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Thumper

2015-07-19T21:47:23Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */ Corrected TFF year, added BLFC 2015

[[File:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[File:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[File:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]][[File:Hilyte.jpg|200x300px|framed|Hilyte Saber]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 4 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], "Geronimo" the [[gecko]] and "Hilyte" the sabertooth tiger.

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

"Hilyte" was built by RubyDragon and made his first appearance at [[Further Confusion 2015|2015]].

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* BLFC: [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2014]], [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2015]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* [[Furry Fiesta|Furry Fiesta]]: [[Furry Fiesta 2015|2015]]
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]], [[Further Confusion 2014|2014]], [[Further Confusion 2015|2015]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* Motor City Furcon: [[Motor City Furry Con|2015]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]], [[RainFurrest 2014|2014]]
* [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]]: [[VancouFur 2012]], [[VancouFur 2013]]

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2015-05-06T01:41:29Z

76.115.70.107: /* Fursuits */ Added Hilyte

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 4 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], "Geronimo" the [[gecko]] and "Hilyte" the sabertooth tiger.

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

"Hilyte" was built by RubyDragon and made his first appearance at [[Further Confusion 2015|2015]].

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* BLFC: [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2014]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* [[Furry Fiesta|Furry Fiesta]]: [[Furry Fiesta 2014|2014]]
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]], [[Further Confusion 2014|2014]], [[Further Confusion 2015|2015]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* Motor City Furcon: [[Motor City Furry Con|2015]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]], [[RainFurrest 2014|2014]]
* [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]]: [[VancouFur 2012]], [[VancouFur 2013]]

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2015-05-04T00:52:21Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */ added fc, tff, mcfc 2015

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* BLFC: [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2014]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* [[Furry Fiesta|Furry Fiesta]]: [[Furry Fiesta 2014|2014]]
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]], [[Further Confusion 2014|2014]], [[Further Confusion 2015|2015]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* Motor City Furcon: [[Motor City Furry Con|2015]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]], [[RainFurrest 2014|2014]]
* [[VancouFur (convention)|VancouFur]]: [[VancouFur 2012]], [[VancouFur 2013]]

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2014-04-14T02:50:55Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */ corrected links for VancouFur

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* BLFC: [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2014]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]], [[Further Confusion 2014|2014]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]]
* [[VancouFur]]: [[VancouFur 2012]], [[VancouFur 2013]]

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2014-04-14T02:49:01Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */ added FC2014 and BLFC2014

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* BLFC: [[Biggest Little Fur Con 2014]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]], [[Further Confusion 2014|2014]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]]
* [[VancouFur]] 2012, 2013

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2013-12-03T04:43:04Z

76.115.70.107: Added MFF2013

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]], [[Midwest FurFest 2013|2013]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]]
* [[VancouFur]] 2012, 2013

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2013-10-04T03:18:39Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */ Added convention attendance

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]], [[RainFurrest 2013|2013]]
* [[VancouFur]] 2012, 2013

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2013-09-09T04:22:09Z

76.115.70.107: /* Music */

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]]
* [[VancouFur]] 2012, 2013

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
{{Contributor}}
* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Fursuiters]]
[[Category:Howloween staff]]
[[Category:VancouFur guests of honor]]
[[Category:Washington]]
[[Category:DJs]]
[[Category:Musicians]]

{{LinkingSupporter}}

Thumper

2013-09-09T04:16:31Z

76.115.70.107: /* Conventions */

[[Image:Thumper.png|frame|Thumper (v2.3)]][[Image:Bumper.png|frame|Bumper the bear]][[Image:Geronimo.png|frame|Geronimo the Gecko]]

:Thumper is also a [[rabbit]] [[character]] in ''[[Bambi (movie)|Bambi]]''.
'''Thumper''' lives in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.|Vancouver, Washington, U.S.A.]]. He is a [[fursuiter]] who has attended many [[convention]]s, a musician (percussionist), and a DJ ([http://www.earvelvet.com/ EarVelvet]). Thumper is a volunteer for [[Helping Pawz|a not-for-profit character performance association]] and works as an IT Manager in Portland, Oregon.

==Fursuits==

Thumper owns 3 [[fursuit]]s: "Thumper" the white [[rabbit]], "Bumper" the [[bear (species)|bear]], and "Geronimo" the [[gecko]].

"Thumper" has been through 4 different revisions. Thumper v1.0 first appeared at [[ConFurence 9|CF9]] in 1998. Thumper v2 has gone through 3 different versions of the head (made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]], [[Whiteyfawks|Whitefox]] and Thumper himself) and a few feet replacements, but the body and details have remained unchanged.

"Bumper" was made by [[Kodi (Canada)|Kodi Pup]]

"Geronimo" was the first mascot/cartoon style character made entirely by Thumper himself and appeared for the first time at [[Further Confusion 2006|FC2006]]. He returned for [[Further Confusion 2007|FC2007]] in a Tuxedo masquerading as "[[Gex]]" (the Eidos Interactive game character) in keeping with the Convention's "007" theme.

==Conventions==

Thumper was [[Guest of Honor]] at the inagural [[VancouFur]] convention in March 2012.

Thumper has attended:
* Anthrocon: [[Albany Anthrocon 1998]], [[Anthrocon 2000]]
* Confurence: [[ConFurence 9]] (1998), [[ConFurence 10]] (1999)
* Conifur NW: [[Conifur Northwest 2000|2000]], [[Conifur Northwest 2001|2001]], [[Conifur Northwest 2002|2002]], [[Conifur Northwest 2003|2003]] (was in town and stopped by briefly in 2004 but didn't "attend")
* Further Confusion: [[Further Confusion 2001|2001]], [[Further Confusion 2002|2002]], [[Further Confusion 2003|2003]], [[Further Confusion 2004|2004]], [[Further Confusion 2005|2005]], [[Further Confusion 2006|2006]], [[Further Confusion 2007|2007]], [[Further Confusion 2008|2008]], [[Further Confusion 2009|2009]], [[Further Confusion 2010|2010]], [[Further Confusion 2011|2011]], [[Further Confusion 2012|2012]], [[Further Confusion 2013|2013]]
*FCN: [[Furry Connection North 2013|2013]]
* Howl-o-ween: [[Howloween 2002]], [[Howloween 2003]], [[Howloween 2004]], [[Howloween 2005]], [[Howloween 2006]]
* Megaplex: [[Furry Spring Break]] (2001), [[Pawpet Megaplex 1]] (2002)
* Mephit FurMeet: [[Mephit Furmeet 2]] (1998), [[Mephit Furmeet 3]] (1999), [[Mephit Furmeet 4]] (2000), [[Mephit Furmeet 5]] (2001)
* Midwest FurFest: [[Midwest FurFest|2002]], [[Midwest FurFest 2006|2006]], [[Midwest FurFest 2007|2007]], [[Midwest FurFest 2008|2008]], [[Midwest FurFest 2010|2010]], [[Midwest FurFest 2011|2011]], [[Midwest FurFest 2012|2012]]
* RainFurrest: [[RainFurrest 2007|2007]], [[RainFurrest 2008|2008]], [[RainFurrest 2009|2009]], [[RainFurrest 2010|2010]], [[RainFurrest 2011|2011]], [[RainFurrest 2012|2012]]
* [[VancouFur]] 2012, 2013

==Music==

Thumper is a percussionist with several years experience in high-school and middle school jazz bands and today enjoys occasionally getting together to play with his 'genre-less' garage band "Rusty Pipe".

Thumper was the center snare and a music writer for the Willamette High school Wolverines drum line for 4 years.

As a iPod DJ, Thumper used his connections at a light and sound company to put on large stage shows; his first public show in 1992. He played mostly Pop and Top 40 for high schools and middle schools in the Eugene area (while a high-school student himself). He later specialized in house parties for fraternities and sororities around the University of Oregon. He 'retired' from doing public shows after moving to the Portland area for College in 1995. He came back in 2002 for Howl-o-ween and continues to play multiple live shows each year, many at furry events and conventions.

During high school he used an analog multi-track editing studio at his school to compose original songs and create many remixes of tunes, however all this material is thought to have been lost during his move in 1995 or is still on a shelf in the studio back in Eugene.

Today Thumper enjoys playing mixed shows of Top 40 Dance remixes, House and Retro for his public shows. He has done a few private Internet Techno/Trance/Dance shows but hasn't had an audience to play such a set live recently. He used primarily CD's but also .wavs from computer during the 90's but has switched to all digital since 2002 and presently uses Traktor Studio for live events.

Thumper's live performances are done under the name EarVelvet and can be found at http://www.earvelvet.com/

==On-line Characters==

Thumper found furry back in 1996 while playing a number of characters on [[The Lion King MUCK|TLK MUCK]]. He later was very active with a character called Thumpy on [[FurryMUCK]]. He presently has a character on [[Second Life]] called "Thumper Bunnyhug".

==TLK Mag==

Thumper was the editor and web host for an online TLK Fan Webzine called ''[[The Pride Lands Online]]''.

==FurDir==

Thumper was the creator and programmer of the [[FurDir]]. The FurDir was created in 1996 and released online in 1997 as the first searchable Furry Web Directory that was built with dynamic web code and all input and content controlled automatically by the users/members. Thumper was prompted to create the FurDir after failing for months to get listed on any of the other Furry Web Directories at the time which were all manually created and updated and frequently has long delays between updates or getting responses from the owners to get added or information changed.

==External links==
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* [http://thump.livejournal.com/ Thumper] on [[LiveJournal]]
* http://www.thumper.net/ - Thumper's home page
* http://www.earvelvet.com/ - Live musical performance/DJ Site

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