(e.g., "New York guitar player" or "Beatles influenced drummer")

Musician - GeneSharpe

• Age 43 | Musician | Phoenix, AZ

In that perfect world which does not exist, I am a wanderer, searching for the perfect places to play my music and leave my messages just in time to save whatever corner of the messed up world I am in just then. A searcher with eyes on only one goal, one prize...the music and playing it out. In reality, I am the sole support of myself, the father and of my 3 gifts from the Lord above himself. 2 boys (13) and (6) as well as 1 girl (4). She is the only one to show much musical aptitude but has enough of it for all three. This is good as most of the songs I write are written with a female lead vocal in mind, largely due to the fact that I don't sing great myself. Lastly, I don't believe in or have a lot of tolerance for organized religeon. I think all anyone needs in that department is one rule which I do my damnedest to adhere very strictly to each day. "The Golden Rule" combined with a form of "The path of least resistance" works just fine for most. I am told that I am quirky whatever the hell that's supposed to mean. I am guessing that's because I always try to find humor in just about anything and often don't know when to shut my mouth when I find it but shouldn't have. I am kinda skinny and quite hyper. I play a Babinga Fender Acoustic/Elec with cutaway and an Ibanez hollow body most of the time but I have several so as to accomodate the many strange tunings I experiment with.

• The Dance of Dragons

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• Easier Said Than Done

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• My Foolish Heart

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• Keyboard,
• Guitar,
• Backup Vocals,
• Lead Vocals

• Acoustic,
• Blues,
• Country,
• Folk,
• Gospel,
• Singer/Songwriter,
• Alternative,
• Americana,
• Classic Rock,
• Light Rock,
• Rock,
• Rock n Roll,
• Southern Rock

• Guitar,
• Backup Vocals

• Acoustic,
• Blues,
• Country,
• Folk,
• Singer/Songwriter

My tastes are quite diverse and tend to change with my mood, LOL
They are generally hosting all or most of the following in no particular order:

Pink Floyd, Rush, Garth Brooks, Led Zep, The Eagles, Jim Croce,
Kieth Urban, CCR, JJ Cale, Lindsey Buckingham, Kaki King

• I've been playing about 25 years. Guitar only until about 5 years ago including 8 spent writing with a very good flute player who very saddly could not control his vises or believe that he couldn't sing. Since that ended i've been doing it all myself while trying to learn sound engineering. I play out at open mics etc now and then.

• I play and write for the sheer joy of playing and writing. I don't have a thing against making a buck doing so but I have no problem with not either. Like everyone and everything else in today's society, all or most of the musicians I meet are tunnel vision focused on what they can get from music in the finacial sense. I am looking for other's like my self capable of enjoying and being greatful for what being able to play music at all gives them already. No writers of the stuff in 99% of the ads out there. You know the ones, they say it in many variations of the form. "Must shred, have David Lee Roth hair and never be seen outside wearing anything but spandex."
  

• Experience: Expert
  
• Availability: 2-3 days a week
  
• Commitment: Playing gigs
  
• Energy: Upbeat
  

• Smokes: Some
  
• Drinks: Some
  

• Experience: Intermediate
  
• Energy: n/a
  

• Tolerates Smoking: Yes
  
• Tolerates Drinking: Yes