Leroy0053
Not in a band at the moment just me expressing myself. Was in a band in Ft. Walton Beach called Paramour but quit because of lack of interest. then me and my friend that i owe everything about music to (Dustin)joined a band called Four Days. That name came about because we hung out for four days and all knew it just clicked. we played popular covers and stuff. Me and Dustin left because of an incident involving a chick i wont comment on. Dustin and I continued just jammin with each other. Goin to house partys where our friends bands were and takin over and rockin the place. We formed South Side Blues Revue with a drummer our other friends hooked us up with his name was johnny.. Me him and Johnny will be getting back together to do a blues/rock album this year hopefully. Then i also jammed with various bands in Ft. Walton Beach. Couple of hip hop bands one that we even played dancehall reggae. My friend Iverson was a drummer also that i jammed out Tool and Nine Inch Nail covers with. We tried starting a band with greg peterson a bass player also that i owe my skills and knowledge to. we were gonnna start a heavy metal group with a singer drummer and 3 bass players. That fell through but we did write about 5 songs together. In okinawa i played at about 4 different clubs. With stevie and also acoustic static. Gate 2 garage, al's place, first chance last chance, a few hotels in naha, and resturant boats every sunday. The boat thing was for the money $200 a sunday playin acoustic songs, like the beatles and a few rolling stones covers for the older japanese crowd. Last show i played was was in guam. i sat in with a new found friend David Dooley. A cool intimate setting. Open mic night. I was there TDY and heard of some guys that were there from okinawa like us. Well finally everybody got me down there when he was down there. We jammed out and i was knocked out by his singing, while he enjoyed my lead guitar playing. He invited me to a bar across from the merriot where our squadron was stayin. Well everyone came over and i sat in for one song "freebird". i played the slide parts and the ending solo. Unfortunately i quit playin for about 2 years due to a musical slump. But i am back with a vengeance now. I have played with a group called gorilla warfare for about 4 practices then quit due to personal problems. Right now i do instrumentals and hip hop beats.Me and Dustin talke every week and i also talk to johnny via facebook now...I live in Huntsville alabama right now and mainly record and jam out with friends on the weekends.....looking for more folks to jam and collaborate with on some songs as always....please hit me up if you want to record together or just jam out...
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
yes. while i was stationed in okinawa japan and also in ft. walton beach florida. Loved every minute of it. Special moments? ummm....well too many to list. damn haha.
Your musical influences
Outkast,Jimi Hendrix, Warren Haynes of Govt Mule, David Schools of Widespread Panic, Ben Harper, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin,Flea of the red hot chili peppers.
What equipment do you use?
On Bass one 5 string ibanez and one 4 string. On guitar i have one yamaha strat(lots of sentimental value to me) 1957 Fender Re-issue with seymour duncan active pickups. Gibson SG and Gibson Voodoo I. a silvertone guitar made in 1963. one acoustic guitar made by takamine. For effects on Guitar i use a Korg ax1500g multi effects pedal, and a marshall stomp pedal for compression, AX3000G, Demonizer Tube pedal, Kuston 2x12 amp with celstionsm dan electro tuna melt too much rack mounted gear to list..... On bass i use an ibanez sb7 synthesizer pedal. And my pride and joy is a MXR distortion Pedal more to come on this equipment list. FL Studio for recording onto my computer. Tascam MKII portastudio 4 track being used as a mixer, Roland Edirol USB audio interface. Alesis SR-16 drum machine. 1 shure mic. I have about 4 different small amps for bass and guitar i use. But i dont need anything big yet because i am not gigging anywhere right now. I mainly play through my monitors.