Before I was born, my parents were big time partyers, and had a really nice stereo system in the house. My dad and pregnant mom rocked out to AC/DC almost every night dancing right in front of the speakers. So I've been raving longer than breathing. As I was growing up I had a keen ability to understand the basics of counterpoint, melody, harmony, and arrangement before I even knew what they were called. I got an iPod mini for my birthday one year and ever since then I've analyzed music inside out to get a better understanding of it. I got involved in the rave scene early in high school and shortly after my first experience of such an exciting life, I invested in Ableton. I've been making electronic music since then and love every aspect of the production process. Ableton fills literally every hour of my life when I'm not working or sleeping and it's an exciting thing to see your music develop into something better and better every day. If anyone ever wants to work on a project in the Portland area, hit me up and we'll make something truly awesome. Or if you just want to do an online collaboration just let me know and we'll make it happen.
Guitar (Electric, Acoustic, Classical)
Keyboard
Bass Guitar
Also if you consider Ableton Live with an APC40 an Instrument I play that as well :D
Ableton Live Suite 8
Massive
Absynth
FM8
Battery 3
Kontakt
Reaktor
MacBook Pro 2.56GHz and 4GB RAM
Duet Audio Interface by Apogee
2x HR824MKII Monitors by Mackie
APC40
LPK25
MPD26
Novation Launchpad
First Snow - Emancipator
Psychedelic Stereo - Mimosa
Sweatpants Money Mixtape - Lazer Sword
Blurgh! - Cookie Monsta
Bubblin' in the Cut - Boreta
My friend the genius - Two Fresh
Higher - Breakage
Vampire Dub - Doktor P
Bionic Commando - Rusko
Timestretch - Bassnectar
Peaceblaster - STS9
Underground Communication - Bassnectar
Flux for Life - Mimosa
Dark Side of the moon - Pink Floyd
Early Days/Latter Days - Led Zeppelin
Sweatpants Money Mixtape - Lazer Sword
Audiotistic - Nick Catchdubs
Dubstep & Friends - Andrew Joseph
Soon It Will Be Cold Enough - Emancipator
Mimosa, Lazer Sword, Boreta, Bassnecar, STS9, Emancipator, Pink FLoyd, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Chicago, Boston, ELO, Supertramp, Steve Miller Band, Two Fresh, Rustie, Rusko, Koji Kondo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Above & Beyond, Felguk, Benny Benassi, Deadmau5, Cookie Monsta, Bor Gor, Datsik, Excision, Doktor P, Slightly Stoopid, Tribal Seeds, Bob Marley, Sublime, and all my extremely talented friends.
I still haven't landed on my "sound" yet but I make anything from trancy orchestrated emotionaly intense insanity to hard, bass heavy dance. Recently I've been exploring glitchy blips and blaps with a west coast style groove and 8-Bit old school sounding analog stuff.
I'm a Rate Specialist at Software Solutions Unlimited, Inc. I verify the hell outta those freight bills.