ainsley
(sheffield)
Friday 24 Oct 2025, 4:16pm
Hello!
I'm a very experienced competent, versatile full-time guitarist/bassist (with harmony b/v ability) who is slightly under-used and likes to keep busy with high-quality music!
Are there any functioning (i.e. motivated, gigging and recording) bands out there playing original material who I could be of use to?
I don't expect useful amounts of money. As a songwriter, I understand how unlikely that is currently! I get that from teaching guitar and bass, plus depping for an established covers outfit once a month.
What I'd like : mainly, if not completely, original music, which is of high-quality in a band which is looking to progress.
Genres considered: Rock (in all its forms), Blues (most types and sub-genres), Rockabilly (very partial to Brian Setzer in particular), Metal (70s to 90s style with actual singing) Funk (more the 70s end than the 80s), New Wave/Post Punk (the guitar based stuff more than the keys based stuff, 77-80)...in short anything with energy that people can sing along to.
I don't do slow, introverted sad stuff and I'm not partial to acoustic singer songwriter stuff.
What I can offer:
-A thorough practical knowledge and usage of almost anything to do with keys, scales, chords, arpeggios, composition, melody and harmony, rhythms and most unusual time signatures.
-Versatility, presentability, reliability and a "team member" mindset.
-Good equipment and own transport. Happy to make rehearsal within a 60 minute drive of Sheffield for the right band.
Please, don't chance your arm and contact me if you're a covers band. I have nothing against that, but I'm doing plenty of that already. Ta.
Respectful correspondence appreciated.