The Dawn of Mosaic

emcee/beatmaker, hip-hop like food for the soul...

Hey my name is James Safarik, i also go by mouse the prodigy or mickey the mouse (or just mouse) and Mosaic (alot of "m" names i guess), I'm seventeen years old, and i'm an emcee/beatmaker from the state of Nebraska. My parent's are involved in Chirstian ministry so i've moved around a little bit, i was born in Taiwan, but other than that i've only moved around the state at this point in my life. I first got into hip-hop and rap music when i was growing up in Omaha. I'd always been into music, and when i was about 13 years old i began to write my own poetry/prose on a regular basis. After that i began battling neighborhood kids for fun and trying to get my name out there as an emcee. But just as i was begining to gain ground in my own immature endeavers, my Dad lost his job but was soon offered another one in another part of the state, in Hyannis, where i live now. Hyannis is in an area that is about as far from "hip-hop" as you can get lol, but through my expereince in this area i've learned how to retain my integrity as well as grow as an artist, musically, lyrically and spiritually lol. I guess i'd really have to thank God for helping me adjust to my surroundings, because otherwise i'd probably be more lost then i already am. There's a saying that i heard on both Ghostface Killah's, Ironman, and most notabely Raekwon the Chef', Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, (both of the Wu-Tang Clan), it goes "If you don't know where you came from, you sure as hell don't know were your going to be" or somthing like that...and i think that fits my situation perfectly, i'm not going to pose and try to be somthing i'm not, that's not where i came from. What i can do is embrace my past and look toward the future...though i may not know what it has in store for me, or anyone else for that matter, i think the best thing we can do is just move forward with all the passion and power that we have as a movement. Right now i feel that the same energy that was present at the birth of every musical genre is at work now, the momentum is building, so let's build it together, as a people as a movement,.. One Love, piece...

I love playing Live, i've done a show in Lincoln at Box Awesome, but i'm open to wherever whenever...

Hip-Hop - Rakim, De La Soul, The Notorious B.I.G. (R.I.P.), Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, Black Moon, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mobb Deep, The Fugees, A Tribe Called Quest...Busta Rhymes, Outkast, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Royce Da 5' 9 (all my midwestern lyricist pioneers), Del The Funkee Homosapien, Cee Lo (Goodie Mob), Black Star (Hi-Tek, Mos Def and Talib Kweli), Cannibal Ox, Cage, El-P, Aesop Rock, C-Rayz Walz, Sage Francis, Slug, Eyedea, Brother Ali, Blueprint...and so much more,.. Rock/Other - Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett, The Clash, The Beatles, The Who, The Doors, Janice Joplin, Jefferson Airplane...Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd...Iron Maiden, Megadeth, The Cure, Nirvana...and so much more,..

PC

Fruity Loops

Tracktion

Mackie Satalite interface

Audacity

MXL 990 condenser mic

Open to any comments, or cats that want to build...