SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Violin, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto, Steel guitar, Cello, Ukulele.ABOUT
Rhythm, fill, lead. I play a pretty tight slide guitar. I mostly keep it Heavy/melodic/heavy/melodic in the tradition of Black Sabbath and Smashing Pumpkins circa early 90’s. I prefer music that’s a little more complicated and challenging to play, but a good groove throughout is mandatory. Even if it’s heavy on the psychedelic or Shoe Gaze side, it still needs to groove. I can play heavy and grinding and I would love to be in a heavy band that often trails into long melodies that feel light and sweet with a sense of impending grinding doom. Prefer dark and angsty to light and bubble gummy. I want that heavy omnipresence in the mix even during the sweetest soliloquies.
- Screen name:
- Terry Ertz
- Member since:
- Feb 27 2020
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 30
- Gigs played:
- Under 10
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Jimmy Page, Ben Harper, Blind Willie Johnson, Fred McDowell, Billy Corgan, Pink Floyd, the cure, Morphine, Rage Against the Machine...I play a lot of heavy slide on a subsonic Tele tuned to open minors or standard baritone tuning at a perfect fifth and grinding with an overdriven bass and heavy guitars at slower-than-most tempo. Thats how I see the basic foundation coming together, then adding everyone’s best melodic work to rival the Beatles the day they wrote While My Guitar...
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Dobro:
- Advanced
- Lead Guitar:
- Moderate
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Steel guitar:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
Recording King parlor, 1996 Ibanez Performance, Restored 1964 Harmony, Alvarez acoustic
BJA Sig Gibson Les Paul Jr, 1996 Fender Strat with Duncan Hot Rails, Custom baritone Telecaster with a kill switch, Córdoba C9 classical, Fender all tube Super Champ and looking for my main amp at the moment. Probably gonna go with a Vox AC or Marshall head and 4x12 cab or a custom vintage build with a beautiful thick and clean bottom end and crystal clear when necessary. The Tele is custom wired to bleed off all the treble and that left the cleanest bottom end I’ve ever played. When I really get it cooking, there are overtones like theres a background choral presence and a heavy droning underneath. Also looking at getting a Fender Twin or Bassman for gigs and a Princeton for practice and studio work. I’m excited. I’ve never been confident enough to be responsible for a band musically. I think I’m ready to kill it now and take a band into success at a high level. Let’s fucking do this!
