 Brief Biography:
Born 1984. Never formally trained at all, started writing tunes in 1998 using a program called Modplug Tracker. Alot has evolved eversince from unorthodox musical learning to unorthodox orchestral arranging and writing. Aspiring to be a film composer. A Diploma in Nanyang Polytechnic's Digital Media Design specializing in Feature Animation, Singapore. Heavily involved in the process of film making and storytelling, and has a good sense of sound design and storytelling dynamics. Future plans to study at the Berklee School Of Music, Boston, and eventually hope to be lucky enough to start off a job as an apprentice to a professional composer in the industry.
Style:
Experimental stuff within my own tastes and influences; neoclassical rock and melodic heavy metal is my core & film scoring is a dream I'm currently learning and pursuing. I do switch personalities between each to find a healthy balance in life; my style.
Musical Influences:
Old school game music like Streets Of Rage, Castlevania series (Michiru Yamane. she's a fuckin genius!), Golden Axe, Street Fighter 2 (Yoko Shimomura), Fatal Fury, etc; to cinematic-like games like Resident Evil (Masami Ueda), Parasite Eve (Yoko Shimomura).
Old school rock and heavy metal (Guns & Roses, Led Zeppelin, Skid Row, Alvin Lee, Black Sabbath, Dio, Scorpions, Queen, Deep Purple, Rainbow)
Modern melodic speed, occasional power metal, progressive and similiar stuff (Sonata Artica, Edguy, Nightwish, Children Of Bodom, In Flames, Arch Enemy, Within Temptation, Symphony X, Dream Theater)
Neoclassical Metal (Yngwie J Malmsteen - ONE AND ONLY.)
Film Music (Hans Zimmer, Graeme Revell, Randy Edelman, James Newton Howard, Mark Mancina, Harry Gregson Williams, Jeff Rona, John Powell, Harry Manfredini, Trevor Rabin, Trevor Jones, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Basil Pouladoris, Ennio Morricone, Mark Snow, John Nordstrom, Randy Newman, Thoman Newman, Brad Fiedel, etc)
Classical Music (J.S Bach, Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff, Nicolo Paganini)
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Arthen
Composer.
GEAR
Keyboards:
Korg Triton Studio 88
Guitars:
Fender Squier Stratocaster, self scalloped, all 3 pickups are DiMarzio YJMs, Rosewood neck, with an added layer of lacquer. Signed by Yngwie J Malmsteen on December 18, Tower Records Singapore, 4.45pm.
Gibson Jim Beam Limited Edition Les Paul Classic
Ibanez GTO, Rosewood neck, stock pickups
Yamaha APX6A Acoustic Guitar
Pedals:
Zoom GM200 Amp Simulator
Ibanez Tubescreamer T9X
Boss DS-2 Distortion
Boss Digital Delay DD6
DOD Deathmetal Pedal
Mics:
Shure SM57
Some cheap Sound Tech AKG 225 Uni-directional dynamic Mic
Behringer Eurorack UB1002 Mic Preamp
Amp:
Peavey Blazer 158, input jack fucked, so I'm using the CD line in
Computer/Mixer:
Pentium 4, 1.8Gig Processor
Windows XP Professional
Soundcard:
RME DigiPST/98 audio soundcard
Creative Soundblaster Audigy
Recording/Mixing Software:
Steinberg Wavelab 4
Steinberg Nuendo 1.6
Modplug Tracker
Speakers:
Pioneer HiFi 25 cdslot system for monitoring
Klipsch 2.1 and Cambridge Soundworks speakers for testing
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