Lou Kelly + Musician in Sacramento, CA

SEEKING

ABOUT

s://loukelly.

At this time, I am not looking to enter into any projects and I apologize if I decline any offers/auditions.
I haven't deleted this profile yet in case circumstances change and I change my mind.

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I come from a primarily punk/metal and experimental background but I, like most musicians, like to believe that I have fairly eclectic tastes (to paraphrase a good quote I heard a while back, "I'm not a fan of any genre in particular. I'm a fan of good songs".

Electric guitar is my primary instrument. I would like to believe I'm a competent lead guitarist in anything rock and metal (well, as long as it doesn't involve sweep picking. Gotta admit your limits sometimes). Blues, funk, and a little faux-jazz are loads of fun to play as well.

My voice naturally sits in the bass/baritone register but I have a tendency to sing in a tenor range or higher for some strange reason. If I'm having a good day, I can sing some power metal that's acceptable to the ear. I'm no stranger to death metal growls and false chord screams/shouts.

To the forgiving ear, I can get by on some keyboard.

I know my way around MIDI programming and music production.

Screen name:

Lou Kelly

Member since:

Mar 13 2017

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Just for Fun

Years playing music:

20

Influences

- METAL -
- Bloodbath
- Danzig
- Pantera
- Meshuggah
- Strapping Young Lad
- Slayer
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- Gojira
- System Of A Down
- Opeth
- At The Gates
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Diablo Swing Orchestra

- HARDCORE/PUNK (and its weirder cousins) -
- AFI
- Nerve Agents
- Misfits
- NoFX
- Dead Kennedys
- Dead Boys
- Cardiacs
- Code Orange
- Converge
- Daughters
- The Locust
- Some Girls
- ZEUS! (I'm not excited - that's literally how they present their name)
- Gogol Bordello
- Refused
- Rudimentary Peni

- ROCK IN GENERAL -
- Nirvana
- Guns N' Roses
- Iron Maiden
- Queen
- Elle King
- Spinnerette

- EXPERIMENTAL/GENRE OUTLANDERS -
- Tom Waits
- Mr. Bungle
- Secret Chiefs 3
- Fantomas
- Mike Patton
- Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
- St. Vincent
- Igorrr
- Devin Townsend
- Napoleon XIV
- That Handsome Devil
- Dresden Dolls

- BIG BAND/VOCAL JAZZ/EASY LISTENING -
- Frank Sinatra
- Edith Piaf
- Billie Holiday
- Ella Fitzgerald
- R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders

- ORCHESTRAL -
- Modest Mussorgsky
- Kurt Weill
- Danny Elfman
- Randy Newman (specifically 'James And The Giant Peach' soundtrack)
- Roque Banos (specifically 'The Machinist' soundtrack)
- Beethoven (of course)
- Mozart (of course)
- The general ambiance from Disney movies from the 90's and earlier

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Advanced

Lead Guitar:

Advanced

Acoustic Guitar:

Advanced

Vocalist - Bass:

Moderate

Vocalist - Baritone:

Moderate

Bass Guitar:

Moderate

Keyboard:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Live:
- A handful of electric guitars and basses
- Line 6 MM4 modulator pedal
- Boss PS-5 Super Shifter
- 3 Shure SM58's

Recording equipment and software:
- MXL 4000 (primary vocal)
- Behringer U-Phoria UMC204 HD
- DAW - Reaper
- Sample library player - Kontakt 5
- Komplete 9 (with boatload of sample libraries)
- Ozone 5

MUSIC