Back in February I caught an online ad from a keyboardist who was trying to find a bassist to fill out a progressive rock trio. He has strong ELP/Yes/Moody Blues/etc. influences; you can listen to some samples of his stuff
here, and his site is
here.
I dropped him an email of encouragement and asked him to let me know when he started playing out as I wanted to come listen. I made it clear I was a bass newbie and a non-singer and was NOT answering his ad. We swapped a few chatty emails and that was it.
Until yesterday, when he emailed to say that he'd had no luck finding a bassist and wanting to know if I was interested.
Folks, this man is
desperate if he's asking
me to play with him!
I reminded him that I'm not what he's looking for and that I originally wrote because I want to go HEAR him... not play with him. Plus the band I'm with is about to start gigging out, so my time is too limited anyway.
I offered to pass the word along in case someone here might be interested. I no longer have his original ad, but I do know he was looking for an "exceptional melodic bass player with lead vocal ability." The one other part that got pasted into emails I still have around is:
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a keyboard trio act... Influences... Yes, Emerison Lake & Palmer, early Genesis, Moody Blues, UK, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Niacin (50 point bonus if you know who they are)... This will be like nothing else in Richmond.
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If you think you might be interested, give him a shout -- you can contact him through his site. By the way, the drummer he had lined up apparently got tired of waiting and moved on, so if you know someone who might be interested, please let him know.
DISCLAIMER: I do not know Mike and have had no contact with him beyond swapping a couple of emails. I neither recommend nor disrecommend him -- I just want to hear what a group he would put together would do live.
Cheers,
'rick
