ShamGrammar
From:North Carolina/East Coast
Age:26 yrs
Time on Mic:11 yrs
Time making Beats:8 yrs
Grew up on Mantronix, Minutemen, Bad Brains, Beasties, Run DMC, Tom Waits, Fishbone, Public Enemy
Started making Hip-Hop and freestyling in my Dad's attic with some crappy stereo equipment, a corny synth, and a Gemini 12-sec DJ sampler.
Now I'm using Acid Pro 4.0, a Korg, just got a new mic, so expect a sound quality upgrade
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
See the intro section, ya damn bookworm.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Hell Yeah!! Anywhere I can get to, with whoever will let me.
Your musical influences
Now(Hiphop): Madvillain, Antipop Consortium, Plague Language, Lowpressure Recs, Peanuts'N'Corn, Living Legends, The Weather
Then(Rap): Run-DMC, BDP, Mantronix, EPMD, Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, Beasties, Chuck D, Redman,Boot Camp Clik, Cypress Hill, Pharcyde
(Other): TruThoughts(Quantic), Dabrye, Ninja Tune, Hefty Recs, Can, Return to Forever, The Cure, The Minutemen, The Dirtbombs
What equipment do you use?
Korg MS2000, Yamaha PSR, Acid Pro 4.0, and my big-ass, non-stop, motor-mouth, beatrices.
Anything else?
no
