BIO

I got into metal over four years ago, but I was raised with a lot of selection, so my taste extends greatly. I've had a talent for writing all my life, though it started with fiction stories, into short stories/fanfics, and eventually reviews.

Originally started out working promotion for very mainstream bands, such as Shinedown, Seether, The Used, and SOiL. I thought that was a pretty awesome thing until I got into the local scene a little less than a year ago. I was introduced when I joined My Space and got asked by a single band to help post their banner around the internet community. This instantly shot me off and within a week I'd found more bands than most people had added in a month.

I learned to cooperate and negotiate with the groups and realized the awesome feeling that went along with helping an indie band of young men and women. This soon expanded into a website for band news, which I deleted within a few weeks due to dis-interest, and then into a larger website (the Chicago Cord). Here I promote the local groups that I'm closest with and the big-label bands I am into most, changing it monthly. I began to attend more metal shows and started to review them from a naturally personal level, getting kudos for that sort of writing.

I continue to read and write alongside my promotion hobby, and have never had a bigger privilege than working with FourteenG. I hope this will help me reach my future goals.

SPEED ROUND QUESTIONS: (Not just for the Artists)
Born: October 23rd,  Lake Forrest.

Live or Dead, if you could host a dinner party, who would you invite: Hahaha...wow.. Jennifer Crusie (favorite author), Trevor Phipps, Andy Williams, Dimebag, and Stephen King.

Favorite Food: Chicken salad.. or French bread.

Music: Hardcore to metal to black metal to rock to alternative and back again. Anything in there.
Color of Kitchen Plates: Cream with little red and blue flowers around the edges. I think.

Hobbies: Music, promotion, writing, reading, drawing.

Favorite Sport: I don't like sports much, but I used to be obsessed with watching wrestling.

Drinks: Water or lemonade.

Ringtone(s) on Cellphone: Ahh man... what about if I owned a cellphone? It would be "My Last Serenade" by KsE.

Cartoon Character: Master Shake.

Guilty Pleasure Song/CD/Artist: Ahaha... I really love Edwin McCain and almost no one knows..
Top 5 Favorite Movies: Carrie, Cabin Fever, SAW, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Se7en.

Favorite Albums at the Moment: Unearth - The Oncoming Storm, Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon, Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Death Roll, Norma Jean - O'God the Aftermath, Every Time I Die - Hot Damn!, As I Lay Dying - Shadows of Security, Emery - The Question, Black Dahlia Murder - Miasma, Chimaira - The Impossibility of Reason.

Bacon Bits or Croutons: Bacon Bits.

Favorite Smell: The smell of a concert. Haha, like cigarette smoke and all that crap combined.

Favorite Sound: Brian Fair's cackle and guitar solos in metalcore songs.
Chocolate or Vanilla Ice Cream: Vanilla

First Album Purchased: Oh, wow... probably like Lou Bega or something stupid.

Favorite Color: Black.

Least/Favorite Household Chore(s): Least - Emptying all the garbages. Favorite - Laundry.
Desert Island Snuggle Bunny: Ahaha, one? Ehh.. I'm not sure what to answer with!

5 All Time Favorite CD's: Unearth The Oncoming Storm, Killswitch Engage - The End of the Heartache, Diecast - Tearing Down Your Blue Skies, Lamb of God - Ashes of the Wake, Extol - Synergy. HONORABLE MENTION(S): Shinedown - Leave A Whisper, Submersed - In Due Time, Armor For Sleep - What To Do When You Are Dead/Dream to Make Believe, Seemless - Seemless, Skindred - Babylon, Cold - 13 Ways To Bleed Onstage, Children of Bodom - Fear the Reaper, Nightwish - Once, Blindside - About A Burning Fire, Idiot Pilot - Strange We Should Meet Here, Fear Before the March of Flames - Art Damage/Odd How People Shake. See, I told you! The taste! Hahaha