Guy E. Partin

Guy E. Partin
I began singing Beatles tunes when I was 3 at family cookouts. I knew lyrics before I could put regular sentences together.

My Father began teaching me guitar at age 10. My first guitar was a Sears Silvertone with the strings about 12 inches off the frets - lol - made for blisters, blood and then finally calluses! I play left-handed.

Then at age 14 I picked up a copy of an SG bass and naturally flipped it left-handed and since I already knew the neck/notes etc..I just kept playing that way,(yes upside down-E on the bottom) I instantly new that it was bass that I would want to play more than the guitar. That same year I got the privilege of joining my Dad's weekend band, my mother was the lead singer, although Dad and I sang as well. We have a drummer, and a guy that played trumpet, flute and some mean harmonica. We had killer three part harmonies. We played many types of music and I attribute that to my diverse writing style.

After High School I had an original band called "Dancer" we enjoyed decent popularity in the Philadelphia area, playing historic but now defunct venues such as "The Main Point" and "Starz" Myself and my co-writer, George Karras were offered a contract by SESAC, the performance rights company, but alas, Georges father talked him out of signing the contract and they wanted both of us.
I then found myself in a power trio called "E.M.P.I.R.E" Exploring Musical Phenomena Intensely Radiating Energy <---yes were very esoteric, somewhere between Rush and Triumph with a little Yes thrown in. We headlined and had opening acts such as Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Heavens Edge, Tommy Conwell and the young Rumblers, Robert Hazard and the Heroes etc,,,,yes they were opening for us...We were on the verge of signing with F.B.I. Frontier Booking Agency <---They handled groups like the Police and were very interested in our sound...but alas our guitar player fell into a vat of cocaine and in mid-stride wanted to jump on the fledgling Heavy Metal band wagon and bye-bye contract, bye-bye E.M.P.I.R.E.

I then moved into the full-time cover band circuit to recoup severe financial losses, and wound up in one of the premier bands, "Money" - if you goto youtube and do a search on "Money" and then "Bohemian Rhapsody" you will get an idea of just how good this band was. We also had an album under the name "USA" and were written up in Karrang magazine as up and coming, had singles released in 17 countries in Europe, but alas, our manager, the guy footing the bill was busted for trafficking cocaine from Canada and everything he owned including thousands of copies of our album were impounded never to be seen again...as punk and heavy metal permeated the scene, the club circuit changed, so we got out while were ahead....miss that band!!

So then I got married settled down into computer jobs, but still maintained original bands through the 90's but just couldn't keep a band together long enough to make an impact, no money in doing your own tunes until and if you get signed, and even then you have to be careful to have your business end together.

So no in the present I play in the Central, PA cover band circuit on the weekends and continue to expose my music via the Internet in hopes of being one of those overnight sensations that took 25 years to get there.

I think my songs have an authentic sound to them whether they are rock, country or new age or progressive. I have placed 6 tunes on this site as samples, 3 rock and 3 acoustic/country/ez listening tunes.

I have written over 100 songs and am also a decent keyboardist and I utilize a set of Roland PK5 MIDI bass pedals. I use a 65 watt Soundwave bass amp for practice and have a Sun Coliseum Single 18" speaker with a Peavey 400 watt BassMaster. I have a Yamaha keyboard I use to supply sounds for my bass pedals, which really adds a new dimension of sound to a live performance. Every band I've played in love 'em!

Well that's my story in a few paragraphs. Music is the only medicine!

Guy E. Partin
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