The name above...it's my own

Yes/ Bars, restaurants, civic events, charity events.../ of course / every gig is different, and they each have their moments!

I don't know. You would need insider knowledge of the music industry pre- and post Internet era to answer that one properly.

I have been listening to playing music for as long as I can remember. I was subjected to classical piano lessons when I was around 9, but even that didn't put me off (although I gave up the lessons as soon as I could). In all other respects I am entirely self-taught.
Although I have always had fragments of songs, I produced my first finished piece in 2007 (Don't get caught) and have been trying to make up for lost time ever since.
I am a certified Midiot and use this format for most of my music.

I joined an active covers band - Flash Back - in early 2009. We have a wide ranging, albeit rock-based repertoire stretching from the 50s to the 90s. I sing and play synth. We are also starting to build up a small repertoire of self written material.

OK ....here are a few of my favourite artists....

10CC, A C D C, AEROSMITH, BARRY WHITE, BELINDA CARLISLE, BILLY IDOL, BILLY JOEL, BLONDIE, BOBBY DARIN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, BRYAN FERRY, BUDDY HOLLY, CHIC, CHRIS ISAAK, CHRIS REA, CROWDED HOUSE, DAVID GRAY, DIONNE WARWICK, DIRE STRAITS, DONALD FAGEN, DURAN DURAN, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, FLEETWOOD MAC, FOREIGNER, GENESIS, GEORGE BENSON, GEORGE MICHAEL, HEART, HUMAN LEAGUE, JAMES TAYLOR, JOE JACKSON, KATE BUSH, KRAFTWERK, KYLIE MINOGUE, LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY, LUTHER VANDROSS, MARK KNOPFLER, MICHAEL JACKSON, NEW ORDER, NIK KERSHAW, NIRVANA, NO DOUBT, PAUL MC , ARTNEY, PAUL SIMON, PHIL COLLINS, PINK, PINK FLOYD, PRINCE, R E M, ROD STEWART, ROXETTE, SADE, SEAL, SHAKIRA, SHERYL CROW, SIMPLE MINDS, SIMPLY RED, SOFT CELL, SPANDAU BALLET, STEELY DAN, STEVIE WONDER, STING, SUZANNE VEGA, TALK TALK, TEARS FOR FEARS, TEXAS, THE ANIMALS, THE B-52'S, THE BANGLES, THE BEATLES, THE BEE GEES, THE CARDIGANS, THE CARPENTERS, THE CARS, THE CORRS, THE CRANBERRIES, THE EAGLES, THE FOUR SEASONS, THE FOUR TOPS, THE HOLLIES, THE , OUSEMARTINS, THE KINKS, THE KORGIS, THE POLICE, THE PRETENDERS, THE RAMONES, THE SEARCHERS, THE SHADOWS, THE SMITHS, THE TEMPTATIONS, THE YARDBIRDS, THE ZOMBIES, TODD RUNDGREN, TOM PETTY, UB40, WET WET WET, WHITNEY HOUSTON, WINGS, ZZ TOP

London

Computer:
Pentium IV 3.40 Ghz, 3 Mo of RAM, Windows XP home SP2
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE sound card,
Logitech X 230 powered speaker set
Software:
Audacity
Power Tracks Pro Audio 11 (by PG Music)
Band-in-a-Box 7.0d (by PG Music) not only do PG Music no longer maintain this version, most of the guys there weren't born when it was released!

Mixer:
Behringer UB1202
Signal Processors / Effects:
Alesis Nanoverb

Instruments:
Roland juno-d keyboard / Vantage strat copy guitar / Yamaha FG 433S acoustic guitar / Korg Toneworks AX 1G

Various percussion instruments (shaker, maracas, tambourines, aborigine wood blocks, etc)

Mic:
1 AKG D80
1 Golden Technica UD 1303 (as old as the hills this, but I like it)

Midi out:
Yamaha TG100
+ of course the Roland Juno-d

Phones:
Altec Lansing noise active reduction headphones (but I generally don?t need the noise reduction feature)
AKAI ASE 55 (man those joints are noisy)
ARTcessories HeadAmp

Other:
More leads/connectors/adaptors than you could shake a stick at.
Oh yes and 1 neat device I should tell ou about. A mic stand which clips on to a flat surface and behaves as if it were an angle-poised lamp.

Plectrums:
Are you kidding?

Final comment: I believe in getting the best from the gear I've got rather than always looking to upgrade. I already spend too much time tinkering around and not enough time actually making music.

One guy, two guitars, a keypboard, a couple of PC's and over 40 years of listening to pop music.
Thanks to all those who have offered a helping hand, and by that I mean primarily the good folk on the members' forums at PG Music and Audacity.
Oh, and of course SoundClick for giving me this home on the www.