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Joseph Cooper, born in Wichita Falls, Texas, with interests in music theory, production, and computer tracks at CSU. His accomplishments include playing shows, recording EPs, and self-teaching computer hardware. His music tastes vary from death metal to new age, and he spends his free time playing PC games, guitar, and exploring new hardware.
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Joseph Cooper Backround Information
Place of Birth? Places Lived? • Born in Wichita Falls, Texas • Has lived in Germany, and Korea • Has lived in various states including Texas, and Illinois, before settling in Columbus, GA.
College Majors of Interest • Music Theory and Composition • Music Production • One of the 3 computer tracks at CSU
Plans after graduating college? • Regardless of the major, I will be writing, recording, and playing music.
Greatest accomplishments or achievements? • Playing shows with my band(s) • Recording EP’s with my friend, who is also in one of the bands I play in. • Teaching myself about computer hardware, and how to build computers
Favorite music? • I have no favorites, I love most of the music I listen to equally, but there are periods of time where I’ll stick to one or two artists or have a thing for them. Right now, they are: Cusco, Aphex Twin, Radiohead, Aeon, and various reggae bands.
Genres of music I listen to • Death Metal • Black Metal • Ambient • Electronica • Reggae • Old School Punk • Early 90’s rap (Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, etc) • New Age • Folk • Experimental • Shoegaze • And more…
Where does your extra spending money go? • Computer hardware, music hardware (guitar parts, recording equipment, etc), music, food.
Have you had any other courses or learning experiences in this subject area? • I’ve messed around on Photoshop before, and I recorded a few of my music recordings with Audacity (which I sort of regret, considering how terrible Audacity is for recording music).
What do you do on your free time? • Play PC games • Play guitar or bass • Browse the internet • Hang out with friends • Write music for the bands I’m in • Read random articles about new computer hardware, and software