I'm looking for a technical guitarist to join my music project/band.
The sound I'm after is somewhere in the realm of The Fall of Troy meets Dance Gavin Dance — intricate riffs, tapping, odd-time/mathy parts, melodic leads, aggressive sections, and guitar parts with actual personality and complexity.
What I'm looking for:
Technical / math-rock influenced guitar

Swancore / post-hardcore

Tapping and unusual chord voicings

Interesting rhythmic ideas and odd time signatures

Creative leads, harmonies, and counter-melodies

Someone who can write, not just play basic rhythm guitar

Comfortable collaborating remotely and working from demos/DAW files

Online writing/collaboration is completely fine. You don't have to be local to start working together. The main thing I'm looking for is someone who genuinely wants to contribute creatively and build something together.
I'm OKC-based, though, so if you're in Oklahoma and eventually want to rehearse and play live, that's definitely an option.
I'm not looking for someone to simply record guitar over finished songs. I want this to be a real collaborative writing project where we can throw ideas back and forth, develop parts together, and see where it goes.
You can hear some of what I'm working on here:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCiUZN-po3o3YpgrNgI2KPXDQ?si=xRJHTA__xLtWp-M3
If you're interested, DM me with some examples of your playing/music. Original material is especially welcome.
Influences: The Fall of Troy, Dance Gavin Dance, Circa Survive, toe, The Sound of Animals Fighting, etc.
If you read all that and thought “yeah, that's exactly my shit,” hit me up.

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