User:MaddenedMan

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Lachlan Macleod aka "The Maddened Man" (born August 18, 1987), is a New Zealand-born musician and composer.

User Info
Image:Flag Australia template.gif This user lives in Australia.
This user comes from New Zealand.
19 This user is 19 years old.
This user was born on August 18, 1987.
Uni This user is a university student.
This user is male.
UTC+10 This user's time zone is UTC+10.
This user is ambidextrous.
Y This user is a member of Generation Y.
This user is of Scottish ancestry.

Ninja

 This user knows Ninjutsu, so don't even try it!
This user is a heterosexual.
This user is single.
This user is a Christian who does not wish to disclose any church affiliation.
This user respects the beliefs and religions of others.
∞ This user is an ageless Immortal.


Language
en This user is a native speaker of English.
UK This user uses British English.
en-gb-N This user is a native speaker of British English.
en-us-2 This user has an intermediate understanding of American English.


Online
IP This person's IP is 127.0.0.1.
@ This user can be reached by email at maddenedman@gmail.com.
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talk		 This user's Google Talk screenname is MaddenedMan.
This user has a website, which can be found here.
This user loves using Google Earth.
This user has a profile on MySpace as MaddenedMan.
G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
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This user uses Gmail as a primary email service.
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This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.
This user maintains a blog at Madness in the Method.


Interests
cvg-2 This user is an intermediate gamer.
This user is interested in beauty.
SI This user uses the metric system of measurement.
This user enjoys reading fiction.
This user is a caring cat owner.
P This user drinks Pepsi.
X
This user plays the Xbox.
fan-1 This user enjoys the computer or video game Halo 2.
This user is interested in maps.


Favourites
7+1 This user enjoys the Discworld series.
AP This user works for Prentiss McCabe.
BB This user buys their books from Black Books.
FR Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!
007 This user likes martinis shaken, not stirred.
Caboose This user likes food-nap time.
Mis This user can hear the people sing.
' This user believes in the existence of Zoom Zoom.
This user wishes he owns a Panzerhaubitze 2000.


Music
This user is a music composer.
This user plays the piano.
This user enjoys electronic music.
This user enjoys computer and video game music outside gaming.
This user enjoys classical music.
This user enjoys jazz music.
This user enjoys rock music.
This user enjoys
metal music.
This user enjoys ska.


Contents

[edit] Pre-Australian Life

Lachlan was born in Tauranga, New Zealand, to parents Duncan and Ennis Macleod.

He moved around New Zealand, living in 8 different houses in the first 8 years of his life, in Katikati, Dunedin, and Tokoroa, before moving to Tawa in 1995. In 2001, Macleod moved to the Gold Coast, Australia.

[edit] Australian Education

Macleod graduated from Emmanuel College, Carrara in 2005. In 2006, he began studying for a Diploma of Screen (Digital Sound and Music for Media) at Southbank Institute of TAFE (now Southbank Institute of Technology) in Brisbane. Macleod still lives on the Gold Coast.

[edit] Music

Lachlan Macleod, as a composer of music, currently writes music using the Macintosh software ProTools, using a MIDI input keyboard.

[edit] Music Education

Macleod began learning music at the age of 5 with the recorder, which he learnt for 6 years, including one year's break. Over this time, he mastered different sized recorders, including descant and treble. He also learnt piano, from the ages of 8-14. Although he studied for AMEB exams, he never took any in piano. As well as these, Macleod studied violin (one year), drums (one year), guitar (two years) and singing (two years).

[edit] Music Composition

Macleod began writing songs, for voice with a guitar, in 2001. He began using keyboard and piano more, and most of his post-2003 songs are written for piano and voice. Lachlan now writes fewer songs, and more instrumental music.

[edit] TydeNet

Tyde Bands founded a web site during his high-school years, named TydeNet. Eventually, this evolved into a small internet community, frequented by students in Emmanuel College. Lachlan Macleod helped Bands to run the forums, acting as general moderator, and at times, administrator.

Macleod also wrote the musical theme for, and produced the pilot episode of 'TydeNet PodCast', a podcast by the moderators of TydeNet which never took off.

[edit] LachLAN

In 2003, Macleod hosted an Xbox LAN Party, entitled 'LachLAN 2004'. This party was intended to bring together some of Macleod's year level at Emmanuel College, during the school holidays, to play Halo 2 and other Xbox games.

In 2004, Macleod began the tradition of holding an Xbox LAN Party every quarter of a year, or, as it were, in every school holidays. The parties were named "LachLAN 2004 1/4", "LachLAN 2004 1/2" "LachLAN 2004 3/4" etcetera. This tradition stretched on through 2005 with LachLAN 2005, and even into 2006, after the year level had graduated. The parties are still held every quarter year, in an attempt to keep some of the year level in contact with one another after graduation.

[edit] Discworld

In September 2006, Lachlan Macleod decided to read through Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel series, chronologically, by date of first publishing.

So far, Macleod has finished the following:

Macleod has found his copy of Reaper Man, which he is now currently reading.

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