FamilyJules

Jules Conroy (born: ), better known online as FamilyJules7x (or simply FamilyJules), is an American YouTube musician. The channel mainly focuses on covers of various video games using real instruments such as guitars and basses, turning each cover into a full-fledged metal-rock remix.
==Early life==
Jules was born in western Massachusetts, U.S on June 11, 1991. During his early years, video games influenced his childhood and music was his favorite outreach subject during his school days. Titles that influenced Jules the most were various titles such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Banjo Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini and even Ocarina of Time.
Jules received his first guitar during Christmas of 2006. He had played piano and a little bit of drums before, but never really got serious into music until then. He went completely self-taught, mostly reading books and online tutorials and tabs until he felt he was disciplined enough to forge on without them. His first guitar was a standard Rogue Dreadnought acoustic guitar, but shortly after, he purchased an Ibanez SA QMAM Electric Guitar, so he could play in bands around his town. He loved playing riffs by some bands that influenced his early life, including Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, and Dream Theater. However, he also made sure not to ignore some other styles such as Jazz and Blues knowing that he would probably need those skills in the future as well.
He joined many bands over the years, only for them to be unsuccessful. He was almost always slated to play lead guitars. When his third band disbanded, he decided that he wasn't going to do band stuff anymore because he felt that the more people were to be involved, the more likely that it was going to fail. Based on his fondness of video games and metal, he decided to combine the two elements, having been inspired by musicians on YouTube like CSGuitar89 and FreddeGredde.
At the time he was a high school graduate, he began working part-time as a technician at a software company for a flexible number of hours. It wasn’t long after he started to make a big challenge: to make weekly video game covers for one whole year without stopping.
==YouTube career==
===2010===
Jules first joined YouTube on June 8, 2008. However, his first video did not come by until July 12, 2010. His first ever video was a medley of Nintendo 64's Goldeneye 007. His first set of instruments were a Schecter Damien FR as the lead guitar, a Fender Precision as the bass, and a Fender T-Bucket 300E as the acoustic guitar. Almost a month later, his next remix was a medley of Star Fox 64, where he ditched the Fender Precision Bass and replaced it with a Rogue LX200B. For the remainder of the session, he made medleys of Super Mario 64, F-Zero X, Yoshi's Story, Banjo Kazooie, Mario Kart 64, Jet Force Gemini, and Ocarina of Time. He even did individual covers of some tracks from various games, including Pokémon, Kirby, and various others.
His first collaboration cover came on September 14, where he performed parts of a remix of Hyrule Field from Ocarina of Time, featuring CSGuitar89. It was the first time in his career that Jules made a video featuring another YouTube musician. On October 19, Jules did a Castlevania series medley, which was originally intended to be posted on Halloween, but it came twelve days prior from the desired release date.
===2011===
The first video in 2011 came the Battlefield medley posted on January 4. Two weeks later, a cover of the Aquatic Ambiance from Donkey Kong Country was released. On February 8, Jules did a cover of Route 4 from the first generation Pokémon games, which featured LowandSlow8 doing the drums. After reaching a milestone of 3,000 subscribers, Jules announced that he was doing a variety of medleys, mostly from N64 games, which included Perfect Dark, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Paper Mario, Donkey Kong 64, Bomberman 64, Banjo-Tooie, Diddy Kong Racing, Conker's Bad Fur Day, and Majora's Mask.
On May 24, Jules replaced his bass with an Ibanez Soundgear SR405QM, which was first shown in a cover of "What You Gone" from Portal 2. A week later, Jules was seen playing a cello, a Cecilio CCO-300 in a cover of Iona Monastery from Summoner. On June 14, Jules released a cover of Dr. Wily stages 1 & 2 from Mega Man 2. A week after that, Jules was first seen brandishing a Gibson Explorer as a usage for rhythm guitar duties for a cover of High Strung from Rise of Nations. On July 5, Jules did a cover of Lavender Town from the first generation Pokémon games.
On July 12, Jules did a cover of the Super Mario 64 credits, where photography took place at Hampden, Massachusetts. It was his first live-natured place to film a cover. After that, Jules announced that he would be taking a break from YouTube activities. His next medley came on October 11 that featured themes from Twilight Princess. He did a few more covers and some videos that showed tutorials on how to record music and master it properly.
===2012===
The first cover of 2012 was "Infiltration" from Mass Effect 2, released on January 3. The week after that came a medley with themes from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Then seven days later came Traverse Town from Kingdom Hearts. On January 31, Jules did a cover of Corridors of Time from Chrono Triggers where he was seen playing a classical guitar for the first time, a Valencia VG-190CE. On February 14, Jules did a medley of Pokémon Snap. Two weeks later came a cover of "One Winged Angel" from Final Fantasy VII.
On March 20, Jules did a medley of random video games for nearly eight minutes. The video also showed a Cordoba C7 as his next classical guitar. On April 10, Jules did a medley with themes from the Elder Scrolls games. On May 8, Jules did a medley with themes from The Sims. On May 29, he did a cover of the Star Wolf theme from Star Fox 64. The next medley, on June 12, was themes from Super Meat Boy, which showed Jules playing a keyboard, the Yamaha Portatone PSR-175.
On July 3, Jules did a cover of "Dearly Beloved" from Kingdom Hearts. Seven days later came a medley with themes from Minecraft. On August 14, Jules did a medley with themes from The Binding of Isaac. On September 4, a cover of the main theme from Cave Story was released. On September 11, a medley with themes from Super Metroid was released. The next covers were the overworld theme from Spirit Tracks and the Emerald Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
On October 9, Jules did a medley with themes from The Wind Waker. On October 30, Jules did a cover of the credits theme from Ocarina of Time, where photography took place at Hampden, Massachusetts. The East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra was featured as a synthesizing method with orchestral elements blending in the cover. This would turn out to be the last cover Jules did in 2012 before taking another break.
===2013===
In 2013, Jules began the year by posting tutorials on how to play certain themes and covers from video games. On May 3, Jules posted a video that explained about his ways of his earlier life growing up. His next cover came on June 3, which was the prelude of the Final Fantasy series. Next in line came Ken's theme from Street Fighter II. On June 25, the next medley featured themes from Link's Awakening. On July 30, a medley with themes from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was released. On August 13, Jules did a cover of Silph Co. from the first generation Pokémon games.
On August 27, Jules released a medley with themes from Mega Man X, which turned out to be a global breakthrough. On September 17, Jules released a cover of the Chemical Plant Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Only a week later came a medley with themes from DuckTales, where viewers were highly familiar with The Moon theme. On October 15, a cover of Ryu's theme from Street Fighter 2 was released. Two weeks later came a medley with themes from Silent Hill. After that, Jules reached a milestone of 75,000 subscribers.
On November 6, Jules did a medley with themes from Dark Souls. The next two releases were covers of Shiver Star from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and Cool, Cool Mountain from Super Mario 64. On Christmas Eve, Jules did a cover of Frappe Snowland from Mario Kart 64. On the final day of 2013, Jules did a medley with themes from Snowboard Kids 2.
===2014===
The first cover Jules did in 2014 was the Heart of Fire from Castlevania, released on January 7. On January 21, Jules did a cover of the Far Horizons from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. On January 28, Jules did a medley with themes from VVVVVV. On February 11, Jules did a cover of the Forest Maze from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
On February 25, Jules did a medley with theme from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong-Quest, which garnered worldwide success. On March 18, Jules did a cover of the Super Mario World title theme. On March 25, Jules did a Ninja Gaiden medley. On April 8, Jules did a cover of the Fear Factory theme from Donkey Kong Country. On April 15, Jules didi a cover of the Team Rocket Hideout from Pokémon Red & Green. A day later, Jules reached a milestone of 100,000 subscribers.
On April 29, Jules did a medley with themes from Pokémon X & Y. On May 13, Jules did Guile's theme from Street Fighter II, another successful release. On May 29, Jules did a 17-minute medley of themes from various video games throughout the years, which turned out to be one of his most successful releases up to date. A live performance was released on August 18, which featured a medley with themes from the Elder Scrolls games.
===2015===
On February 24, Jules released a jazz medley with themes from Conker's Bad Fur Day featuring insaneintherainmusic and 8BitBrigadier. On March 16 and April 3, Jules posted performances at PAX East. Months later, Jules moved from Massachusetts to San Diego. On October 1, Jules posted a live performance at TwitchCon.
===2016===
On January 2, Jules posted his first video game cover since moving to San Diego, a top 10 video game intros medley. He also updated his instrument lineup, with a Schecter Blackjack SLS FR being the new lead guitar. The top 10 medleys would become a concept that would endure for the next ten videos. The next top 10 medley was video game file select themes, released on February 3. On March 15, the next top 10 medley was Level 1 themes. After an April Fools prank in regards of Undertale, the next top 10 medley was some video game character themes, released on April 3. On May 19, the next top 10 medley featured battle themes.
On May 27, Jules posted a studio tour inside his residence with RichaadEB filming. A cover aside from the top 10 featured the Mansion Basement from Resident Evil: Director's Cut, released on May 30. Jules resumed the top 10 on June 20, with Game Over themes, including Jonothan Young doing the vocals for the Total Distortion part. To promote the recent release of Pokémon GO, Jules covered the map theme of the game on July 13.
Jules resumed the top 10 with mini-boss themes on August 26. On September 3, Jules posted 50 video game themes in two minutes. He then went back to the top 10 medleys with shop themes on September 24. The next top 10 medley was final level themes, released on October 25. On November 26, the next top 10 medley features featured boss themes. In addition, Jules was seen playing a new bass, a Schecter Diamond-J 5. The last video of 2016 and final release for the top 10 featured credits themes from video games, which released on December 19.
===2017===
The first five covers of 2017 were themes from Crypt of the Necrodancer. First came Infernal Descent, released on January 21. On January 22, the next cover was Undead Desperation, which was filmed outside his residence. In addition, Jules was seen playing a Schecter Banshee Elite-7 as a new rhythm guitar. On January 23, the next cover was Frozen in Panic. On January 28, the next cover was Molevolence featuring Ahren Gray doing the vocals. The last of the five Crypt by the Necrodancer covers was the Trial of Thunder, released on January 31.
On March 7, Jules did a medley with themes from Super Mario Galaxy. The next individual cover was the Plague Knight Theme from Shovel Knight. On March 28, Jules did a cover of "Through the Fire and Flames", originally performed by DragonForce. Caleb Hyles was featured doing the vocals in the cover. On April 4, Jules did a medley with themes from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The next two covers were themes from the Final Fantasy series, which were the fanfare theme from Final Fantasy VII and Servants of the Mountain from Final Fantasy X.
On April 18, Jules did a cover of Life Will Change from Persona 5. On April 25, Jules did Snake Eater from Metal Gear Solid 3 with Adriana Figueroa featured doing the vocals. On May 9, Jules covered the Ganondorf battle theme from Ocarina of Time. On May 30, Jules posted a cover of "Live and Learn" from Sonic Adventure 2, with Jonothan Young featured on the vocals. On June 6, Jules did an Undertale medley. Another cover from Persona 5 was Beneath the Mask, released on June 13.
On June 27, Jules did a cover of the Otherworld from Final Fantasy X featuring ToxicxEternity as an additional guitarist, jparecki95 playing the bass, and RichaadEB playing the drums. The next medley featured themes from Dark Souls 3, released on July 4. On July 11, Jules did a cover of the Sight of Spira from Final Fantasy X, filmed on a beach near San Diego and unplugged. Will Power from Persona 5 was the next featured cover released on July 18.
On July 25, Jules did a cover of "That Person's Name Is" from Bravely Default featuring Jonathan Parecki doing the bass. On August 1, a medley with themes from NieR: Automata was released. On August 8, the Aqua Star theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was covered. On August 15, Blooming Villain from Persona 5 was covered. On August 29, Jules did a cover of the Legendary Beast theme from Pokémon Crystal, featuring Dr. Pez - VGM.
On September 5, a medley with themes from Sonic Mania was released. On September 12, the Mid Boss Mayhem theme from Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was released. On September 19, Beautiful Dead from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was released. On September 26, a cover of the Seymour Battle from Final Fantasy X featured SixteeninMono as an additional guitarist. On October 3, a medley with themes from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney was released. On October 10, Last Surprise from Persona 5 was released.
On November 7, a medley with themes from Super Mario Odyssey was released. On November 28, a cover of Friends (Hyper Potions) from Sonic Mania featured The8BitDrummer was released. On December 5, a medley with themes from Super Mario Land was released. On December 12, a cover of Route 4 from Pokémon Black & White was released. The last cover of 2017 was The Poem For Everyone's Souls from the Persona series featuring Adriana Figueroa.
===2018===
A medley with themes from Earthbound was the first post in 2018, released on January 2. Next came of cover of Lake Lamode from Super Mario Odyssey, released on January 9. On January 23, a cover of the rival battle theme from Pokémon Gold & Silver was released. On January 30, Jules did the main theme from Super Mario Bros. featuring John Petrucci of Dream Theater. The cover saw Jules with a new lead guitar, an Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty Monarchy.
On February 6, Jules did a medley with themes from Shadow of the Colossus, which served as a promotion for a PlayStation 4 remake of the game. On February 20, Jules did a cover of the Tristram Village from Diablo. On February 27, Jules was one of 70 individuals involved in a 19-minute mega medley with themes from the Super Mario series. On March 27, Jules did a cover of "Your Reality" from Doki Doki Literature Club. He was seen playing a Schecter E-1 as the rhythm guitar, and this cover was the last using the Blackjack SLS as the lead guitar before adjusting to the Music Man Majesty Monarchy full time for future covers.
On April 17, Jules did a cover of "Odd Future" from My Hero Academia with Caleb Hyles doing the vocals. On May 1, a cover of "Flamingo" by Kero Kero Bonito featured Adriana Figueroa doing the vocals. On May 15, Jules did a cover of the first boss battle theme from Chrono Trigger. On May 22, Jules did a cover of the intro theme from Mega Man 2. On May 29, Jules did a cover of Vega's theme from Street Fighter II. On June 5, Jules posted a cover of the Ancient Stones from Skyrim. This was also his first video in 4K resolution and in 21:9 ultra-wide aspect ratio.
On June 12, Jules did a medley with 50 video game themes in three minutes. On June 19, Jules did a cover of the Wii Sports main theme featuring ArtificialFear as an additional guitarist, who was seen playing the PRS Custom 24 7-string, the instrument Jules formerly used for rhythm duties. On July 10, Jules did the first battle theme from Octopath Traveler. On July 24, Jules did a cover of the Flame Mammoth stage from Mega Man X.
For the rest of 2018, Jules did covers mainly from Octopath Traveler. First came "Enveloped in Kindness", released on July 31. Next came the first phase of the decisive battle, released on August 14. On August 21, the cover of "Riverlands" was filmed near a lake at a park near San Diego. On August 28, the cover of "Sunshade" featured Sab Irene playing the saxophone. On Sepetmber 4, a cover of Alfyn's Theme featured insaneintherainmusic doing the saxophone. On October 30, a cover of "Daughter of the Dark God" featured Adriana Figueroa doing the vocals.
On November 13, Jules did a cover of the main theme from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, although the game did not release until about a month later. The next two covers were from Deltarune, which were the Field of Hopes and Dreams and Rude Buster. After that, the trainer battle theme from Pokémon Red and Green was covered, which showed Jules making a one-off comeback with the Schecter Black SLS doing the lead duties. Next came the World Revolving and Chaos King from Deltrarune. On Christmas Day, Jules did a cover of 1 A.M. from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which was the last cover in 2018.
==Side channel==
Jules has a side channel under his real name, Jules Conroy, which was founded on August 14, 2013. His side channel does various blogs and video game streaming.
==TheRunawayGuys==
Jules is a member of The Runaway Guys Colosseum division. He was first seen in the supergroup in 2018.
==Personal life==
Jules resides in San Diego, California. He used to live in western Massachusetts in his earlier career but decided to move to San Diego, citing that he wanted to be closer to fellow YouTube artists Adrisaurus, RichaadEB, Jonathan Young, ToxicxEternity and a select few others.
==Equipment==
===Current equipment===
*Lead guitars: Ernie Ball Majesty Monarchy, Ernie Ball Majesty Standard, Schecter Damien Platinum
*Rhythm guitars: Schecter E-1 Apocalypse, Schecter C-7 Multiscale SLS Elite, Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid C-8, Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass
*Bass: Schecter J-5
*Acoustic guitar: Schecter Orleans Studio
*Classical guitar: Cordoba C12 CD
*Drums: Programmed via ToonTrack EZ / Superior Drummer
===Former equipment===
*Lead guitars: Schecter Damien FR, Schecter Blackjack SLS
*Rhythm guitars: Gibson Explorer, PRS Custom 7-String, Schecter E-1 Standard, Schecter Banshee Elite-7
*Basses: Fender Precision Standard, Rogue LX200B, Ibanez Soundgear SR405QM
*Acoustic guitar: Fender T-Bucket 300 CE 
*Classical guitar: Cordoba C7
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