My Musical HeritageKris Averett

Averett’s

English - Docked in New York in 1735

- Were involved early on in the development of LDS church. Great (x3) Grandfather, Elisha was a general in the Mormon Batallion

Christensen’s

Danish -

Came to United States in the 1830’sto farm. Settled in northwestern Wyoming in1860’sCame to Salt Lake in 1960

Family Music

Not a very musical family.

Grandmother plays a little bit of piano.

Grandpa played trombone in High School Band

Outside Influences

My Wife likes almost all music

She is responsible for me listening to blues, some (very little) country, and indie rock

Formal Musical Timeline

I play 5 instruments. Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Violin, and Piano.

• Began teaching myself piano at 7 (started taking formal lessons a year later) - 22 years

• Learned Guitar & Bass at age 12 - 17 years• Learned Drums at 15 - 14 years• Started learning violin at age 21 - 1 year (I

gave up)

Informal Musical timeline

• Dropped out of high school and left home to try to be a rockstar at age 16

• Spent 2002-2005 touring with bands

• Spent 2005-2010 as a sound tech for various musicians, (mostly unknown bands, a couple more famous ones)

Musical Tastes and Influences

Instrumental/ambient music90’s PunkSeattle Grunge/90’s AlternativeEarly 70’s RockNothing from the 1980’sAbbaBluesExperimental Rock Progressive RockCountry (from Austin or Nashville

Top Bands of all time

- Thrice - Lagwagon - No Use For a Name - Led Zeppelin - Pink Floyd - As Tall As Lions - Ben Folds

Musical Heritage