A.J. Vega - diy furry noise pop musician

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About me

name: Alice Jane Vega
pronouns: it/she
alisases: A.J. Vega, Toast the Rabbit, .m4a
bands: Fuzzbutts, MIDI Bunny
fursona name: Aurora June Baez
fursona species: bunnymutt
date of birth: 2004-06-14
location: bergen county, NJ
instruments: guitar, voice, bass, drums, keys
favorite food: sushi
favorite thing: rockin'
bio: I was born in New Jersey but I grew up in Brazil. I fell in love with music by discovering Gorillaz one sick day in 2017.
Picked up guitar maybe a year or so after, I mostly taught myself by learning Syd Barrett songs.
It wouldn't be until late 2019, early 2020 when I would decide to start writing music when I first listened to Ashley Ninelives' album Eagle Creek.
I have since become very involved in the furry music scene, developing a style heavily informed by indie pop, psychedelia, chiptune and slacker rock.

My instruments

Picture of a Telecaster decorated with stickers and marker scribbles

"Honey Bunny"
Left-handed Squier Affinity Telecaster

My workhorse, main instrument of choice and my extra limb. All stock components currently, with plans to make some modifications later down the line to emphasize the high end.


Picture of a pedalboard

Pedals
Fuzz Face -> Tube Screamer -> Chorus -> Digital delay -> Reverb -> Compressor

My pedalboard is relatively minimalist, everything I need and nothing I don't. This setup can do anything from clean jangly tones to harsh noise generation.


Picture of an acoustic guitar

Epiphone PRO-1 Plus

This one is a bit strange. I got this guitar in a trade. It's right-handed but I'm left-handed and I couldn't switch around the strings because of the nut slots. What I opted to do was just switch the middle two strings, and tune the A string up to a B and the B string down to an A. The result is a weird reverse tuning that I haven't heard of anyone else using. This guitar's got insanely high action which kinda makes it suck to play though.


Picture of a bass guitar

Silvertone P-Bass

Not much to comment on. It's a cheap bass bought off of some middle-aged punk who works at a Guitar Center and got an employee discount on it.


Picture of a keyboard

Casio CT-X700

I never use this. I'm bad at keys and I just click my MIDI in. I fiddle around with it occasionally but it mostly just sits in my room collecting dust.


Picture of a keyboard MIDI controller

AKAI MPK mini mk3

I sometimes use this. Got it by trading with my now ex-boyfriend for a shitty 2000s cheap Casio I had because he wanted more than two octaves to work with. He very much got the short end of the stick on that deal.


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