Chris Pitman is a Grammy nominated American Musician, best known as a member of Guns N Roses from 1998 to Present. and is a Multi Media Visual Artist,painter, represented by The Metara Gallery in Rio De Janeiro.
He was nominated in 2012 by the Brazilian Film Academy for Best Film Soundtrack, and his work was also placed in TV, Novellas, Big Brother Brasil, and worked with various Brazilian Artists.In the past several years, he has worked with Electronic Dance Music as a performer and DJ, and has done shows In South America, Miami (Ultra Festival), Los Angeles, etc. under several monikers/personas, as BLOWOUT, BEATRAZR, I/HATE STRUCTURE, and is releasing a full length Album in 2016 with these projects.

Pitman studied at the Art Institute of Kansas City, Missouriand the University of Missouri. In 1993, Pitman worked with the controversial artist Les Levine.
His current works, painting, lithographs, prints have sold/displayed in Rio de Janeiro at The Metara Gallery, where he is represented by Susi Cantarino. In 1994, Pitman worked with [[Dr. Dre]] in Dre’s home studio. He also joined band ‘Tool’ on tour and played synth on Tool’s album ‘Ænima’. In 1995, he appeared on the album ”Bourgeois Kitten” by Blinker the Star. His band ‘REPLICANTS’ released a record on ZOO/BMG in 1995, which included members of TOOL, FAILURE, MEDICINE, ZAUM. In 1997 his band a LUSK Released ‘FREE MARS’ to critical acclaim, and the single ‘BACKWORLDS’ had a hit video by Lin Burge and was heavily rotated on MTV, and was also nominated for a Grammy Award.

Pitman was co-founder of Los Angeles based art coalition ‘Priory of the North,’ which focuses on conceptual public art and works primarily with oil painting, lithography, oils, and metal. His Land/Environment projects have been onsite in various Midwest regional farmland sites in Lafayette County and Johnson County, Missouri. His Rio de Janeiro site-specific work titled “Mind/Land” has been delayed until permits and visas are issued.

==Guns N Roses==
In early 1998, Pitman joined Guns N Roses as Co-producer and the band’s synthesist and second bass player as well as performing backing vocals; he worked along side of Axl Rose in his home studio for 3 years, as Rose continued to rebuild Guns N’ Roses as the past members had quit. He has been a member of Guns N’ Roses ever since and was featured on keyboards on the non-album single “Oh My God” that was place in the Movie and Soundtrack ‘End of Days’ with Arnold Schwarzenegger” in 1999 and on every song on the long-awaited studio album ”Chinese Democracy”. On the record Pitman plays mostly keyboards and sub-bass as well as programming and background vocals, he plays a 12-string guitar on “If The World” and a Mellotron on “There Was A Time”. He also co-wrote the songs “If The World”, which was placed in the Leo Dicaprio Movie ‘Body of Lies’ and soundtrack, and the song “Madagascar” alongside frontman Axl Rose. Pitman has performed live with Guns N’ Roses since their comeback concert in January 2001 and he has been one of the longest members to remain. Pitman filled in for Stinson on bass in a 2007 show that Stinson was unable to attend.

==Workshop projects==
Pitman has also done sound design and electronic work for Arturia software synthesizers, A Designs Audio [Peter Montessi], Waves Plugins, Waldorf Synthesizers, Apple’s Logic Audio, , Moog Synthesizers, , Roland USA, Korg Music, Serge Synthesis [SMS], PlanB Synthesis Peter Grenader, Mandala Drums

==Current status==
GUNSNROSES 2016, BEATRAZR, I/HATE STRUCTURE, upcoming releases 2016

Chris Pitman was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 16, 2024

Official website|http://www.chrispitman.com
http://www.myspace.com/chrispitman Official Myspace
https://www.facebook.com/BEATRAZR-1420452798253351/?ref=hl/ Official BEATRAZR website

http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/XILS-3.html

XILS LABS has just released the Xils3 software synthesizer, a recreation of the great EMS VCS3 Modular synthesizer from the 1960′s. This synth was used by Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Brian Eno amongst others and well known for its individual character and unique experimental sounds.

I’ve programmed some factory presets for this software version, and was very impressed by its sonic salute to the past. Ive included sounds for bass, ambient soundscapes, noise and experimental sounds, and new for this structure are polyphonic sounds.

This program is a lot of fun to experiment with and the sequencer section alone is worth the price.

go check it out at their website.

http://www.xils-lab.com/pages.php?pageid=22

Greetings to all electronic friends from around the world! Here is our art space and music environment for you to wander around in.

Here are some examples of my Art work, paintings, lithographs, drawings, etc., I wrote some music clips for the artwork, to be played in the background at very low volumes, so as not to impede.

Programming and testing is being done for a new software synthesizer that emulates a great modular beast that has been a favorite of mine for years. This thing performs and sounds amazing, and Im very excited to program for this company. As you know, Ive done a multitude of sound designing for various Hardware and Software synthesizers, and this one has got me excited all over again. I will let you know the details and post some examples of this great beast when we can finally present it to the public.

Abstract weird sounds, Ambient soundscapes, music from the other side of the fence.

Blinded by the Old Man ways
Kicking out to greet the haze
If he finds out, there’s nothing said
Accept HayaH, Accept HayaH

Make her feel her heart break
Make her feel the locks shake
Make her feel it, making me feel

Make her insane Will you make me, not gonna take it
not gonna fake it, right from the start

Holy man, let’s spin my game
Kicking out to guess your name
If you find out, Im done for sure
well is it HayaH? is it Hayah?

Make her feel her heart break
Make her feel the locks shake
Make her feel it, making her right from the start

Make her insane Can you take me right from the start?
taste me right from the start?

Make her feel her heart break
Make her feel the locks shake
Make her feel it, making me feel

Make her insane Can you make her, make her feel it, make her feel it,
any day now

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EXTERNALIZE ALL THOUGHT PROCESSES
UNTIL YOU WALK INTO THIS ROOM UNRENOUNCED
THEN YOU TOO CAN SHED IT’S LIES
AND BREATH THE WALL CARVED LAYOUT
AND THEN FROM THE SUN BREAKS OPEN THIS FACE

AND THE WAY THAT YOU MAKE
WATER INTO WINE
TELLING ME ABOUT YOUR MESSIAH IAH IAH

AND THE MOVE THAT YOU MADE
WAKING UP THE LIE
KEEPING EVERYONE HALF ALIVE IVE IVE

BEFALLS QUOTING THE OBELISK
THE SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

BEFALLS QUOTING DIABLOS
YOUR SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

SEE THE WAY THAT YOU FEEL
THE MOON WILL MAKE IT RIGHT
SEEMS TO THINK IT FEELS ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT

SUSPICION IS THE ALBATROSS
OF COLD CALCULATING HANDS
COLD CALCULATING HANDS

BEFALLS QUOTING THE OBELISK
THE SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

BEFALLS QUOTING DIABLOS
YOUR SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

AND THE MOVES THAT YOU MAKE
WAKE ME ALL DAY
TELL ME ALL ABOUT YOUR WIERD DREAMS DREAMS DREAMS

SUSPICION IS THE ALBATROSS
OF COLD CALCULATING HANDS
COLD CALCULATING HANDS

BEFALLS QUOTING THE OBELISK
YOUR SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

BEFALLS QUOTING DIABLOS
YOUR SCENE HAS DRIVEN US DOWN

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Someone’s trying to hunt me down
They’ve gotta gun and I can be found
Under the sink by the bathroom door

They live across the street
They bought a house number 53
And the cars have’nt moved for days on end
aah but anyway

MAN YOUR JUST AAH.. YOUR JUST A PARANOID FREAK
NO ONES OUT TO GET YOU.. NO ONE FLIPPIN CARES
AH……MAN YOUR JUST A YOUR JUST A PARANOID FREAK

FEELING SLEAZY BITTER END
IM TRYING TO MAKE IT HOME AGAIN
AS I BREAK THE LOCKS TO THE EMPTY SHED

FEEL THE LABOR OF YOUR BREATH
AS YOU WALK DOWN THIS TINY EDGE
AND YOUR SHADOW CRAWLS TO YOUR EMPTY BED
AAH.. BUT ANYWAY

MAN.. YOUR.. JUST A..
JUST A PARANOID FREAK
NO ONES OUT TO GET YOU MAN
NO ONE FARGING CARES

I MEAN…. YOU AIN’T GOT SHIT DUDE
YOUR JUST AN IDIOT.. AND YOU SMELL LIKE SHIT
YOU DRINK YOURSELF INTO OBLIVION
AND YOUR A FLIPPING DUNCE

SOMEBODYS GONNA HUNT ME DOWN
THEYVE GOTTA GUN AND I CAN BE FOUND

IM HIDING IN THE BACK OF THE SHED

SOMEBODY’S GONNA TRACK ME DOWN

OH…. IM JUST A PARANOID FREAK

TO KEEP THE WORD
GET ME DOWN

GO ON DOWN TO THE FROZEN STREET
WHERE THE RUINS CONGREGATE AND MEET
OH…MAKING OUT WITH THE MONEY CRAZE
WHILE THE FAMILY MAKES A MASS MISTAKE
IVE FALLEN BACK - ANTI DEPRESSANT
ALL IN STRIDE JUST TO KEEP HIS WORK

YOU KNOW WHERE I STAND
GOT NO LEGS TO HOLD ON
BALL N CHAIN TO KEEP THE WORK

ASSEMBLING MASS PRODUCTION
AND THE CRUEL SONS WILL BEG FOR YOU
AND THE WORDS THEY SAID WERE SO OFFENSIVE
AND THE RUMORS WE TOLD JUST TO KEEP YOU DOWN

AND ITS A ‘CRAWLING MAN’
FIRST ONE OUT TO MAKE THE JUMP
YOUR COMING CLOSE, DON’T HIDE AWAY

TO KEEP THE WORD
GET ME DOWN

NO ONE STANDS LIKE BEFORE WE MEET
AND THE RUMOR COMPLICATES THE SUN
OH…MAKING OUT WITH THE MONEY CRAZE
ALL THE FAMILY MAKES THE MASTER RACE
BALL AND CHAIN

DISMEMBERING MASSIVE PEOPLE
AND THE RULE IS WE HAVE TO STAND BEFORE

AND THE RAGING FAT FUCKERS
AND YOUVE NEVER LEARNED LIKE THIS BEFORE

AND YOU LEAVE ME DOWN IN THERE
I SEE THE ‘CRAWLING MAN’
FIRST ONE OUT TO MAKE ME JUMP
YOUR GETTING CLOSE
PLEASE STAND AWAY

GET ME DOWN

GET ME DOWN
THATS THE WORLD THAT YOU WANT
JUST TO COMPLICATE

GET ME DOWN

THATS THE WORLD THAT YOU WANT
JUST TO COMPLICATE

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