the MIME was born in 1985 as Zachary Martin, son to a business woman and a jazz musician. Homeschooled until 6th grade, Zack was exposed to things many kids his age were never aware of. Whether marching through the crowded streets of Washington D.C. alongside his mother or sitting in his father's lap while he played guitar, Zack was always taught to pursue his dreams to the best of his ability.
With unlimited environmental influences ranging from huge vinyl collections at home containing KISS, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, The Beatles, John Denver, and countless others to sitting in on an afternoon's jam session, there was almost no question that Zac would grow to love music in all its forms.
"As soon as I realized people liked the same things I liked, it was pretty much a wrap. No pun intended,"MIME said in an interview. "The hardest thing about being any kind of artist is putting your entire self into your works, because if they're rejected then you feel a personal blow. But thats how good music gets made, and I had to learn that. I was scrapping too many projects."
In fact, MIME's discology is only at a whopping 2 semi-final products. The second effot by Zack, The PreWritten Mixtape, was finished and released in winter of 2004. The title poked fun at rappers who would memorize verses so they could spit them in cipher like they were freestyles. "When the mixtape game got heated, everybody had exclusive 'freestyles' on records. Only you'd hear those verses three or four times on a collection of beats, on different mixtapes,"MIME remembers, chuckling. "I felt like people were being misled. Hence the title.
Taking some time off from the stage, MIME became a music enrichment teacher for the Akron Public School system, and taught afterschool classes to middleschool children in over half the district over the course of two years. Focusing on the instrumentalization of is music during that time, he produced something for almost everyone he's worked with. He now runs a SoundClick site where he sells his production and allows people to preview his works.
"You're going to hear some shit this year, I promise you. I've made people wait for long enough. There are no stops to pull on the projects I've got coming out, we never even considered stopping," he squeezes through a smirk. "Get ready to hear the MIME finally start talking again, folks."
The 2009 Ohio Hip Hop Awards season is about to begin! www.ohiohiphopawards.com will be re-launching on May 1st with an amazing new look, features & interactive content! We will then be beginning to accept nominations for whom you think should be on the final ballot for the 2009 OHHA.
We are always excepting music & press kits, so let anyone know that you think would qualify to send their packages to:
Attn: The Ohio Hip Hop Awards 1266 West 6th Street, Suite 203 Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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