"I have essentially chosen to use my computer as my main musical instrument, and in a manner of speaking, we are a team that works together to supplement each other's needs. My computer cannot make it's own music without the intervention of the human beings who express themselves through the use of it. Likewise, I, though capable of creating my own music, require a tool through which to express myself musically in a manner to be interpreted by the human ear, and the computer becomes that. Thus, my computer and I become one with each other. It could also be said that I am 'one' person making music with my 'computer', thus 'One With The Computer'."

"I usually don't play my music from this particular project live, although I remain open-minded to the idea. I consider myself a much better music composer than a performer. However, I do attempt to play my recorded music to as many people as I can, and really get a charge out people's reactions when they hear it, be they positive, negative, or otherwise. Music that elicits any reaction at all, no matter what that is, is much better than music that elicits none, and is music worth writing and listening to for whatever reason."

"The internet as a means for unlimited information retrieval has opened up a whole new world for the underground independent musician. Truly talented musicians, whose efforts to be recognized have long been suppressed by a fickle music industry, now have the tools at their disposal to cut through all of the red tape and make their own success an attainable goal, which I think is wonderful. On the downside, it has also given rise to those who misuse this new power of free information to take advantage of hard working artists, such as illegal file sharing and whatnot. As with everything, there are pluses and minuses to the internet as a means of musical promotion. However, I believe that the advantages heavily outweigh the disadvantages of this medium, and I stand behind it entirely."

"Assuming that I would even be made the offer as my music deliberately lacks commercial appeal, I would be very leary about signing with a major label. Most majors will attempt to screw an artist out of everything he/she works hard to achieve...financial gain, creative freedom, identity, etc. With all of the tools available in cyberspace to promote oneself and make one's own success, I feel that signing with a major label is simply not worth the hassle. I don't feel that I need a major label to tell me that I am an established musical act...I believe that you become one the day you decree yourself so and express yourself musically for the first time."

One With The Computer, whose actual name is Kirk Bradford Myers, has had a long running interest in music and all genres of which nearly his entire life. He is an avid and dedicated fan of the music of other artists, and is often spotted in the crowd at shows in the Mid-Atlantic area around his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. A self-taught keyboard and piano player, he has been writing and recording his own instrumental music since the age of 14, involving himself in several short-lived self-created solo projects. In 2003, he envisioned and created the studio project 'One With The Computer' as a way to consolidate and release much of the progressive instrumental musical material he had written since 1987. He has his own label, KBMyers Records, under which he is releasing the One With The Computer material as well as that of several other solo projects, including 'Prog X', another progressive rock project yet to be re-invented, and 'Stinkhole Messiah', an up-and-coming comedy rock project.

"My influences mostly encompass progressive, instrumental, electronic, and videogame music, and any combination thereof. I also listen to jazz, blues, and classical music. The bands and musicians that have influenced me most are: Ozric Tentacles, Rick Richards, Joe Satriani, Nine Inch Nails, Rush, Robert Plant, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Queen, The Alan Parsons Project, Steve Vai, Yes, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. My tastes is music are quite variegated..."

"I have several, primarily Baltimore, MD...there's no place like home! :) Others include: Lower Manhattan, in New York City, NY --- Oxford, PA --- King Of Prussia Mall in King Of Prussia, PA --- Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ --- Philadelphia, PA --- Cairo, Egypt --- Easter Island --- Stonehenge --- Anywhere with a gorgeous view of the morning sunrise and evening sunset. Occasionally, I also love to plug in my favorite tunes and leave Earth for the destinations of my own mind..." :)

Hardware: Compaq Presario PC with Creative SoundBlaster 128 installed running SBPCI Synthesizer at 8MB as it's sound source. Alesis Microverb III rack-mount unit for overall atmospheric reverb effects. --- Software: Jazz++ 4.0 MIDI-sequencing software for recording, multitracking, and mixing. Goldwave 4.26 sound-editing software for sampling, final mastering, and soundfile editing and manipulation. This is all, of course, subject to change...

"The use of computers to make music has often been frowned upon by outsiders and an industry hungry for talent. Talent, in my opinion, is not a measure simply of the actual tools one uses to create his/her music, but of his/her proficiency at that tool or musical instrument. Musical instruments can be defined as anything at all that a person can express themselves musically through, and computers, much like guitars, keyboards, basses, and drums, are legitimate musical instruments people may choose for this purpose. In the right hands, much like other musical instruments, computers can become tools for unlimited and boundless creativity and musical freedom, and I stand behind their use entirely."