Sean Emery
A man, a mac, some guitars, and a dream...when he's not at his day job :)
Lots of my work begins on an acoustic guitar, but it rarely finishes that way. Not limited to any genre. I try combines different sounds creatively and write honest and interesting songs. As moods take me, I'll write and produces folksy or bluesy pop tunes, but I can drift to acid techno or chilled electronica grooves if I need a change.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
The music is a work in progress and you can expect deeper tracks as my experience solo artist and producer increases. Most of my performance history has been as a bass player and songwriting collaborator in a variety of unknown rock bands. Although I started out playing metal, he soon fell in love with blues, and honed my bass chops in straight blues acts and a folk/southern rock band.
After years of ignoring all things synth-based (unless they had guitars and live drums), I discovered techno and trip hop in 1999. This motivated me to rededicate myself to music and devote my energy in to learning to work in the digital world.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I haven't played live in years as a solo artist, until a recent open mic night. I'm developing a catalog of new songs that reflect my new style of song writing and producing style. Gigs are in the future.
Your musical influences
Too many...For songwriting - Roger McGuinn, Dylan, Petty, Radiohead, Clapton.
For Bass Jack Bruce, Noal Redding, Geddy. Radiohead,
For Electronica - Orbital, Noom Records, Massive Attack..any I forgeting anyone?
What equipment do you use?
At my house: Fender Strat, Guild Pilot Bass, Ovation Acoustic, Mac G5 1.6, Mac G3 600mh, Reason, Tracktion, Garageband, Tascam u-122 audio/midi interface, Evolution MC-249 Keyboard, various mics, a Trace Elliot Bass amp, and a Peavey Guitar amp (rarely used).
Finalized and mastered at a friends on a Mac G4: Cubase, various audio editors, Kontakt, a Novation Bass Station and few Roland Synths (if I'm not happy with my soft-synth tones), a bunch of rack effects (compression, reverb, etc) that I let my friend handle.
