Gabi Aerial Emerson

Multi-Instrumentalist,
Audio Engineer,
Community Manager

What's up?! I'm Gabi and I am a nonbinary transfemme and my pronouns are fae/faer! I make music that I would put on repeat for a few lifetimes.

Gabi making a cute pose while sustaining an open note on faer bass in between songs

Things I have done

Projects, Collectives, Bands

Please feel free to check out the things I have been blessed with being a part of, below!

poster featuring logos from Fourth Strike Records, Glitt, The Garages, ClodGod, and an inspirational quote from Gabi that says: “I am perfectly imperfect. Through my pain, may my light shine, a beacon in the dark.”

My Gear

  • Bass Guitars:
    - Fender PJ Mustang(Sienna Burst/maple fretboard)
    -Squier Dimension Bass(black with a MiM Fender Jazz Bass neck)

  • Guitars:
    -Dillion Jazzmaster-Clone(candy apple red)
    -Fender Professional Series Re-issue Duo-Sonic(black with Dimarzio Hot Rails in the bridge)
    -LTD MH-300(green flame maple top)

  • Pedals: Korg Pitchblack, Ernie Ball VP Jr, Empress Effects Comp v1, Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive, Ibanez TS808(true bypass mod), Warm Audio ODD, TWA Great Divide, Walrus Audio Slotva(national parks edition), Old Blood Noise Endeavors Minim, Boss NS-2

  • Bass Amps: SWR LA15 combo, Gallien-Krueger Backline 600

  • Guitar Amp: Roland Jazz Chorus-77

  • Synths/controllers: ASM Hydrasynth Explorer, Novation REMote 37SL Mark ii

  • Picks: Custom Dunlop Jazz iii Pitch Black

Bio

Who is Gabi?

Gabi is a nonbinary musician who was born in the Hampton area of Virginia, but grew up in Southwest Florida. At the Age of 6 fae learned to play the baritone ukulele which eventually led to faer starting up in the symphonic wind band at Lee Middle School with the clarinet(because fae could not just focus on the upright bass/bass guitar for faer true prize: jazz). After growing on the clarinet, Gabi moved on to learning the bass guitar, tenor saxophone, euphonium, and trombone, all in middle school. From middle school, fae would go on to attend and eventually graduate from Lehigh Senior High school Center for the Performing Arts, continuing to hone faer skills in jazz and also learning to play the upright bass, bass clarinet, guitar, and oboe in both a classical setting and a jazz setting. Throughout middle school and high school Gabi also volunteered and worked at First United Methodist Church of Fort Myers as an audio visual engineer and worship team member, performing music for the churches needs and learning performance skills(even if the church was never the right place for faer, as a queer individual). Gabi would take a considerable amount of time away from the performing arts to pursue dreams of being a tournament official for many trading card games and video games, but ultimately has returned home to the soothing soundscape that fae knows and loves.

Musical Influences

  • Car Seat Headrest

  • Explosion in the Sky

  • Boygenius

  • M83

  • Turnover

  • Tiny Moving Parts

  • The Front Bottoms

  • Mom Jeans.

  • RADWIMPS

  • The Mountain Goats

  • Title Fight

  • Radiohead

  • Ethel Cain

  • La Dispute

  • Sorority Noise

Instrument Tech Services

  • Guitar: Restrings, Setups, Cleaning, Pickup Replacement

  • Bass: Restrings, Setups, Cleaning, Pickup Replacement

  • Synthesizers: Coming Soon

  • Single-Reed Woodwinds: Re-pads, Re-Corking

Lessons

  • Guitar: Beginner- Advanced

  • Bass: Beginner- Advanced

  • Ukulele: Beginner- Advanced

  • Single-Reed Woodwinds: Beginner- Intermediate

Lessons fees are on a sliding-scale, please inquire for accurate rates!

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