MarkHayes + Musician in London, EN

SEEKING

ABOUT

Hows things..........I'm Mark Hayes a musician from Limerick, Ireland. Based in West London and studying the guitar and popular music Degree at Guitar-X / TVU. Finished studying the Diploma at The Guitar Institute last year which was a brilliant year!! Learned alot and meet alot of cool people. Into all types of music, but especially Funk, Deep Funk & Rare Groove, 60's & 70's Rock and Soul. I'm looking for likeminded musicians to work with. So if you like what you hear, and have something to contribute get in contact. Also check out my myspace page at...... http://www.myspace/markhayespage2 If yea wanna get in contact about anything, I look forward to hearing from yea :)

Screen name:

MarkHayes

Member since:

Aug 25 2006

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

10

Gigs played:

Under 10

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

6-7 nights a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

*FUNK* - George Clinton, Parliament, Funkadelic, Bootsy Collins, Cymande, Earth,Wind & Fire, Mandrill, James Brown, Prince, Rick James, Sly & The Family Stone, The Meters, The J.B's, The Ohio Players, Tower of Power, War, & lots of Deep Funk and Rare Groove.......The Jazzman and Now-Again Records compilations are unbelievable!!!! *ACID JAZZ* - Mother Earth, Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Young Disicples, The James Taylor Quartet, Players. *CLASSIC ROCK / INDIE* - Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker, Oasis, The Real People, The Mooney Suzuki, The Jeevas, The Jam, The Smiths, Gang of Four, Deep Purple, Cream, Free, The Beatles, Garage Rock, The Action, The Kinks, The Stones, The Small Faces, The Who, the Yardbirds, Traffic, Brian Auger, Bodast, FRANK ZAPPA and The Mothers of Invention, Zeppelin, The Move, The Faces, Badfinger, Janis Joplin, Captain Beefhearth, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Spirit, The Band, the Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Doors, The Shaggs, The Velvet Underground, Dr.John, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Crosby,Stills & Nash, Grand Funk railraod, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The ELO, Pink Floyd *SOUL / R'n'B* - Atlantic Stax, Tamla Motown, Northern Soul, Nolan Porter, Allen Toussaint, Bill Withers, Chairmen of the Board, Curtis Mayfield, D'Angelo, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Micheal Jackson, Otis Reading, Percy Sledge, Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets *REGGAE* - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Dekker, Horace Faith, The Maytals, Trojan Records. *JAZZ* - Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, Django Reinhardt, Feli Kuti Herbie Handcock, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Ramsie Lewis, Sun Ra, The James Taylor Quartet, Thelonious Monk, Paul Sebastian, Lee Ritenour, Four Play, Al Di Meola, John McGlaughlin, Steely Dan *BLUES* - John Mayall, John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Professor Longhair *IRISH* - Christy Moore, Damien Dempsey, Planxty, Luke Kelly, The Chieftians, Relish, U2, Micheal O Sulleabhain *SINGER SONGWRITERS* - John Lennon, Jonathan Kelly, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Ronnie Lane, Tom Waits, Van Morrison,Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, John Martin, Nick Drake *MODERN ROCK / METAL* - Pantera, Lamb of God, Tool, System of a Down, Metallica, Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, G'n'R, Mr.Big, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Mike Kennelly, The Chili's, Primus, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Alanis Morissett, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos........abit long winded :) But they all have to be mentioned

EQUIPMENT

Fender Strat, Tanglewood Acoustic, range of pedals, Roland portable pro keyboard

MUSIC

FORUM POSTS

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