Life

Begai was born in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He attended York University in Toronto and received a B.A. in History in 1993.

Begai currently lives in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Career

Begai began his writing career in October 1993 as a contributor to M.E.A.T Magazine, a Toronto-based metal fanzine distributed across Canada that was available for free. At the end of 1996 he joined the ranks of Toronto-based metal magazine Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles

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 (BW&BK). He has contributed to every issue since, having become one of the key writers on staff. In May 2005 Begai added the BW&BK website Bravewords.com to his mag-related duties, joining other staff members in reporting metal news on a daily basis.

Begai has also contributed to the regional German rock fanzine Rock City News (better known these days as RCN) and was a copy editor for the English language edition of the German gothic culture magazine Orkus for two years.

In addition, he has written brief band biographies for Blood Stain Child

Blood Stain Child

Blood Stain Child is a Japanese melodic death metal band from the city of Osaka. The band's musical style combines modern melodic death metal with electro-industrial and trance or as they call it 'hybrid metal trance'...

, Midnattsol

Midnattsol

Midnattsol is a Symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway, The band was formed in 2002 by singer Carmen Elise Espenæs and guitarist Christian Hector.- History :...

, Scarlet Sins, Ahab

Ahab (band)

Ahab is a German funeral doom metal band founded in 2004 by Midnattsol guitarists Christian Hector and Daniel Droste and former Endzeit guitarist Stephan Adolph. The band is named after Captain Ahab, a character in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville...

  and vocalist Amanda Somerville

Amanda Somerville

Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter and vocal coach.- Personal life :Somerville was born in Flushing, Michigan, and attended Flushing Senior High School and the University of Michigan in Flint, Michigan...

. Carl also assisted Midnattsol vocalist Carmen Elise Espenaes in shaping and arranging lyrics for the band’s 2005 debut, Where Twilight Dwells, and its 2008 follow-up, Nordlys.

Begai is the co-writer and collaborator on ex-Bonfire

Bonfire (band)

Bonfire is a German heavy metal band, founded in Ingolstadt, Germany in 1972. Bonfire has a unique history. Currently there are two bands who have held the name. The original group started out as Cacumen, became Bonfire and ended in 2011 as Charade...

 bassist Joerg Deisinger

Joerg Deisinger

Joerg Deisinger is the former bassist and a founding member of the German ‘80s melodic rock band, Bonfire.- Early Life and Bonfire :Deisinger was born in Nuremberg, Germany on April 23, 1966. His pre-teen obsession with learning how to play guitar eventually became a full fledged pursuit of...

’s memoir, Fire And Fame

Fire And Fame

Fire And Fame is a memoir co-written by Joerg Deisinger, former bassist and founding member of the German hard rock band Bonfire, and Carl Begai, a Canadian writer and music journalist....

, released independently in August 2008. He is currently working on a book of his own entitled Won’t Go Quietly, a work of fiction inspired his experiences in the music industry.

External links

• fireandfame.com - official website of the book "Fire And Fame"
• bravewords.com
• myspace.com/usemefriendly - Carl Begai's Myspace page.