jazzkill. We sucked but I learned a lot! Moved to Oklahoma. Joined a funk/fusion cover band there, the old school 70's stuff that still had soul. Moved to Omaha and played in various bands, the Shidiots, Jury of the Condemned, Megaton and One for the Outcasts (punk, hardcore, and doom metal) before moving back to Oklahoma where I played some more metal and Christian rock. Back in Omaha now, I’ve got a cover band called Simplicated and a Dave Matthews tribute called Alligator Pie, but I’d kind of like to do originals again.
- Screen name:
- Lurch
- Member since:
- May 22 2006
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 20
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Cliff Burton, John Paul Jones, Geezer Butler, Billy Sheehan, Stanley Clarke, Stu Hamm, Larry Graham and Louis Johnson, Matt Freeman.
Bands: Boris, Earth, Dead Meadow, Colour Haze, All them Witches, Pelican, Black Pyramid, the Sword, Bela fleck and the flecktones, the Specials, the Slackers, the Doors, Led Zep, Isley Brothers, Al Green, Dead Kennedys, Parliament Funkadelic, MFSB, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Earl Scruggs, Son House, Ralph Stanley, Old Crowe Medicine Show tons more.
Instrument experience:
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Keyboard:
- Beginner
- Banjo:
- Beginner
EQUIPMENT
4 Stringers: Homemade copy of a Carl Thompson, 83 Alembic Spoiler, Musicman Stingray, and Warwick Corvette fretless.
5 String: Ibanez BTB and Ibanez EHB
Uprights: 53 Kay and an NS electric upright.
Amps: Ampeg head with Ampeg 8x10 cab, Fender clone of a Sunn 300T with 4x10 and 1x15 Ashdown cabs, but for most gigs I use a Darkglass head with a little 2x12 Alusonic cab. For guitar I have a Jet City tube head with a Behringer 4x12 cab.
Effects and such: Too much to list. All the essentials, a few weird one-offs, and a Helix.
I also have a decent PA system. Have a 70's slingerland maple drum set and a ton of mics for recording as well, although I don't really play drums much myself.
