It is time to find a BASS PLAYER who is a FUNKADELIC (oakland downtown)
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Guitar/singer, drums, harmony vocalists (2) and keyboard combo with a majority of original songs. Currently in the studio putting some of the songs together. The aim is to eventually collaborate, but the initial theme would be to back a primary songwriter (me) to set the tone.
Regular rehearsals* in Oakland.
I'm not really sure what to call it .... I suppose it would be easy to call it "Psychedelic Soul" , but there's jazz ( swings and chords that have more color than most pop music ) & reggae and rock influences. Much of the material is developed arrangements, so we would need someone who is at ease with focused aims for structure ( as opposed to just coming in and jamming off the cuff )
Influences are ridiculously vast, but for the sake of this ad , it would be pertinent to know something about Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Jimi, Sly Stone, Isaac Hayes, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, JBs, MGs , Bar Kays, George Clinton, Prince, D'Angelo, Ohio Players.
YOU: Good ear, good memory, enough theory to get along.
I have other players who know the stuff and are taking the time to learn it. If you come to me without learning any of the material you will be rejected. It would never occur to me to come to an audition without preparation of some sort... and yet we have had scores of auditions where people have come completely unprepared. You really should know better...
Us: Grown folks with full lives making time for this. Ages 30-50,