Vapah
is a name I was given. There are many reasons for
why I have it. Known for my disappearing acts
being the main one.
The name has carried on into music now. Always
interested in music since a young age, I was never
supplied with the outlet for my ideas. Listening
to music and wanting to somehow change or combine
different sounds.
Going
thru many phases of musical preference, but always
looking for something new. The biggest influences
being in 90's hip hop, and rock for many years. I
became sick of the same stuff year after year.
Introduced to various genres of EDM in the late
90's. I tore thru every song I could find, still
looking for something but not knowing what.
A
friend introduced me to DNB and DJing around 97'.
Realizing this was a way for me to change music, I
took interest. That's when it was realized I
didn't know anything about the structure of music.
DJing was going to be the way to learn music. So I
got a cheap setup and started buying DNB records.
Never really caring about being a show off, just
wanting to learn how to make music. Counting
beats, learning the songs and eqing the mixes was
my focus. After 6 or 7 years of DJing it was time
to make music.
I
bought a keyboard with a six track sequencer and
started learning to program. After 6 months and
about 20 songs, it was time for something else. I
bought a good computer in 07' and got Reason 3.0.
Finally I had everything I needed to be creative.
In my first year I finished almost 40 songs and
completed my first album No Way Out.
Having
done mostly DNB, I am now looking to use what I've
learned from it in other styles of music.