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mrG + Musician in Guelph, ON

mrG
CONTACT

SEEKING

Band to Join, Violin, Other Percussion, Drums, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist, Trumpet, Saxophone, Keyboard, Piano, Background Singer, Harmonica, Flute, Other, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Vocalist - Alto.

ABOUT

I've been a member here for a long time, I'm still not sure why :)

My focus since 2010 has been in tin pan alley and traditional (folk) jazz on tenor banjo.

I am presently gigging with the mighty Eighth Street Orchestra playing venues such as Grossman's and the Drom Taberna

Screen name:
mrG
Member since:
Dec 17 2006
Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:
Committed
Years playing music:
55
Gigs played:
Over 100
Tend to practice:
More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:
4-5 nights a week

Influences

I am influenced, for better or worse, by every sound I have ever heard, even all that awful 70's pop.

As for INSPIRATIONS, I would begin to talk to you of King Oliver Hank Williams, John Cage, John Hartford, Roland Kirk, Pythagoras, Satie, Jack Elliot, Ornette Coleman, Woody Guthrie, Marshall Allen, Daevid Allen, Don Cherry, Gary Davis, Paul Chambers, Beethoven, Xenakis, Elizabeth Cotton, Albert Ayler, Joseph Spence, John Coltrane, David Amram, Sun Ra ...

and it would take a very long time.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:
Moderate
Acoustic Guitar:
Moderate
Other Percussion:
Moderate
Saxophone:
Moderate
Background Singer:
Moderate
Other:
Moderate
Banjo:
Moderate
Mandolin:
Moderate
Bass Guitar:
Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

A spectrum of guitars from solid electric through flattop and archtop, mandolin, a fine mountain dulcimer, alto-sax, bari-sax, with bits of bass guitar, dobro, clarinet, various small folk-flutes, a fiddle, bodhrans, a thing made from a yam, another from Thai bamboo, a cajun triangle, an electronic thing that howls, that door over there, a tin pie-plate, a Db brake shoe ...

MUSIC