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

Musician - Ken Carver

• Age 49 | Musician | Cedar Park, TX

Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Vocals

Personal Statement:
“After being in and around the music business for this long, all I want to do is entertain people. Call me lazy, but I've no aspirations of being a rock star anymore. I still write music for my own amusement, but I always have gotten a kick out of seeing how close I can duplicate a record or translating someone else’s idea into sound. As far as playing live, if their heads don’t bob, we ain’t doing our job!

Personal Info:
Currently employed as a Senior R&D Tech at National Instruments in Austin, TX. Married (to the same lady) since 1981. Non-smoking, no drugs. Not looking to do this full time (been there, done that). Weekly rehearsals and weekend shows (with the occasional out-of-town show) is all good.

Other Abilities:
Certified Electronics Technician. Accomplished live sound FOH and monitor mix engineer. Experience with power distribution, live performance system troubleshooting, system engineering, and automated/conventional lighting programming. Can read music, transcribe, and chart for group or ensemble. Can repair/maintain/modify audio and lighting electronics.

Current Equipment List:
Guitars
• 1970 Gibson Les Paul Custom
  
• 1997 Gibson Firebird V
  
• 1985 Jackson Soloist Custom (San Dimas built)
  
• 1978 Carvin DN612 semi custom 12 over 6 doubleneck
  
• 2000 Ovation 1816 Balladeer 6 sting Acoustic/Electric
  
• 2001 Ovation 6751 Balladeer 12 string Acoustic/ Electric
  
• 2002 Gibson Les Paul Junior
  
• 2004 Schecter C1-E/A Semi-Hollow Body
  
• 2007 Fender VG Stratocaster
  

Basses
• 1990 Peavey Limited Edition Unity Bass with customized electronics
  
• 1984 Ibanez Roadstar II P-Bass with customized pickup switching
  

Amplification
• Line 6 Vetta II HD Amp (Version 2.5)
  
• Line 6 2x12 Cabinets (2)
  
• Line 6 AX2-212 Digital Modeling Amp (w/ Celestion V30 speakers)
  
• Peavey 412 Enclosure with KBS Tech AutoStereo® switching
  
• Peavey Series 400 Bass Amplifier
  
• Fender Vibro Champ
  
• Peavey TransTube Bandit 112
  
• Peavey TNT 150 Bass Amp
  
• Crate CPM150 Power Block (Backup and for GNX-4)
  

Electronics
• Samson Concert IV True Diversity Wireless System
  
• Nady TMP-1 Tube Preamp
  
• Furman Power Conditioner with additional noise suppression
  
• SignalFlex SF-DAB Switcher with isolated outputs
  
• Line 6 Floorboard Controller
  
• Line 6 FBV Controller
  
• KBS Tech “The Tube II”® Talk Box
  
• Rocktron Banshee Talk Box (back up)
  
• Korg DTR-1 Rackmount Tuner (on stage)
  
• Boss TU-12 Tuner (off stage)
  
• Shure PSM-400 In-Ear Monitor System
  
• Alesis Midiverb III (IEM Treatment)
  
• Yamaha MagicStomp Acoustic Processor
  
• Digitech GNX-4 Workstation
  
• Boss DS-1 with Keely Seeing Eye Mod
  
Sound Reinforcement/Other


• Shure SM-57, Shure SM-58, and assorted EV N/Dyn & Audio Technica Mics
  
• Behringer PMH-5000 Powered Mixer (20 Channel)
  
• Presonus ACP-88 Compressor/Gate/Limiter (8 Channels)
  
• Two (2) JBL TR225 Quasi-3 Way Speaker Systems w/ road cases
  
• Two (2) Electro-Voice SxA-180 Powered 18” subwoofers
  
• Road cases by Keal. Racks by Hybrid & KBS Tech. Guitar valet by Calzone/Anvil
  

• The Business Of Life

Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backup Vocals, Lead Vocals

Rock, Classic Rock, Blues, Rock n Roll,
Southern Rock

Percussion, Organ, Guitar, Drum Kit

Southern Rock, Rock n Roll, Rock, Classic Rock,
Blues

Influences:
Guitar:Keith Richards (Rolling Stones), Pete Townsend (The Who),Mark Farner (Grand Funk), Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Joe Walsh (Eagles, James Gang)

Bass: John Entwistle (The Who), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Gary Thain (Uriah Heep)

• 
  Experience: Over 20 years experience in live performance and production. Over 30 years playing experience. Band projects have been primarily rock cover bands, but also have played in progressive rock, swing jazz, R&B, and funk bands. Have opened concerts for artists such as Steppenwolf, Foghat, Head East, The Romantics, and Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show. Currently playing guitar in The Rhythm Dawgs, as well as maintaining band web site.
  
  Discography:
  1990 - “Bringing It Back” Trias / Project Records (Bass/Guitar/Keys/Vox)
  1995 - “Brother Magnum” Brother Magnum / Framhell Records (Guitar)
  1999 - “…Because We Can” The Rhythm Dawgs / Buried Bone Records (Guitar/Vox)
  2000 - “Live From House Of Blues” HES Allstars / HOB Recordings (Bass)
  2004 - “New Tricks” The Rhythm Dawgs / Buried Bone Records (Guitar/Vox)
  2006 - “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” Malford Milligan / Austin Texas Records (Guitar/Bass/Co-writer)
  2007 - "Cover Your Tracks" The Rhythm Dawgs / Buried Bone Records (Guitar/Vox)
  

• 
  Recording opportunities, and the occasional fill-in gig.

Details

• Experience: Expert
  
• Availability:1 day a week
  
• Commitment:Playing gigs
  
• Energy: Upbeat
  
• Experience Desired:Expert
  
• Energy Desired:In the groove
  

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• Smokes: Nope
  
• Drinks: Some
  
• Tolerates Smoking: Don't Care
  
• Tolerates Drinking: Yes