gustaf580980 + Musician in Renton, WA

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Lead Vocalist/Smooth Jazz
Flute Soloist Jazz /Latin Flute all styles electric/non electric... Flute
Singing all styles from Big Band to Tribute/cover
Enjoy them all (main push is smooth Jazz group)
Jazz flute...I play melody line and solo's on anything CTI and present day smooth Jazz songs Small 4 man to 6 man jazz groups put out between 1960's to the present..Latin music of any kind and Big-band as well..Also any rock or R&B

Screen name:

gustaf580980

Member since:

Mar 27 2014

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

35

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

4-5 nights a week

Most available:

Days

Influences

All recorded music is and has been an influence..
I find out the more I know, the more I don't know...
so when challenged with new material or style I find out there is good in it where before I didn't see any...!
This list is for just the instrumental Flute... Kenny Burrell/Grant Green/Wayne Shorter/Miles Davis/Herbie Mann/Herbie Handcock/Wes Montgomery/Paul Hardcastle/BWB/Richard Elliott/Goya Goya/ Jay Soto/many many others...Vocal anything from Joe Cocker to Frank Sinatra/ Michael bubble to Bobby Caldwell & Greggory Porter

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Expert

Vocalist - Tenor:

Expert

Background Singer:

Expert

Flute:

Expert

Rhythm Guitar:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Flute .....is Miyazawa open hole B foot/platinum head and Emerson Alto flute...
condenser mics installed on flutes/pre amp going into a pedal board consisting of Volume Wah/Fuzz box/Harmonizer/Digital Delay plus Reverb box /running into a 15 band EQ then into 100 Watt special design for flute Carvin amp 1-12" & tweet ..piggy back'd with a Kustom 50 watt 2- 4.5 speakers & tweet. and 225 watt 2- 8" Barbetta Amp
plus in a separate channel I have a Jamman XL1 Looper and foot-switches for all pre-recorded looping on songs I am performing with flute..this way I can play live and run & the looper at different volumes..
Sennheiser Mic's & stands ...I run this also into the other side of the 3 channel board then into a 15 band stereo EQ then into the Amps separate channel for smaller venues..On the instrumentals I recreate the sax parts, trumpet parts, or even make it sound as if there are several horns players playing...

MUSIC