SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Other Percussion, Mandolin, Dobro.ABOUT
I'm an amateur musician, age 46, playing mostly guitar. I've been been playing for almost 30 years and I'm almost entirely self-taught, although I did take about 2 years of classical lessons with a great teacher (about 20 years ago). I play with nails or thumb/finger picks, or use a pick to strum. I am pretty good a fingerpicking (Travis picking, etc.).
I can also pick up the basics of a lot of different instruments fairly quickly, and can handle myself quite well on a drum kit or other percussion, electric bass, ukulele, octave mandolin, simple keyboard, and irish whistle. I sometimes pull out a saxophone I inherited and can figure out tunes quite well.
I also love to sing, especially harmonies. My range is tenor. I have sung in some choirs and one small a cappella quintet.
I don't have a lot of music theory but have a very good ear and am reasonably comfortable with improvising.
I have done some composing, but I'm not great at coming up with lyrics. I would love to sing harmonies with someone else's lyrics.
- Screen name:
- yayogak
- Member since:
- Feb 26 2025
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Moderately Committed
- Years playing music:
- 30
- Gigs played:
- Under 10
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 1 night a week
Influences
I have extremely eclectic tastes.
A lot of what I like is instrumental music (although I do love to sing).
I love Bach, although don't play it much.
Celtic music might be my overall favourite in terms of just having fun. I have learned a lot of fingerstyle celtic music for guitar in open tunings, and have more recently been learning jigs, reels, etc. with my octave mandolin.
For guitar specifically, I love American Primitive Guitar (finger picking, open tunings): Jack Rose, John Fahey, many others. I have some early arthritis in my hands and open tunings allow me to avoid bar chords, which I find painful if used too much.
For playing guitar while singing, I like a lot of folk (e.g., Bob Dylan's "Don't think twice it's alright" or "The times they are a changin").
Instrument experience:
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Vocalist - Tenor:
- Advanced
- Drums:
- Moderate
- Ukulele:
- Moderate
- Lead Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Saxophone:
- Intermediate
- Piano:
- Intermediate
- Mandolin:
- Intermediate
- Violin:
- Beginner
EQUIPMENT
Stringed instruments: Nylon string (classical) (with piezo pickup), an OM (with piezo pickup), a small body (with pickup), a carbon travel guitar (with pickup), an electric (strat style Ibanez), and an octave mandolin (my newest adventure) (no pickup), concert ukulele (with piezo pickup).
Amps: Fishman Loudbox Mini acoustic amp (with instrument and mic), Line 6 Spider with multiple on-board effects and presets to mimic different types of amps, drum amp for v-drums.
Drums: Roland foldable/portable v-drums electronic set (with mesh skins).
