GeoffSmith

SEEKING

Trumpet, Keyboard.

ABOUT

Looking for keyboard (&trumpet) to join our band .......

I am currently playing drums for a recently formed band (Vintage Brew 3) with female and male vocals, lead & rhythm guitar and bass ... That's them in my profile photo (lovely bunch).

We are looking for a keyboard (& trumpet?) player to add that extra dimension to songs from soul and disco, to pop and rock.

Our Spotify playlist gives an idea of the direction we are going in. I couldn't get the Spotify link to work from this site, so instead open the Spotify App and search "Geoff's BD". It's the playlist that starts with 'Midnight in Harlem'

The videos that I have uploaded so far (to Bandmix) are bands I am currently in (Skolstanki, Weird Fishes' and Vintage Brew) and a pop-rock band I was in until 2019 (The Happy Fridays).

My back story .....
I have been drumming on and off since school days (45 years ago). In the last 15-20 years I have been practicing regularly each week, with at least one band, and gigging from time to time, doing covers from pop, to indie.and classic rock, and more recently disco and soul.

I don't read music but have developed my own feel, and enjoy those songs that have a bit of room to express oneself.

Happy to play along to backing tracks and have a Roland Sampling pad to give the band extra sounds.

Screen name:: GeoffSmith
Member since:: Mar 04 2020; Active within 1 week
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years playing music:: 45
Gigs played:: 10 to 50
Tend to practice:: 1 time per week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

My early drumming influences were Stuart Copeland, Keith Moon, Jon Bonham, Brian Downey

My go-to music ranges from Thin Lizzy, Led Zepp, the Who, to the Police, a bit of Ska, to Atlantic, Northern and Motown Soul, to the Style Council, .... the Killers, ... Now I can see that it's getting a bit random (that's not a band, just me explaining myself) but here's some more .... Hot House Flowers, Vintage Trouble .... and at the age of 59 I've just got into Pearl Jam (never too late, I am told)

Instrument experience:

Drums:: Advanced

EQUIPMENT

My big sound comes from my Premier Genista, 20" kick, 10, 12, 14, 16 toms (all rack mounted)

My less big sound comes from my Yamaha Stage custom bebop 18" kick, 12" rack Tom, 14" floor tom

I have various snares to match the occasion ....
Pearl 13x3" maple piccolo
Premier 2000 14x5.5" (I got that when I was 15 years old)
Mapex Birdseye Maple 14x6.5" Black Panther snare drum
Tama SLP 14x8" big black steel snare drum (for those louder gigs)

Cymbals:
14" Zildjian K series hi-hats
Various crashes and crash rides (inc. Dream Bliss 20" crash ride - lovely washy ride for the end of Dakota or the refrain in Pearl Jam's Rearview Mirror)
Zildjian 21sweet ride
Sabian 21" dry ride

Electronic : Roland SPD-SX sampling pad

Drum amplification (if needed)
Alesis 2000 strike amp
Behringer UMC1820 ("mixing desk")
Red 5 audio drum mics