Chicago Sound Collective

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Music has been a big part of my life for a long time, growing up a percussionist and teaching myself piano, guitar, and bass to varying degrees of success. I also have a bachelor's degree in Music Composition and love cats.

Primary Instrument – Guitar Call me B. I’m a rhythm guitarist who’s been honing this wonderful craft since 2009. I’m currently transitioning to lead guitar and also experimenting with vocals… Continue reading Brittany W.

Primary Instrument – Guitar Secondary Instrument – Vocals started playing guitar when I was in elementary school, beginning with classical lessons and later moving towards fingerpicking and learning acoustic tabs… Continue reading Ally N.

Primary Instrument – Guitar My name is Bre, I am a U.S Army Veteran and I joined the Chicago Sound Collective because I really wanted to learn how to articulate… Continue reading Alveen “Bre” B.

Living life as a musical, Jen bursts into song at a moment's notice - much to the delight and/or horror of those ambushed by the sound. Jen grew up singing in choirs and bands in her church days and throughout her school years.

I have been singing and playing guitar since late 2016, and I really love jazz, grunge, indie, and oldies music. My biggest musical influences are Amy Winehouse, Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, and Nirvana. I really love CSC because it really feels like a community, rather than just a group of musicians playing together.

I have been playing music since I was a kid and play a wide variety of instruments including piano, saxophone and guitar. Lately, my focus has been on Bass and Vocals.

Primary Instrument – Guitar Secondary Instrument – Vocals See Michael on Guitar and Vocals for his original mashup of Cranes in the Sky by Solange and The Weekend by SZA

Played violin and flute when younger. Started going to rock/metal bands in high school and always admired those who could sing and play instruments. 6 years ago decided to try drum lessons and fell in love.

I started learning bass around a year ago and aspire to become a multi-instrumentalist down the road. This community has been a wonderful place to immerse myself in music and learn as much as possible!

Primary Instruments – Vocals, Harmonica See Justin on Vocals and Harmonica for Right Place Wrong Time by Dr. John

I have played music since 1996. I started with eight years of classical piano, then ventured to three years of jazz piano and jazz theory, and two years of pipe organ. I have been taking voice lessons since 2020. I enjoy playing many music styles, but I primarily write alternative hard rock music.

I have been playing drums since 2018 and have loved every second of it! I have a very wide range of music that I enjoy, but my two favorite genres are punk/garage rock (specifically “angry girl music of the indie rock persuasion”) and 1970s soul/R&B/funk.

Primary Instrument – Drums ENTP, Moved 13 cities, Quintilingualdrumming, sailing, coffee… See Aakash on drums for Dream On by Aerosmith

I have loved music ever since I purchased the Weird Al in 3D cassette as a kid. I started playing guitar in high school and have been playing in bands since then. I am open to all musical styles but lean towards the rockier type stuff or goofy 80s songs. In between learning songs for our CSC gigs, I like working on original songs.

Primary Instrument – Guitar Secondary Instrument – Vocals See Eric on guitar for Right Place Wrong Time by Dr. John

Primary Instrument – Guitar See Abhishek on Guitar for Charlie by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers

I'm originally from Rockville, Maryland and grew up playing drums on and off in middle school and high school. After high school, I took a decade off from playing music until 2020, where I was looking for a new hobby after the pandemic. Since then I have taken up the keyboard, the guitar, and other percussion instruments.

Self-taught amateur drummer who started to play with chopsticks as sticks and pillows as Toms. I’ve always gravitated towards drums or broader percussion in any song and that made me want to try and playing it on my own.

Tara’s full name in Urdu translates to “melody,” so it makes sense that singing came naturally to her at a young age. Her earliest musical influences were from her parents’ love of 80’s pop, Bollywood, and country music— and everything in between.

Primary Instrument – Bass See Damian on Bass for Liz by Remi Wolf