I chose Old Goat when I started recording to computer, and joined my first forum, thinking all the computer-literate recordists would be kids. Turns out my demographic is well-represented.
I started writing songs in the early 1970's. At that time I was a landscaper for a living. I thought it would be cool to have a nom de plume so I chose Len Scaper.
Mine is a homage to that immortal late 20th-century poet, Sir Mix-A-Lot, to whom is attributed the transcendental verse:
"Cause the 808 kick drum makes the girlies get dumb"
I started writing songs in the early 1970's. At that time I was a landscaper for a living. I thought it would be cool to have a nom de plume so I chose Len Scaper.
It kind of stuck.
kool
never would have got that.. Thought it was your real last name
Mine was a misinterpreted lyric from a song I can no longer remember (sometime during my early teenage Thrash/grindcore phase),but it somehow stuck with me......
Mine was a concept I came up with for one of my first songs. Like Victorian art for it's beauty but it's deceiving and can hurt you like a needle.
"Damn-a-nation angel for an eye are not enough for someone strong,
Victorian Needle"
US Navy Aviation Electrician's Mates used to be nicknamed onewires. In school we were told it was because of the simple electrical systems on early aircraft.
I couldn't think of anything cool and I just wanted to post one thing real quick and not deal with coming up with a name that I would use for years. I picked the smoking monkey picture to try to salvage some cool points. Failed, but who cares? The internet isn't real anyway.
DB = Danny Brown
BUBBA + a southern name, that actually means "my brother" or "little brother" in Texaspeak
Some people get confused and think of the term as a derogatory name and in certain contexts it can be.
It is a name that a mom would call her young son.
Think of a mom telling her 2 or 3 year-old to do something.
"Come on, bubba!"
Also, two close friends could use it, like "Hey, bubba! How's it goin'?"