Lemont Township High School Class of 1997
Classmates
Ryan O'kuly
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So much has happened to me in the last 10 years it is hard to condense that lifetime in a few words. For the first two years after high school I was a complete bum flirting with college and wasting my life. I decided a change must happen and flew off to find my dream's in London where I received a degree in audio engineering as well as attending the London music academy and I then decided to become a rockstar. The following year I found myself creating my own electronic band and signing a deal with Warner bros and releasing in Germany where we achieved cult status. I have been lucky to be able to live my dream being able to tour the world and playing and becoming friends with the same band's I used to listen to back in high school. We are still together, finalizing our 5th album and signing a new deal with EMI records. Somehow I found time to go back to school seriously and finish up a music theory degree. Besides my main band I have taken on the role of record producer, Dj, remixer and label owner. I work with a wide variety from electro, synthpop, dark industrial, Metal and hip hop (but I will never tell you my rap name). I also have scored a few film's and am getting more involved in video work as well script writing and am also attempting to write a novel and my first symphony.
I am also active in youth mentoring and promotion of science and the arts. I am a member of ASCAP and “The Recording Academy” which means I get to vote and nominate people for Grammy's. My passion in science is Transhumanism and to a lesser extent the singularity and extropianism and I work to further promotion of development of safe life extension technologies such as nanotechnology, cybernetics, uploading and AI research. Most of my work is through the WTA (World Transhumanist Association) and as a boardmember for the TSN which helps students with planning their careers in life extension areas. I am also semi active in politics lobbying for a socio-economic system and social democracy.
I split my residence between Rabenau, Germany where last year we bought an old secluded mansion from the 1800's and converted it into a live in recording studio, a small cottage in the southern England coast town of Bournemouth(don't get excited England's beaches aren't all that great, though it was voted as “happiest place in Britain), Houston,TX where I sponsor a sports car racing team and good ol Lemont where I take care of my slightly disabled mother, my 18 year old kitty which always misses me, and get my fill of lemon tree(No place in the world has better shakes and butter garlic fries).