armstronglance

Description:

Screen Name:

armstronglance

Sex:

M

Age:

54

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Very Committed

Years Playing Music:

45

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to Gig:

2-3 time(s) per week

Most available:

Nights

Lead Guitar, and Lead Keyboards, do both, strong backup singer too. www.armstronglance@
Like others on this site, I've been absent from the stage a long time, but always keeping up my skills at home.

I'd describe my playing fit for a large arena rock band. My style is similar to Richie Blackmore's, but have been told by musicians they can hear a Steve Howe influence. There have been many guitarist who influenced my life (none of the recent heavy metal bands though). I'm a multi-keyboardist too, played a lot of Keith Emerson material. Played bass in soul groups in the 60's. Toured a lot during 71 to 74 time period, quit full time to finish my degree but continued to put together progressive rock bands.

I love an orchestra with a band, like the Moody Blues sound. So I'm really into strings and have a knack for arranging and coming up with orchestra parts. I love writing motion picture themes too, a lot that translate to a band pretty well. (But I still prefer to ROCK on my guitar)

Music is my life. I had dedicated the early years on performing live. I've dedicated recent years on songwriting. I don't have the time anymore to painstakenly sequence all the parts, and since I'd like to play live again, it makes sense to instead find a really good drummer and bassist to hash out the original ideas, and go live with it.

I put musicians in 2 categories, you're either a figure skater, or a hockey player. Metal guys are the hockey players, and your old lady piano teacher is the figure skater. I guess I cross the full spectrum and like it all, but mostly like to rock, big, not the cheap stuff.

As for a timetable that I could commit to, I'm overloaded at my day job right now and working on reducing that. (gotta pay the bills you know)

My 1st goal is to find a drummer and bassist to work with. Actually I know several perfect players, but they're committed to other projects. Sorry, no beginners. I'm looking for people who can play at the Rush or Genesis level. I'm constantly composing, and would like to find the right musicians to work with. My short term goal is to put together about 45minutes to an hour of original tunes and go get a few warmup jobs, do some of the outdoor festival or radio endorsement things. Those are usually a blast and more of the concert type gig, rather than the club gig. (I don't consider the Granada Theater thing a club gig, that's a performance) And occassionally the big gig comes around,(Nokia,Starplex,Reunion,ConventionCenter) like when a scheduled warmup act has to cancel at the last minute. Pays to be ready and let all the promoters know your chomping at the bits, waiting on the sidelines to fill in.

I have a brother who's a master at the B3, and lead singer. Just call him John Lord or Greg Rollie the 2nd. We've worked together in bands all our lives, so the format, sound, and organization is already there. Can't beat a deal like that.

Influences:

Most of the greats from the 60's to present, 60's soul, then 70's arena rock, Deep Purple, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Santana, Moody Blues, so many more. Most recent influences of course are Eric Johnson, and Mayer's tone. Gotta have that mega Strat tone.

Equipment List:

Guitars, keyboards, amps, just about everything a musician would ever need. (my old setup in 2nd pic below)

Audio/Video Downloads

1. Soul Sacrifice.mp3
2. Life Beyond LA.mp3