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The Village Idiot + Musician in West End, NC

The Village Idiot
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SEEKING

Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto, Bagpipes, Steel guitar, Upright bass, Cello, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

I am a transplant from sunny California I am looking to collaborate, produce, engineer, write and or play on other artists songs as well as have other artists work on my music. I have written over 100 songs. I play all kinds of music and am open to most genres as long as it is a constructive situation. If you play any instrument or perhaps no instrument and you just like to write and sing I would be interested in working with you. Please no guitar wankers. No Jam sessions. I work out of my home studio where I write and play all instruments on my songs. As well I collaborate with Rich Sanders on Americana/accoustic music. I am committed as much as the reality of the situation calls for and I never try to take my life too seriously, lest I become a parody. If you would like to collaborate, contact me here at Bandmix if you are a premier member or I can be contacted at: frankiezmole.....rhymes with hahoo!
P.S. Over 70 tracks of mental musings can be heard at Soundclick as “ThegreatConstantini”

Screen name:
The Village Idiot
Member since:
Dec 01 2008
Active within 2 weeks
Level of commitment:
Moderately Committed
Years playing music:
30
Gigs played:
Under 10

Influences

So many..oh so many.This is such an open question. Well, everything inspires me I suppose. I grew up influenced by Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Emerson,Lake & Palmer, Jefferson airplane, Beefheart, Yes,Kate Bush, Genesis. That sort of stuff. But today I listen to such a variety of artists such as Amy Mann, Wilco, Ween, Bare Naked Ladies, Radiohead, Mitchell Froom, Modest Mouse,Michael Penn, Amy LaVere, A Blue October, Shawn Colvin, Lisa Germano, Leonard Cohen, Wasis Diop,Sparkle horse,Paramore,The Belle Brigade,Bad Lieutenant, Father John Misty. I don't know, it's all over the place.

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:
Moderate

EQUIPMENT

I'm not sure why this all matters but okay what the heck for the equiptment junkies out there..Here's a list of some stuff I use:Blue Sky monitors, Opal monitors,EIII keyboard, Windows based hard disk recording, Alesis ADAT, PreSonus ADL 600 mic pre, Behringer Tube composer, DBX 166 comp, Avalon U5 Direct, Fireface 800 interface, Guild guitars,Rhondo guitars, Ransom guitars, Yamaha guitars, Vintage guitars, Fender guitars, Gibson guitars, Warrick basses, Carvin basses, Vox amps, Fender amps, Peavey amps, Roland outboard, Boss outboard, Altec compressors, Red mics, AKG mics Crown mics, Sure mics, Sony mics, Studio projects mics, EV mics, Nakamichi mics, Line 6 products, DanElectro products. 100's of plugins and vst instruments. Windows based, Cubase & Acid Pro.I write and record all of my songs rather fast so whatever tool is handy at the time gets used.

MUSIC

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Past Events

I will be playing out near my mailbox in my robe and slippers December 1'st. Merry X-mas

I will be signing my latest batch of songs in American sign language just up from my mailbox, closer to where I park my car. This could be a real first in the cd signing world.

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