My name is Wayne and have been home recording since Spring 2006. I started my music training with drum lessons in elementary school followed by singing in the school and district chorus and keyboard lessons for several years through jr. high school. Started playing acoustic guitar and bass guitar about the age of 18, just over 30 years ago.
Started playing mandolin and electric guitars when I started recording in 2006 and just started playing the harmonica. Was interested in learning to loop and midi and that's what brought me to Looperman.
I was in various forms of the same band for 18 or so years until about 2006. We played punk/alt/folk originals and covers and did the GB band for a few years, doing weddings, functions and sometimes playing songs on the spot by pulling out the sheet music and going for it. It made for some fun nights on stage when you are playing a song you have never heard before.
- Jaco Pastorius 1962 reissue Fender Jazz bass guitar, simply the best instrument I've ever played! Serial # 45!!
- 1998 Ovation Celebrity Acoustic Bass Guitar, my backup
- 2011 Epiphone Riviera P93 semi hollow bodied electric guitar
- 2023 Epiphone "Inspired by Gibson" 60's Les Paul Smokehouse Burst
- 2024 Epiphone "Inspired by Gibson" 50's Les Paul Jr Tobacco Burst
- Johnson mandolin
- 2020 Matin D10e acoustic guitar
- Percussion instruments like the cabasa, clave, guiro, cocktail shaker, tambo
- Harmonica
- Ebow
Ableton Live Suite 12
Toontrack EZ Drummer 3
- 2024 M3 imac 24" 24 gb ram
- KRK Rokit 8 studio monitors
- KRK 10" Subwoofer
- Fender BXR 200 bass amp - solid state
- Fender Bronco amp tweed
- M Audio Axiom 25 Keyboard controller
- Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 interface
- AKG C-214 condenser mic
- Fender Downtown Express bass pedal
- Marshall "the Guv'nor" guitar pedal
- Fender Reflecting Pool guitar pedal
- Moog Theremini theremin
the Kinks, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Status Quo, Weezer and everybody here...
The Clash - London Calling
REM - Murmer
Jim Carroll - Catholic Boy
Dire Straits - Self entitled debut album
the Beatles - Let it Be
All Louis Prima music
All Johnny Cash Music
All Elvis Presley Music
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Clash - Self entitled first album
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
The Plimsouls - Everywhere at Once
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of the Clash, the Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Elvis, the Beatles, Paul Weller(the Jam), Jeff Tweedy(wilco,)Uncle Tupelo, R.E.M, U2, the Ramones.
Folk mixed with punk with some pop influences with some latin rhythms and a bit of surf and some gypsy thrown in. Some tracks have been described as Spaghetti Western.
Originally from Massachusetts and now living in Florida, I'm retired due to medical issues and I have more time now to get into my hobbies. Once in a while I'll paint watercolor and oil paintings, long live Bob Ross! I enjoy living at the beach and wish I was fit enough to surf. I do not enjoy sharks or jellyfish.