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.