Ace_Staton

SEEKING

Upright bass, Background Singer, Keyboard, Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar.

ABOUT

I am currently the front man of Carnival of Sorts in Knoxville... PREVIOUSLY the Rhythm Guitarist for 'Half of Something'(#1 Grunge Band in Tennessee)still looking for other oppertunities... I have been out of the music curcuit for about 2 years... but I have been writting... some good, some not so much... However, I started my music "career" in church; in a praise and worship band... we traveled all over TN and some beaches over a 2 1/2 year stretch it was a blast to be that young and doing what we were doing. After that we went our seperate ways due to school, jobs, other bands, etc... you all know how it goes. I played in a few other bands and sometimes more than one at a time... I played in a band with members that later became Murry Wood Merchants and also Third Grade Haters (thanks Evan Riegns, Q, Ryan Holliday)... But, Life happens and since then I have writting and searching for exactly what kind of music I would like to put out there or be apart of. you can find on fb Ace Staton

Screen name:: Ace_Staton
Member since:: Apr 22 2008; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 8
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: 2-3 times per week
Available to gig:: 4-5 nights a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

The sound I'm looking for is Black Keys, The Raconteurs, meets Thom Yorke... "Alternative Folkhedelic Blues". However, I am not opposed to any of the following I really love bands/music such as Muse, Radiohead, The White Stripes, The Dead Weather,Cage the Elephant, Cold War Kids, Band of Horses, Alexi Murdoch, The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Foals, Fleet Foxes, Okkerville River, Robin Trower, Stevie Ray Vaughn, John Mayer (trio stuff and similar), Dave Matthews and Hillsong/Hillsong United.

EQUIPMENT

Guitars: A few American Strats... Gretch Jumbo Hollow Body... Taylor Acoustic... and continuing to grow collection
Amps: VOX Limited Edition Red AC15C1 with Tube Tremelo and Reverb... soon to purchase Orange Tiny Terror! to add to the collection
Effects: Fulltone Mosfet2 OD/BST, Fulltone OCD, BBE Sonic Stomp Maximizer, BBE Boosta Grande, Boss Comp/Sustain, Boss twin Slicer, Boss Volume FV500L, Digitech Whammy, Line6 M13 for all time based effects, and Vox V847A Classic Wah