rook25

Description:

Screen Name:

rook25

Sex:

M

Age:

32

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Committed

I'm a 30-year-old bass player who works as an RN. I would ideally like to hook up with a band in the Columbus or southern Ohio area with a beginning commitment of a gig a week or every 2 weeks. This can change if the band does well (since I will have to work less!) I enjoy rock, and metal but I think my real loves are jazz, funk and prog rock (weird, I know...) I have been playing for 15 years and I tend to have a rather "up front" style, although I know how to groove and keep a band together (the bass player's main job!) I can also sing, but I'm a bass player first. I can slap well, and know how to use this technique even in situations where others wouldn't (although I don't force it). I play fretless quite a bit, and love it! I can solo on fretted or fretless. I'm also starting to explore the upright. I have good knowledge of theory, although I learn easiest by ear. I can read, but at a rather slow pace.
The last band I was in that had some success was a group in athens called "white elephant logic" (named after a Hemingway novel and a Steely Dan album). This was an almost completely imporovisational group that played what our listeners called "psychadelic jazz"...probably a good description.
I think I have a lot to offer the right band and would be happy to audition or just jam to see how things go. The one requirement for any band I would join...wait for it...a slammin' drummer who can combine skill with feel.

Influences:

tony levin
yes (chris squire)
rush (geddy lee)
alain caron (uzeb)
jimmy haslip
victor wooten
king crimson
niacin (billy sheehan)
Steely Dan
sting
seal
peter gabriel
primus
dream theater
king's x
anthrax (gotta love "em!)

Equipment List:

80's steinberger 4 string
fretless tobias growler 4-string with d-tuner
squier jazz, converted to fretless
fender p-lyte (in an embarassingly 80's red that borders on pink!)
warwick fna jazzman 5 string
hartke ha 3000 head with 4x10 cabinet

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