About the guy
I started playing around with Reason 3 about two three four years ago with no prior music experience. I can't play any instruments, nor could I sing to save my life. I'm a longtime lover of electronic music. I was born in Georgia and I've lived here all my life, except for a brief stint in Illinois. I chose the username and website title begrimed because it sounds cool.
I'm kind of a boring guy if you turn a blind eye to the few talents that I've watered over the years. Take away the music, the web/graphic design, ROM hacking and occasional piece of writing, and I'm just another oddball 24-year-old guy residing on the bottom floor of an average suburban house with his girlfriend. I've worked a few jobs in the past so I'm not completely worthless; just a dude looking for his niche and picking up the occasional friend along the way.
I don't think much about the past or worry much about the future, which is all too common of a distraction. I avoid going to church religiously, and I believe that everybody's beliefs are probably wrong. Anything else?
Oh, right. If you're wondering what I look like, I'm sure there's a picture of me on here somewhere...
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About the guy's music
Let me make it clear that I don't care if you want to use any of my songs in any DJ mixsets, YouTube videos, Flash animations, or interracial lesbian amputee pornography. Do what you want. It would be nice if you contacted me and let me know what you're using it for, but you don't have to do that. Just make sure I'm credited somewhere if you decide not to get in touch with me about it, and everything's cool. Don't try to claim any of my songs as something you made yourself or otherwise belonging to you, either. Sooner or later, it will be discovered, I will be notified, and you'll be placed in the awkward position of having to explain why you tried to rip off some autistic guy's free music. That would actually be pretty hilarious for me, but I imagine it would suck a little more for you. Don't do it.
Musical influences include Dr. Dre/Eminem, Geto Boys, stockfinster, Maps & Diagrams, Bonobo, krill.minima, Yoko Kanno, The Postal Service, Murcof and a handful of others, even though my stuff doesn't sound too much like any of theirs. Inspirations would be a better word, I guess. I'm also a fan of the Café del Mar, Back to Mine, and Global Underground CD collections - tons of variety. Check 'em out if you're ever looking to get a taste of many different types of music.
I started out by making pretty basic techno and house beats, because they were the easiest for me to grasp at the time. Kick-hat-kick-hat, yeah. No problem for a pattern thinker. I jumped over to hip-hop once I could use bass for more than just kicks. I don't know where my penchant for happy-go-lucky melodies came from; none of the stuff I listen to is really like that. I know it's kind of a standard for most musicians to provide a short list of other musicians that they sound like. Maybe somebody would like to help me out with that?
It seems like no matter how dark or energetic I try to make a song feel in the initial stages, there is a high probability that it will evolve into some cute and fuzzy tune that you might hum along to as you cook breakfast for your children. I don't know.
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Contacting the guy
I'm known to hang out on IRC if you'd rather reach me there. I usually go by the name "Grime" or "Begrimed."
irc.esper.net / #metconst
irc.esper.net / #ammo
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM):
I am begrimed
Email:
begrimed[at]gmail(dot)com - If you can't figure out how to email me from that, wait a few years.
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