SEEKING
Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Background Singer, Vocalist - Alto, Upright bass.ABOUT
Music is in my heart and soul, I can't imagine life without it. As such I will go anywhere and do anything to make it my career. Seventeen years of experience, full musical education and even 3 years of a Musical Performance major have given me the chops and know-how to play, write and, most importantly, perform professionally and engagingly. Music is my life and if you feel the same, want to play music for a living... To be on stage in front of thousands of screaming fans and create something lasting and extraodinary, hit me up and let's play! I play all the insrtuments listed, though I'm most in shape on Lead Guitar and backing Vocals, having persued them most recently. A good majority of my background was spent in Drums and Percussion including 6 years of Marching Band and Drum Corps, though I am a bit rusty. I'm capable of playing bass but would need to practice up on slapping and bass-specific tapping. Finally, I am more than willing to lead sing/frontman and am in lessons for voice now and also learning to Scream-sing. I absolutely consider a lead singer's most important responsibility to ENGAGE the crowd while also singing... Music is only one part of this if you're going to do it with the pros! Fun fact: I'm left handed and play Guitar and Bass as such. Still regular on Drums though.
- Screen name:
- ViktorShaw
- Member since:
- Sep 25 2012
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 1
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Lead Guitar:
- Advanced
- Drums:
- Advanced
- Other Percussion:
- Advanced
- Background Singer:
- Advanced
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Baritone:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Moderate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Bass Guitar:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
At the moment I've just gotten my Custom Schecter Avenger finished, with my back-up being a Schecter V-1 Special. A full stack from Ibanez, though I will shortly be upgrading to Marshall or Bogner. My pedalboard is constantly evolving and does include a volume pedal for fine tuning live. I have a 6-piece drumset from PDP with mostly Sabian Cymbals and a double bass pedal, as well as a few auxiliary bits I.E.; Tambourine, shakers, cowbell, congas and a few others. I have a 4-string Rogue Bass for recording, though no amp to accompany it at the time. I have 3 mics currently, the primary of which is my Shure Super 55, great classic look and edgey sound, along with a small vocal amp head, which I tend to run through the other half of my stack, as I don't have PA speakers right now... I also have in-house (literally) recording facilities on my Computer, of which you can hear a sample in the "Throw Down" rough track on my profile.