SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Drums, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Other, DJ, Electronic Music.ABOUT
WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR:
Rock, post-rock, indie Maybe an electronica/EDM combo for someone just getting going (I'm a bit of a novice in this area). More important than genre is the right mix of personalities. Have been sober 10 years and won't do anything to jeapordize that. Looking for musicians who are easy-going, open, honest, good people on and off stage, and focused on the music and not the "lifestyle."
- As a lead guitarist, I don't shred or wank - I shoot for tasty, concise, creative solos.
- As a rhythm guitarist, I aim to glue the song together harmonically and rhythmically.
- As a bassist, my goal is to stay in the pocket playing the notes as well as the spaces between the notes. (I will play bass in a pinch on a few songs but very much prefer to play guitar.)
- Genres: Most recently I was in an eight-piece band (3 horns) that played a mix of rock, pop, R&B with a little ska and punk tossed in (A Band Called Truman from Duluth, MN).
I've also played some jazz gigs on the side (mostly as a bass player).
- Screen name:
- wilkowske
- Member since:
- Aug 05 2022
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 45
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 1 time per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER (I learned a lot of rock/pop by playing along with the radio from age 11):
- New Wave/Punk/Alternative: Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, the Cars, Split Enz, the Ramones, Pinback,
- Pop: The Police, Crowded House, Cheap Trick
- Electronica/EDM/Ambient: Aphex Twin, Kaskade, Brian Eno, Tycho, Karsh Kale, Portishead, Zero 7
- Classical (guitar): Bach, Guiliani, Sor, Carulli, Logy & of course Anonymous
- Jazz: Herbie Hancock, Medeski Martin & Wood, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly (60's and 70s small combo classics)
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Moderate
- Electronic Music:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
- Kala electric U-Bass (ukelele bass) - solid body
- Fender Jaguar Bass (Squier) 3/4 scale
- Fender Mustang GT-100 modeling guitar amp
- Fender Rumble 200 bass amp
- Fender Squier Telecaster
- 70s Japanese copy of Gibson SG (lawsuit guitar, excellent)
- Carvin Cobalt 750 Cutaway Dreadnaught Acoustic Guitar
- Classical Guitar
- Tobacco-burst Recording King Dreadnaught Guitar (pre-war, made by Gibson, looks like a J-45), sounds heavenly
- Nektar Panorama T6 MIDI Keyboard
- M-Audio Keystation 49e MIDI Keyboard
- Oxygen8 25 MIDI keyboard
- Oodles of softsynths and samplers: Kontakt, Massive X, Serum, Zebra2
- Recording Gear: Focusrite 18i6 audio interface
- Modded MXL-990 (with Microphone Parts condenser and components upgrade)
- other modded mikes
- a few SM-58 type mics
- ART Studio v3 Tube preamp (1 channel)
