floydman

SEEKING

Vocalist, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Other Percussion, Violin, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Dobro, Trombone, Bagpipes, Steel guitar, Upright bass, Cello, Accordion.

ABOUT

Frustrated musician with very eclectic taste looking for musician(s) to make, anything from beautiful to mind-bendingly strange, genre-defying music that all the hip kids will love. Unwilling to play in one-dimensional metal band...

http://soundcloud/jonnie-poole/tracks my soundcloud page. mostly nonsense on there until i get an album together...

http://soundcloud/fuente the band-i-used-to-play-with-in-uni's soundcloud page...

Anyone looking to get in touch for jamming or internet collab or whatever try: jon_poole.co.uk

Screen name:: floydman
Member since:: Apr 03 2012; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 11
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 4-5 nights a week

Influences

King Crimson, Animal Collective, Igor Stravinsky, Miles Davis, Dirty Projectors, Magma, Charles Mingus, Claude Debussy, Yes, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Joanna Newsom, Olivier Messiaen, Talking Heads, Ornette Coleman, Bob Marley, Maurice Ravel, Henry Cow, Jimi Hendrix, Sun Ra, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Bjork, El Guincho, Toru Takemitsu, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Herbie Hancock, MF DOOM, Madvillain, Genesis (mostly peter gabriel era i.e not the cheese!), Thelonious Monk, Pogo, Erik Satie, Bob Dylan, Bela Bartok, Pink Floyd and loads more... I also like to listen to world and historic musics.

Here, I should've just done this: http://www.last.fm/user/floydman66 there, look at that...

Instrument experience:

Acoustic Guitar:: Advanced
Lead Guitar:: Advanced
Other:: Moderate
Other Percussion:: Moderate
Rhythm Guitar:: Moderate
Bass Guitar:: Moderate
Drums:: Moderate
Vocalist:: Intermediate
Background Singer:: Intermediate
Keyboard:: Intermediate
Flute:: Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Macbook Pro, Sony PCM Microphone, Fender Strat/Epiphone Les Paul/Schectre CL1, Fender Deluxe amp, Traps E450 electronic drums, M-Audio MIDI Keyboard (with weighted keys! :)), a flute, want a roland sampler, assorted percussion stuff, a charango (i'm told it's 'tourist quality' lol)...