SEEKING
Band to Join, Accordion, Cello, Upright bass, Steel guitar, Trombone, Mandolin, Other, Flute, Background Singer, Piano, Keyboard, Saxophone, Trumpet, Violin, Other Percussion, Drums, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocalist.ABOUT
I play mostly jazz but enjoy other styles as well. I play jazz guitar, swing, bebop, gypsy jazz, big band, etc. For the last couple of years I have been playing guitar with the Sounds of Swing Big Band in Bellevue, the Sophisticated Swing Big Band in Redmond, the Boeing Big Band (Jet City Jazz Orchestra) in Seattle, and with the SOS8 Octet.
- Screen name:
- Michael Meehan
- Member since:
- Jun 17 2010
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 50
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Louis Armstrong, Django Rheinhardt, Eddie Lang, Lonnie Johnson, Freddy Green, Charlie Christian, Bennie Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, George Van Eps, George Barnes, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Wes Montgomery, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Kenny Burell, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow, Grant Green, Pat Martino, John Scofield, Howard Alden, Jimmy Bruno, etc.
EQUIPMENT
Tons of live sound equipment, instruments, recording equipment/software. I restore/fix tube amps and so have way too many tube amps. Guitar/bass amps, PA's, keyboards (synths), drums (acoustic, digital), Latin percussion (timbales, congas, etc), brass (trombone, trumpet, Flugel horn, euphonium) , woodwinds (C flute, Bb clarinets, Eb clarinets, Tenor sax, alto sax, C melody sax), guitars (over 100, 6 string and 7 string), baritone guitar, tenor guitar, bass guitars (5 string, 4 string fretless, acoustic), lap steel guitar, dobro, resonator guitar, mandolins, octave mandolin, mandola, Irish bouzouki, soprano uke, baritone uke, cello, violins, viola, requinto, quatro (both varieties), Bajo Sexto, Viheula, Cavahino, Balalaikas, all varieties of recorders including bass, accordion, melodium, banjo (tenor, 5 string, 6 string), autoharp, synths (various), massive collection of sheet music including hundreds of complete big band charts.
