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Jason the Guitarist

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About Me

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About Me:

I am heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, amoungst others. I grew up listening to Genesis and Phil Collins(it was the 80s and early 90s), so they are a big part of my influence aswell.
Before I started playing guitar I had already been playing music on piano and saxophone. The music that got me into the guitar was the bands that came out 94-96 or so, such as Pearl Jam, Green Day(Dookie), Offspring, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Piolets, Alice in Chaines, and who can forget Nirvana. It wasn't until I heard Stone Temple Piolets version of "Dancing Days" that Led Zeppelin really opened up to me. From there I started hearing more and more songs I somehow knew and others I didn't know but I liked immediately, one key song is "Hey Hey What Can I Do" which I did a drawing to while listening to it on the radio when I was very young.
After graduating High School, I spent a short time getting into Progressive Music, just because it was very different from Rock. My friend Brian, who played drums at the time was also getting heavily into Neil Pert, and spent day and night playing music and learning all kinds of techniques influenced by Marco Minnemann, Terry Bozio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gene Krupa, etc. Those were fun times, resulting in crazy music, long jams, and a 20min song. But at the same time none of that music was ever heard by the World.
Since then I've been in several bands, played a lot of shows, met a lot of people, and went on tour for a little while. But after all of that I am still at square one. I am really looking to get in a band or start a band where I can work with some talented people that actually want to play music for a living and can still have a good time doing so.
To wrap it all up, I'd say I am an old soul with a modern edge. I like a lot of older music, and older things, but I obviously live in the modern world surrounded by modern ideas. I am always interested in meeting new musicians, so if anyone ever just wants to jam or meet at a blues bar with an open mic and play some stuff there, I am interested in doing so.
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Member Since: 6/19/2006
Band Website: jrkmusic.com
Influences: Rock, Blues, Progressive, Metal, Acoustic, Celtic/Folk, Spanish, Rock n Roll/Rockabilly, and a little bit of everything else.

Groups that have atleast One song that I like:
(List is Forever Incomplete)
Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, America, Louie Armstrong, Bad Company, Beatles, Beach Boys, Jeff Beck, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Bill Bruford, Blind Melon, Blood Sweat and Tears, David Bowie, Buckethead, Bush, The Cars, Johnny Cash, Chicago, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Nat King Cole, Phil Collins, John Coltrane, The Cranberries, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, Neil Diamond, Doors, Dream Theatre, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson Lake & Palmer Foo Fighters, Peter Frampton, Free, Marvin Gaye, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Grand Funk Railroad, Green Day, Edvard Grieg, Guns n Roses, Heart, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Bert Jansch, Elton John, Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Joydrop, King Crimson, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Little Big Town, Madonna, Metallica, Moody Blues, Motley Crue, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Muddy Waters, Nelly, Nirvana, The Offspring, Outkast, Pantera, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, The Platters, Elvis Presley, Poison, The Police, Rare Earth, Rat, John Renbourn and Group, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Rush, Santana, Shakira, Frank Sinatra, Soundgarden, Spacehog, Steely Dan, Steppenwolf, Sting, Stone Temple Piolets, Stooges, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Igor Stravinsky, Sugar Loaf, Sweetwater, James Taylor, Traffic, The Toadies, U2, Van Halen, Richie Valens, Stevie Ray Vaugh, Steve Winwood, Sublime, Rick Wakeman, The Who, Stevie Wonder, ZZ Top, Yardbirds, Yes, Neil Young, Frank Zappa/Mothers
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My Blog

Pignose G40V - Customer Service

It's a shame when a postive thing ends up being a negative.A few years ago, I came across the Pignose G40V tube amplifier.  It was inexpensive and rated fairly well.  Sure you had to replace...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:58:00 PST

A long time ago...

It's been a long time since I really posted anything up on here, and my Myspace has become pretty boring since it's lack of content.  Infact, the last time I really posted anything was March 17th...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

For St. Patty’s Day: Cabbage Outtake

Alright here is something for St. Patty’s Day!  This is another outtake I guess.  This was recorded several weeks ago and was sitting on my recorder up until early last week.  I j...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:04:00 PST

Outtake 2

Here is another outtake.  This one is much different that the one I previously tried to post.  It was recorded about a month ago and is me soloing at the end of an insturmental jam.  Le...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:05:00 PST

A series of unfortunate events

Wow! Today was seriously in far left field!I was on my way out and my gas was low, but still read that I had enough to get me to where I was going, etc. So anyways, I am driving down the freeway and ...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:26:00 PST

DTV Answers - Who in Congress voted for this?!?

Here is an article I just read today. I am starting to lose hope there will be a protest about this. You can read my other blog posted before this, if you want to see why I think we should NOT kill ...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:58:00 PST

I had a new song to post, but......

I had a very nice outtake of me recording last week I wanted to post.  The total length was over 30min, but I cut it down to 10min.  I was working with some new material I wrote and taking i...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:22:00 PST

Dont believe what you hear: DTV 2009 is a BAD thing!

In Feb of 2009 your TV may not work, because Congress passed a law to force full-power television broadcasters to stop broadcasting in analog and only use digital.The good thing out of all of this, is...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:38:00 PST

Merry Christmas Everyone

I hope everyone had a Wonderful Christmas.  It is my favorite holiday of the year, I always like getting together with family and it always seams like a magical time when things are better than t...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:58:00 PST

History Made Today! (Led Zeppelin)

Today was a very very good day.  Yes today was the long awaited Led Zeppelin reunion at the O2!  Some of the songs they played was quite different than I expected, but honestly it is a good ...
Posted by Jason the Guitarist on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:38:00 PST