proGrammar Press Kit

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Press Blurbs

"This is cool, man."
- Blastmaster KRS-One, The Teacha (in regards to the concept of this website) (read the whole thing)

"proGrammar opened me up... to, like, new possibilities in hip-hop... Looking at, like, Emcees who are doing stuff, he's really, like -- He taking a step!... that a lot of cats -- Most cats is not willing to take that step... [He] is The Sun-Ra of Emceeing."
- Kid Lucky, Beatboxer Entertainment, The Hip-Hop Subway Series, May 2008 (read the whole thing)

"proGrammar has...a hiphop heart. [One of the] golden few-the sensitive descendants of Q-Tip...-who prefer to deal with matters of the heart. [W]orth watching."
- Charles Mudede, The Stranger, October 2002 (read the whole thing)

"You're really, uh, kinda out there...You use a lot of big words."
- Deena Barnwell, host of The Soundbox, KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, OR, December 2003 (read the whole thing)

"It gets no realer than this home brewed hip-hop...proGrammar is the Internet's answer to the Hip-Hop creativity drought."
- Dante, GigaTracks.com, January 2005 (read the whole thing)

"You'll prob'ly never be in XXL."
- Dennis Page, Publisher, XXL Magazine, January 2004 (read the whole story)

"Grammar sings and beatboxes bugged takes on classics like Stevie Wonder's 'Hey Love' and Hall & Oates's 'I Can't Go For That'—and goddammit, it works."
- Larry Mizell, Jr., The Stranger , October 2005 (read the whole thing)

"proGrammar is a rapper/beatboxer/badass from NYC that I can say with some confidence is nothing like you've ever heard. These songs are from 'Somaphone 2' which is a collection of covers that he recorded with nothing but his voice and a glass of water."
- MySpace page of AtoZ Media, February 2007

Interviews:
- Early 2007 Interview With Sean Solo, host of BeatsAndMics.com Cincinnati, OH.
- December 2003 Interview With Deena Barnwell, host of The Soundbox KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, OR.

Kudos:
- Early 2005 Featured on National Public Radio's All Songs Considered: Open Mic.

Hi-Res Photos

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About proGrammar

proGrammar is the stagename of Graham Arthur Mackenzie, born in Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America, Planet Earth on January 12th, 1977. proGrammar currently lives in Portland, Oregon. proGrammar is a Caucasian male, 6' 6", 205 lbs., athletic build, hazel eyes, brown hair. proGrammar was clasically trained as a singer, growing up, as a member of The Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle, two really dope singing programs for youth in the Seattle area. At the same time, Grammar was nursing what was to become a lifelong obsession with hip-hop music, ever since seeing "Beat Street" on TV at the age of 7. proGrammar sings, raps, beatboxes, makes beats, records + mixes his own stuff, creates coverart, and sells everything through his own label, Media Mackenzie and his website proGrammar.net. He has made a lot of albums at this point, most with some sort of connection to hip-hop. Check all of them out here.

Watch some videos he made of himself interpreting his own lyrics into American Sign Language here.

Listen to an album of pop covers he made entirely with his voice (singing + beatboxing) here.

Listen to an album of rock vocals he recorded on top of a band that only plays Nintendo themesongs here.

Watch some videos of him improvising beats / raps / vocals on the spot using a looping pedal here.

Every ID Photo Ever Taken of Me (click to enlarge)