inkTrap

Perhaps inkTrap is not described so well by the word "band" as it is by the mental image of a newly-hatched larval worm, wingless and wiggling nervously. Since this box seems to be intended for somehow biographical purposes, I will now relate various informational facts descriptive of my human identity. I am twenty-one. I have been playing the guitar and dabbling in music for roughly three years. I have no idea what I'm doing, really. It's great. Contrary to popular belief, incompetence actually makes you stronger, kind of like wrestling a feral grizzly, or getting shot. I am typing into a box. Words are appearing there. This is not the first box I have transformed in such a way. I type into boxes like this one very often, even daily. The typing is done in english. It sometimes goes on to be read by other human beings. I am a mammal. Though squirrels are also mammals, I am not similar to a squirrel. I may seem a bit odd to you. Alternatively, I may not. Currently my left foot is not wearing a sock. On my right foot, there similarly are no socks to be found. There are socks in my bedroom, however. I'm presenting myself in a way that carefully elaborates on the most important, need-to-know facets of my whatever. I have not yet mentioned oranges, though doing so would be irrelevant. It's possible that I like ketchup, but actually I don't. I can be described using adjectives. "Lubricous" is an adjective. I can not be described with the word "lubricous." I am not lubricative. I do not lubricate. I cannot be used as a lubricant. I hope I've been efficiently educative with my time here in this box. Educative enough that you feel as confused as I do about all of this.

The only story to tell is brief and insipid. Roughly three years ago I was musically ignorant and did not expect to learn an instrument. Then one night during November '03, I picked up an electric guitar. I've yet to put it back down. Learning three basic chords is inarguably the best thing I've ever done and all I needed to fall completely in love with the instrument. Acquiring a makeshift home-recording setup was how the infatuation escalated to outright addiction, making me the raging recordiholic I am today.

Not yet.

I am primarily influenced by mathematical vibrations of sound that stimulate the inner ear. More specifically, I am most fond of bands that don't really sound like anyone else. My favorite musical style is funk, though my true favorites are metal bands. Simultaneously, most metal does not appeal to me. I love to hear music that somehow blends metal and funk styles together, but unfortunately that is done by close to nobody. I suppose, above all, I am influenced by music that is creatively intelligent, if that makes sense. In such cases, you can truly hear the intelligence of the musicians coming through in their work.

-- The warm little center of my universe. One true funk machine. I'll list more equipment more specifically in the future.