SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other.ABOUT
I'm a 30-year-old bass player who works as an RN. I would ideally like to hook up with a band in the Columbus or southern Ohio area with a beginning commitment of a gig a week or every 2 weeks. This can change if the band does well (since I will have to work less!) I enjoy rock, and metal but I think my real loves are jazz, funk and prog rock (weird, I know...) I have been playing for 15 years and I tend to have a rather "up front" style, although I know how to groove and keep a band together (the bass player's main job!) I can also sing, but I'm a bass player first. I can slap well, and know how to use this technique even in situations where others wouldn't (although I don't force it). I play fretless quite a bit, and love it! I can solo on fretted or fretless. I'm also starting to explore the upright. I have good knowledge of theory, although I learn easiest by ear. I can read, but at a rather slow pace.
The last band I was in that had some success was a group in athens called "white elephant logic" (named after a Hemingway novel and a Steely Dan album). This was an almost completely imporovisational group that played what our listeners called "psychadelic jazz"...probably a good description.
I think I have a lot to offer the right band and would be happy to audition or just jam to see how things go. The one requirement for any band I would join...wait for it...a slammin' drummer who can combine skill with feel.
- Screen name:
- rook25
- Member since:
- Oct 14 2004
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
Influences
tony levin
yes (chris squire)
rush (geddy lee)
alain caron (uzeb)
jimmy haslip
victor wooten
king crimson
niacin (billy sheehan)
Steely Dan
sting
seal
peter gabriel
primus
dream theater
king's x
anthrax (gotta love "em!)
EQUIPMENT
80's steinberger 4 string
fretless tobias growler 4-string with d-tuner
squier jazz, converted to fretless
fender p-lyte (in an embarassingly 80's red that borders on pink!)
warwick fna jazzman 5 string
hartke ha 3000 head with 4x10 cabinet
