Member Profile

Derek Harville is an aspiring guitarist who cut his teeth on classic and southern rock groups from the 60's and 70's such as The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Rare Earth, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Grand Funk Railroad, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

He joined his first band at the age of 15 with Southern Rock bassist veteran Buzzy Meekins (Molly Hatchet, The Outlaws, Dickie Betts, Vassar Clements).

At the age of 18 Derek formed his own group, Southern Aces Band, playing classic and southern rock covers from the 50's-80's, along with some country rock.

Shortly after forming Southern Aces, Derek caught the eye of Lynyrd Skynyrd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer (Artimus Pyle) and began to play the great music of Ronnie Van Zant's Lynyrd Skynyrd along side the one of the original band's drummers.

Derek is currently living in the Nasvhille area and looking to form an original group that will have the intensity and soul of the timeless music by bands from the 60's and 70's.

Derek Harville
(336) 970-1875
Gibsonexplorer92@bellsouth.net
www.youtube.com/gibsonexplorer92

 

Education

• Currently enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University in the Recording Industry Program; working towards a B.S. degree in Music Business with a minor in Business Administration.
• A.A.S. degree in Audio/Recording Engineering from the Larry Gatlin School of Entertainment Technologies at Guilford Technical Community College in High Point, North Carolina. Graduated July, 2012 (GPA: 3.3 )

Summary of Qualifications

• Extensive time spent in studio as a performer/session player as well as a recording engineer
• Full understanding of audio signal flow and routing.
• Knowledgable in capturing and recording audio by using methodical microphone choices and placements.
• Extensive work with digitally editing and mixing inside Pro Tools.
• Knowledgable of incorporating analog out-board gear along with “in-box” mixing.
• Life-long dedicated and hard working musician.

Experiences 

Recording Engineer (July 2012 - current)

• Have engineered, mixed, mastered, and performed all guitar parts on a four song demo with Artimus Pyle (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Have also engineered, mixed, mastered, and performed all guitar parts on Southern Aces EP

Guitarist associated with Artimus Pyle (May 2011 - current)

• Have been playing guitar with Artimus Pyle since May of 2011. I play Allen Collins, Gary Rossington, Steve Gaines, and Ed King guitar parts with astounding accuracy on Lynyrd Skynyrd songs.
• Manager and lead guitarist/vocals for Southern Aces Band (December 2010 -July 2014)
• Played lead guitar and sang lead vocals with my own band that I formed called Southern Aces, along with managing the band. We performed Classic and Southern Rock cover songs ranging mostly from the 60’s and 70‘s; along with some originals.

Guitarist with Buzzy Meekins (October 2007 - August 2008)

• Played lead guitar with Buzzy Meekins (co-founding member of The Outlaws from Tampa, Florida, and touring bassist for Derek Trucks, Vassar Clements, Marty Stuart, Dickey Betts, Michael Martin Murphy, Danny Joe Brown and Molly Hatchet) in my first band at age 15. We performed Classic Rock, Southern Rock, and Blues covers ranging from the 1950’s through the 1970’s.

Drummer (2000 - 2008)

• Accomplished drummer by age 14 of Classic and Southern Rock. Performed in many talent shows as grand finale act. Main influences were Don Brewer (Grand Fun Railroad); Keith Moon (The Who); Peter Rivera (Rare Earth); Michael Shrieve (Santana); Robbie Bachman (Bachman Turner Overdrive).

    
References

• Jeff Little; GTCC Director of Entertainment Technologies

            901 South Main Street
            High Point, NC 27260
            (336) 334-4822 Ext. 55051
            jtlittle@gtcc.edu