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Chris Pickering

Book them and they will come

About Me

Hi,

I'm Chris - a 24 year old amateur guitarist based in South East England. I make no pretences to being a serious musician, but I enjoy playing around with stuff and thought I'd set this up to find like minded people.

I'm interested in collaborating on projects, providing guitar parts for samples, live gigs, or possibly forming a band. If you're interested in any of this give me a shout :)

I've largely played rock covers in the past, but I'm keen to try something new with scope for some of my own creative input. I'd like to experiment with different styles and see what sticks.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/15/2006
Band Members: Me + ?
Influences:

Some are more of a direct influence than others, but here are some people who's music I like......

3rd Eye Blind
The Verve
Hendrix
Muse
Gary Moore
The Killers
Jimmy Eat World
We Are Scientists
Reel Big Fish
Primal Scream
Offspring
Faithless
Led Zep
Guns'n'Roses
Ocean Colour Scene
Groove Armada
Pink Floyd
Santana

Sounds Like: it needs someone with a similar philosophy to develop!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Great Expectations

It’s no secret that I’ve become a little lazy recently. Marooned in an unsatisfying job, your urge to do work dries up at the same point the supply of interesting tasks does. And for me th...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:08:00 PST

The Noughties

I’m aware this isn’t the first ’retrospective’ post I’ve done, so I’ll try and go for something more original in the future, but right now something has just dawned...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:08:00 PST

New article up!

Despite a bit of a lull over the Christmas period, I’ve been continuing my foray into the world of journalism. My latest article looks at a retro trackday car known as the Piper GTR and can...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:07:00 PST

March

And so we’re now a little way into March and I’ve decided I have a bit of an issue with this month. Not March 2008 you understand, just any March. You see, all that ’blossoming of sp...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:39:00 PST

Articles of interest

I may never have made any pretence about wanting to be a serious musician, but I do harbour secret aspirations beyond my current nine to five. Given time and a bit of luck I'd love...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:51:00 PST

Meeting your heroes (Pt 2)

Doesn't seem like that long since I last updated this, but looking back, it was all the way in April and now July is very nearly upon us. Shortly after the last entry I went down to Bournemouth to see...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:36:00 PST

Meeting your heroes (Pt 1)

Meeting your heroes So, I finally got to see Jimmy Eat World last weekend along with a whole load of other bands at Give It A Name. They absolutely rocked, delivering a very polished, yet powerful per...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Tue, 01 May 2007 06:57:00 PST

Ska anyone?

So, decided I might try forming a band for a bit of a laugh. This would obviously be much easier if I could in any way, sing. But, undetered I suppose I'll just have to find a singer as well. Trying t...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:36:00 PST

March

Hi, After a slow start I've finnally got round to doing a few things in 2007. Last week me and Carrie played our second gig of the year at the Bullet Bar. Went down very well again and after 3 or 4 ti...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 04:41:00 PST

Milestones

Last week saw my first proper gig in several years as me and Carrie played at the Bullet Bar in Camden. We did two songs out of the collection we've been preparing. After a slightly nervous start (on ...
Posted by Chris Pickering on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:24:00 PST