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Band to Join, Bass Guitar, Drums.ABOUT
I work in two very different veins, the heavier rock aspect, and also the solo acoustic aspect. That might sound lame, but I don't ever try to marry two--it doesn't work, so I don't try to. I've got two very different appreciations for each area, but I keep 'em separate...
- Screen name:
- tomEisenbraun
- Member since:
- Mar 09 2008
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 9
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Acoustically--
Jimmy Page got me into using alternate tunings, and Nick Drake showed me what perfecting that art looked like. Pete Yorn very briefly introduced me to song-writing, and then My Morning Jacket perfected it. Andrew Bird and M. Ward are the two opposites that perfect the sound I'm working toward. Celtic music has had an effect on me, but so has American folk. If it's raw, it's probably got some soul to it. I dig that. I don't sound like any of the above alone, but I'd like to think I fall somewhere in the middle of that, constantly working to sound better and better.
Electrically:
Clutch.
Metallica got me my first electric guitar, and I stayed in that mind-track for about three years, before Led Zeppelin released How The West Was Won and I realized how incredibly badass Page was on an electric guitar. And how much more creative. And how willing he was to write in keys besides E! Zeppelin brought me back through classic rock and up through the really intriguing stuff of recent years (Pink Floyd of the 70s when they were really gettin down, Radiohead's OK Computer, the White Stripe's Elephant, Aphridte's Child's 666, the interesting off-the-wall stuff that managed to really come together and make something beautiful and huge.)
Then I came across Clutch. They hit me up the side of the head, and I was surprised. I got Blast Tyrant, and was enthralled--here was all this incredible yelling and it wasn't really angry for the most part. Neil Fallon had a hell of a lot to say, but he had fun saying it! So I moved through that album into freaking Pure Rock Fury, and finally made my way to their self-titled album. I'm amazed at how heavy they sound in standard tuning with so little distortion. Tim Sult knows what he's doing... The sound is perfect. It's slammin, but it's not over top. It's a tight sound, but it's also loose in just the right way. Everything comes together just right to make this perfect slamming heaviness that I still can't find in any other band. Kudos to Clutch for that one.
EQUIPMENT
A solid second-hand Tele, a great self-made Les Paul, some cables, and a Peavey Delta Blues. Yes, it's Peavey, but it's all-tube powered, 30 really powerful watts, and has a 15" inch speaker--it rumbles. I've also got a Univibe, a Crybaby that I've modded, and the Line6 DL4. I've still got a Boss Super Chorus, too. Also, I've got a very fat, very heavy Ibanez GAX70 that I've handpainted and love probably more than the Les Paul. I've had it longer, and I think it sounds thicker and has more grind and sizzle to it...
As for the acoustic--it's a Taylor 110 that I've played long enough to breathe some life into. It works perfect now.
