An Old Bio

March 9th, 2008 by FzV

Way back when, I was in a wonderful band Called "Aeris", We did amazing things, played music that was as complicated as it was amazing, and more importantly we stuck to what we wanted to play musicially, even if it meant being misunderstood and ignored. I Pulled this gem up out of a Internet Archive site, This is a Bio I had written for the old Aeris site, It's an Absolute Thrill to see my mindset in that time.... A snapshot of Thought.

Here it is in it's Entirety

 

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Name - FuZaVue

Position in the band - Lead Guitarist, Orchestrations

Date of birth - June 7th 1978

Age - 24

Nicknames - FuZaVue / FzV

place of residence - Port Lavaca Texas for the next 2 years then I'm off to Houston!

Grew up - As the dependant of a Us marine, hence I never really lived anywhere for very long, the second I got comfortable
somewhere it was time to move again. That meant saying good bye to everyone every time. I've lived a life of farewells, so
sometimes I don't like to say hello and I do dislike goodbyes.

Years playing instrument/singing, musical background - 8 years playing guitar, I've dabbled into a lot of everything ever
since, I've been playing the bass guitar ever since I picked up the guitar pretty much. I played bass for the jazz band for
a year when I was in high school... more or less it was an excuse to have a class I could take my electric guitar too and
practice without being  berated for it.

I started playing when I was 16 almost 17, I started out trying to learn Megadeth songs!
wasn't very easy I assure you, wasn't too long after that I learned/heard about the A minor scale, I spent months playing
it over and over and over and over every position on the neck, wasn't long after that I was ripping that scale up. Then my
playing didn't grow too much for a bunch of years, I kept up my chops but never furthered my knowledge really. Wasn't
untill I moved to Port Lavaca that I really begin to take music seriously. I studied for an entire year without
distractions, I made more progress in that one year the I did in the previous six. I'm still debating whether or not to do
that again..... I'm about to start college to get my degree in music, I'm very excited about this prospect and am looking
forward to becoming a serious musician not only in the eyes of fans but also in the eyes of Professors and contemporaries.
I would like to compose down the line for Film. Or perhaps compose a truly great opera. There are only 2 things that are
certain for me musically, no matter what I'm looking to constantly improve my guitar playing ability with every passing day,
and I'm NOT CUTTING MY HAIR EVER!!!!!

Instruments played - Guitar, Bass, somewhat piano, somewhat drums

Instruments soon to be played - PIANO! VIOLIN! Recorder! <--- Music fundamentals class!

Bands inspired by - Danzig, Cradle of Filth, Nightwish, Cacophony, Jason Becker, Iron Maiden, Stratovarius, Steve Vai,
Paco De Lucia, Marshall Harrison, Yngwie Malmsteen, basically these are all bands/artists, that make me want to PLAY the
guitar, as opposed to just listen to the music.

Dream band, 2 guitars, bass, drummer, keyboardist, vocalist
Guitar: Jason Becker
Guitar: Timo Tolkki
Bass: Bass Player McGee
Drummer: Terry Bozzio
Keyboards: The guy from Yngwies Band
Vocalist: KRISTY THIRSK!!!!!!!!!

Best gig attended - Cradle of Filth in Los Angeles, October of 98, it was for the cruelty and the beast lineup, by far
their best album/lineup. The show was intense, and I spent the whole thing front row center! Dani kicked some guy in the
cranium! The only bad thing was I couldn't get dani to give me the horns, but it's ok, this past danzig show in corpus
Glenn gave me the horns 3 times!! It was the turning point in my life because I had just spent a year in solitary studying
the guitar, and that was like the "sign" of Glenn telling me I was ready to join a band/get a project going, THANKS GLENN!

Best gig - Honestly, everyone I play gets better and better, be it Aeris or Issac and I playing classical guitar gigs

E-mail - Fuzavue@yahoo.com

Hobbies - No real hobbies really, mainly most of my time is dedicated to music. Either studying guitar, or doing ear
training exercises, or studying theory. I am currently getting myself ready to take piano class, and I'm excited at the fact
that I'm going to get private guitar lessons at the college. I play video games sometimes, I'm not that good though!!!! So
the kind of keeps me from playing them all to often : )
I think my only real hobby is to use the program "band in the box" to make up a chord progress/theme and pick a crazy key
and then see what I can improv over it. Cuz improv's are coooool!

Former occupation - Waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe in San Antonio on the Riverwalk , Member of the San Antonio "Sin 13" team

Current occupation - Classical Guitarist , College Student

Favorites:
Favorite bands - Currently Jason Becker, Nightwish, Stratovarius, Cacophony, Paganini, Kristy Thirsk,
Favorite Albums - Jason Becker "Perpetual Burn", Danzig II "Lucifuge", Cradle of Filth "Cruelty and the Beast", Iron Maiden
"Fear of the Dark",
Favorite Songs - Wolf and Raven by Sonata Artica, Fantasmic by Nightwish, EVERYTHING JASON BECKER'S EVER DONE!
Favorite classical composers - Fransisco Tarrega, Niccollo Paganini, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Favorite video game composers - Nobueo Uematsu!! Michryu Yamane
Favorite guitarist - JASON BECKER!
Favorite solo piano piece - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op30 by Rachmaninov
Favorite solo violin piece - Paganini's 5th Caprice, sounds damn fine on guitar too!
Favorite solo guitar piece - Air by Jason Becker, End of the Beginning by Jason Becker
Song that gave you the most trouble learning - Still working on "Recuerdos Del Alhambra" by Fransisco Tarrega... stupid
Tremolos!
Favorite song to play - Out of what we are currently doing "Tragic Prince" is by far my favorite track
Favorite guitar solo in a song - The solo for Wolf and Raven by Sonata Artica is a nice shred fest, as well as being tasteful
Favorite brands to use of instruments/mics etc. - I've never been picky about equipment, I'm the type of person put a guitar
in my hand and I'LL MAKE IT SOUND GOOD, I'm really not a Gear head at all... sorry guys : )
Favorite Directors - tough one cuz I really don't like Movies, but back when I use to watch them alot if was "Dario
Argento"
Favorite TV shows - Space Invader Zim ! Simpsons ! Family Guy! note, i don't watch these on tv, I watch em on DivX
Favorite Actors - Again tough cuz I don't really watch anymore, it was Bruce Campbell for a long long time, but if I HAD to
pick right now and only pick one, I'd have to say "Antonio Banderas", with Desperado being one of my faves of all time
Favorite Actress' - Fairuza Baulk! I've been a fan since I was really young and saw "Return to Oz" for the first time, I'm
sure I'll always be a pretty big fan. Can't really think of anyone else though
Favorite Authors - Don't have any at the moment, I read either Music Theory College texts or various studies on human
psychology
Favorite Books - "Enders Game", Flamenco by Maria Monteros was breath taking...
Favorite video games - Final Fantasy! all of the ones I've played I adore, I'm sure the ones I've yet to play I'll like just
the same, but I don't have much free time these days, and you know how much time you have to put into a final fantasy game!
Quake 3, Ghost Recon with Commander Hito and General Kishin!
Favorite book - The Advancing guitarist by Mick Goodrick, Planet musician by Julie Lyonn Lieberman, Classical Guitar Answer
Book by Sharon Isbin Http://www.sharonisbin.com
Favorite movies - Night of the Living Dead, Desperado, Shine, Red Violin,
Favorite video game character- AERIS!! And Alucard from Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Favorite anime character - ani What?
Favorite movie character - "The Man" From Cradle of Fear
Favorite cartoon you watched when younger - Simpsons... hehe still watch that one
Favorite city - Seville, Spain
Favorite season - Fall
Favorite constellation - I find all of the stars to be equally beautiful
Favorite drink - Hi C Orange
Favorite food - Anything I can put Franks Red Hot Sauce on
How do you like your eggs? on a plate
Preference of time day/or night? The Night time is the Right time??
Pet peeves - People without manners, I find it atrocious that people have been desensitized to the point to where simple
common courtesies are no longer necessary, and in some cases laughed at or frowned upon. I don't like rudeness or rude
behavior, nor people who go around spreading the disease of ignorance. Liers don't' sit well on my list either, to me lying
is a form of selfishness.
Greatest moment of life to this point -
Worst Nightmare - being forced to play dun dun dun dun music for the rest of my life
Most astonishing Dream - The night I learned how to control my Flight, proving I was now in control of my destiny
Place you would like to go - I plan to eventually move to Spain to study the Gorgeous art of the Flamenco Guitar
Funniest thing you witnessed - in the past couple days it was "We're going down there..." "I wouldn't"
Most embarrassing moment - lol, anytime I forget how to walk properly... or pump gas , or Stand in one place... I think
every time I learn a new lick on guitar I lose a Motor skill
favorite website - http://www.homestarrunner.com STWOOOOOONGBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
Favorite messenger? Aim, msn, yahoo
I'm on yahoo alot, but I'm usually hiding "FuZaVue"
I only talk to a few people on Msn, so I'm not on often "lrites@hotmail.com"
and I'm on Aim all the time, but if I'm composing I Might not answer "FilthZVampyre"
as far as favorite goes?? eh : )
Favorite magazines - hmmmmm guess I don't read magazines....
Favorite emulator, why? Mame, Uo Poko is one of the best games ever!! That and E.S.P. if anyone can find me the soundtrack
to E.S.P. I'll owe you eternally
Game that you put most hours into overall - final fantasy 7, and final fantasy 8
Game you put most time into in one day - Definitely Final fantasy 1 for the NES, I think I stayed up 2 days straight
playing that one.... I still have the ending recorded on VHS somewhere!!

Saying - philosophy on life - Dreamers dream their dreams in hopes of making a better reality. I strive to take my
dreams and fuse them into my everyday life. So often I daydream... so often do they come true. Hard work and Perseverance
alone will bring you eternal happiness. I live my life day to day, and I take the guitar with me :)