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# Statistics
Favourites: 353; Deviations: 134; Watchers: 31
Watching: 160; Pageviews: 20475; Comments Made: 1030; Friends: 160
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Anyone who has talentFavorite movies: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite bands / musical artists: Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Periphery, Failure, Hum, Stemage, Keith Merrow
Favorite games: Metroid Prime, Jet Moto, Halo, Sonic and the Black Knight, Riven: The Sequel to Myst, Star Ocean: The Second Story,
Favorite gaming platform: Wii
Tools of the Trade: Ernie Ball, PRS, Digitech, Boss, Korg, Native Instruments, Cubase
Other Interests: Music, Video Games
# About me
Hello, all! My name is Kyle Garrett. I am grateful that you are even reading this!About me. I am a high school grad who has also been a musician for 15 years and would like to pursue guitar as a career. I plan on attending Musicians Institute in Hollywood, but that will not be for a while. I am also a big Sonic the Hedgehog and Metroid nerd.
I only write instrumentals for three reasons: One, I am horrible with lyrics. Two, I am not much of a singer, even though I sing in my band. And three, instrumental songs allows people to use their imagination and come up with a story or meaning to the song.
I like to think of my music as a bridge across genres. I have a big influence in Progressive music, such as Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, but I also have many other influences. Everything from Technical Metal, like Periphery, to space rock, like Hum, to the "odd balls" such as Imogen Heap and Jaco Pastorius.
As an independent musician, I need all the help I can get. If you like what you hear, or even if you don't, please let me know! I will answer anyone who wants to talk. Also, please tell your friends, or even just post a link to this deviantART account on Facebook.
Thanks for hearing (or seeing) my ramble. I hope to hear from you!
Cheers!
brutal K
kylegarrett.bandcamp.com
soundclick.com/KyleGarrett
myspace.com/kylegarrettmusic
twitter.com/k152
Current Residence: Idaho
Favourite genre of music: SpaceProg Rock/Metal
Favourite photographer: Lassie Hoile
Favourite style of art: Music
Operating System: 7
MP3 player of choice: Zune HD32
Favourite cartoon character: Shadow, Knuckles
Personal Quote: In our minds, adventure is always lisening.
# Comments
Comments: 382
Orphydian [2014-01-22 13:15:10 +0000 UTC]
I feel the need to ask if you want to become contributor for my prog group in order to submit blog entries concerning prog scene
proggroup.deviantart.com/
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BetweenTheTeardrops [2013-11-12 10:28:42 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for letting me use your Periphery stamp, stop by the new group and join.
I gathered some great art by other periphery fans.
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Orphydian [2013-10-20 11:25:43 +0000 UTC]
great I have such an awesome collection now Thanks !
you missed this one kgarrett.deviantart.com/art/Pe…
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Orphydian [2013-10-19 17:52:45 +0000 UTC]
Hey I want to feature some of your stamps and Photos in my Prog group. Ive alreday issued the requests for the respective ones, just dont miss the notifications and if you do than just submit them by yourself !
Saw you are a great fan of Dream Theater . Pls join our group then !
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taraforest [2013-05-18 19:36:38 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for the
I really appreciate it!
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FlareonRocks [2013-05-05 18:07:01 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the favorite on my MC drawing, it means a ton.
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Milkate [2012-12-05 20:12:37 +0000 UTC]
How much time does it takes to create a "song" ? Like a one minute thingy.
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KGarrett In reply to Milkate [2012-12-06 10:06:04 +0000 UTC]
A one minute jingle is about 3-5 hours of work, after getting the initial idea.
A more songy song can take 12-40 hours spread out over a month. "Wild Ride" is a song that I made on a weekend, working about 16 hours on it. "Journeys End," after sitting on the main verse riff for a year, took about 30 hours plus the time for the vocalist to come up with lyrics and record it.
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Milkate In reply to KGarrett [2012-12-06 17:35:38 +0000 UTC]
I see, so there is a lot of work !
And if you want to take a song that already exists and "remake" a part of it your way as a ringtone ?
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Milkate In reply to KGarrett [2012-12-06 22:49:39 +0000 UTC]
Would you be able to make a cool ringtone with this ?
[link]
No lyrics just the melody you see.
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KGarrett In reply to Milkate [2012-12-07 03:21:56 +0000 UTC]
Sure! Do you have a specific section you want?
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Milkate In reply to KGarrett [2012-12-07 04:26:36 +0000 UTC]
Hmmm the refrain maybe ? Starts with "Mugendai na yume no ato no" and ends with "On my love". I don't know if it would make a good ringtone but I like it.
Oh and.. Often when we take a song as a ringtone it starts harshly and ends the same way, see what I mean ? (I'm tired as shit I'm not clear sorry xD) Well could you make it sound better ? So when the ringtone pops up from my phone it doesn't seem like I just began the song at this point out of nowhere ? I don't know if you understand, if you don't well don't mind it's ok (: Thank you <3
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KGarrett In reply to Milkate [2012-12-08 12:51:48 +0000 UTC]
So I have it almost done, but I won't be able to finish it until Sunday.
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Milkate In reply to KGarrett [2012-12-10 12:05:50 +0000 UTC]
I loveee it it's amazing Thank you ! It's just as I wanted ! <3
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KGarrett In reply to Milkate [2012-12-10 12:54:39 +0000 UTC]
Your welcome! And thanks for the points!
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AngelicDirt [2012-10-20 20:19:49 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the fave on my Zistykins. XD Means a lot to me.
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KGarrett In reply to AngelicDirt [2012-10-21 05:03:46 +0000 UTC]
No problem! Its pretty cool. Thanks for the favs and the watch!
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AngelicDirt In reply to KGarrett [2012-10-21 21:32:12 +0000 UTC]
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The-Starbucks-Siren [2012-08-19 11:20:02 +0000 UTC]
TAG! you're it. [link] Mwhahahahahahaaa!
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KGarrett In reply to The-Starbucks-Siren [2012-08-20 10:45:28 +0000 UTC]
And I did it. I don't normally do those, but it is 4am and I have lost my mind. So, yeah.
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The-Starbucks-Siren In reply to KGarrett [2012-08-20 21:18:46 +0000 UTC]
Caught you in the right time then!
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MummyWriter [2012-05-18 13:29:16 +0000 UTC]
Hi!
Welcome to #365DaysofMusic ! We look forward to having you participate in our prompts!
We are always open to musical suggestions for daily prompts, so feel free to note us with a song that you feel would be appropriate!
As of now, the group is currently still under construction, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the admins!
Music makes the mind move.
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Senkka [2011-10-30 03:29:15 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for the rewatch! I appreciate.
Here is a llama~
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Cojiro-BlueCucco [2011-09-30 06:17:00 +0000 UTC]
Hey there, just read your llama policy late lol.
Just wanted to say you have great musical taste and do you only play guitar? (:
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KGarrett In reply to Cojiro-BlueCucco [2011-09-30 07:57:38 +0000 UTC]
No problem.
I also play bass, drums, piano, and attempt to sing. And other various odds and ends (from when I was a band geek.)
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Cojiro-BlueCucco In reply to KGarrett [2011-09-30 08:10:45 +0000 UTC]
Nice, well if ya ever need a collaborator that can play drums and kinda sing as well, I'm your guy!
How long have you played? I've been playing drums for about 5 years and I started learning guitar off and on about 2 years ago. I'm also a former band geek, when I was in high school I played the sax.
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KGarrett In reply to Cojiro-BlueCucco [2011-09-30 09:21:20 +0000 UTC]
I started with piano lessons about 13 years ago. Gave it up for trumpet for a few years, then bass for about 8 years. I've been seriously playing guitar for about 6 years now. I grew up with a drum set in the house (my dad is a band director and drummer, and my brother is a drummer) so I can work my way around a kit to come up with ideas or to show the drummer for my band something. I've never really been into singing, but I sing in my band along with our bassist because we can't find a good singer.
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Cojiro-BlueCucco In reply to KGarrett [2011-09-30 18:45:27 +0000 UTC]
Interesting, had a lot of family support huh? But yeah cool, you have songs posted on here or links to them?
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KGarrett In reply to Cojiro-BlueCucco [2011-09-30 20:05:30 +0000 UTC]
I have them in my gallery.
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