mike60242
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SEEKING

Band to Join, Vocalist, Keyboard.

ABOUT

Mike hails from Toronto and has been playing music over 40 years, starting with classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory with some adventures in trombone, saxophone and guitar playing in high school. Appreciating the theory and rigor of the basics, he still needed to go beyond this and began expressing himself through writing his own music and playing rock, jazz, blues and MIDI/synth programming, participating in theatrical numbers such as "Phantom of the Opera" and "Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat". His true love and passion though is progressive rock, with influences including ELP, Yes, Genesis, Saga, Alan Parson's Project, Spock's Beard, Dream Theatre, Tangerine Dream, Flower Kings, VdGG, Porcupine Tree, Rush. Mike plays in a number of Ottawa-based original, cover and tribute projects including an original progressive rock project, Emergence, the Saga tribute act, Humble Stance, and Double Vision, a Foreigner tribute act.

Mike can also be reached at msuesmsues

Screen name:
mike60242
Member since:
Oct 13 2015
Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years playing music:
40
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
1 night a week
Most available:
Nights

Influences

ELP, Yes, Genesis, Saga, Alan Parson's Project, Spock's Beard, Dream Theatre, Tangerine Dream, Flower Kings, VdGG, Porcupine Tree, Rush, Pink Floyd, FM, Camel, Gentle Giant, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson

Instrument experience:

Keyboard:
Advanced
Piano:
Advanced

EQUIPMENT

Korg Kronos73, Korg M3, Korg Trinity, DSI Pro 2, Sequential Prophet-6, Behringer DeepMind 12, Kurzweil K2500X, K2vx, Roland D-50, Alesis Fusion 6HD, Minimoog, Moog Sub37, Moog SubPhatty, Moog Minitaur w/ Roland PK5a bass pedals, Studio Logic Sledge 2, Waldorf Micro Q, Roland JV-1080, Roland, JP-8080, Hammond SK-2 w/ Ventilator II, Hammond XK-3 dual manual with Leslie 145, Motion Sound Pro-3T and Low Pro, Hammond A-100 w/ Leslie 251 plus many VST's

MUSIC