INTRODUCTION
Since inheriting my sister's guitar books at 13, I taught myself to a guitar-god status before playing with upcoming bands like The Police, The Smiths, The Beatles and other bands beginning with
"t".
"t".
Because those bands ignored my presence, I formed my own groups like Band of Slaves, Scarlett Fever and half a dozen more (most of which disintegrated after one jam session).
I'm 27 this year, so that's 14 years of musicianship.
PLAYING STYLE
My creative approach is evolutionary. I started off with rewind-cassette-with-pencil-until-reel-jumbles-up, then progressed to CDs, before moving on to Rick Beato tutorials.
My sound varies depending on my snob factor, alternating between old jazz (which was called pop then), to 80's pop, to Prince-funk, to new jazz (because 3-chord songs are for plebeians), to Blackilicious-type rap, and now back to poppy songs with more than three chords and hopefully an augmented diminish somewhere for "depth".
MAIN INSTRUMENTS
If imitation is a form of flattery, then I'm a charmed owner of a faked Strat, no-name Telecaster and a non-Paul Gibson. I still have the imitation Strat because it's the lightest guitar of all. Plus, it's got an additional tone (compared to the Tele) for a wider wedding repertoire.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
I scrimped and saved for half a dozen standalone Boss effects (flanger, overdrive and chorus are must-haves), before replacing them all with the Zoom 9030. Amp-wise, I only own the tiny Boss MA-15A. Most of the time, I'm paying money to Boon to practice at his place.
OTHER LOCAL GUITARISTS/BASSISTS YOU FIND INTERESTING
My peers were Oddfellows, Corporate Toil and Opposition Party, so I was always jealous when they were tighter than my band or knew more chords than I did. Two decades later, I became a big fan of B-Quartet.
Now, I'm afraid my Spotify list doesn't have any local artist. At the moment, I'm into Lauryn Hill, Dionne Farris, Amy Winehouse and a podcast series called Revisionist History.