SEEKING
Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.ABOUT
I am a musician/songwriter/lyricist looking to work specifically and only with bandmates & musicians who despise the entire Donald Trump and Q crappola with every fiber of their being. I am a U.S. Military Veteran with an impeccable service record, so I LOVE the country, I just HATE where Trump's hate has taken us as a country. Other things I can't stand are hypocritical organized religions; companies whose CEO's make $85 Million that refuse to pay a living wage; violent anarchists of ANY political persuasion; child-molesting priests & university doctors; thiefs; con-men/woman & scammers; heroin & meth dealers; and (sadly) much more. So about 7 out of every eight songs I write are about socially-conscious issues. About every 8 songs or so I write the obligatory love (or anti-love) ballad... because we're all just trying to have a righteous time next to a nice warm body. I do not believe in discrimination against any reasonable person, am not a racist, phobe, or hater of any caring, humanist soul who strives for the collective welfare of humankind on this planet. Period, & forever.
- Screen name:
- bob1544524
- Member since:
- Jul 02 2021
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 50
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
Influences
Richie Havens, Neil Young, John Lennon, Roger Waters, (and many more) for mind set. Alice in Chains, TOOL, and Chris Cornell (& a host of others) for current musical temperament. Robert Leroy Johnson, Hank Williams Sr, Frank Zappa (& too many to name) for inventive 'Americana' styles. I tend to like artists in a wide range of genres, who copied nobody else's style, but merely played their own way... and thus TRANSFORMED music. I like just about every style of music except perhaps disco and opera (i really dig classical music, but all that caterwailering and shrieking in opera makes both my artistic sensibilities & reproductive organs fail). Lastly, i believe wholeheartedly in a functional application of both self-effacing and external sarcastic humor to cut any ego down to size. Big deal, you out-swam 100 million sperm cells to impregnate that estrous oocyte. According to World Bank, so did 7.79 billion folks as of July 1, 2020. I don't need to play or write music with a Juilliard School or Berklee College of Music virtuoso whizzing out 10,000 notes a minute... just somebody who can hit the pockets and nuances of a song ~ just right like David Gilmour works quite nicely. I don't care if you play a washboard or zydeco. Just grove with it.
Visual influences are important too. I look somewhat like a cross between a Western lowland gorilla, and a North American brown bear. Perhaps my most clean cut look was marching as Honor Graduate at the Basic Training parade. Then again there were those days onstage dressed as a long-haired, bearded police officer in the punk band ENFORCER.
later on
Instrument experience:
- Drums:
- Expert
- Background Singer:
- Advanced
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
I own various drums, guitars, pianos, organs, amplifiers, recording equipment, etc. Some of it actually works, & is not broken in any way. I've had some choice gear stolen over the years. Don't let me see it at your house, or i may carry your wife, sister, or mother off over-my-shoulder cave-man-style* as recompense. (*psyche... my shoulder needs so much orthopedic surgery, the only things i lift are spirits... and the only thing i carry is tunes).
