Mrd00d here, hoping to settle in

[Mrd00d]

Well hello, hello. Welcome to my introduction thread. I feel almost blessed to have found a worthwhile place to talk music. It's unbelievable how 'taken over' a lot of forums have gotten. Ahh... I literally feel I can relax a little better knowing that there are other people here that know what I'm talking about once in a while. Phew!

I'm 23. Born in Oakland, Ca. Grew up around Berkeley. Went to UC Davis for a while. I moved to this pitstop of a town nearby and now I'm an overnight cashier at the local gas mart. I blast Mrd00d radio whenever I'm at work, which some have come to thoroughly enjoy, and well... some stopped coming.

Very mellow fellow. I'm California medical Prop 215 etc. etc. so I'm pretty... mellow. I'm not overstating at all when I say I have music playing around me from the beginning of my day til the end, and sometimes while I sleep. Well, most times.

Up until the moment I first got into music, I had this thought in my head that ALL music was blah. I didn't really take any interest whatsoever in music until I was 11 or 12. Just whatever was on the alternative rock radio or mom was playing metallica or dave matthews or zeppelin or the beatles or hootie and the blowfish (zomg). Well, my friend showed me a local Bay Area experimental rock/metal band called Nuclear Rabbit and took me to a show. That was it. Done deal. Bassist had a 9-string at the time, the guitarist was noodling and strumming like a madman. The drummer was combination jazz drummer and Dave Lombardo. Singer was literally tweaking his a$$ to rehab. Nothing really captivated me until I saw this 4-piece, where every member was technically insane and the sound that came from that was at once beautiful and 'hard'.

From there I picked through my mom's collection. High school was Sabbath, Ozzy, Hendrix, Zepp. Typical high school classic rock junkie + Nuclear Rabbit, which opened up the door to Mike Patton/Mr. Bungle. Simultaneously paying attention to bands like Disturbed, Godsmack, and SoaD, etc. on the radio and what not, I was delving into the weird subculture of Mike Patton and friends.

Feels great finding something rare, that nobody else around you has come close to hearing. Deeper and deeper into the music network I've gone. And I still continue burrowing deeper and deeper. What happened to all the amazing music of the past that never made it big? The blogosphere is raising some of these gems from the dead.

So, you get the idea there. Currently, I'm floating around a) Psychedelic Rock, b) Prog., c) Underground HipHop, d) ambient electronic, e) dubstep, f) any fusion/genre-mashing, g) funk, h) free jazz, i) instrumental most anything, esp. guitar virtuosos, ambient soundscapes, avantgarde, Liquid Tension Experiment style instrumental metal.

The only thing I can't support, for the most part (not absolutely, but I don't have a lot of time to waste on "so-so") is country [new country, esp.], mindless techno [DOO DOO DOO DOO], and radio rock/rap/alt./pop anything.

Mainstream musicians that are in it for the money: Please stop, you have enough. But if you must, best of luck with your money collecting...