John Delaney — Houston Recording Connection

Ever since I first picked up an instrument I knew that music was my life. There was always something about music that really hit me. As a kid a grew up listening and watching my older brother play guitar with his friends in our garage. It was never about who was listening or what they were playing, they just played. I wanted to do that and as a feeble young mind it really inspired me to get into it.

I started with an electric guitar and playing mostly punk, metal, and rock. Covering every Green Day song I could possibly learn, soloing for five minutes just because your rockin' it, ah the good ol' days. Then I later got an acoustic and did a little singing. I soon realized my vocal skills were limited so most of my singing was done behind closed doors. Then came a drum kit. The only instrument I have ever played that fills you with THAT much adrenaline. It mainly sat in my room and was only played every so often, too big and too loud for the parents.

A while after that a friend gave me an old 90's keyboard which I used for covering techno songs on a slower tempo. It's funny, the reactions when people hear a certain song like that makes them flip out about how cool they think it is. I never got very serious with it though, but it help when your writing a song. I had been writing my own music since day one but one day in highschool I decided to try at electronic music with free programs off the internet.

From there on out I was fascinated by the wonderous techno world of electronica. I always liked a good techno song but the turning point was when I realized I could make it. After so many years of different instruments it was weird how being able to program a note with a simple mouse click to a beat thats on a grid. Over the years I slowly messed around with it, taking any advice I could, and slowly created my own unique sound.

Since then I have been mixing and mastering my own music, (trance, hardcore, and dubstep,) in hopes of one day being famous for it. And to think, I once wanted to be a fireman...