Seattleite187 + Musician in Everett, WA

SEEKING

ABOUT

Used to play several instruments starting out in middle school band through high school. Then I picked up the guitar in high school and played for a couple years. I am not thirty and due to COVID have been getting back into playing. Would love to form a grunge, alternative/rock band. Wanting to utilize my vocals and harmonize with a mail counterpart.

Screen name:

Seattleite187

Member since:

Dec 27 2020

Active within 24 hours

Level of commitment:

Committed

Years playing music:

4

Gigs played:

Under 10

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

I have a very diverse taste in music as I have a very diverse taste in life. My direct influence for plying guitar would be Clapton & Mark Knopler. I don’t feel as though playing guitar tat high speeds constitutes a great guitar player yet overall is about the amount of soul an audience feels when you play...take Santana for instance.

Currently my favorite guitarists are Joe Bonamassa, & Warren Haynes , Derek Trucks along with Dave Mathews. I love blues and would love to fuse blues with a grunge voice if this makes sense.

Vocally I love Chris Cornell and would love to find a male counter part who has unique vocals such as him. Or Kurt Cobain or even Chester Bennington from Linkin Park. By the way if a band is not listed here it does not mean they do not influence me and even if I do not like a band if they are talented chances are I appreciate the effort they put forth in their work.

Also really into bad flower, and highly suspect as well as parkway drive. I enjoy some screaming and would love to develop my own vocally.

Influences include yet are not limited to 2Pac, AC/DC, AudioSlave, Angels and Airwaves, Alice In Chains, Armin Van Buuren, B.B. King, Brand New, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Blue October, Blink 1.82 Cream, Candlebox, Chuck Berry, Cold Play, The Cure, David Gilmour, Dierks Bentley, Dustin Lynch, Eli Young Band, Genesis, Lamb of God, Kenny Chesney, Kip Moore, Elton John, Jason Isbell, Elvis Costello, Everclear. Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Eat World, Joy Division, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Pink Floyd, Sade, Mad Season, Marilyn Manson, Matchbox 20, Nine Inch Nails, Muddy Waters, Mudhoney, MXPX, Muse, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Randy Houser, R.E.M., Senses Fail, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Sonic Youth , Slipknot, System of a Down, Stevie Wonder, Smile Empty Soul Taking Back Sunday ,Placebo, Turner, The Used, U2, The Police, The Pretenders, Tiesto, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Morrison, VNV Nation, Paul Van Dyk, Vulf Peck.

Instrument experience:

Saxophone:

Moderate

Piano:

Moderate

Flute:

Moderate

Rhythm Guitar:

Intermediate

Lead Guitar:

Intermediate

Acoustic Guitar:

Intermediate

Bass Guitar:

Intermediate

Electronic Music:

Intermediate

Clarinet:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Had to sell a lot of equipment through this whole pandemic. I play on a Fender Player Stratocaster and a Fender Champion 20 to practice on. I like playing clean and have never used a lot of pedals. I mainly want to focus on being a rhythm guitarist, singing and writing.