artfulman + Musician in Granada Hills, CA

ABOUT

All around musician. Not stuck in any bag. Started violin at age 3, guitar/bass at 12. Played with many recording acts, touring and recording, I play everything except Scottish bag pipes. Plays violin, guitars, bass, oboe, concertina, piano, mandolin, valve bugle, drums, percussion, hand drums, harmonica (Chromatic), organ, french horn, sax, Zither (beginner), bass vocals. Thousands of gigs since age 5.

Screen name:

artfulman

Member since:

Dec 12 2021

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

60

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Influences

Roy Lanham, George Harrison (Beatles Only), Boris Belkin, Eric Clapton (Creem Only), Jimi Hendrix (Before Band of Gypsies), Jeff Beck, Albert King, Larry Carlton, Take 6, Nicolo Paganini, Camille Saint-Saens, Frank Ifield, Tiny Grimes, Oscar Peterson, Vladimir Horowitz, Percy Faith, The Mills Brothers, Donald Fagen, Junior Brown, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Buddy Emmons, Toots Thielman, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravelle, Paul Butterfield, Django Reinhardt, Biréli Lagrène, Stéphane Grappelli, James Galway, Roland Kirk, David Sanborn, Gary Burton, Al Hirt, Many more.

Instrument experience:

Lead Guitar:

Expert

Acoustic Guitar:

Expert

Bass Guitar:

Expert

Other Percussion:

Expert

Violin:

Expert

Background Singer:

Expert

Vocalist - Bass:

Expert

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Keyboard:

Advanced

Piano:

Advanced

Other:

Advanced

Mandolin:

Advanced

Vocalist:

Advanced

Upright bass:

Intermediate

Drums:

Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Gibson L-4 Custom (2013), Fender '62 Strat reissue (2002). Kramer Voyager (1986), Chaki Acoustic (1978), Epiphone Sheraton II (With ALL Gibson 335 parts - 2001), Fender 50th Anniversary Jazz Bass (2010), Full pro Tools Studio, Fender Vibrolux Reverb reissue (2002), Fender Frontman 25 (2012), Neumann/Shure/Electrovoice/Telefunken microphones, Digitech rack processor, Hafler power amps, Original Vox Wah (1965), Roland keyboard, Alesis S4 plus sound module, iMac Pro.

MUSIC