Music

Bass

Bass is my primary instrument. In all my bands, I've played bass and little else. It's definitely my favorite instrument.

Doing it for 15 years

Guitar

Guitar is actually my first instrument because my brother bought one. We shared a room growing up, so what was his, was mine. I practiced on it whenever he wasn't home.

Doing it for 16 years

Keyboard

I've spent very little time tinkering on the keys. Usually, I approach the keys with a very specific song idea in mind. I'll play long enough to get the passage down that I want, record it, then never play it again. I enjoy writing for keys, but i'm not very good actually playing.

Doing it for 6 years

Drums

I've always been facinated with the drums. In all the bands I played bass in, when everyone would go out for a break, I would get behind the drummer's kit and start banging away. Each drummer taught me a few things. Now I own a Roland VDrum kit that I play almost everyday in my apartment.

Doing it for 3 years

Songs:

Electronic Composition

I've been programming beats since almost the same time I started playing guitar. It started with a "BOSS Dr. Rhythm". I would make beats for guitar songs I wrote and record it all on a 4 track tape machine. I graduated up to a PC, when my brother bought one (we have a recurring theme here). I downloaded FruityLoops and have been using it ever since. I think it has matured into a very serious and awesome music creation tool. I can do everything I want with it.

Doing it for 15 years

Vocals

Notice that i didn't say singing. I vocalized and made loud noises for Defunct. I didn't take it very seriously and decided to stick to writting music

Doing it for 15 years

mike tsouris