ALLEN EPLEY 2
A trained singer and experienced guitarist, Allen Epley has acted as the creative force for his current band The Life and Times as well as his former band Shiner. Between both bands, he has published well over 100 songs.
Allen formed Shiner in 1992 after receiving a B.A. in Music from William Jewell College. Shiner released four critically acclaimed records and a live EP over the course of a decade before disbanding in early 2003.
Even before the dissolution of Shiner, Epley was getting started on work for The Life and Times. He wrote more than 40 songs in a short six month period, which led to the release of the band’s first EP in 2004, and four subsequent full-length records. They've toured the US, Europe, and Japan many times with bands like Murder By Death, Pelican, Mono, Russian Circles, Boris, Sparta, The Appleseed Cast, and This Will Destroy You.
ADD THESE PATCHES TO THE PATCH POOL
- WateryB3 - PDL Roto with pedal engaged gives nice organ sound followed by TapeEcho and AnalogDly for ethereal feel. RC Boost is at front for boost if needed.
- JonBonCry - GoldDrive + DYNDRIVE push the Cry pedal, great for chords and leads.
- BowWowSnth - Tremolo and Resonance pedal create wah effect while Pdl MnPitch with pedal engaged creates retro synthesizer effect through UK30A + UK2x12.
- Maserati - SweetDrv, Phaser and Mod Delay through a UK30A+UK2x12 creates rhythmically overlapping notes in a pleasing fashion.
- DeepScuzz - MonoPitch + TB MK1.5 + StereoCho + BG MK3 = single note deep down octave scuzz. best for single note riffs of the evil nature.
- MeanRkLoop - TS drive and Stereo Looper into XtacyBlue+MS4x12 gives mean gritty tone for looping and layering within the loop. solo button on XtacyBlue allows good level above loop level.
- BigReturns - DYN Drive gives drive to ModDelay and HD Hall for a surreal everlasting sound.
- AutoSwell - TS Drive + SlowATTCK and Plate Reverb create the effect of volume swells on every note. good for single notes and chords.
- FreakShow - SlowATTCK + SeqFLTR + PitchSHFT + Plate + OSC Echo = madness and instant mood tones for horror film.
- ForeverPdl - SlowATTCK + PDL Roto + The Vibe + TapeEcho + Comp + HD Hall create a seemingly never-ending sound scape.
- SpaceFace - SlowATTCK + HD Hall + SeqFLTR + RingMod + PitchSHFT + AnalogDly create an alien like conversation burst.
- RockLayers - ZNR+ TS Drive + GoldDrive work together or individually or any two at a time to create dynamics and distortion layering options for different parts of a song.
- EmptyRoom - DYN Drive and Gt GEQ with AIR maxed out nicely combine to create the illusion of playing in an empty moderately sized room.
- DesertDoom - ZNR and TB MK1.5 in front of XtacyBlue give a super compressed distortion with distinctly desert rock overtones. best on neck pickup.
- PsychCity - TS Drive and Vibrato and Spring Reverb through FD TwinR + FD 2x12 becomes a modern day retro sound harkening back to early noise acts of the 60s. Kinks, etc.
- GillyTalks - PDL Vol before Gold Drive + CRY + Tape Echo +XtacyBlue + BGN 4x12 gives tone and length similar to Dark Side era Floyd. great for long solo lines. swell in and out for smoothness.
- MartianGtr - ZNR + RackComp + PDL MnPi t +RingMod + ModDelay + Hall gives an unEarthly tone that conjures images of Martian landscapes and old school aliens.
- RobotLove - RC Boost feeds SeqFLTR, Octave and TapeEcho for a killer rhythmic effect that can be played to and around. the tape echo is set to a Triplet feel on top of the SeqFLTR 'groove'.
- PureMarsh - Room verb into MS 800 + BGN4x12 creates highly realistic Marshall amp in room through a 4x12 cabinet. this is the heart of rocknroll.
- DetroitRox - Simple Gold Drive+Spring + BG MK3 + MK3 1x12 gives amazing old school rock drive and scuzz without the scooped EQ of bigger amps and cabs. great for chords and leads.