ProArk417 + Musician in Kalamazoo, MI

ABOUT

Music is my life, I love playing and I want to play professionally, I'm very committed to playing as well as writing... My main instrument is the drums, then the guitars, and singing (not very much). I've only been in one actual "band" it was more of a cover band where I played lead guitar because I knew my buddy wanted to play drums so I let him join Ian and me, that only lasted roughly a month, due to me going off to college, and we only played open mic nights, but it was really enjoyable. Hopefully I'm able to play with them again when I head back home for breaks. The other things I've been a part of are just some things that had TONS of talent but we didn't mesh too well and rarely practiced...

I shall be brutally honest with you all, I haven't played that many shows, but I'm very comfortable playing in front of people, I am also a VERY quick learner... well, it depends on the difficulty of the song haha. A huge portion of the songs I played with the first band were a few songs I never even heard of and/or never knew how to play prior to joining, and I learned them in one practice haha...

People have told me I have a playing style similar to Dimebag Darrell, Zakk Wylde, and Mick Thomson

As of now I am working on some stuff with the current band I'm in...

Contact me here:
s://./ProArk417

Screen name:

ProArk417

Member since:

Sep 11 2011

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

6

Gigs played:

Under 10

Tend to practice:

2-3 times per week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

IN GENERAL:
Foo Fighters
Nirvana
Green Day
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Megadeth
Stone The Manic
Pearl Jam
Alice In Chains
Killswitch Engage
Rise Against
Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
Soundgarden
Bullet For My Valentine
Slipknot
Stone Sour

GUITAR:
Dave Mustaine
Billie Joe Armstrong
Chris Shifflet
CJ Gardineer
Dimebag Darrell
Zakk Wylde
Slash
Mick Thomson

DRUMS:
Dave Grohl
Brandon Saller
Taylor Hawkins
Patrick O'Neill
Jimmy Sullivan
Matt Cameron
Brandon Barnes

VOCALS:
Eddie Vedder
Layne Staley
Kurt Cobain
Joshua Dennis
Matt Tuck
Howard Jones
Corey Taylor
Dave Grohl (Again)
Taylor Hawkins (Again)

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Bass Guitar:

Advanced

Drums:

Advanced

Other Percussion:

Advanced

Vocalist - Baritone:

Moderate

Background Singer:

Moderate

EQUIPMENT

DRUMS:
Pearl Session series
- 10" Rack tom
- 12" Rack tom
- 14" Floor tom
- 16" Floor tom
- 20" Bass drum
- 14"x 6" Pork Pie Snare
SP hardware (Used by current drummer)
Sabian Cymbals (Used by current drummer)
- 10" Splash
- 14" Hi-Hats
- 14" Crash
- 16" Crash (Cracked)
- 18" Crash
- 20" Ride

GUITAR:
Ibanez RG2EX1 (Optimus)
Ibanez RG350EX (Under construction)
Ibanez RG5SP2
Ibanez AEG10E (Acoustic)
Palmer PE LPS-Custom (Les Paul)
Squier HS Bullet Telecaster

AMP:
Line 6 75 watt Spider IV Amp (Practice)
Peavey 6505+ 120 watt Amp Head
VHT Fat Bottom 4x12 Cabinet

Pedals
Ibanez TS9
Boss NS-2

MUSIC