SEEKING
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My approach to music is an intelligent, analytical but also slightly random improvisational approach to heavy, epic, and well-defined original music with interesting chord changes. I like trying to mix rhythm and lead with open string parts into my riffs. I try to do what works for the sound I'm searching for. My biggest strength is harmony and creating chord progressions. Most of all, I want to make something where I and everyone else in the band brings their own identity and character into the songs we make. I don't like trying to imitate bands whose sound has already been taken.
- Screen name:
- andrew0v
- Member since:
- Jan 31 2023
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 8
- Gigs played:
- Under 10
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Days
Influences
In terms of metal, I am very influenced by the band Periphery. I love the soaring vocals with epic progressions and heavy guitar parts. Other metal bands I love include Animals As Leaders, Thornhill, Monuments, and Spirit Box. I have recently really been getting into Sleep Token as well. I also listen to jazz; my favorite jazz artists are Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Roy Hargrove.
Instrument experience:
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Advanced
- Lead Guitar:
- Moderate
EQUIPMENT
My favorite guitar is my semi-hollow Ibanez. I also have a 7-string Schecter, and a unique 6-string Samick, which I've used more than I thought I would. I am currently using a small practice amp with a Korg Pandora amp box for overdriven and distorted tones. I also use NeuralDSP's amp sims. I sometimes use FL Studio and used to use Bias FX. I would really like to get more equipment, such as Misha's guitar pedal for djent, a Fortin volume boost, an 8-string, some reverb and/or delay pedal, and possibly some high-end analog pedal for lo-fi jazz stuff because I'm also a big fan of shoegaze and Deftones, although I am not really chasing that style currently.