SEEKING
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
Seasoned musician - singer, guitarist, fledgling songwriter - with over 20 years of professional and semi-professional experience.
Completed my post-secondary studies at Metalworks Institute, and now have a background in production & audio engineering as well as a comprehensive knowledge of the music industry as a whole.
I've gigged in virtually all genres at this point - classical/ baroque, musical theatre, barbershop a cappella, punk/hardcore, briefly thrash metal.. ultimately settled in the world of classic rock, folk, blues, soul, country, singer-songwriter... also known as roots and americana.
I gig fairly regularly in the Cambridge/Kitchener-Waterloo/Brantford/Brant/Norfolk area right now, and I'm always looking to expand those horizons.
Currently working on original music as well, hoping to publish some kind of complete works (EP or Full Length) by Spring of next year to start playing original music out, not just covers.
Currently in a few different projects but looking for the ones that really fit my goals and offer me the chance to do more.
- Screen name:
- matthew142860
- Member since:
- Sep 11 2024
- Active within 1 month
- Level of commitment:
- Touring
- Years playing music:
- 15
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
Influences
So many... new and old... Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Joey Landreth, Blake Mills, Theo Katzman...
Jackson Browne, Eagles, Tom Petty, BB King, Eric Clapton... Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Guy Clark... Bruce Cockburn...
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Expert
- Rhythm Guitar:
- Expert
- Background Singer:
- Expert
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Advanced
- Other Percussion:
- Moderate
- Bass Guitar:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Seagull Performer Series Mini Jumbo Acoustic... soon to be aquiring an Iris MS-00
A "custom" or "boutique" Telecaster made by legendary local luthier John Dziubinski.. body made from 200 yr old pine
A custom "Strat" made from the same pine, but with Guyatone-spec Gold Foil pickups
A standard Mexican Strat with the usual upgrades
Currently shopping for an SG or some other double-cut guitar with humbuckers or P-90s..
Main pedalboard currently has my tuner, a Boss GE-7 EQ (for the Tom Bukovac tricks), a Greer Lightspeed, a Mythos Olympus, a Jetter Gain Stage Blue, a mini Nobels ODR (shopping for something more boutique, but always a Nobels circuit on the board), Diamond CPR-1 optical compressor, and a Maxon AD999.... trying to find a good used price on a Strymon Flint and probably a UA Starlight...
Amps, I'm running a 1963 brown panel Fender Concert and then I've got a custom one-off head that Steve Moratto built out of old NOS Vox components... AC-15 but with a bigger output transformer..
