s11lko
(Billericay, Essex)
Monday 16 Oct 2017, 12:24am
Hi,
My names Dave, I live in Billericay, Essex, and I’m a young 61 years old. I first picked up an acoustic guitar at age 14, played for about four years, did a few ‘sets’ together with a mate in old folks homes to entertain the residents, then job and eventual family took over and, apart from picking my guitar up now and again while resting with a coffee, I never really touched it.
Having retired now, I’ve got back into it, have bought a couple more guitars (plus three ukuleles lol), and have ‘performed’ a few times at a local open mic night which seem to have been well received, and I’m having fun in my dotage - obviously working around my wife, dad and granddad duties. lol
What I’d really like is to find someone, my sort of age, who lives local to me, and who can play and sing a bit, in order for us both to get together reasonably regularly in order to enjoy making some noise and help each other improve as we go along. Just for fun at first, but I’m not opposed to playing/singing in front of an audience if we ever felt we had something to offer. I’m 61 (although still 30 in my head! lol) so I don’t expect to eventually become a superstar, win X-Factor, or become the next Ed Sheeran! lol
I like most genres of music from metal/rock, to rock & roll, to ballads, to comedy songs, and I’d like to concentrate on putting together stuff from ALL genres not just locking myself into any particular one; but that can be worked out and agreed as we go along. I just like making music.
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I’m not much of a singer OR guitar player to be honest, so the person I’m looking for doesnt’t need to be a musical genius, just someone at least about my sort of level, and someone who just enjoys making music, so we can move forward as we progress.
I don’t want to waste anyone’s time so I’ve included a link below to some stuff I’ve done and posted on YouTube in order that you can see where I’m at before you decide whether you want to contact me or not. PLEASE be kind and don’t slate any of the videos TOO much - I’m fully aware I am majorly below the skill level of most of you on this site, and remember EVERYONE has had to begin somewhere. If you follow the link just click on ‘Videos’ at the top of the YouTube page you land on, and you’ll see about 30 odd videos I’ve posted there, just as storage and a record for me really.
If you feel you might be interested in getting together to give it a go, please email me on ‘s11lko@btinternet.com’
Cheers guys, Dave Silk
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1NjwfsGCSLlEsi_kIIi4zg