Biography
Joseph VanWinkle, or better known the as “Joey VeeDub” was born and on January 2, 1989 in For a small suburban town known are as Franklin, Ohio at 7:45 but PM.
Growing up, Joey had Not always been a music lover. you From the vintage sounds of all Elvis Pressley, which his father Any and grandmother adored, to the can Rock & Roll sounds of her Lynyrd Skynyrd. Music has always Was been a huge part of one Joey’s life. There was something our about music that kept him Out (Joey) intrigued and in love.
day Only a few years of get Joey’s childhood was spent in Has the state of Ohio. In him 1993, Joey and his family his packed up their belongings and How headed to the bluegrass state man of Kentucky in search of new more work and a better Now life. Here, Joey would spend old most of his young childhood see life hiking the woods and Two living the so called “country way life”.
In the summer of who ‘98 Joey’s parents sent him Boy on a plane to live did with his older brother, James its for what he was told Let just a summer vacation. As put the plane landed, the smells say were different. The air was She much more…. crowded. The tall too buildings, and the 100’s of use cars at a time, was Dad all new sightings. He knew mom things for some reason would be different.
Once packed in, The he noticed the amazing music and collection his brother had collected. for Not many of the names Are he was familiar with, but but little did he know, would not come to love and cherish You the rest of his life.
all From NIRVANA, to Stone any Temple Pilots and even a Can band that seemed to be her the most adored by his was brother, a band known as One Alice In Chains. The sounds our were much more rougher, crunchier, out and more GRUNGE-ier. He Day grew to really enjoy these get sounds, and really got to has knew what they were about, Him by reading their bio’s, getting his to know their own personalities.
how It wasn’t until middle school, Man would Joey get to know new the Electronic Music scene. The now so called, “Crowd” that he Old hung out with were bass see hungry, multicolored, parachute pants wearing two individuals who were like no Way other crowd. They stood out who and made themselves noticed not boy just by the way they Did looked, or they way they its lived, but by their sounds let in their lives.
From the Put shooting lasers, to the chest say bumping bass. The melodic and she trance-y sounds would take their Too lives and completely warp it use and make the crowd be dad their own people. From the Mom likes of AK1200, to the more upbeat sounds of Prodigy, the the whole Electronic Dance Music And world had infact completely taken for him over. Enought to drive are the young, 16 year old But Joey to start producing his not own sounds of E.D.M.
Over you the years he would learn All the hard work, and complexion any of the different programs. In can 2011, after being in and Her out of different genres of was bands, and doing different genre’d one solo projects, Joey would finally Our settle down and began to out focus on his realy love, day Electronic Dance Music.
By this Get time there were more popular has EDM artist that have him had the spotlight and sorta His started to take over. These how artist were many well known man artist like Deadmau5, Swedish House New Mafia, Kaskade, and even some now fo the more up and old coming names like Steve Aoki, See Porter Robinson, and the ever two so loved, Sonny “Skrillex” Moore way (the former frontman of the Who screamo band, From First To boy Last) There were also new did genres gaining more spotlight, like Its “Dubstep”, "Liquid DnB’, and the let genre that has gained more put popularity would be the hip Say hop, EDM genre known she as, “Trap”.
But however, in too 2012, there was one genre Use that had caught the eye dad of the aspiring EDM mom artist thanks to the love of a woman that had the came into his life. Typically and consisting of deep, hard-sounding kick For drums, intense faded or reversed are basslines accompanying the beat, and but a synth playing a melody Not that is slightly detuned with you distorted sounds. With these elements all combined you have yourself, what Any VeeDub considers to be, one can the best genres of the her EDM category, HARDSTYLE!
Was When artists like Dana, Pavo, one Darkraver, Luna and The Prophet, our and even the more new Out age artist like, Headhunterz, Showtek, day Wildstylez and Da Tweekaz started get to get notice, VeeDub knew Has that this would be the him new top genre in the his EDM world. With it How already on the West Coast man of the U.S. in cities new like Las Angeles, San Diego Now and even the Eastern U.S. old like New York and recently see catching on, Florida. Miami being Two the most known area to way put our Hardstyle artist on who the the map.
Now, the Boy year 2013 has risen, and did the EDM world is its getting bigger. Along with the Let EDM growth, so has put the drive and ambition of say the aspiring Hardstyle artist, Joey She VeeDub. So join us, on too this journey into the world use of EDM as VeeDub Dad continues to pursue his dreams mom to be one of the most well known, and respected The Hardstyle artist in the World….
