Vocals: None on some songs, Jared Fuller on a few and Scott Shern from Arizona/Nevada/Alaska/Everett on a few
Influences
Bear in mind that none of these are in any particular order nor will they be ever...
Dream Theater Iron Maiden Mana Little River Band Men at Work Slayer Metallica Queen Nine Inch Nails Anthrax Satriani Steve Vai Korn Metal Church Hall Aflame F-Line Rammstein Testament Judas Preist Evergrey Perpetual Damage Machine Circle Drive Rob Zombie White Zombie Destruction Bad Company Psychedelic Furs Skinny Puppy SOD Stormtroopers of Death Tears for Fears Kansas 3 Doors Down U2 ZZ Top Survivor Godsmack Foreigner Styx Journey and many others
Sounds Like
A compliation of everything yet like nothing you have ever heard. I can play heavy metal drums in a song that only has an acoustic guitar, and I can play a heavy metal guitar in a clean sounding song and make it work. My music is the style I wish there was a genre for.
Below is out of context, but it is a video of my Pomeranian killing my Boxer!
UPDATE:
I just got a small PA system for my birthday and am doing some serious thinking about maybe getting a "for fun" band together for jamming and writing and recording. Contact me if you like my style and think you would be a compatible musician to join in on the fun!
I've played in several band with many great musicians. But nothing ever really worked out due to many reasons...some good reasons and others downright silly.
So I started playing with myself. It was shaky at first, but once I really started playing with myself things started working out just the way I wanted them to. I am so used to playing with myself now that I don't know if I could be with a group again!
I record all of my music on my computer using Cool Edit Pro. I construct and arrange original drum lines on another program called Acid. I use sampled drum sounds and place them in a timeline... basically original drums tracks that just no drummer has happened to play!
I play all the guitars myself. Most are live, but a few I have used the sample program to do a tweak or two here and there. I play acoustic guitar, electric and lead.
I have a sweet Tacoma Cheif acoustic guitar that sounds awesome, but for recording I use my Ibanez through a Zoom Acoustic pedal.
For electric I use mainly the same Ibanez GAX 70 that I outfitted with electronic EMG pickups. When I need a tremolo I use my old Peavey which is aslo outfitted with EMG's. Sometimes I need the extra rumble and I use a Jay Tursor 7 string guitar I picked up in Aberdeen WA from Rosevears.
I play my own bass lines through a Dean Edge Q5. Sweetest bass guitar I have ever played. I learned real quick by playing with myself that when guitar players play bass they suck. They just follow the main note the guitar is playing. I didn't want that accusation to land on me so I worked hard on my technique to make sure that I could pass as a capable bass player.
But vocals are not my strong point. OK- I flat out suck. I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment that can make a turd coming out sound like Angels music but I can't make it make me sound good. So I call on Jared from time to time...but it is like pulling teeth to get him to sing. Anyone in the Spokane area that can carry a tune is more than welcome to contact me about some recording projects.
Listed (again in no particular order) are a few of the people who I have worked with in bands, jammed with at parties or have influenced me in some odd way:
Vocalists Jared Fuller Matt Horton
Scott Shern
Doug George
Jaxon
Paul Herd
Doug George
Dennis Schmidt
Guitar players
Wayne Stewart
Mark Eaton
Behni Stanger
Sean Bodifer/Johnson Ron Harless (known as the guitar God of AHS)
Scott Shern
Doug George Sarah Spisak
Gabe Edgar of Boise Idaho
Gabe from the Island Enterprise Paul Campbell (always saw him playing something classical at Rosevears) Leland Anderson
Dennis Schmidt
Dale Underwood- who was a buddy but I never heard him play!
Bass players
Marty Skinner
Scott Oldham
Doug George
Pat Whitlock
John Purdy
Drummers
Tracy Dinhert (spelling?)
Ron Quinn Scotty Karate Jones Cameron Ross
Jason Lyons- a buddy who I never heard play.
Duffy Moore
The list will be longer soon...I've known so many people over the years I'll think of more who deserve their name posted in gratitude!
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Love the site man. I see you have Jarred on one of your songs. Mark & I are poking around with some orig stuff, we have Cloe from Rosevears playing bass & a kid named Evan playing drums and I'm just singing again having lots of fun. Good to hear from ya.
Glad to hear from ya! TY for the compliments! Wonderin' what you were up to! Hope all is good for ya! Take care, Bleu (Still playin' with my band Collateral Bleu!)
HHHHEEEEYYYYYY!!!!!!RU still ALIVE??? I know, you forgot how to type!!! Well I hope all is well with you, hope ya been playin'!!! I have!! Got my blisters on!! Take care!!
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