SEEKING
Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums.ABOUT
I'm an intermediate Bass Player, with gigging & stage experience! I read bass tab and I know my notes. I play finger style bass. I'm not a slapper and popper, or a pick player. I play in the pocket and hold down the bottom end. I've been in some really good bands in in California and some really crappy bands also. I live in Crossett, Arkansas now. I'm working on meeting other musicians, so thatI can put another good band together and start giving again.
- Screen name:
- Neils Richards
- Member since:
- Feb 29 2012
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 10
- Gigs played:
- 50 to 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Some of my favorite bass players, would be players like, Jaco, along with Stanley Clark and so on.
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
I mainly play my white Gibson Thunderbird bass, my 1962, along with my 1975 Fender Jazz basses, my active real ESP E II bass that's made in Japan and my Hofner 500/1 bass. As for heads and cabs that I use? I use an Ampeg BA 500 combo amp, along with a Peavy Black Widow 210 cab that gives me five hundred watts of power. I also use a 400 watt SWR Headlite head, with two 210 GK cabs. All of my heads, have tube pre-amps, so that I get that nice fat, rich warm tone, along with XLR outs.
MUSIC
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Keep On Smiling
Keep On Smiling Track number: 3 Year: 2015 Album: none Genre: Blues
A little rocking blues
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The Stake : as done by Snakesfield
The Stake : as done by Snakesfield Year: 2011 Genre: Rock
These songs were done a while back, with a great band that I put together. But, there was too much drama being going on, caused by the singers little brother. Trying to take over my position, as the bass player, in a band that I created. Well, after I left. The band fell apart. Due to the fact, that they could not book any Giggs. I was doing all the foot work. The singer was very talented, but a nightmare to work with, lazy and would created problems, while on stage, with the management of the venue and we were getting paid a flat rate. Also his little brother was a major, pain in the butt. So, I left the drama behind and I moved away, to take care of my elderly parents. Plus, to work on improving my own skills, at becoming a better bass player.
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Come Together : as done by Snakesfield
Come Together : as done by Snakesfield Year: 2011 Genre: Classic Rock
This was done by the band Snakesfield, also. I rearranged The Beatles version of Come Together and added a harder edge to it. The song came out really good, I thought.
