Spud Thompson

SEEKING

Band to Join, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Electronic Music.

ABOUT

Been in the music game for a while—started singing at 14 and got into guitar at 18. Over the years, wrote a ton of songs and played in various bands. Life's changed a bit now; got a family and I'm mainly working behind the scenes at Elusive Creative studio. Looking to team up with musicians keen on crafting an album.

My writing leans towards Manchester Orchestra, Jeff Buckley, City & Colour, and so on. Got about 80 songs in the vault, but I've narrowed it down to roughly 30 that I'm considering for the album. Open to mixing it up with different styles.

Screen name:: Spud Thompson
Member since:: Sep 30 2014; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 20
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Asgeir, Jeff Buckley, The Spill Canvas, City & Colour, Nirvana, Radiohead, The Beatles, The Doors, Led Zepplin, RyX, Novo Amour, Foo Fighters, Death Cab For Cutie, Bombay Bicycle Club, Dear in the headlights, Glenn Hansard, Rodriguez, Beck, Ben Folds Five, Muse, The Mars Volta, Manchester Orchestra... Lots more... I guess you can never have enough! :)

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:: Advanced
Rhythm Guitar:: Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:: Advanced
Background Singer:: Advanced
Lead Guitar:: Moderate
Bass Guitar:: Moderate
Ukulele:: Moderate
Electronic Music:: Intermediate
Piano:: Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Guitar:
Egnater Tweaker with upgraded tubes.
Maton Master Sound
Fender Acoustasonic Amp
Maton 325C Acoustic
Line 6 M13
Way Huge Pork Loin
Boss OD-3
Boss Line Selector
Electric Hollow Body 12 String, which I've built myself.

Bass:
Ampeg SVT Pro-3 with Cab
Fender Jazz Bass With series/parallel switch installed.

Vocal:
TC Helicon Voice Tone
Lots of mics...

Keys/Pads:
Casio Privia Full scale heavy weighted keys.
Roland SPD-SX

Drums:
Pearl Export

Studio:
Neve Dual Preamp 1073A
Motu Traveler
Focusrite Octo Pre
TLA Ivory Dual Tube Compressor
Big knob
Coles Ribbon
AKG 414 Matched Pair
RE-20
Bluebird
2x Sennheiser 421's
3x Shure Sm57's
2x Shure Beta57's
2x Audio Technica AT2020
Pro Tools
Steven Slate Triggering
Steven Slate Sampling

Live:
Presonus 16.0.2
Ipad Control

Additional:
Accordion
Ukulele
Harmonica's
Kalimba's