MvM

Saint Charles, IL USA

October 30, 2006

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I'm a 17-year-old American male who just celebrated his first anniversary since he became a producer last September. I've improved drastically since then, but I still have much room to improve. I produce anything and everything: from house to trance, breakbeat to hip-hop, and even hardcore techno to  alternative rock (occasionally). I'm not quite a jack-of-all-trades yet, but look out for me: soon, I could be the King-of-All-Trades. I slice 'n' dice, I loop, I chop, I distort, I intensify, I modify, I pan, I destroy, I vocalize, I scratch, I mix, I match, I master, and I burn, anything within my power and knowledge to make my music sound good. I have OCD, so I  upload  if it doesn't conform to my high (for my level) standards, but I also have ADD, so it takes me awhile to get focused enough to produce something up to my standards, heh. X3 Sometimes I just upload little snippets of my WIPs so I can get feedback on it. My goal as a producer is to eventually be able to break down the walls of conventional music and develop my own unique genre of music, reviving the popularity of electronic music in the process.

Band/artist history

(under construction)

Have you performed in front of an audience?

Nope. I'm not known enough yet, I don't have any equipment other than my desktop, and I don't have enough money to invest in much more. -_-; I desperately need a job.

Your musical influences

My influences come from all over the place; some are general influences, while other influence me in a specific genre.
House - Kaskade, D.H.T.;
Drum 'n' Bass - Hive, Keaton, Aya (Bemani), Bad Company UK, Gridlok;
Happy Hardcore - Bemani in-house and liscensed artists, Barbie Young;
Hardcore (Techno) - Bemani in-house artists, DJ PLAGUE, Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares;
Trance - Tiesto, 4 Strings, TaQ (Bemani), dj TAKA (Bemani), Above & Beyond, Gabriel & Dresden, Oakenfold;
Breakbeat - The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method;
Rave - Scooter, Staccato (who did "Swan Rave");
General Influences - Kaskade, Bemani in-house artists, D.H.T., Gorillaz, Kanye West, BT, Timbaland, NAOKI Maeda, Tiesto, The Chemical Brothers, Oakenfold

What equipment do you use?

Right now, just my PC and software.
- Sony ACID Music Studio 6.0
- FL Studio 7.0.8 (Producer Edition)
- Sytrus software synthesizer for FLS
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- Sounds available from Image-Line's (FLS)  (free to those who've purchased FLS)
-  (free-to-download loop packs that come with a .ACD file for use in ACID)
- Any free, random loops I happen to find on the internets

- Dr. Fink's Funk Factory
- ACID DJ Expander Pack
- DJ Puzzle: Scratch Tactics
 Reason 3.0 ( . I do things legit...), Vanguard VSTi software synthesizer, a MIDI keyboard, a scratch DJ-compatible turntable (or two)

Anything else?

Here's my MySpace artist profile: