THE JAY GROOVARA BAND

SEEKING

Bass Guitar, Background Singer.

ABOUT

Hi we need a dynamic female bass player to complete our rock trio. Contact: jaygroovara (at) outlook (dotcom) or text me on 07799313286 or friend me on FB

We do original material- ideally you would be comfortable with singing backing vocals and performing improvisations live on stage.

The idea being we ask the audience for ideas for songs, such as a famous person, an object and a scenario. It would be up the bassist to come up with a riff we can follow and I would forge that into a song. No pressure. Check out our improv video to get the idea.

Locality wise we are Portsmouth based and tend to get a lot of gigs in Southampton. Hopefully we can branch out from there.

Personally I've been gigging on and off for 25 years doing original material, performed all around the Uk: Pompey, Hampshire, London, Brighton, East Sussex. Manchester, Dublin and Austin Texas.

Screen name:: JAY GROOVARA
Member since:: Apr 27 2016; Active within 1 month
Level of commitment:: Touring
Years together:: 25
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Available to gig:: 1 night a week
Age:: 46 years

Influences

into: 1960s folk and rock: Bob Dylan, Blue Cheer, Beatles, Doors, Hendrix etc. Also 90's Grunge: Nirvana, Pixies, Rage Against The Machine, L7, Presidents of USA, Post Grunge: Milk Teeth, The Chats, Nukeateen and anything folk or alt rock orientated.

Oh and Jeff Wayne’s original War of the Worlds and Joni Mitchell
and and and...

Members Of Band

In terms of musicians I have a fantastic drummer. We rock out as a duet (drums and guitar) but its a bit limiting without a bassist.

I also have access to free studio time and a awsum sound engineer.
This would primarily be a three piece, with heavy bass end guitar.

We have a album on Spotify and a single out on vinyl with Weekend Offender Records

EQUIPMENT

Modified Fender Jazzmaster and several adapted Strats.
Various distortion and FX pedals, mics etc.
Busking Cube amp.
Couple of modified semi acoustics.
Falcon Amp (300watt)
Basic PA

Various bits such as mandolins, banjos, bass guitars etc.
Basic recording equipment (Logic)