ABOUT
I work as a percussion/drum teacher and play in several bands ranging from World music to Prog to Classic Rock as well as Ceilidh and as drummer and backing vocalist in a Bowie tribute. I have ran my own recording studio in various places for over 15 years and am very comfortable playing as a multi instrumentalist from a producer/arranger point of view as well as from a session point of view. I have released several albums and EP's as a solo act playing almost everything unless someone guests and I have toured with bands and theatre companies over the years including work as a composer and Musical Director in theatre. I studied modern musicianship and scoring for film and video in the 90's gaining 11 merits and have a good ear and a quick pickup of music in most forms !
- Screen name:
- michael404726
- Member since:
- Oct 05 2021
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 40
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
Bowie, Zappa, King Crimson, CCR, Sabbath, Talk Talk, Japan, TFF, Floyd, Beatles, Sting, Siouxsie, U2, Kate Bush, Talking Heads, Beck, Blue Nile, Holst and Delius.
Instrument experience:
- Drums:
- Advanced
- Other Percussion:
- Advanced
- Bass Guitar:
- Moderate
- Background Singer:
- Moderate
- Vocalist:
- Moderate
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Intermediate
- Keyboard:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
DRUMS - Mapex 6 piece kit with Zildjian & Sabian cymbals and Alesis sample triggers.
GUITARS & BASSES - 6 & 12 acoustics, various electrics, 4 & 5 string basses acoustic and electric, fretless and fretted.
KEYBOARDS - Roland jupiter 50, vr-09, juno g and juno ds. Korg krome ex. Studiologic sledge 2.0. Behringer deepmind 6, odyssey, wasp, rd-8 & td-3.
STUDIO - Sony DMX R100 48 ch console running Cubase 10.5 with various mics and preamps. BX6 Carbon monitors and Lexicon, TC & Zoom outboard. Waves, Wavearts, NI, Arturia and varied other plugins and software instruments.
MUSIC
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1 WE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY
1 WE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY
