Keyboard player available, Symphonic Metal, Avant Garde, Sacramento

by Erik
(Carmichael, CA)

Keyboardist looking ....for the right fit.
I am a younger keyboard player (18) with lots of experience looking for a gigging band who needs to add that perfect sound. I prefer originals and a band who would be interested in using my writing skills rather then someone writing all my parts and not ask me if I have any ideas. I can understand a song already written and it needs to be a certain way. I want a band that is a team rather then a big ego running the show or one guy who writes all the songs and does not want any input from other members. I also have NO age issues. For me it is about the music.

I write compositions and can add very big sounds to music. I am very good with melodic/symphonic/classical metal but I can do just about any music but I am really loving the Avant Garde metal. I am very versatile and a multi-instrumentalist. My favorite styles and bands are: Avant Garde, Complex-type music, Symphonic Metal, Japanese, Classical, Film Score, Technical Death Metal, some Black Metal, Old School Hip Hop, Melodic Death Metal, Swing Metal, Opera Metal, and pretty much any other weird metal genre out there.... I really like everything. I know so many bands its ridiculous. Some of my favorite bands are Nightwish, Unexpect, Mr. Bungle, Maximum The Hormone, Wintersun, Estradasphere

I have a older site, the first song a crazy Scat/Jazz Metal song lol..... "Girl Scout Cookies" I wrote, played all parts and yes I did all the vocals. For some reason people think they are looped in, I DO NOT LOOP! sorry that is so insulting to me. Listen here myspace.com/solomusicianerikv keep in mind this is an older site.

I am just putting this out there, I am in no rush as I am scoring orchestral pieces right now and writing for another band. I was offered a scholarship in Composition at Berklee College of Music but I am very interested in seeing what I can do on my own in this year to come before I decide if I want to go or not. I would like to stay closer to home if at all possible for personal reasons.

I have my own band that I enjoy and I plan on keeping my band but I wish to branch out for entertainment/experience purposes. So I am starting the journey of finding that perfect second band.

If you need keys and have something good and different going on, send me a link and I will do the same.

Thanks for the time.
My equipment is is Yamaha ES7 and an SX6, I also have a a Nord plus pro amps.