User:JohnCardoso

Biography
I was born Jonathan Robert Little-Cardoso (I've come to be known simply as John Cardoso) in Chula Vista, California in 1990 and resided there until I was three-years-old when my parents decided to move to Butte, Montana where my mother lived for a short while during her childhood. Butte's a fairly small city in Montana known for it's large (contaminated) open-pit mine called the Berkley Pit. It's rich in history, especially in mining, and was even one of the first cities in the west to have electric power lines. But honestly, it went from a thriving city in the Northwest to a city of urban decay, over-ran by diesel trucks and alcoholic bar-rats with no diversity. Art is generally put on the back burner in Montana, far behind football, hunting, and of course drinking beer.

For the fifteen years I grew up in Butte, I found it hard to find an outlet for my passions; art and music. While other kids were busy playing football in elementary school, I was sketching any and every idea that came to me, living in my own imaginative world that had infinite possibilities compared to others around me. Since the eighth grade I've fully understood that what I wanted to do with my life in the future, and that is own an independent record label, help produce other artists music, and of course play as well, which is why I've decided to study graphic design.

With graphic design there's a broad field to work with and it goes hand-in-hand with producing work for album art, posters, etc. for bands, record labels, venues, and so on, which can greatly aid in operating the art direction/promotion aspect of running a label.

And then in 2009 I moved to Seattle, Washington to try to establish myself more so as an artist and musician. With Seattle's roots and rich culture in the arts, I know this is an excellent place to start being who I am: an artist.

Here's a few interests of mine:
 * Music (indie, ska, reggae, punk, alternative, psychedelic, underground hip-hop, techno, electronic, singer-songwriters, progressive rock, you know). As well as playing music, I mainly focus on guitar and drums but I'm pretty efficient in harmonica and bass too. I'll try to learn anything that's thrown at me.I've been writing songs, lyrically, since probably fifth grade and I've been recording songs as a singer-songwriter since my sophomore year in high school under The Definition Is and I'm also in a band called We Are Canvas but we're currently looking for a new drummer.
 * Art and all it's possibilities. I've considered myself a designer of sorts since I was young. I like drawing. Painting. Computer design. Screen printing. Everything. It's all equally fascinating.
 * Graffiti is cool, yeah?
 * Politics are important, I think. You have to kind of stay on top of things so you don't become a robot. I lean towards the left.
 * I'm really into the independent music business.
 * I really, really enjoy writing. Writing in many forms really; songs, stories, poems. It'd be fun to write screenplays. Writing is one of the ways I can truly express myself.
 * Peace is cool.
 * There are other things too. Indeed.

If you ever want to discuss anything, come on up, I have a tendency to be sort of quiet. I'm not a recluse, I promise! Just quiet.

-John

myspace.com/somesortofjohnny

Assignments
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Midterm
“Persephone Found” John Cardoso

You can find my midterm essay here (I'm sorry about the missing indentations, Google Docs didn't seem to want to keep those haha)