A: Well, originally my artist name was going to be Ink (it was creative to the extent that it was a metaphor- As ink is to paper, I am to music) but nobody would get it. That and I always found the name blatantly stupid. So one night I was talking to one of my friends from work and he suggested Antibreak (and I was thinking something similar to that for weeks but could never pinpoint it) simply to the fact that I had been working on something along the lines of ambient-breaks. The name just clicked, and while I prefer to be called my real name, Zach, Antibreak fits so appropriately with my music, I wouldn't change it for anything.

A: Probably in 7th grade. I used to write tacky folkish songs on my guitar, then I got into making classical tracks on the guitar when I was a freshman in high school, but I felt way too limited with it. I got in a dry-spell for two years. The first electronic track I made (end of junior year) was ten-thousand times more rewarding than any of the classical compositions I ever made on the guitar.

A: I have a specific theory, all of my completed songs were made in less than two days time. In that two day period, music flows through me. I can make as many as three tracks in four hours (and they are all completely sequenced). On the other hand, if the song is challenging, as in I am forcing myself to create it, it shouldn't be made, and therefore, I don't make it. I must have three dozen unfinished tracks, saved to disk simply because they didn't begin with the diving hand of inspiration.

A: First of all, I hate that song. I liked it a lot when I made it, but that song just became annoying after a weeks time. Now regarding my being an extrovert or an introvert, unless it deals with my music...I am very much an introvert. It's very hard for people to just come up and get to know me. And yes, that translation is exactly on target - long story, how I got that title though.

A: Make and or promote music, try to be online when I can, love my girl, movies, movies, movies (its all phoenix has), a random club or concert (when the performer's good), study theory to further develop my style, and listen to about as much music as I can (never the radio - just searching for those special tunes that are the reason why I love music).

A: Ya, I'm a college freshman. Its my first semester but I already have 18 credits worth of college pre-requisites, 'cause I sorta graduated high school early (another long story). I'm working towards a Civil Engineering Major with a Minor in Architecture (I think) and an Associates in Field Hydrology.

A: My mom likes it simply cause she thinks I have so much talent. My dad tries to get my CD's sold at his work without my knowledge of it. So ya, they both think pretty highly of it.

A: Hmm, I just bought the KnD Sessions. Thats a good one, but Its a toss up between Amon Tobin's "Bricolage", Orbital's "Altogether", or Mouse on Mars' "Autoditacker". All three of those styles are prominently in my latest tracks.

A: Realistically? Strider Yokoshima, pushing it - Latrama, and really pushing it - Angina P. (see my links page). If I was Tech-god, well I would say Orbital, what's left of Underworld, Portishead, the Mouse on Mars from five years ago, and Amon Tobin.

A: Uhm, on guitar 50 or so. As far as electronic music goes - I have too many to count, but it's way more than 90 tracks.

A: Four hours on a Sunday night, and another twenty minutes on the following day to change a 'lil problem I had with the climax. So estimating, four and a half hours.

A: Did I? I didn't know that! In fact I have avoided using Fruityloops ever since I got and trashed the demo two years ago. So I'm surprised that I got 4th place in a contest that I don't ever recall taking place in! lol

A: March or April. I was on and off a lot and I was sorting out most of my tracks.

A: Well don't laugh. I sequence everything through...oh god, I feel ashamed to say it. The Mtv Music Generator. If you look beyond the insanely crappy pre-made riffs, there's a world of possibilities. I have only gotten into analogue sampling and slashing for the last couple of months, but I never really applied it until my latest track. I've also done a couple tracks through midi and it was almost too easy (those tracks are under the artist name Photoball). As long as you're creative, there's no ending to your possibilities even when you are on a shoestring budget.

A: Not now, cause I'm just not into making music. But within a month, I will have another track done, I can guarantee that.

A: There's three steps to a good song name: 1)Make the song 2)When finished think about the first thing that pops into your mind about that song. That will be your initial track title. 3)Then, always, trash the first idea. Because the second idea will be deeper. Elaborate on that idea in 10 words or less. Axe all the words until you feel comfortable.

A: 2 years. I felt like I was without a soul.

A: What I usually do is let all the frustration go, sit at the oldest actual piano I can find, and just play until I come up with something. That works best.

A: I don't really play games. The whole thing about "Pocket Calculator" is that it's a goofy remix of the goofy - but strikingly cool Kraftwerk song. My remix reminds me of the youthful days when I was a tetris-a-holic.

A: Within the next month, for sure.