Chris Morrison
Summary
With just over five years as an independent company I have gained vast experiences in the music industry. Working with manufacturers and artist to create musicians dream guitar and bass systems.
I have toured extensively with the bands listed below and have learned the ways of the road and the music industry. Self-proficient and a quick thinker I am able to assess a situation and react accordingly. I am a responsible, levelheaded, honest, non-smoker, non- drinker, and non-drug abuser that is easy to work with.
Professional background
Michael Bolton, Westport CT Sept 05 - Present
Disturbed, Chicago IL June 06 - Sept 06
Alter Bridge, Orlando FL May 06 - June 06
Dark New Day, Atlanta GA Feb 05 - Sept 05
Guitar tech for Clint Lowery. Built and maintained Large guitar rack that had complicated switching system. Handled 10 PRS guitars with several open tunings. All around tech that maintained all gear so that it would not fail from the vigor's of the road
Boston, Waltham MA. June 04 - Sept 04
Guitar tech for Tom Scholz. Set up his complex pedal board system that tied into the front of the house mix as well as his amp rack. Handled any need that Tom had during the course of the day and the show including giving direction to the front of house engineer. Worked with staffed electronic service tech to keep 20 year old Rockman rack gear maintained for daily performances.
Lionel Richie, Los Angeles CA. Feb 04 - June 04
Guitar and Bass tech for Lionel Ritchie's band for one off corporate gigs. I was responsible for setting up rented backline and dialing in amps for the artist as well as day to day guitar maintenance and restringing. I used in-ear monitors to keep close watch on my artist gear and was ready to react to any situation in an instant so that the show would stay up and running.
Boston, Waltham MA. June 03 - Sept 03
Backline tech and guitar tech for Boston. Responsible for setting up backline as well as load in and out of backline gear. Shortly after mastering this job I willingly took on more responsibilities and started to cross train with other techs on the tour. I learned how to cater to high profile show business personalities. I also sharpened my teching skills with the help of the more experienced techs on the tour. By end of the tour I was successfully handling fifteen guitars as well as all the backline for the band.
TRAPT, Palo Alto, CA April 03 - May 03
Guitar Tech for whole band. Responsible for daily load in and load out of back line gear out of a eighteen wheeler. Restrung and maintained ten guitars. Five of which where Gibson electrics, one Taylor acoustic and four Warwick 5 string basses. Setup and did maintenance on a custom built two rack Bradshaw switching system. Used knowledge of Midi and multi-effects units to help program desired sounds for guitarist needs. Assisted and resolved problems with supports acts gear on a daily basses.
Tour included Double Drive and Seether
Pulse Ultra, Montreal, Canada February 03 - March 03
Guitar Tech for Dominic Cifarelli of Pulse Ultra. Responsible for daily string changes and guitar maintenance on Ibanez custom guitars. Built and designed current guitar system that is in use for touring, which includes Mesa Boogie Amplification and Lexicon and T.C. Electronics, effects processors. Maintainer of guitar rack system with one twenty-space rack as well as a two-head rack with ten rack spaces, which is connected via multi-pin midi system. Handled six guitars on a nightly basis for one artist.
Tour included Chevelle and 30 Seconds to Mars.
Chevelle Inc., Chicago, IL Dec - 02 to Jan - 03
Guitar /Bass Tech for Peter and Joe Loeffler. Responsible for daily stringing and maintenance of four PRS guitars and two Musicman basses. Re-tubed and maintained guitar and bass racks which included a pair of Mesa Boogie MK IV ‘s and a Ampeg preamp with a Crown Power amplifier.
Tour included Stone Sour.
Meshuggah, Stockholm, Sweden Sept - 02 to Dec - 02
Guitar /Bass Tech for Fredrik Thordenal, Marten Hagstrom and Gustuf Hiem. Responsible for daily stringing of 2 Nevborn Eight string guitars and 4 Ibanez Seven string guitars. 2 Ibanez BTB basses, 1 Ibanez RG bass, 1Hamer 12 String bass. Maintained two twelve space racks with POD Pro guitar pre-amp units and AKG wireless units and foreign effects units.
Tour included Tool.
The Union Underground, San Antonio, TX Jan - 02 to Dec - 02
Guitar /Bass Tech for Patrick Kennison and John Moyer. Responsible for daily stringing of 6 custom BC Rich guitars and 4 Musicman Basses. Maintained a guitar rack with two Peavey 5150 guitar amps and lexicon effects processor as well as a ten-space rack with Sunn preamp and power amplifiers. Remained on standby throughout the year to do fly dates for the band.
Shows include Papa Roach, Sevendust, WWE, and Disturbed.
Otep, Los Angeles, CA July - 02 to Sept 02
Guitar /Bass Tech for Rob Patterson and Evil J. Responsible for daily stringing of 2 Custom Ibanez AX guitars, 1 Lakeland 5 string bass, 1 Spector 5 string bass, 1 Hamer 12 string bass. Maintained a guitar rack with two Hughes and Kettner Tri Amps and various effect processors, Ampeg SVT series bass amps and a custom built pedal board that I made for Evil J.
Toured included OzzFest 2002
Soil, Chicago, IL Jan - 02 to July 02
Guitar /Bass Tech for Shaun Glass and Tim King. Monitor Engineer for Soil. Responsible for daily stringing and maintenance of 2 Esp Baratone viper guitars, 2 Gibson Thunderbird basses. Maintained a guitar rack with two Line Six Flextone amps and a Sennheiser wireless system, a bass rack with two Ampeg SVT series amps with a Sennheiser wireless system. Dialed in stage monitors on a daily basis to fit needs of artist.
Tours included Static-X, SoulFly, Sevendust, and OzzFest 2002.
Gargantua Soul, New Haven, CT Dec - 01 to Jan - 02
Back line Tech for entire band. Duties include guitar and bass stringing, drum setup and break down, Percussion setup and break down. Maintained a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier and a Marshall JCM 900, Various Peavey preamp and power amp bass configurations. Latin Percussion and DW Drums.
Tours included The Union Underground, Soil.
Education
Diploma, Merrimack High School, 1993
Electronics/Electricity Certificate, Nashua Voc-Tech college, 1994
Fidelity Investments, 1999
Involved in various music store repair shops.
Continuous research via Internet and manufacturer contact.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Windows 95,97,2000,XP
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Front Page 2000
Oracle
References and salary requirements available upon request
7 Forsythia Lane ~ Merrimack, NH 03054 ~ 310-927-3295 ~ Chris.Morrison@gtr1tech.com