SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Other.ABOUT
Hello folks I’m a middle aged Bass player looking to form a new or join an existing band. My musical tastes run to heavy metal and good old rock and roll I like stuff from the classic rock days as well as I really like a lot of the newer music, from Cream to the Headstones, Pearl Jam to Fuel, Metalica to Temple of the Dog, as well as I like to learn and write originals I can write the bass line to new originals at speed on the fly as well as work with the band on the whole process of writing and creating new music.
I’m looking for musicians who understand different tunings beyond the standard E tuning such as Drop D and open Tunings and for example (If you want to play Fake It by Seether or the Saturdays Nights Alright For Fighting cover by Nickleback and Kid Rock the guitars are tuned down a full step). This would require the guitarists to have more than one guitar as re’tuning guitars constantly just doesn’t work, the guitars don’t like it.
I am also looking to be in a band that wants to put in the effort to learn the songs and get all the parts if not exactly as the originals at least correct for us so we can all play the songs from beginning to end and learn 10 – 20 song sets where everyone knows there parts and we get good and tight.
I am just plain old sick of the Rolling Stones and all the other old standards that all the Classic Rock cover bands play I can play the blues but find them boring unless were writing something new I would like to try and be a little more creative with the cover tunes (When it comes to the Blues freeform jamming is the most fun) yet I still realize you’ve got to play something the ladies like to dance to a fine line I know but a little creative thinking and we can come up with some killer sets.
As you can tell from the pictures my rig is not something that I can move around everyday and the one thing I don’t have is the practise venue to put this all together so I’m hoping there’s a musician out there with an empty basement or something similar for practising. My rig can get loud there is no band I can’t keep up to volume wise so an above ground or garage in suburbia won’t cut it the cops would be there in no time. To practise at drum kit volume would require something below grade or where disturbing the locals has been solved.
If anyone is interested in creating the band I have outlined above and are located in the greater Georgina area or Northern York Region please contact me at the email address at the end of this profile. My kids are teenagers now and my wife is very supportive of my hobby so I’m good to practise 1-3 nights per week and could possibly gig 1 – 3 nights per month if we got that good but I am a family man with a full time job and dropping everything to go on tour just isn’t going to happen (That being said if someone writes us a couple of million dollar checks I’m good for the world tour).
There you go folks if anyone is interested contact me at vanvalk@rogers.com and let’s see what we can create.
- Screen name:
- bassvan
- Member since:
- Oct 24 2008
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 15
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
ACDC,Alice In Chains one of my favorites Man In The Box - Rooster,Audio Slave,Black Crows,Collective Soul,Cream,Creed,CSNY,Deep Purple requires keyboards,Fuel,Golden Earing,Green Day,Guns and Roses all guitars tuned down 1/2 step Eb tuning,Headstones fast stuff but short songs,Hendrix,Johnny Cash yes yes I know but metal up a couple of his tunes and they could be killer,Zeppelin have to pick and choose got to be the right ones and got to be done right to sound good,Skynyrd Simple Man or Tuesdays Gone,Max Webster again gotta pick the right one,Metalica,Nickleback, Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Ramones maybe,Rush maybe some older stuff working man but who can sing it,Seether want to play I'm Broken need a ladie not a bad Idea sometimes the ladies can cover ACDC or Rush better than the guys?,Sex Pistols Maybe gotta pick the right one,Stevie Ray Vaughn if were gonna play the blues this is the stuff,Stone Temple Pilots,Temple of the Dog Say Hello to Heaven and Hunger Strike I've got both these nailed killer tunes but somebodies gotta sing them!,The Trews maybe,Three Doors Down,Tom Petty,Tragicaly Hip, Velvet Revolver Drop D and Eb tunings.
Thats just a quick list of what I think is good there are many others, Thrill me folks I'm good to try anything if it's killer Rock.
I'm a finger style player and can't play slap although I may go back to school and try and learn so no Red Hot Chillies but hey nobody wants to see me in my underwear anyway so maybe thats not a bad thing.
EQUIPMENT
David Eden WT 1205 main amp
David Eden 215 XLT 400 watt RMS CAB
DR. Bass 210 500 watt RMS CAB
Peavey 115 the 4 ohm 700 watt Black Widow CAB
Boss GT6B Bass effects processor
Strobo Stomp Strobe tuner
Antonio Tsia 7 string Bass tuned from low F# it's a monster
Fender V24 5 string bass with Semore Duncan pickups the best sounding and most fun Bass I ever Played
Traben Pheonix solar burst 4 string bass
Samik 5 string bass this is an older bass but I keep it tuned down a whole step and it will rattle your fillings I use it for playing in Drop D
Randal RBA 400 back up amp it's also a killer keyboard amp
Behringer 20 channel 1200 watt powered mixer with dueling effects processors
2 pieces Yorkville 200 watt YBA 115 PA speakers
2 pieces matched set of gemsound floor monitors for PA
