John Fitzsimmons
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- Skill Level:
- Semi-Pro
- Craft:
- musician
- Instruments:
- electric guitar, electric bass
- Genres:
- rock
- Influences:
- Grateful Dead, Amon Tobin, Sly and Robbie, Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, Cut Chemist, Beck, The Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Weezer, Muse, Radiohead, Danger Mouse, Dan Deacon, Nine Inch Nails, Mr. Bungle, Only Son, Alsoran, The Police, Bonobo, Foo Fighters, Black Moth Super Rainbox, The Octopus Project, Manu Chao, Mix Master Mike, Dr. Dre, Kid Koala, Squarepusher, Gorillaz, Arlo Guthrie, Lupe Fiasco, Pixies, The Jesus Lizard, Santana, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Outkast, Eric B. & Rakim, DJ Z-Trip, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Miles Davis, Cat Stevens, Phish, Johnny Cash
In a former life I was an experimental musician... and by former life I mean before life forced me to be more responsible financially. Regardless, just because I've stepped away from making music doesn't mean I don't still love it and hope to one day return to it.
By profession I work in the online world - search engines, social media, mobile technology. So when I see a site like Indaba Music merging both online technology and music collaboration I am truly excited.
My goal of using this site spans out beyond my own ambitions as a musician. Ideally, I'd like to discover interesting and inspiring artists and, if my knowledge of technology can somehow fit into the big picture, I'd like to help those musicians make a living outside of the record label universe.
So let's see what happens...
- Band or Group:
- http://twitter.com/Fitz
- Favorite Lyric:
I saw Satan on the beach trying to catch a ray. He wasn’t quite the speed of light and, the squirming coil, it got away. - Phish
- Day Job:
- Search Engine Marketing Manager
- Website:
- http://www.JohnFitzsimmons.com/
- How I Work:
For the time being I'm just interested in exploring Indaba Music, meeting people, and trying to see how I can help and where I fit in.
By profession I do web marketing / web development, and by hobby I'm always exploring new media like video and mobile platforms... so maybe I can help artists to use modern tools to promote themselves in some way or another.
Or perhaps I can just help by educating people too. I'm not sure, let's just see what happens...
- Experience:
I've played the fundamental rock instruments since I was 16 - Guitar, bass, drums. I'm a better than average guitar and bass player but limited on drums.
I've played in a few extremely experimental bands. I get bored easily so music that pushes boundaries is where I am happiest.
I stumbled into web marketing while learning to build a website for my band at the time. Building a website is fine but if no one visits the site then what's the point? That's where marketing comes in. Anyway, long story short now I do web marketing for a living.
- Equipment:
I do still have a Les Paul studio guitar. and a Fender Acoustic. But in general, I gave all my equipment to one of my best friends and fellow musicians, jjmac. You can find his musical explorations on his blog at www.afewzen.com.
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Hiyo! When you have a minute, I would love it if you'd listen to Dandy Lion, my Mariah Carey remix. If you're feelin' my jammms, then feel free to vote for it here: http://www.indabamusic.com/submissions/show/2192. Thanks for your time! Paz y Pesos, Gejius