Make a little beautiful damage.
DegaMad is “damaged” turned around—a handle Thong Trinh claimed at seventeen while listening to Metallica’s “Damage, Inc.” It became the home for his music, questions, experiments, and beautifully inconvenient ideas.
Not a brand. A broadcast.
I make music because it puts me completely in the moment. I build things because curiosity refuses to sit quietly.
I'm Thong—a singer, guitarist, bass player, occasional harmonica accomplice, and enthusiastic explorer of whatever catches fire in my brain.
DegaMad is where those threads meet: songs, experiments, half-finished thoughts, useful tools, and the occasional glorious wrong turn.
Things with a pulse.
The music
Songs, sketches, collaborations, and recordings from the ongoing experiment.
Listen ↗Two Rivers
A relationship song about two lives running together without becoming the same river.
In progressLive rooms
Open mics, intimate sets, senior communities, and anywhere a real song can land.
AvailableThe Mad Lab
Small digital experiments at the intersection of music, play, and technology.
Always open“The pieces don't have to match to make a whole.”
Because DegaMad is “damaged” written backwards. I took the handle at seventeen while listening to Metallica’s “Damage, Inc.” It stuck because the music did—and because sometimes turning damage around is exactly the point.
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