james132707

SEEKING

Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

Experienced player looking for an experienced bassist and metal , prog style drummer(male or female)
A female vocalist/instrumentalist would be a nice addition. Preferably soprano with some growls as well.
I'm currently writing songs with a good musician friend of mine. We have about 2 albums worth of originals and hundreds of riffs waiting to turn into more songs. The project is sort of prog/doom metal... very dark , psychedelic and eclectic. My playing can be summed up as a combination of Hetfield , Iommi , Dimebag, Mikael akerfeldt and Robert Smith of The Cure....with hints of other odd styles in the mix. I think I'm a very unique player and that adds a lot of interesting parts to our songs. I have a pretty eclectic taste from neoclassical,thrash, black metal,goth,folk, new wave etc. However , I play from the heart first and don't get caught up in which style I belong to like its a religion.I play what feels right regardless of the style. I'm an easy going guy who takes good care of himself , very kind, with a dark sense of humor and taste. Ideally I'm looking for band members that want to rehearse live in person and aren't looking to just make music over a computer. That isn't fun and doesn't capture the spirit and essence of a band or musicianship in my opinion.

Message me on IG @difilippojames

Screen name:: james132707
Member since:: Oct 27 2023; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 20
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 6-7 nights a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

I always enjoyed guitar music but my first memory of being absolutely jaw dropping shocked , was when I first stumbled on the music video for One by Metallica at age 14 while flipping channels one morning. I couldn't believe this kind of music existed and was upset that nobody ever told me about it or played it on popular radio. That was sort of a life changing moment for me, and I had a realization that there must be so much more information lost in obscurity, and whats readily available to us via popular culture is only what's fed to us as a means of dulling our minds. From then on I have been on a personal artistic vision quest of sorts ,and have delved deeper into all forms of heavier and obscure music, movies ,philosophy and the occult
(only as a form of interest,not as a practioner)

Favorite bands lately are Mayhem , septic Flesh , on thorns I lay ,Candlemass, Asagraum , Type o negative , Funeral (from norway) , Opeth... many others I can't even think of all of them.