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Shazbot

About Me

Free downloads of all tracks available here: Shazbot on last.fm


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 ):

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/04/2006
Band Website: last.fm/music/Shazbot
Band Members: 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.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Winter 2009 Mix

I posted the new Winter 2009 Mix (a day late) onto my Facebook page. Check it out here!
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:40:00 GMT

Fall 2009 Mix is out! FREE DOWNLOAD!!!

Download the free mix I posted on Facebook!Check it out here: Fall 2009 Mix
Posted by on Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:57:00 GMT

Guest Mix on The Cycle - Bassdrive.com

Playing a guest mix for the second half of The Cycle tomorrow: 9 AM to noon, central time, on www.bassdrive.com! Tune in and enjoy some great liquid funk!
Posted by on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:37:00 GMT

Off The Cuff Mix Vol. 2 - Free Download

After a bit of academic confusion, I received an unexpectedly free Thursday evening-- likely the last free weekday evening for the next two weeks straight. So, to make the most of it, I burned a coupl...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:49:00 GMT

Free Download: Off The Cuff Mix

It’s Friday afternoon. I pulled an all-nighter on a school project yesterday. I’m finally done (well, done enough anyway, haha). I needed to unwind a little, and I’ve been meaning to...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:49:00 GMT

New Remix: Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers

I just finished a remix of Flying Lotus's "Tea Leaf Dancers." Download link is below, please enjoy and post critiques. (I'm serious about the critique part, make me cry and tell me how bad I suck, jus...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:05:00 GMT

New tracks in the pipeline

I got an upgrade to Reason 4 for Christmas, and I am slowly figuring out all the new stuff. It's a great program, and it's gonna be a while before I can get my head around all the options on the new s...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:00:00 GMT

New song posted: Hourglass

I'm not going to lie, I wasn't in my happiest moment when I wrote it. But I think it says what I wanted it to say. Please listen, download, enjoy, and let me know what you think about it. I mostly wri...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:51:00 GMT

Bassdrive.com

I dunno if you guys know about Bassdrive.com, but it is one of the few drum and bass internet radio stations (Destroyer.net and UrbanDrop.ca are the others I know of). Bassdrive is really the preemine...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Because I cannot leave well enough alone

I made some slight changes to Long Way From Home and reuploaded it. Most people probably won't notice anything unless you compare the two side by side, but I am continuously devouring any reading I ca...
Posted by on Mon, 14 May 2007 23:45:00 GMT