Dance to the radio

SEEKING

Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Other, Vocalist - Alto, Cello, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

Seeking one or more collaborators (vocals/ guitar / bass/ keys/ producer) for a primarily post-punk studio project. I'm a classically trained guitarist and formerly a professional musician and composer in signed indie and post-rock bands (w/ studio albums & touring experience). Now a ~40yo dad with a serious day job, my primary goal is to write and record a set of songs for digital release and promotion and to have some fun doing so! Live performance on a realistic schedule would be an exciting bonus, but not essential for this project.

I'm prolific at coming up with 'sonic vignettes', but sometimes struggle with conversion to full-length tracks. I'm hoping to find a collaborator who can help me develop ideas through both creative jamming / brain storming and more disciplined song writing, as well as bringing their own ideas to songwriting and/or production. I have a tendency towards more elaborate guitar playing styles and arrangements, but am enjoying the challenge of adhering more strictly to the post-punk aesthetic of simplified, textural guitar parts that leave more room for focus on rhythmicity and melodic basslines. The sound could go in the lighter or heavier direction (maybe both!), and the uploaded tracks here are just very rough demos showing the darker / experimental vs more poppy sounds I'm going for.

My influences are recently first-wave ('80s) mostly British post-punk, as well as subsequent post-punk revival. Historically my influences are more post-rock, indie, shoegaze, progressive metal & instrumental, as well as some electronica and folk.

Screen name:: Dance to the radio
Member since:: Dec 09 2023; Active within 24 hours
Level of commitment:: Moderately Committed
Years playing music:: 30
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: 2-3 times per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Joy Division, The Chameleons, The Sound, Wire, The Snake Corps, Bauhaus, The Cure, Au Pairs, Pylon, Delta 5, Kleenex/LiLiPUT, Swell Maps, Television, Jonathan Fire*Eater, Interpol, The Kills, The Walkmen, LCD Soundsystem, The Raveonettes, Phantogram, IST IST, Squid, Fontaines DC, Protomartyr, Warpaint, Wolf Alice, Radiohead, Pulp, Portishead, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, Black Sabbath, John Frusciante, Mogwai, Explosions in the sky, Godspeed you Black Emperor!, Mono, Sigur Ros, Clint Mansell, Ennio Morricone, Fernando Sor, iLiKETRAiNs, Hope of the States, 65daysofstatic, Lite, M83, Oceansize, At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Amplifier, American Football, early Biffy Clyro.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:: Expert
Lead Guitar:: Advanced
Vocalist - Baritone:: Moderate
Electronic Music:: Moderate
Bass Guitar:: Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

- Electric guitar: (Guild S100, Epiphone Casino, Tele, etc.) into Fender Deluxe Reverb w/ UA Ox for residential volume level recording. Lots of pedals - mainly lower gain drive stacking and fancy delay and reverb types.
- Bass: Jazz bass split into SansAmp VT DI (Ampeg style drive) and Radial J48 (clean DI), w/ Amplitube VST amp simulations in the DAW.
- Drums: Various VSTs (Native Instruments Abbey Road, Toontrack EZ drummer, Steven Slate Drums, etc).
- Vox: various LDC / dynamic mics into Presonus Quantum pre.