Name: DZX, DarkZer0 X, Zero, Z

Real Name: Matthew Megginson

Date of Birth: 2/17/85

Location: Campbell, OH

Instruments:
Electric Guitar, Keyboards.

Hobbies: Videogames, Music, Anime, Martial Arts, Studying Japanese, Surfing Internet, etc...

Musical Background: I'm Self-taught. 

2004 - I began playing Guitar and Keyboards. I learned how to read guitar tabs, and I recorded some cover songs using midi files.

2005 - I learned how to tab songs by ear. I also learned how to sequence my own midis.

2006/2007 - Started arranging music. I learned a few things about mixing, but not much.

Favorite...

Color: Purple, Black

Videogames: 
Classics: Castlevania, Contra, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Mario, Mega Man, Metroid, Zelda, etc.

Fighting Games: Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Guilty Gear, Darkstalkers, Last Blade, Soul Calibur, Smash Bros, Tekken, etc.

RPGs: Chrono Trigger/Cross, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Parasite Eve, 'Tales of' series, Xenogears, etc.

Others:
Bemani series, F-Zero, Metal Slug, Star Fox, and many more...

Type of Music:
Videogame music, Instrumental Rock, Power Melodic Metal, Symphonic Metal, Progressive Rock, Synth Rock, J-Rock, J-Pop, Techno/Trance, Orchestral, and Classical music.

Favorite Bands/Artists: I only really listen to videogame music, but my favorite bands are... The Black Mages, A.S.H., Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Vitalij Kuprij, Warmen, Sex Machineguns, X Japan, and even some JPop bands like B'z, ELT, and BeForU.

I also like The Smash Bros., The Minibosses, and almost everyone else in the videogame remixing scene if they count.


Season:
Winter.

Place you'd like to go: Japan.

Dislikes...

Videogames:
EA games. Sports games. Licensed Movie games. Games that use licensed music as the soundtrack. Most First Person Shooters. Games with a foul mouthed gangster protagonist.

Type of Music:
Rap, Hiphop, R&B, Nu-Metal, Emo (how is that even a genre?), etc. Pretty much everything that's on the radio and MTV.

Other Dislikes: Drugs, Tattoos, Piercings, and Foul Language.