Guitarman57 + Musician in Port Orange, FL

ABOUT

Note: Commentary regarding the audio tracks and contact information can be found below if you have the time and are interested. Thanks for stopping by.

That "said", welcome to my page. I am TD King. In a nutshell, I am looking for any of the following:

- a band to join
- a spot in an acoustic duo or trio
- studio work

My preference would be melodic rock, something that takes a little thought to play, preferably with big vocals, meaning organized harmonies, not just gang vocals or a bunch of folks just shouting into microphones.

Here are a few things I am NOT about. If you're looking for someone to cover these interests, I am not your man.

- country music
- "Play That Funky Music"
- rap/hip hop
- three full sets of blues

Now here's a little bit more about who I am...

"Datn doo dow dow, datn doo dow"...

If you know what the line above means, or what it comes from, you have a good idea of where I'm coming from. I picked up my first guitar on Christmas Day, 1970. Since then, I've started bands and joined bands, gaining experience playing with lounge groups, oldies bands and various forms of rock bands from classic rock to contemporary and hard rock.

My primary instrument is guitar, though my first instrument lessons were on the piano. Having never pursued keyboard training seriously, I am more of a fill player on keys these days. I also took lessons on the coronet, french horn, mellophone and sax, all of which are distant memories today.

I am a lead and backing vocalist. Songs like "Plush" and "Interstate Love Song" by STP, "Precious Declaration" by Collective Soul and "Bad Things", the True Blood theme by Jace Everett, are typical of my vocal register, for example, and my falsetto range (for harmonies, when needed) is "up there" (for example, the high harmony in the chorus of "Another Rainy Night" by Queensryche).

I have two years of high school music theory behind me that have served me well over the years. I can read music (but I am rather out of practice), chord charts, diagrams and tabs.

I haven't written much lately, but I have written a few tunes. I recorded one demo of one of my tunes, on which I covered the drum track, bass, two guitars, keyboards and three-part vocals, all on a Tascam four track cassette recorder. Crude copies of a couple others have made it to tape over the years. I used one of my originals for my high school senior year final in Music Theory, for which I scored (wrote out) parts for drums, piano, bass guitar, rhythm guitar and vocals. I wish now that I had kept of copy of that! To quote a wise older family member of mine... "We grow old so soon and wise so late!" With the help of some classmates, the work was performed. It was interesting to hear how it all came together.

I have been in the studio with a couple of bands I've been a member of. Afterimage, of which I was a part, hit the studio to record two originals. (ReverbNation artist afterimage6)
Crosswind, another project I was involved in, hit the studio to record a few cover demos for promotional purposes.

I have produced demos for two cover bands I worked with. One such demo, the cover demo for Grendel, had the band working a good chunk of time in Lake George, NY that summer.

Speaking of bands I have played with, here's a rundown of some of the more memorable ones, all of which were in upstate New York, starting with the most recent... Wide Awake, Bad Karma, Hedon, Tuesday's Brew, Paradise Alley, Four On The Floor, Grendel, Crosswind, Drakkar, Afterimage, High Rise, Emanon, Daybreak and R.C.Holding.

While I don't regularly do studio work, I would entertain the idea of contributing or lending a hand on the projects of others if the opportunity arose. I really enjoyed working in the studio.

With regards to the tracks presented herein, here are some relative points:

Cover Demo 1:
Band - Crosswind
Recorded at a great little studio in Ballston Spa, NY
TD King - Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars

Cover Demo 2:
Band - Grendel
Recorded at home(s) on a Tascam Porta-One 4-track cassette recorder
TD King - Lead vocals, lead & rhythm guitars

Cover Demo 5:
Band - Grendel
Recorded at home(s) on a Tascam Porta-One 4-track cassette recorder
TD King - Lead & rhythm guitars

Cover Demo 9:
Band - Wide Awake
Recorded at C# Studios, Scotia, NY
TD King - Guitars

Cover Demo 8:
Band - TD King
Recorded at home on a Tascam PortaStudio 8-track digital recorder. Includes concepts from two different studio albums with a few of my own embellishments.
TD King - Everything

Demo 6 Intro:
Band - Afterimage
Recorded at Woods End, Saratoga Springs, NY
TD King - Lead guitar (this intro only)

Demo 7:
Band - TD King
Composers: Chambers, D'Andrea, King
Recorded at home, tracks on a Tascam PortaStudio 8-track digital recorder, mixed in Audacity
TD King - Everything

If any or all of that sounds like what you may be looking for, drop me a line. In the world of gmail, I am known as tdkguitarman ( tdkguitarman at gmail dot com ). Mention my Bandmix listing in the subject line.

Screen name:

Guitarman57

Member since:

May 22 2005

Active within 24 hours

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

50

Gigs played:

Over 100

Influences

Examples of what I listen to: The Guess Who, Burton Cummings, Santanna, Styx, Kansas, Asia, King Crimson, Dream Theater, Derek Sherinian, Fates Warning, Al DiMeola, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Shinedown, Fabrizio Leo, Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani, Circus Maximus, Seventh Wonder, Shadow Gallery, Mindwarp Chamber, Nighwish, Presto Ballet, Voyager, Ghost... (That doesn't mean I can play like all these guys. It's just what I listen to. They inspire me.)

Examples of stuff I've covered with various bands: The Guess Who, Styx, Kansas, Bad Company, STP, Shinedown, Lit, Journey, Led Zeppelin, The Pretenders, Pat Benatar, Breaking Benjamin, Hinder, The Doobie Brothers and on and on...

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Moderate

Rhythm Guitar:

Moderate

Lead Guitar:

Moderate

Acoustic Guitar:

Moderate

Bass Guitar:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Gibson, Fender and Jackson six-string guitars, LTD seven- and eight-string guitars, Fender acoustic guitar, Yamaha 12-string acoustic guitar, Fender and Squier five-sting Jazz basses.
Marshall cabs, Marshall, Fender & Crown Amplification, ART, Roland BOSS processing and, on occasion, Bogner Uberschall overdrive/distortion. Korg keyboards.

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