SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Violin, Trumpet, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Steel guitar.ABOUT
I am a trained musician and a qualified music teacher with 6 CD.s to my name. I mainly play guitar , bass and keys and sing a bit. I have been playing music since I was 12. I am now in my 40's.
- Screen name:
- taariq11817
- Member since:
- Jan 13 2015
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Touring
- Years playing music:
- 30
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 4-5 nights a week
Influences
Beatles ,Pink Floyd ,Jimi Hendrix , Neil Young , Gram Parsons , Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell, The Grateful Dead, The Jefferson Airplane, Lou Reed, The Byrds, Steely Dan, Van Morrison, The Doors ,Bowie, etc. Jazz e.g. Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy , Herbie Hancock ,Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, Ella Fitzgerald ,Wes Montgomery etc , Blues e.g. Albert King, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf etc. Fusion e.g. Weather report , Return to Forever, Santana, Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra.World music Such as Bossa Nova e.g. A.C. Jobim and Indian classical Ragas e.g. Amjad Ali Khan .
Instrument experience:
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Bass Guitar:
- Expert
- Lead Guitar:
- Expert
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Dobro:
- Advanced
- Steel guitar:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Moderate
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Drums:
- Moderate
- Harmonica:
- Moderate
- Keyboard:
- Moderate
- Piano:
- Moderate
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Bass:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
GUITAR: some classic electric guitars incl. a B string Bender telecaster and some classic amp.s incl. a Fender champ and a Marshall JCM 900.Some nice acoustic guitars too.
BASS: Mark Bass amp and P bass copy by Yamaha.
KEYS : Privia digital piano and peavey amp.
OTHER: sitar, harmonicas, Tampura, mic.s etc.
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