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Jason

There are 10 types of people in the world....Those who understand binary and those who don't! ;-P

About Me

Computer programmer, family man, and drummer for Downfall.

above image ©2006 Ivor Hawthorne
Click on the Downfall logo below to view Downfall's myspace profile.
I'm also a drum tutor, from time to time, working at the Collective Studio in Bridgwater.

Photo of my kit above ©2006 Ivor Hawthorne .

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My Interests

My family,
my band,
my job,
martial arts (haven't trained in years, but still very interested),
computer games (UT2004 kicks ass!),
the occasional beer
and staying alive for as long as possible without dying!

I'd like to meet:

Any drummers, musicians or IT nerds who don't mind me talking muso/techie bollocks at them!

Music:

Mainly Metal and Punk....
Metal, Thrash, Death Metal, Black Metal, Oi, Anarcho, Hardcore, Grindcore, Gore, etc. etc.
Basically all sub genres apart from nu-metal, emo and pop-punk (which are basically punk/metal for people who don't like punk/metal)
I also listen to Classic Rock, Goth, Industrial (EBM, Electronica, Noise), Avante Garde, Jazz, Blues, Classical, some Hip-Hop/Trip Hop, and some of the more intelligent dance music (not that there's a lot of it about!)

Movies:

Horror, Sci-Fi, Martial arts and Comedy...but only if I can't find something more producive to do!

Television:

I try to avoid TV, it's generally rubbish!

Books:

I have lots of books on programming languages, which would bore the crap out of you unless you were a paid geek like me!
I also like to read books by Hunter S Thompson, Anton Szandor LaVey, Frederich Nietsche, Stephen Hawking, Noam Chomsky, Terry Pratchett (Discworld), JRR Tolkein, Stephen K Hayes, Dr Masaaki Hatsume, Ashida Kim and many many more...

Heroes:

My Parents (for having me!)
My wife (for HAVING me! he he, regularly!)
My grandparents (RIP)
The rest of my family for putting up with me for so long!
Bill Hicks (RIP)
Bruce Lee (RIP)
Anton Szandor LaVey (RIP)
Dimebag Darrell (RIP)
Chuck Schuldiner (RIP)
Doc (Vader drummer RIP)
Jackie Chan
Dr Masaaki Hatsume
Not to forget the rhythm masters:
Neil Peart
Bill Ward
Danny Carey
Thomas Haake
Vinnie Paul
Dave Lombardo
Derek Roddy
Pete Sandoval
And countless other drummers whose bands have influenced me over the years.
Marcus, Shaun, Mike, and Tristan. My bandmates in Downfall.
Ivor, our techie/soundman/artist/photographer/all round guru!
Oh and the rest of the Dev team at Creative Learning Media for putting up with my constant farting and belching in the office, my knack for finding esoteric and mystical bugs in source code - (normally my own code, admittedly) and my cocky shield-gun frags and flag captures on UT2004 at lunchtime!

My Blog

Downfall screensavers available....

Wow, it's been a while since I blogged anything on my page.Things have been a bit hectic at home, work and in the band, so aside from band stuff (on the downfall page) I haven't really had time to do ...
Posted by Jason on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:10:00 PST

Pics of new kit......

Ok, this is officially the best band in the world to be in!And I'm not talking about the music....I shall explain.After over a year of administering the Downfall myspace page I thought it wise to get ...
Posted by Jason on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:29:00 PST

junk kit blues!

 My drum kit is not healthy! My home made tom-mounts are falling apart, my cymbals have cracked and I need new skins!              ...
Posted by Jason on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 05:11:00 PST