SEEKING
Bass Guitar, Background Singer, Upright bass.ABOUT
Old Folkie who now enjoys retirement from gainful employment and has time to play to his heart's content. I enjoy fiddle best of the instruments that I play and can busk to save my life. Just don't ask me to play from the dots at first sight, or to stick to them. I have great fun with music and I put in musical jokes when appropriate.
- Screen name:
- davidfiddle
- Member since:
- Sep 08 2013
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Committed
- Years playing music:
- 50
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
After growing up in a house where my grandfather played Rachmaninov, my uncle the ukulele, and my great grandma sang traditional Irish songs, I progressed through the cello at school, my first guitar (£3 at 15), fiddle at university, and other bits since, I can't be bothered trying to emulate others; I just get on with playing it. You may detect folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass, country, and classical in how I play.
Instrument experience:
- Fiddle:
- Advanced
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Vocalist - Baritone:
- Moderate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Moderate
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Keyboard:
- Intermediate
- Accordion:
- Intermediate
- Mandolin:
- Beginner
EQUIPMENT
Very old Hopf 7/8 violin; Fender Electric violin; Octave strung Chinese violin; 1956 Levin Goliath Flattop; 120 bass Parrot accordion; Fender mandolin; Various keyboards and flutes; Headway Shire King 120w acoustic combo amp; Roland Cube 60w amp; Marshall 10w amp; Behringer Mixer desk.
MUSIC
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Soldier's Joy
Soldier's Joy Album: Demo Disc Genre: Folk
This was from a foray into the recording studio with the rest of Swinging the Lead
