george1484945 + Musician in East Weymouth, MA

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ABOUT

I have enough experience and enough gear to work though many situations. Far from a musical expert, but I’ve been told that my drumming is very musical. I am an endorser of Soultone Cymbals.

UPDATE 6/17/2023:
Currently, I play in church in Taunton on a rotation with 2 other drummers, as well as playing at the Fire Escape Coffee House in Weymouth Landing on Saturday nights (again, on rotation), and I also played in a band called Hullfire. The Hullfire band is currently on a break for an indefinite amount of time. We lost our rehearsal space.

I am looking for a melodic "soft rock" group to join. It needs to be fun and light-hearted. I already have 2 jobs. This shouldn't feel like work. Let's just have fun playing music together, and if people like what they hear, maybe hey will pay us to play for them.

I have recently discovered the "Open Mic" Circuit here on the South Shore. Interesting folks, great musicians,and fun times. When I am able to, you may find me at SoundCheck Stdios, The Tinker's Son, the Sand Castle,or other venues that promote Open Mic's.

I work full time, and also drive part time for Lyft & Uber to supplement our income and pay for my daughter's education.
I own three acoustic drum sets. I also have two electronic drum sets (Alesis DM-10 Pro & a Simmons 500 Series, set up in my basement for silent practicing through headphones and I'm working on acquiring a set of low-volume cymbals to play with the Simmons electronic drum set in quieter venue setups. I own a simple set of drum mic's, that run through their own little mixer for performing live. I can play a small 4 piece kit w/ 1 16" kick, up to a large 7 piece kit w/ a 24" kick, depending on venue/stage size, and available set-up time.

Since Spring of 2020 (when I was laid off from my then-job) I became and endorser for Soultone Cymbals. This basically means that by contract, I play Soultone Cymbals exclusively, and display their logo whenever and wherever I play. In return, they support me through amazing prices on their cymbals, a page on their website with my bio and profile on it, as well as free video recording opportunities in their studio in LA. I promote them, so they help promote me (and the band(s) I play with. It's good exposure and publicity!

I don't smoke, or do drugs, but will maybe enjoy an occasional beer or two socially... I don't drink much when I'm playing. Give me a "5-Hour Energy" drink before a gig, and I'll be good! :-)

Lastly, I have a small but growing PA system with which I can help bands and musicians perform at gigs. I'm no professional, so my services come cheap!I also run sound for Xaven Music (look her up on Facebook).

Screen name:

george1484945

Member since:

Sep 27 2020

Active within 2 weeks

Level of commitment:

Moderately Committed

Years playing music:

40

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

1 time per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beaufort)
Alex Van Halen
Neil Peart
Stryper (Robert Sweet)
2nd Chapter of Acts (under-rated Christian group from the 70’s and 80’s)
Savatage/TSO... (Jeff Plate)

Instrument experience:

Drums:

Advanced

Vocalist - Baritone:

Moderate

Vocalist - Tenor:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

Other Percussion:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Too much, really, but here goes:
PDP LX series 7 piece drum kit
PDP CX series 6 piece drum kit
PDP Concept Maple 9 piece acoustic drum kit (convertible to many different configurations) including a 4 piece kit w/ 16" kick (for small venues)
Several snare drums
ALESIS DM10 6 piece electronic drum Kit
Simmons SD500 5 piece electronic drum Kit
Cases for most drums
Soultone Cymbals in many sizes and several series
Cymbal cases
Hardware, stands, Gibraltar rack systems
Hardware cases
Drum mics, cables, etc.
SABIAN Sound Kit 3 channel analog drum mixer and mic set,
Behringer 12 channel analog mixer,
Behringer 18 channel analog mixer,
3 different Simmons drum amps/monitors (50 watt, 200 watt, & 350 watt)
Kustom 50 watt tower monitor
Behringer 450 watt powered main speaker

MUSIC