Guitarist forming live EDM cover band - seeking vocals/keys/bass/drums

Boston MA

Description

I'm a guitarist forming a cover band focused on live covers of EDM/future bass songs. The goal is to practice on Sundays, play casual gigs, record our best material, and above all have fun. I'm 36, have been playing guitar for over 20 years non-professionally, in several bands with many local gigs (SF, NYC, Philly). I usually coordinate everything from transcribing/arranging the songs to providing initial parts to each band member, which I've found makes for more productive jam sessions and building a gigable repertoire pretty quickly. The last band I led was in grad school with a similar but more pop/dance oriented vibe; see below for a link to some of our stuff. This time around I'd like to focus on songs with a bit more complexity harmonically that are still accessible and have a strong groove. See below for an initial playlist of songs that we'd try covering. I say try because it's always a trial-and-error process of seeing how the key elements of the song (melody, harmony, rhythm) come together from an electronic to a live band setting. It doesn't always work, but in my experience it's a more challenging, creative, and satisfying process than simply playing covers of songs in their original genre. Hit me up if this sounds like it may be of interest to you! Playlist of potential covers for this band: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HmbLOtpKFKtJ4E1R095Kh?si=64cbe7a2ff604ab4 Playlist of covers by my last band: https://soundcloud.com/lifeofleisure/sets/huntsman-hall-mafia