NEWS   I am working on making computerized drum-beats that I will play my guitar along to, in hopes of recording some actual rock songs that I have floating around in my brain.
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play lo-fi play hi-fi  CHAMPION ROBOT
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Fifty-five Lobsters (telephone remix)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Fifty-five Lobsters
play lo-fi play hi-fi  BMcat (hip hop remix)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  BMcat
HI!

I'm Norm, a singer/guitarist from Etobicoke, Ontario. What you'll find here is just some stuff I've been fooling around with: working those musical bugs out of my system, if you know what I'm saying.

Click on that link that says MUSIC up there, to listen to some of my stuff.

Enjoy!
Why this name?
The band is me, therefore I use my name.
Do you play live?
No I don't play live, that would require more band members.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
MP3 technology makes music available to people that don't have the means (be it monitary or otherwise) to get music that they like.

As Jesse Michaels of the band Op Ivy once said, "Music provides an anchor against tragedy." Since a person's taste in music varies, with technology like MP3, we can find the specific "anchor" we want with greater ease. We can then fill our world with the sounds we want to hear and the world becomes a better place for us, and those around us.

Also, since music is almost directly related to culture, in effect, MP3 (and other digital music formats) allows people to literally download culture, making the world that much more globalized, and therefore "less ignorant".
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
If the terms of the agreement were right , I would sign.
Band History:
I've been a member of several bands in the Toronto area, but that was quite a while ago. None of the bands lasted very long, or got very popular, but I had fun with them nevertheless.
Your influences?
My musical tastes and influences are wide and varied. a mix-tape of mine would be the strangest thing you'd ever hear. There is not one genre of music that I can say I hate, since I always seem to find something within the style that I enjoy.

Heavy rock and metal encompasses the largest part of my listening, where I enjoy pioneers like Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Van Halen, to staple bands like Metallica, and Pantera. I must also mention Soundgarden as my all-round favourite "rock band", though I am somewhat less-interested in (but not a stranger to) other so-called "grunge" bands.

As a child of the 80s and early 90s I was also lucky to see the rise of hiphop/rap to mainstream fame. I enjoy many artists in these genres including dirtier "G-rap" like Snoop, Tupac, and Ice Cube, Oldschool rappers like Curtis Blow, or Run DMC, as well as more modern artists like Cypress Hill, Wutang Clan, and "underground" artists like Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, and Heiroglyphics.

I have a love for both classical music, and classic artists in every genre. Rock and roll, funk, reggae, blues, punk/ska, soul, and jazz, and everything in between. I have even been known to listen to some country, some house/dance/electronica/rave, and (don't laugh) even pop.
Favorite spot?
Toronto.
Equipment used:
I use whatever software I can get for free on my PC.
Anything else...?
Remember that music is for playing and sharing and enjoying, not selling and restricting, and sanctioning.
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