SEEKING
Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Piano, Harmonica, Other, Steel guitar, Electronic Music.ABOUT
I’ve been trying to play music since I was 15 and found an old beat-up Spanish guitar at my grandparents house. I soon got a Harmony bass and a tiny Yamaha sampler keyboard, and I was off! I’ve mostly played original songs/jams, mainly because I couldn’t really copy other players, as much as I wanted to. I played bass and keys in a four-piece rock band, Peprhed, that morphed into a 3-piece called Mass, in my hometown of San Antonio, TX. It was an awesome experience, mainly because I got to play my friend Jake’s brilliant songs. After years of trying to make something happen, I moved to San Francisco and had a few promising band experiences, but nothing that lasted.
In the Bay Area I started to attend improvised noise jams and ended up in a noise band called Ear Spray for over ten years, even playing NorCal Noisefest in Sacramento a few times. I improvised many performances using various synths, sound modules, and effects. I’m also proud to have recorded piano and organ on my friend’s album, Alabaster Adams & the Original Bastards. Which brings me to the present. Just looking for a few like-minded folks to jam with, or write originals or interpret covers. I’ve taken up the bass again, and always bounce around from bass, guitar, or keyboards/synths when I’m jamming at home. When asked I always say I’m a bass player though.
- Screen name:
- carlos1443551
- Member since:
- Mar 02 2020
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 35
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Artists I Love and Admire: Too many to list, but I’ll give it a try. In no particular order:
Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Stereolab/Laetitia Sadier, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beck, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, The Doors, Rush, Talking Heads, Grateful Dead/Old & In The Way, Van Morrison, Wolf People, Black Mountain, Bowie, Lorde, Mako Road, Air, Ani DiFranco, Peter Gabriel, Television, The Cure, The Police, Talk Talk, The James Gang, Kaleo, The Steve Miller Band, folk & Americana, classic rock, folk, blues, jazz singers (Ella!), piano jazz, film music, Philip Glass, Erik Satie, ambient/electronic musicians like Susumu Yakota, Patrick O’Hearne, Brian Eno, and Aphex Twin
Instrument experience:
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Bass Guitar:
- Advanced
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
- Piano:
- Advanced
- Electronic Music:
- Advanced
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Harmonica:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Stringed Instrument
Fender Jazz bass
Fender PJ bass
Washburn acoustic guitar
Classical guitar
Kay hollow-body electric guitar
Mandolin / banjo
Amps
Ampeg BA-115 100 watt bass amp
Roland JC-300 keyboard amp
Roland cube monitor
Spark 40 practice amp
Vox Pathfinder 15R guitar amp
Vox AC4 mini tube amp
Synths /Controllers
e-Mu Audity 2000 module
Korg Microsampler
Korg Microstation
Korg SQ-1 sequencer
KM Step 12 MIDI pedals
MicroKorg
Modal Cobalt 5s
Oberheim Matrix 6
TE OP-1
Various small synths, loopers, drum machines, and delay pedals
Recording - Logic Pro X
MUSIC
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Dreaming
Dreaming
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Colors (bass, bk. vocals)
Colors (bass, bk. vocals)
By Jake Hernandez. Mass - I played bass and backing vocals.
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Valley Wind Advisory
Valley Wind Advisory
A tribute to electronic music genius, Klaus Schultze
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Decorated by the Blues (piano)
Decorated by the Blues (piano)
By Alabaster Adams, Alabaster & the Original Bastards. I played piano.
