philip451594 + Musician in London, EN

SEEKING

ABOUT

Employed Full-time in an Analogue 16-track Recording Studio, using Analogue & Digital Keyboards & Equipment. With the increasing reliance on Computers I realised I am first & foremost a Musician. I have since left Technology behind, so my being on here is something of an achievement!
ABRSM Piano Grades 1-6 and Violin Grade 1. My lowly Violin skills managed to get me into a local Orchestra which was an Amazing experience: Everyone was better than me, so i had to cope with that, & the experience of actually sitting with & inside the Orchestra is something I hope All Music lovers get to do...Wow! I preferred Rock'n'Roll, managed to save up for a Squier Strat, (it took me blimming ages), only then to be asked to play Bass in The Nuns of Navarone! No Good Low Bad: The Rise & Fall of the Nuns of Navarone https://amzn.eu/d/8jYR96B Read all about it here! So I then had to save up for a Bass! Great Experience Gigging & Recording but then it all fell apart. I've since played Guitar in too many Bands that rehearse forever, do a couple of gigs, then fall apart.
I'm Drug-free, sober, not a Criminal, & a bit boring.
Foundation Cert in Jazz & Pop (Guitar) Pass - Goldsmiths
I think I'm Hilarious.

Screen name:

philip451594

Member since:

Jun 23 2024

Active within 1 week

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

50

Gigs played:

10 to 50

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

2-3 nights a week

Influences

RUSH, ELO, ABBA, ACDC, Anyone else with Capital Letters, Aimee Mann, Kraftwerk, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Lloyd Cole, Queen, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Suzanne Vega, Tears for Fears, Tori Amos, Gary Numan, Boston, The Police, Gerry Rafferty, Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Blondie, Stevie Wonder, Talk Talk, Kate Bush, Little Feat,Thomas Dolby, New Musik, Thin Lizzy, Nick Drake, Bee Gees, Earth, Wind & indeed, Fire, The Cult, Steve Winwood, KD Lang, Chic, Goldfrapp, Sister Sledge, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Simple Minds, Jethro Tull, Synthwave (Aztec Records), Roxy Music, Elton John, Grace Jones, Little Feat, The Damned, Led Zep, Human League, Sheryl Crow, Supertramp, Eels, Prefab Sprout, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Cars, Public Service Broadcasting, Trevor Horn/ZTT, Mute, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, The Staves, Marc Cohn, Def Leppard, Talk Talk, Les Dawson.

Instrument experience:

Rhythm Guitar:

Expert

Lead Guitar:

Expert

Acoustic Guitar:

Expert

Piano:

Advanced

Keyboard:

Moderate

Electronic Music:

Moderate

Violin:

Intermediate

EQUIPMENT

Gibson Les Paul Classic 2002
Takamine EN10C 1990
Cornell Romany Pro Valve Amplifier

All Videos are One-Take Improvisations shot on one of those
'I-Phone' things you hear about nowadays. Not Virtuoso Performances, but there to highlight ability to generate Musical ideas...

MUSIC