My name is Henré Botha. I am soon to be 21 years of age, and a Stellenbosch resident all my life. I play mostly guitar and keys, and of late have been teaching myself the vocal arts. I can also hold my own on a bass or a sax.
I've been playing music since taking up classical piano almost 13 years ago. I briefly studied BMus at UCT, but dropped out in favour of studying sound engineering at City Varsity this year.
I am a fan of several genres of music across many different traditions, but I suppose if it had to come down to a single genre it would be progressive rock. As a guitarist, I'm a decent funk and rock player (though much better at rhythm than lead), and I'm teaching myself some BROOTAL METALZ to jack up my playing, and I'm working on learning proper, un-cheesy lead. As a keyboardist, I mostly play classical stuff - my chops are really basic for someone who's been studying the instrument for over a decade, and for that reason anything more difficult than a (slow!) Bach fugue is out of my reach (for now, anyway). My singing is rock all the way - I recently discovered that Trent Reznor and I have similar ranges, so I especially enjoy belting out Nine Inch Nails. I've also tried to learn a bit of Tuvan throat-singing. ?
I am an aspiring composer, especially in the vein of modern art music - this is partly why I am studying sound, as I feel that aspects such as timbre and tempo are as important to a composer as note choice and rhythm.
I don't really have pics of my gear as such, but a list will suffice:
- Fender Standard Stratocaster with Lace Sensor Golds
- Gibson L-48 with P-90 (unplayable - in complete disrepair
)
- Roland JC-80 Jazz Chorus
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Russian Reissue
- Yamaha P-90 stage piano
- Alesis io|2 USB MIDI/Audio interface
- Shure SM57 & SM58
- a brand new Sennheiser HD 280 - love it! ?
Beyond music, my interests include philosophy, literature (especially science fiction of the smarter variety), film, TV series (such as Heroes, Lost, and the odd anime like Soul Eater or Trigun) mathematics, science, history, and the occasional Johnny Walker Red Label, on the rocks.
So yeah, hi.
I've been playing music since taking up classical piano almost 13 years ago. I briefly studied BMus at UCT, but dropped out in favour of studying sound engineering at City Varsity this year.
I am a fan of several genres of music across many different traditions, but I suppose if it had to come down to a single genre it would be progressive rock. As a guitarist, I'm a decent funk and rock player (though much better at rhythm than lead), and I'm teaching myself some BROOTAL METALZ to jack up my playing, and I'm working on learning proper, un-cheesy lead. As a keyboardist, I mostly play classical stuff - my chops are really basic for someone who's been studying the instrument for over a decade, and for that reason anything more difficult than a (slow!) Bach fugue is out of my reach (for now, anyway). My singing is rock all the way - I recently discovered that Trent Reznor and I have similar ranges, so I especially enjoy belting out Nine Inch Nails. I've also tried to learn a bit of Tuvan throat-singing. ?
I am an aspiring composer, especially in the vein of modern art music - this is partly why I am studying sound, as I feel that aspects such as timbre and tempo are as important to a composer as note choice and rhythm.
I don't really have pics of my gear as such, but a list will suffice:
- Fender Standard Stratocaster with Lace Sensor Golds
- Gibson L-48 with P-90 (unplayable - in complete disrepair
)- Roland JC-80 Jazz Chorus
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Russian Reissue
- Yamaha P-90 stage piano
- Alesis io|2 USB MIDI/Audio interface
- Shure SM57 & SM58
- a brand new Sennheiser HD 280 - love it! ?
Beyond music, my interests include philosophy, literature (especially science fiction of the smarter variety), film, TV series (such as Heroes, Lost, and the odd anime like Soul Eater or Trigun) mathematics, science, history, and the occasional Johnny Walker Red Label, on the rocks.
So yeah, hi.
