martinL

SEEKING

Bass Guitar.

ABOUT

Learnt cello at school, then joined rock band in mid 1980s at Uni. (T-pau, Blondie - style). Played variety of gigs mixing bass, rhythm and lead guitar and some keyboard/synth playing. Recorded tapes/CD in recording studios. Band kept going until 1998 when members moved too far apart to rehearse. Then family commitments took over.. Into music technology and studio recording.
Update Oct 2021:
Played guitar in a covers band 2017-2019 playing festivals & pubs, some live recordings made - see Music. Collaborated with musicians online writing new material during the pandemic.
Released songs on spotify as The Alan Martin Project https://open.spotify/search/the%20alan%20martin%20project
Update Apr 2022
Bass dep for selinaandthehowlingdogs on 26/3 at The Harlington, Fleet, Hants supporting Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band. Pro photos by petermcdonnellphotography. Awesome gig! Also now formed new 5-piece band to play pop/rock covers & own material

Screen name:: martinL
Member since:: Aug 25 2016; Active within 24 hours
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years playing music:: 40
Gigs played:: 50 to 100
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Lots.. Originally influenced by 1970s/1980s fairly mainstream rock & pop bands/artists - pink floyd, Queen, Rush, led zep, AC/DC, genesis, marillion, toto, def leppard, it bites, the police, sting, level 42, phil collins, michael jackson, bryan adams, U2, peter gabriel, sade, fleetwood mac, tina turner, david bowie, dire straits, tears for fears, roxy music, etc. More recently coldplay, steven wilson, riverside, rwpl, porcupine tree, john mitchell, biffy clyro, foo fighters, sia, dua lipa, the killers

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:: Advanced
Lead Guitar:: Advanced
Acoustic Guitar:: Intermediate
Bass Guitar:: Intermediate
Keyboard:: Intermediate
Cello:: Intermediate
Piano:: Beginner
Background Singer:: Beginner

EQUIPMENT

Electric Guitars: Fender, Gibson, Tokai, Burns
Lap Steel: Gretsch
Acoustic Guitars: Avalon, Taylor
Bass Guitars: MusicMan, Yamaha, Washburn
Amplification: Rivera, Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Fender, Ampeg
Keyboard: Korg Karma
Electronic Percussion: Roland Handsonic
Home recording system based around Steinberg Nuendo recording software with mix of software plugins, hardware outboard, various mikes, etc. 12-channel portable Mackie mixer