SEEKING
Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Other, Vocalist - Alto.ABOUT
Experience: I played flute in a large wind ensemble for 5 years, and studied music as a requirement. I have toured Edmonton, Jasper, and Cuba, and have been instructed by a couple notable floutists. I picked up guitar in the eighth grade in an attempt to counterbalance how lame I looked playing flute, and found it gave me much more freedom than sitting down staring at sheetmusic for hours at a time. I now consider myself a guitarist first and a floutist second.
I am currently studying at home in preparation for college, and as a result I have a very flexible schedule.
In terms of personality I am outgoing, love to party, and very dedicated to the things and people I love.
Having said that, I am looking for a band for fun and for experience, and I am not interested in turning music into work. I have no problem taking things seriously, however, and I have no problem getting paid. ;)
The kind of music I am interested in playing is pretty irrelevant, so long as it's not country. I am very flexible, with many influences, (very few of them modern) and I would prefer to find other musicians who can appreciate classic rock and metal. Other than that I am very open to playing most forms of rock and metal.
Please drop me a text if you'd like to know anything else - 1-780-984-7773
- Screen name:
- Vehemence
- Member since:
- Nov 05 2009
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 9
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 4-5 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
80s. First and foremost. The melodies of my childhood definitely have a much more profound influence on me than I realised at first. It isn't so much that I emulate them in my sound, but certainly the lead driven and melodical songs I grew up with determined the type of music I was attracted to. Specifically, I am very much into classic rock, ie Poison, Guns and Roses, Deff Leppard, April Wine, The Cars, Heart, Beatles, Kiss, ACDC(in small doses), Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden. Bear in mind these are in no particular order.
Recently I have gotten heavilly into Neo classical and melodic metal. Most of the metal I am into is less than mainstream, but if I were to drop some names I'd say Galneryus, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, Turisas, Rhapsody of Fire. More specifically the guitarists Syu, Takayoshi Ohmura, Gentaro, Malmsteen.
EQUIPMENT
Amps - Peavey Valve King Tube Amplifier. Very warm, very effects friendly amplifier. Also very powerful and more than stage-ready.
Pedals - Boss GE-7, Peavey Foot Switch.
I use stage quality chords that I am not quite sure the name of, also.
Guitars - Peavey EXP Signature Tigereye, American Fender Stratocaster Deluxe. Some Ibanez Accoustic which sounds great but is collecting dust. All of my instruments are in good repair and maintained well.
