Nekomi is a final name based from the previous names.

From the top is the latest and to the bottom is the old names I picked back in the past:

- Nekomi <-- final artist name
- iNeko
- iCat
- DJ Cat
- dj_JanX
- JanXaudio
- DJ Tokyo <-- existed first after I was giving my own thoughts
- DJ Yap <-- named baptized by me to my fave English Literature teacher in High School.

Before I became solo (with all the loops made from the softwares I chose), I was involved with a band named "1 Hour is Not Enough!" and "The Rejects".

I am basically their drummer (supposedly the bassist but I don't bass around).



History:

The first name came up was "The Rejects" which is a base name from "All American Rejects" and we were baptized that way due to the fact we get dumped by a lot of girls. We practiced songs which titles were "Fool", "Away", and "Bestfriends Forever".

Fool is a looped song. So, it doesn't have any final lyrics.

Away is a hip hop beat song. Composed on the drums with the use of a snare and a floor tom only.

Bestfriend Forever is an acoustic song.

Mebers of "The Rejects":

- Jan Duarte (me) as drummer
- Marc Samson as lead guitars/ bass
- Maher Arakama as secondary lead guitars, lead guitars, vocals

Later on, during the college life in 2008 (I was a freshmen that time) there was an event called Battle of the Bands. We joined in and kept on practicing until it becomes perfect in the beats. At the final day, another band merged with us due to their drummer called in sick.

So, for 1 hour, we practiced all the songs we were playing (including the other band's songs) and it was not enough till the time was for the battle.

And we are baptized as 1 Hour is Not Enough.

Members:

- A.R (lead guitars/Vocals)
- Nash (Vocals)
- Jun Jun (bassist)
- Marc (Bassist)
- Jan (which is me) (drums)
- Maher (vocalist)

The Songs played:

- Fool
- Away
- Bizarre Love Triangle
- With You

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4k-qp48II4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu-Hu8QVX84


After that, we disbanded and return back to our original brand; The Rejects.


I went away from the best friends of mine for the while and started on making loops with specific softwares I am using right now.

I even revived back the song that Maher composed and made it into a techno and under the brand name; iNeko.

During that day, I slowly found something interesting since it's growing attention to me. So, I dug into Music Production sites and searched some useful and convenient softwares.

Later on, I revived songs of the 1980's to present time and let it go vocal-less. If ever there's a perfect Voice Synth (Vocaloid), I would let it sing that song I want.

List of songs:

Victory Waltz by OMD
Pandora's Box by OMD
Jealousy by Pet Shop Boys
What Have I Done To Deserve This? by Pet Shop Boys
Losing My Mind by Pet Shop Boys
One More Time by Daft Punk
Human After All (experiment only) by Daft Punk


And that December 2008, I created my own song with the available presets on the software I was using. The title was "OneTwoThreeFour". It's a little experiment I made and kept refining it (including the other song I revived).

This month... May 2009... I changed my own Artist name to Nekomi. The name was based on an anime show titled Ah! My Goddess, which has a fictional college or university name; Nekomi Institute of Technology.

I have also made new songs and samples. And also renamed the title of OneTwoThreeFour to 1234 since it's a short title.

Tracklist for the album "Beta" (not complete and final)

1. 1234 2009 (Sample)
2. 1234 2008 (Full)
3. Club Beats
4. Club 1234 (Combination of Club Beats and 1234 2009)

(rest of the songs yet to be announced)

So, if you like to listen to my songs... You are free to take them here only at SoundClick.

Peace.