Darius King

SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums, Keyboard.

ABOUT

Looking for professional musicians who can create a solid groove and stay in the pocket. The initial aim should be to create a set of genre specific cover material. This will allow for instruments and tone to be adjusted to optimize live performance digital audio/visual recording and social media content creation. If you're focused, open-minded, flexible, resourceful, co-operative and willing to contribute your time and resources to being successful in the entertainment industry, then we can work together. You should have:
1. Intermediate to advanced technical playing skill and theoretical knowledge;
2. A growing network of musician contacts-For example, you go to jam nights, live shows, workshops, industry events, etc on a regular basis;
3. Regular contact with at least one venue owner-For example, you attend jam nights at the venue on a regular basis;
4. Equipment that can be used at small to medium sized venues;
5. Good live performance skill and you move well naturally on stage;
6. A unique sense of personal style;
7. A growing social media presence through active engagement; and
8. A growing list of cover material from various genres.

Screen name:: Darius King
Member since:: Dec 18 2022; Active within 2 weeks
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 10
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

Songs I currently know

Classic Rock

Cheap Sunglasses-ZZ Top
Radar Love-Golden Earring
Tom Sawyer-Rush
Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones
Long Train Running-The Doobie Brothers
Low Rider-War
Some Kind of Wonderful-Grand Funk Railroad
Squeeze Box-The Who
Sunshine of Your Love-Cream
Green Eyed Lady-Sugar Loaf
Rambling Gambling Man-Bob Seger

Classic R&B-Mo-Town

Express Yourself-Charles Wright...
Cold Sweat-James Brown
I'll Take You There-The Staple Singers
Take Him-Jean Knight
Do Me-Jean Knight

Contemporary Dance

Groove is in the Heart-Dee-Lite
Feel Good Inc-Gorillaz and De La Soul
Let's Dance-David Bowie
Poison-Bell Bive Devoe
Maria Maria-Santana
Rebirth of Slick-Digable Planets

Easy Listening/Pop

Stir It Up-Bob Marley
Maneater-Hall & Oates
Heavy Piano-Duran Y Garcia (jazz)
So Sweet (DJ Cam Quartet)
Lovely Day-Bill Withers
Back to Black-Amy Winehouse
Happy-Pharrell Williams
Freedom 90-George Michael

I add two to three songs to my "playlist" every week. My goal is to also create and make two to three social media posts per week.
This short song list is scattered. I want to agree on a genre and fine tune the equipment, performance and style to match that genre so that booking agents, venue owners, etc know what to expect.

Instrument experience:

Bass Guitar:: Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Fender-Affinity-J/P-Bass-Four String
Ibanez-SR 400-EQM-PSB-Bass-Four String
Traynor 115-Big Block-Amp
I-Rig-Pro-Quattro-Audio Interface
DJI-Osmo-Pocket 3-Gimbal Camera
Sure-SM7B-Mic

Software used to produce/master audio/video:

Moises AI Studio
Microsoft Clip Champ
Adobe Express
PC Voice Recorder

Note: Additional equipment is to be added

Fully equipped rehearsal space I have recently used or am aware of:

Best Deal In Town-23 Polson Street-Toronto
Cherry Jam Rehearsal-154 Islington Avenue-Etobicoke
Vibez Reahearsal Studio-2445 Dunwin Drive-Mississauga