bigun1953

When I was 15, my Dad got me a Sears Silvertone electric guitar and a bare bones amp. He did gppd on a bass though...it was a Gretch

Guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, keyboards. Keep in mind, I play these instruments via Audacity's effects...multitracking,covering (a lot) mistakes, record slow then increase tempo.

Audacity

Yamaha PSR E453, Roland RS-5, Mexican Deluxe Fender Strat, 2 other Strat knockoffs, Fender Squire bass, ( I had Lace pickups installed),Takamini acoustic, Sunn 50 watt bass amp, Line6 50 watt guitar amp, a small Craig amp, Roland Cube amp. for effects, a Digitech RP 20, Digitech Vocal 300, Digitech RP 155, TC-HELICON harmony G-XT-MicroMix MX400(4line input and volume only), Steinberg CI 1 interface, Sure 57.

I listen to various retro bands such as the Byrds, Prince, Tom Petty, The Fabulous Thunderbird's, Pink Floyd, and Hendrix. I make covers of songs played by these people just for my own entertainment.

Any Hendrix album, Steppenwolf Live, Any Pink Floyd album, any Moody blues album, anything that Ravie Shankar or/ his daughter, Annouska, has produced.

I fell in love with Steppenwolf and played Monster 3 days straight while I painted a friends ceiling with th American flag, a peace sign instead of stars, and a dove that was about half the total size. Then, my brother in the Navy, brought home The Jimi Hendrix Experience album when no one else had even heard of him.

I'm the music director at my church, so I make my own music for singing. Aside from Alan Jackson, I've made the lords prayer based on a mix of Susan Boyle's version and Andrea Bocelli with the Morman Tabernacle Choir. I wish I could get that perfect reverb found in that building.I throw in some rock songs too. I also do classical such as The William Tell Overture.

I'm an armed security officer and presently working in my local City Hall.