Vocalist looking for full time band.
Description
Hi, my name is Conrad. I'm 30, and I want a real. f***ing. band. I'm looking for the right group of people to get one off the ground. I love everyone I'm currently working with, but nothing I'm involved in right now is tight enough, playing frequent shows, or carrying the level of energy I'm looking for. It's fun but I want something more intense.
I'm a vocalist/lyricist with a very uncommon bass voice. I do punk, rock, blues, and industrial/experimental vocals best. Sometimes I'll do more grunge, ska, or "alternative" stuff, and very rarely bluegrass, country or folk, but... never pop, indie or anything soft and I'm not really into most post-80's metal vocals either (atonal screaming or chesty yelling). It's cool but it's not my bag.
My influences include Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Roy Orbison, Howlin' Wolf, Leftover Crack, Skid Row, Slash (w/Myles Kennedy and co., but also Snakepit), Warrant, Nazareth, Motorhead, Johnny Cash, Elton John, Green Day, Misfits, Sex Pistols, Pretty Reckless, Janis Joplin, Motley Crue, Nine Inch Nails, Chad Hates George, Amanda Palmer, Dropkick Murphys, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and a whole lot more...
I practice vocals at least a few hours daily. I train hard. I dig challenges, and I'm willing to attempt or train for vocals considered extremely difficult or risky because I'm willing to do what's necessary to support a fairly extreme use of my voice. I like to use my upper register for very high notes, screams, and bluesy wailing as often as I can get away with. I also do a lot of subharmonics, fry, octave jumps and complex melodies. My voice sits lower than most you'll hear and I'm most comfortable singing low stuff, but it's also very bright and metallic, and I navigate my range pretty well. This tricks a lot of people into thinking I might secretly have a much higher voice... I do have a roughly 5 octave range, so I can hit pitches way higher and way lower than most people you'll meet, and I have a lot of control over my tone. However, that still doesn't mean everything is going to sound good on me, or that it'll be sustainable to perform everything that does sound good in a live setting on a regular basis. So I love making original music, and sometimes reinventing older songs, but I have a pretty niche voice. Playing nice generic covers is the one thing I really cannot do... but if you like what I can do, you will have a very hard time finding someone else who can sing it like I can.
I don't believe anyone is ever too good to practice more and improve. I am always learning new things, and I work actively to refine and expand what I can do every day. I love feedback, I take constructive criticism well, and I put the music first. If you hate something, you can tell me, and I'll work on it.
I like to work with instruments tuned down to either Eb or Ab standard (or a corresponding drop tuning), because those tunings make it easiest to play in keys that give me the most freedom, but I can find ways to work with anything. I really love guitar solos, and any lead guitarist who can solo off the cuff and do it well will be highly coveted by me. I go out of my way to play with guitarists like that.
I do play some bass and I love that too, but vocals and lyrics are what I want to do in a band. I'm into music that can only be made by a group of dedicated people playing together, I'm not interested in singer-songwriter stuff, so my focus is on forming committed band projects. I go really hard, I do music stuff pretty much 24/7, and I'm currently struggling to find enough people who want to go that hard. Everyone says music is their life, but I'm dead serious. I quite literally live for this. I don't do much else. I don't have much else. This isn't a hobby or even a job for me. This is what I want to do, and I love doing it.
I do some recording, some mixing/mastering, and my apartment is a studio/jam space with an acoustic kit and enough room for a full band to practice or record demos comfortably (and without noise complaints). I love old analog hardware, and I have a lot of weird recording gear.
I value integrity, quality, and emotional authenticity. I like things raw, honest, and practical. I don't personally use autotune or pitch correction, but I'm very dedicated, and I will do whatever is needed on my end to get performances that don't need fixing. If something can be done without a plugin, without in-ears, without a wall between me and my bandmates... that's how I'll choose to do it.
I write nearly all of my lyrics from personal experience. I have a particular knack for heavy subject matter, and I'm not shy to work with some very dark, real, sensitive or explicit content. My life has admittedly not been easy, and it definitely comes out in the way I write.
I used to be a professional illustrator, and I can design things like album art, logos, t-shirts, and other merch for projects I work on. I often choose to do that stuff myself, because I can get professional results for free and save everyone the cost and trouble of sourcing art.
I have a small local band thing, I have side projects and some recording under my belt, but it's not enough. I'm bored and I want something more demanding. So I'm currently in the process of trying to get a serious, dedicated, committed band going. I'm looking for people who absolutely love what they do, know what they want, and who want to take it as far as possible. I want to be part of something meaningful that I can go all-in on, long term.
I want to get into a room with the same people for regular practice/writing, record full-length albums we are all proud of, hit stages at least 1-2 times a week, play shows that f**king rock, go home tired, and wake up ready to do it again.
...and I want to do that until I die. People do it, real people just like the rest of us have done it for decades, and it can absolutely still be done if enough dedicated people want to do it, so I don't waste my time worrying about how hard it is. I only care about how we're gonna do it, and who's got the guts to come along for the ride.
You can reach me here or at 226-868-0228 any time, day or night. I mean that. If you want this like I do, I wanna hear from you.
community | artists, musicians
2023-02-03