Jamey Blaze

Jamey Blaze, also known by his stage name Hiimwaterdragon, is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. As a teenager, his uncle Pete Pontikoff (vocalist of Benümb) introduced him to the metal/punk scene at Gilman, among other music scenes in the Bay Area and gave him the opportunity to do production jobs for his projects signed with Relapse Records.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} His independent commercial debut began January 2010 with the release of his former band Zebra Mountain's album, The Band That Sucks. In 2011 Jamey would co-found a band called This Is Why I Do This. Before finishing their first full length album, they signed a seemingly non-exclusive record contract with Tate Publishing & Enterprises that same year. Their debut album, Aerophobia was released May 2012 along with a music video for "Go" , shot in Oklahoma City, OK.^[7][8]

He is currently the drummer for Vantana Row with his long-time friend and wife, Volly.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]} Other than Vantana Row, Jamey is promoting his side project The World Famous Pool Boyz (TWFPBZ) as lead guitarist and co-vocalist. There are rumors of the band's relationship with Empire Distribution, though nothing has yet to surface on the internet so far to affirm it.^[16][17]

Vantana Row

Vantana Row is a musical duo, formed in 2015 by Jamey and Volly Blaze in Alameda, California. They are mentioned in SF Weekly and other blogs for their gimmicky 'drive by' performances,^[18][19] living in their van,^[9] their YouTube sitcom and using their fan's lyrics in their #iwriteforvantanarow program.^{[20][11][21][22]}

Early life

Jamey Jean Blaze was born James Marshall Pattison on January 26, 1989 in Antioch, CA.^[23] The separation of his parents at the age of five led to bi-weekly visits to his father's apartment by age ten, where he was regularly taught electric guitar. It wasn't until a few years later that he was reacquainted to electronic music production through his mother's Alesis SR-16 drum machine. Originally his mother would offer eight-year old Jamey a microphone during her bass rehearsals with the drum machine. He eventually grew accustomed to scat singing and comedic storytelling whenever invited to her drum loop rehearsal sessions. "I started recording a few years after I started playing guitar....At first I just wanted to jot down my ideas.. It quickly became more and more dramatic. The recordings became real pieces..... Art."^[23]

Groups

• Vantana Row (2015–present)^[9][11]
• Hiimyourmom (2013–present)^[24][25][26]
• The World Famous Pool Boyz (2012–present)^[27][28]
• Zebra Mountain (2009–2011)^{[29][30][31][32]}

Commercial Discography As A Recording Artist

(in reverse chronological order)

• 2017–Vantana Row 4ouriver (Jamey Blaze Is Not Jamie Blaze)
• 2016–Vantana Row Vantana Row (Jamey Blaze Is Not Jamie Blaze)
• 2016–Vantana Row Vantana Row 2 (Jamey Blaze Is Not Jamie Blaze)
• 2016–Vantana Row Vantana Row 3 (Jamey Blaze Is Not Jamie Blaze)
• 2015–Various Artists Jamey Blaze: 2004–2014 (Throw Me A Fountain Records)
• 2015–Vantana Row Deep Dark Water, Bathe Us Single (Throw Me A Fountain Records)
• 2014–Hiimyourmom Only Only (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2013–Hiimwaterdragon Hiimwaterdragon 3 (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2013–Hiimwaterdragon Hiimwaterdragon EP (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2013–Hiimwaterdragon Jamey & Blaze (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2012–This Is Why I Do This Aerophobia (Tate Music Group)
• 2012–GR!M B!ZNESS Electro/Punk (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2012–GR!M B!ZNESS Dead Corpses K-Doe... (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Act10n Tyc00n I'm a Robot (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Act10n Tyc00n My LP (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Finn Nealey What Could Have Been (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Witch & The Warlock Sexycrazyperson EP (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Zebra Mountain The Unending Saga of Jessica Foreman (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2011–Zebra Mountain Cheat Codes (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2010–Zebra Mountain Fine W/ Me Single (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2010–Zebra Mountain The Women (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2010–Zebra Mountain Rocknn Roll Kiid Single (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2010–Zebra Mountain The Band That Sucks (Hiimarecordlabel)
• 2009–Tragic Ends Bad Friend (Vilekross Records)

Technical Producer credits

-Mastered the whole of Transmutated (mixtape) from The Universouls for a contract arranged by Daniel Robertson (also known as NoDiss of The Universouls) on Upwork.^[33] The first single, Momentum's music video has gained over 100k views on Facebook, and has reached that milestone within the first three days of release (September 11–14, 2015).^[34][35]
-Co-Producer, on last track of Noisear's Subvert The Dominant Paradigm (Relapse Records)^[2][3]
-Engineer, producer, performer (singing), co-author, and executive composer of Aerophobia by This Is Why I Do This (Tate Publishing & Enterprises)^[36][37]
-Improvisational Performer (backing screamer) on Eradication of the Seeds of Purity (track 07) of Agenda of Swine's Full-length, Waves of Human Suffering(Relapse Records)^[38]

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