RayDio

Description:

Screen Name:

RayDio

Sex:

M

Age:

52

Studio Musician:

No

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

New to the valley, residing currently in Chandler, I am 50, playing bass since 12, and looking to connect with level headed, stylisticly versital and creative, drug/attitude & ego free, mainstream to eclectic, visionary, focused R&R types.

I'm a bassist (electric/frettless/stand-up), a digital sound engineer & videographer...looking for long-term, gigging units, recording in the East Valley playing the occasional clean local Bars, Festivals, Municiples, Corp. Parties, and showcase gigs.

Can practice 1-2x's per week, and gig 4-5x's p/month. Prefer to stay off tour and home for the holidays.

:Not a chart or session guy. I've studio and live diverse chops, looking to merge w/other friendly, family focused, versital & talented, sensible music creative types.

:Have good equipment, Fender Jazz 5, Fender Fretless 4, Amplified String Bass, efxs/tube pre front end, SWR Combos on Stands ( L&R stage) w/powered 700w sub (@ drum center) for quality textured acoustic/electric/synth bass bottom.

:Pick & Finger style player only, Sorry no funk/slap here. A drummers best friend, contra modal, strong melodic, great presence w/versital dynamics and bottom sence. Good for ocassional backing vocals & insightful idea.

:Enjoy Mainstream to Eclectic, World to Ethnic, Alt to Ethereal, Country to Tex-Mex, Swing to Motown grooves.
Not a wanna be, no grand illusions, make it real...now!

I'm an R&B, melodic, rock bassist with an "in the pocket" focus, w/passion and srylistic energy.I've professional studio & stage skills and concider myself a human first and last with a fresh open mind.

:Into quality, entertaining, well-engineered, melodic, hook laden vocals, multi-textural, quirky & original, intellegent poly-rhythms, w/viseral & visual dynamics!

:Weekend rehearsals projects/gigs, a dayjob lifestyle, can-do/make it happen, positive creative pro-attitude.

:Similar interests, clean family fun, into reality, open to visionary ideas of diverse passion & viability!

:Chandler home based. Will travel local East valley for rehersals, festivals and friends. Not into bars.

Email me further at tron54@cox.net,
With Sound and Vision, John

Influences:

I enjoy Mainstream to Eclectic, World to Ethnic, Alt to Ethereal, Country to Tex-Mex, Swing to Stax & Motown grooves.
Not a wanna be, no grand illusions, make it real...now!
My influences include just about everybody!.. but my fav's are; Tony Levin, Sting, John Paul Jones, Jaco Pastorious, Tom Hamilton, Flea, Dusty Hill, James Jamerson, Greg Lake, Adrean Beleau, Dweezil Zappa, The Finn Brothers, Chris Squire, Ben Orr, John Entwhistle, Pino Paladino, Stanley Clark, Geddy Lee, Alphoso Johnson, Ron Wood, Jack Cassidy, Paul MacCartney, Jack Bruce, and Charles Mingas. Give me Chess, STAX, Muscle Shoals or Motown...they're all part of me!

Equipment List:

I've versital equipment and play; Fender Jazz 5, Fender Fretless 4, and Amplified Double String Bass, all run into Boss Efxs and a Art tube preamp/compressor in a rack front end. My back end is 2x SWR Workingman 15" 200W Bi-amped Combos on Amp Stands, set stage L&R, with a powered Mackie 700w, SRS-1500 sub set @ drum center for quality "low B", Bi-Amped textured bass.

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