Post by mortsahlfan on Dec 10, 2022 18:08:23 GMT
Hi. I didn't see an Introduction category, so here it is. First off, thank you for allowing me to join, WITHOUT being approved by a board of governors like a lot of the more exclusive pro-boards.
I've been playing since 11, starting with drums, and later - guitar, bass, piano, and other percussion. I'm from the US, but spent my 20s traveling, and it's where I did most of my jamming in bands, but I'm a little older now, and with the pandemic, the venues around closed for quite a while; the closest one for over 2 years. Not having money to operate, or to only have one show for a big act.
I love listening to music (60/70s), movies, stand-up comedy, interviews, comparing cultural history. I also write -- travel, art, politics, humor/satire, off-beat plays.
When I was 22, I had my own house, so I built a home-studio in my basement, and when I finally got fed up with the tardy, not-showing-up, lying about their experience, their alcoholism, I became a one-man Steely Dan basically. Ironically, the only band that played out around here was a mostly Steely Dan cover band, and other 60/70 deep tracks.
I have Ludwig drums, Paiste cymbals, but after a burglary, the only choice I had was buying cheap instruments. Which is why I use only one effect on my Tascam DP-01 - effect, just to hide the cheapiness. Instrumentals. I don't use a computer, just one condenser microphone.
Anyway, this is one of four CDs that were published on Amazon. After realizing they stopped sending me royalty checks (I even bought my OWN stuff to test it out), I thought I would upload onto YouTube, and throw my Paypal address, and just have a direct relationship. I hate promotion, but I'm 40, and I'm not getting any younger, especially in this business.
Thanks for listening.