ABOUT JOHN FOSTER…

John's extensive professional musical and performance career spans over 20 years.A highly skilled bassist.John's vocal talents are also exceptional, with a wide range from Baritone to Tenor and a rich full tone on every style, from hard rock to soft ballads.A versatile musician,John also plays guitar, piano, drums and percussion.Beyond his extraordinary musical talents,John is well versed in the use of digital recording equipment and audio production. Presently John is performing acoustic solo shows in the New England area. His seemingly unlimited repertoire covers popular classic, contemporary and original music.In addition to his performance schedule John is also a private music instructor for guitar, bass, ukulele and voice at "Music Unlimited" in Kingston,Ma.and recently worked on an original project of country music with the "Jim Libby Band" winners of the 2013 "MCMAA  Horizon Band" award.

RECORDING STUDIO EXPERIENCE:

The "Record Plant” New York,NY ( bass and vocal  with The Lewis and Clark Expedition)
“ Sigma” New York, NY ( bass and vocal work  with Velocity  engineered and produced by John Convertino )
“Fame Studio” Muscle Shoals, AL ( bass and vocal work with Oak on Mercury Records   Rick Hall producer)
“ Blue Jay” Carlisle, MA (bass and vocal work  with Velocity )
“ Continental” Boston, MA (commercial jingle singer)
“Soundtrack” Boston,MA(commercial jingle singer: Cadillac, Channel 5 Boston, McDonalds, Sears, Puma)
“Courtland Recording” Hanson, MA (studio musician and singer )
“Handsome Brothers” Somerville,MA (studio musician and singer for commercial jingles: Gillette, New Hampshire State Lottery)
Session musician and vocalist for Ball Bag recording artist “Red Peters” CD entitled “Ol’ Blue Balls is Back"                   "Blackbird Studios" Nashville TN (bass and vocals with The Jim Libby Band)

EQUIPMENT:

Fender 5-string Jazz Bass,Fender P-Bass,Warwick 5-string Thumb Bass , Hofner  Violin and Club basses ,  KALA 4-string acoustic-electric bass,  SX Jazz Bass,Fender Stratocaster Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar,Gibson goldtop Les Paul, Epiphone Casino, Fender telecaster,  Gibson AJ-50  acoustic guita ,  Alvarez  classical guitar,  Martin 00-15 acoustic guitar , Giannini steel and nylon string acoustic-electric guitars , Kala soprano, concert and tenor ukuleles.