Ryan - composition, lyrics (if any), synth and rhythm programming and sequencing, recording, effects programming, editing, processing, arrangement, performance.
You - listening, dancing, head nodding, foot tapping, and enjoyment.
Influences
Musical Influences: Calibre, Zero Tolerance, Duo Infernale, Commix, Bungle, Marky, XRS, DJ Roots, Makoto, Orbital, High Contrast, Dieselboy, Hybrid, Icey, DJ Shagz, Propellerheads, Elite Force, Bonobo, Herbaliser, Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Flying Lotus
Life Influences: Jesus Christ, St. Augustine, Soren Kierkegaard, Charles Bukowski, E.E. Cummings, my relatives and close friends, and of course, electronic and urban music
Sounds Like
A soundtrack to the daydreams and nightmares of a lonely, introverted six-year-old boy that never grew up.
Shazbot is my alias for producing electronic music, both in studio and in live shows. I write soundtracks for the daydreams and nightmares of the lonely six-year-old boy that lives inside my head. Parts of me have never grown up.
I’ve been making tracks and playing shows both locally and internationally for about seven years now. I’ve played all sorts of shows: local battles-of-the-bands and other concerts, house parties, friends’ weddings, marathon roadside entertainment, Ukrainian raves. No, I’m not making this up.
I’ve also gotten semi-regular airplay and DJ support on several internet radio stations, most notably Bassdrive.com, one of the central hubs of the global drum and bass community.
A note about the music store: The music store on this page is just here if you want to support my habit. It contains nearly my entire catalogue, including a few tracks that I made as soundtracks for video projects for myself or others. With those few exceptions, every track in the store was, at one time, available for free download, and I try to keep the player up top stocked with as many free downloads as they allow. I make exactly $1.00 off each track you buy, and if every one of my fans buys the entire catalogue, my music will still have cost me more than I’ve made from it (in strictly monetary terms, anyway). So don’t think I’m selling out! I strongly support free digital distribution of recorded music, and I hope that if you like my work, you will choose to spend money on it in an amount of your choosing so that I can keep making more. For full-length streams of all my tracks, check me out on Facebook!
My gear, for those interested:
Korg Electribe MX drum machine/synth/sequencer/effects combo;
Korg MicroKORG synth;
Numark CD-MIX2 mixer/cd decks;
A computer I built myself, loaded with:
Sonic Foundry (now Sony) Acid Pro 4.0;
Propellerhead Software Reason 4.0;
Propellerhead Recycle;
Audacity Audio Editor;
Several refills and sample packs.
My computer specs are here, for those interested.
If you are a musician or are involved in the industry, I welcome your criticisms and comments. I compose in a nearly total vacuum from outside musical influence, and I am quite starved for ways to improve.
Recently Played Tracks (via Audioscrobbler and Last.FM):
Hi
Just a quick message to let you know iBreaks is putting together the biggest breakbeat line up of all times next 20th September in Seville (Spain)
One event defenetely not to miss and broadcasted live on iBreaks.co.uk
Long live the Breakbeat
check it out on ibreaksradio myspace
hello you are the cutest boy in the whole world! i like you so much and care about you so much and and i hope this makes you smile because you deserve to smile all the time and you are just so wonderful hello favorite ^_^
There's a meeting today (Sunday) at 6:30 at Wizard's Asylum. We'll be doing last-minute stuff and finalizing things for Thursday (when we set up and have one last meeting).
yeah, i agree. that's how i saw it when i ate it. i'm just still not crazy about it, mostly due to cost. i'll definitely buy it again, but seldom more than often, i think, since it costs as much as chicken.
XtraChill Intensiv"-Podcast #23 is OUT NOW featuring "MinusBlue"!!!
Theres an interview with myself and a few of the tracks from the LP.
Find "XtraChill Intensiv" for FREE on the iTunes Store (may need some time to get listed there, but the show is already on the RSS-Feed!) or just check out the Weblog at
http://xtrachill-intensiv. podspot. de
for manual download. You may need the Quicktime Player for playing this .m4a-file.
Friday May 9th at Exit 6C - 222 E. Ist - Downtown Tulsa! DRUM AND BASS ALL NIGHT with Dj's Murdadrum, Katch, Sadhara and Demonic! $3! Come check it out!
Well.. Im doing just fine. Im working at Custom Metal Works as an Office Manager.
Iv'e been on a break from school to figure some things out. Still not sure what I'm wanting to do with my life and whether or not school can help me get to it.
Im still dating the same guy i have been (obviously by my picture) for almost 2 1/2 years. His band got signed to Tooth and NaiL and they've been on tour a lot. The cd comes out July 8th. Not sure if it your cup of tea...more pop rockish...but I'm pretty excited about it!
Anime..eh? Hmm well.. not quite my scene but i could soo dress up...dont know any anime characters but ill look into it! If im in town i'll have to check that out! Congrats on that.
We would just like to thank you for your kind words. We really appreciate you taking the time to check us out and show your support. I hope we can do the same.
Our album's almost finished so please stay tuned and keep in touch.
We will soon be keeping you lovely people updated through our website at:
www.the39stepsmusic.co.uk (Going live soon!)
Love
The 39Steps xxx
If you sign up to our mailing list from the address above, we can let you know when and where you will be able to get our album. Cheers for the support man.
