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I played synth in bands many years ago, and I also performed in avant garde, performance art type ensembles.
These days I tend to play and write predominantly on 12 string electric guitar heavily "effected". People say I play guitar like a keyboard player, which makes sense, given that it was the piano that I learnt to play as a child, and played synth/keyboard in my teens and 20s.
I didn't really start playing guitar seriously until in my 40s, and didn't go through the phase of learning all the classic guitar riffs. I don't play blues type riffs. In fact I really don't like blues, or bluesy rock.
- Screen name:
- david1234
- Member since:
- Aug 27 2014
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 45
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
Influences
I'm in my 50s, so I have decades of influences. In my youth I liked some of the mainstream rock/pop stuff, like Led Zeppelin, but I was mores in to Bowie, Mott the Hoople, Queen, New York Dolls, T Rex, etc. I like the showy, dress-up thing.
I was in a number of synth/pop bands in the 80s, and was very much in time New Romantic/Blitz scene, but at the more extravagant, showy end.
I love the Grunge era (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, etc), and I LOVE contemporary Hip Hop/Rap music.
Even more so I love electronic music, from my early passions of Yes, Genesis (the original band with Peter Gabriel), Pink Floyd, etc, through to the modern forms of techno, Ambient, Drum and Bass, Acid, Trance, Dubstep, etc.
Many, many influences, and I could go on, or I could just say I like anything EXCEPT Blues, Country, Jazz and 70s Disco. Unfortunately most of my age group, and most of the musicians in Katoomba, only what to play those genres. Aaaaarrrggghhh!
EQUIPMENT
Guitars
'67 Gibson ES335 12 string
'66 Epiphone Riviera 12 string
'66 Vox Starstream 12 string
'68 Fender Coronado 12 string
'05 Gretsch Country Gentleman 12 string
'04 Epiphone Sheraton II
'06 Yamaha APX-5-12A
'10 Fender Malibu
'12 Gretsch Electromatic bass
70s Univox Badazz
Several others that I don't play
Amps
Roland AC 60
Marshall MG50DFX
Roland Cube 30x
Roland Micro Cube
Roland Cube 30 Bass
Other
Digitech RP80 Multi effects
Boss DD3. Boss BF2. Boss DS1.
Boss PH3
Shure Beta 57a microphone
Akai Miniac Synth/Vocoder
Casio PX-730 Digital piano
Korg K 61 Midi Controller
Armstrong flute
Lark trumpet
Heaps more, including several other guitars, mostly vintage hollow body electric 12 strings; vintage flutes, whistles, melodians, auto harps, percussion, etc.
