Salim Akram
Musical History
I have been playing guitar for 10+ years. My first guitar was a Vantage acoustic
that i bought for like a hundred bucks. My first song I learned was "Come as you are,"
by Nirvana. The first band I played in was called Guilty Parties in like 8th grade,
and that was possibly the worst shit I have ever been a part of musically in my life.
During high school I played in a band called Magnafeel. We were on some straight
up rock shit, and I actually played bass in that band. I was sick and I clearly owned
Shan and Graham on the 4 string. (You wont go to this link and find out what Magnafeel
sounded like... http://www.garageband.com/artist/magnafeel ).
That band ended around 2001 and I was dormant from music pretty much for a year.
No bands and very little playing. And then around 2002ish, I met up with this emo ass
nigga named Dua. We eventually formed what is now called The Eclectic Collective.
This is the band that I currently play guitar in right now. I have done a few side
projects over the past few years, but nothing serious. I played in a hip hop band
called The Glyph with a few kats from local bands : Glenn (bass player from Mappari),
Joe Got it (drummer from Lifted), Kadaar (keys, for Lifted sometimes), and
Toussaint (Red Pill and pretty much everyone's shit in Boston), Shuman (Local
Boston MC, rocked on a track with KRS-One), and Vic (The Cuban Local Boston MC).
I'm also a fake ass producer, but look out niggaz once i get a new computer.
That's it bitches.
Musical Releases
Magnafeel : 3 song demo ("Face It" was Irepress's favorite song pretty much up until a week ago)
The Eclectic Collective : 3 song demo (Fisher Price my first recording for a school project,
but I still Own Rod and Jarrett in ProTools)
Bands I've Played With
Maktub, Irepress, Kayo Dot, Audible Mainframe, III Kings, Fear Nuttin Band,
Paranoid Social Club, Sucka Brown, Harris, Little Brother, LEGACY (Justus League),
and a bunch of other bands...
Venues
Worcester Palladium (main stage), The Middle East (up and down), Harpers Ferry,
The Western Front, All Asia (1st EC show ever, and 2nd), The Villa Victoria Hall,
UNH, Providence College, Umass Boston, Umass Amherst, and more...
Future Goals of Music
To own a tour bus, and write Grammy winning bass lines for Shan
Instruments
Guitar, Bass (I have no chops anymore but i can still play it),
and ASR-X (it's a sampler bitch)
Skills
I am a Sound Tech. I do live sound and corporate audio visual mostly, but
I got some chops in the studio as well. More than Rod and Jarrett will ever have,
because I own them both.
Links
Check out my fake ass beats on myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/farkasandroverdale
and check out my fake ass band here:
http://www.myspace.com/theeclecticcollective
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