There are places I remember....
Who I am...
I'm a Christian, American, of 100% Italian Decent who was stricken hard of hearing at the age of 7. I Started learning music at the age of 8 because I loved it. I haven't stopped learning since. |
The High School Years: Born in Youngstown, Ohio's North Side Hospital on November 27th 1950, I was raised in the tiniest village on it's outskirts, Lowellville, Ohio right next to the Ohio/Pennsylvania line. When asked what instrument I wanted to play I said guitar. I wanted to Twang like Duane Eddy. Unfortunately they didn't teach guitar in school back then so I opted for my second favorite sounding instrument the saxophone. At the time I didn't know the difference between an alto or a tenor so I took what they gave me and learned to play it. By the time I left high school I had taken lessons and learned to play alto sax, baritone sax, oboe, voice, and substituted on snare drums during a parade. On my own time I learned piano, guitar, drums, lyric writing, and bass.
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We all do what we think we must....
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The Dean of Music had been in Europe studying there. He came back. Bad news for me. He said and I quote "With these grades I don't know how you got in here much less stayed." And with that I was gone. I guess nobody had bothered to put in my file that the A's and B's I had gotten in the arts were gotten with only 25% of a normal persons hearing. He was judging me on grades from History, Math, Science, and other subjects that I did not love. But hey I guess the guy was just doing his best at his job. I don't hold it against him we all do what we think we must.
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Interview from 2016 Marquix Global Network
Brilliant blues rocker and entertainer DJ Fisher taps into a strong vibe to create an original
blend of pop rock / blues music with an experimental twist. It's little wonder why his new
radio single ‘Theory’ is racing up the charts.
Anaheim, California native DJ Fisher is a excellent example of an artist that elegantly leverages his originality and compositional skills to the
service of modern entertainment. His new single ‘Theory’ demonstrates blazing musical stylings that are sure to appeal to mainstream
audiences. This rocker with a experimental flair has the right look and the right attitude to become a proper pop rock / blues‑magnet and
audiences around the world are beginning to acknowledge the fact that a new creative force has arisen. Where will he take it from here? One
critic wrote of his award‑winning work: ‘Forged around a tight‑wound contingent of esoteric vocal effects, DJ Fisher’s experimental pop creation
is ambitious, abstract and haunting.’ We suspect this artist will navigate the future on his own terms, given his obvious passion and musical
skills. Independent reporter Alexis Adams recently caught up with DJ Fisher to discuss his music and the interesting path by which he came to
it.
ALEXIS: Letʹs just get this out in the open‑ What is the craziest thing that has happened to you in your music career?
DJ FISHER: Well it involves a floozy, Long Island Ice Teas, 5 construction workers from North Carolina, and a really hard dance floor. Funny
how booze makes you invincible in your own mind but a hard wood dance floor begs to differ. My alto sax ended up being bent sideways. I
swore off booze until my eye was healed, it took weeks.
ALEXIS: Your song ’Theory’ is receiving a positive listener response on radio. What was your initial reaction when you first heard your song
playing on radio?
DJ FISHER: Oh, I can hear it on the radio? LOL, I haven’t heard it on the radio. Too busy to poke around and call in a request as my auntie Bertie.
ALEXIS: What was the inspiration behind your debut radio single?
DJ FISHER: I have many patriotic friends on Face book and before that all over the place so I get a lot of email about what is going on nationally
and internationally in the political arena. When I heard of UN Agenda 21 (Managing the Human Element in the Twenty First Century) and how
the “Global Elite” want there only to be a half billion people on the planet and that means killing off 6.5 billion, I got kinda interested in
“conspiracy theories”. So, putting them together through the prism of Agenda 21 you can tie everything together. So, Reptilians are controlling
the Bilderberg Group and they control the International Corporations and they control the politicians, all the way to the garbage man being a
pinko commie. But being that most people are either too lazy or don’t care to find these things out I wrote this song telling them that it is easy to
just label these things.
ALEXIS: It is often said that great art arises from difficult experience. Is there something in your life experience thus far that you would describe
as the ‘catalyst’ or ‘fuel’ for your desire to create music?
DJ FISHER: I was born with bad eye sight and stricken hard of hearing at the age of 7 by the German measles. I loved music and then it was all
muffled. So, when the school said I could either learn flutephone or a real instrument I asked to learn guitar so I could twang like Duane Eddy
and the Rebels. The guy in that group used tenor but I didn’t know the difference so I learned to make the alto sound like a tenor wailing. I was 8
then. When ever the school band needed a different instrument they gave me one and I played it. So, at High School graduation I could play alto
sax, baritone sax, oboe, piano, drums, guitar and vocals. I learned most everything else except trumpets and violins in music school for a couple
semesters. But wanting to sound like the rockers on the radio drove me the most.
ALEXIS: How would you characterize yourself as an artist/musician? (Ex. Down‑to‑earth, serious, fun‑loving, complicated…)
DJ FISHER: Yes. I have gone through periods of time when I didn’t have instruments to play. I love music and music loves me back. The periods
of time I spent away from making music were to do things that were more noble and pragmatic. Even now as I am recording songs that are being
played on the radio, I’m watching over my elderly and ill mother, cleaning up the financials that were left when my step‑dad passed, doing
everything except she does her own personal hygiene (Thank God). I record on a pc that I built myself. I play all the instruments and voices. I
have an album called ‘Between the Covers by DJ Fisher” four covers and four originals. I have been called a “natural’ before, so if I was to
characterize myself I’d go with what Gary said back in the 80’s. So, I’m natural.
ALEXIS: What has your experience been like working with the other people on your team?
DJ FISHER: Oh, people use teams!!! I gotta get me one of those. The folks at the Academia Awards Group have been wonderful to work with
when it comes to the business end of the music. And by the way “thanks guys”.
ALEXIS: Did you come from a musical background? Are there other musicians in your family?
DJ FISHER: No. I’m an only child from an older family on my dad’s side. Dad played around with a harmonica but he was not really proficient at
it.
ALEXIS: What do you find most rewarding about being an artist? What do you find most challenging?
DJ FISHER: Once the “Classics Four” were at the university playing a gig. To show off to my gf I walked up to Dennis Yost and started talking
with him. He invited us back to the kitchen to have a glass of cool aid. Dennis told me “never give up”. There have been times I wish I wouldn’t
have listened to that piece of advice because you do have to sacrifice a lot. While everyone was settling down and getting careers that actually
made money, they would have houses and kids and pets and I’d have my instrument cases. I spent a lot of time playing in church groups as a
volunteer. Funny how if you believe in God, He can use you. The most rewarding thing was seeing my sax draw people close enough for them to
feel the presence of God and accept Jesus. How can you beat that??? So, the most rewarding thing was solidifying other peoples place in eternity.
ALEXIS: Who are your role models in music?
DJ FISHER: Wish I looked like the young Elvis. Wish I could sing with an Irish twang like Jim Roger McGuin from the Byrds (now I can). Wish I
could drum like Dino D’Nelli from the Rascals. Wish I could do guitar leads like Stevie Ray. You know it’s very specific like I wish I could get the
attention for song writing that was given to Robert Zimmerman, or Jonathan Lenon. I wish I wouldn’t have said that…..
ALEXIS: Describe your best or most memorable performance.
DJ FISHER: The time I was with a pick up band in Hollywood and we did “Blue Dragon” was pretty cool, I made that melody up right on the
spot. I was on international TV on the network of TBN but that didn’t showcase me very well during the series. I like the time I played one song
for the guy that owned the hotel we were playing at so he could show off for his gf and he handed me a fifty, that was nice. Don’t get me started
on the women. I used to collect communicable diseases.
ALEXIS: What advice would you give to young, aspiring artists out there who are unsure and need guidance?
DJ FISHER: Oye, now this is crazy. If you are getting into music to make money, become a salesman. If you are getting into music to meet ladies,
become a pimp. If you are getting into music because making it is a part of you that you can not deny then you may have a chance. If you pour
every ounce of heart and soul you have into that sound that comes out and people feel it and some even hear God then you have been gifted but
that doesn’t mean it will be easy. There will be guys who are born into the business. There will be guys that know someone. There will be guys
whose daddy got the money to buy a career. They will all be ahead of you. But, if you can not live without making music and to not do music is
not even an option, then do it. Do it for you. Do it for the people who hear it. Do it for those you love. Do it for those you hate to discover they
love you. Then after all is said and done someone may say “I really like that song and can’t get it out of my head” “get in touch with these people
and maybe something will happen’. Then it really starts. Hold on cause there have been many down that road before you.
ALEXIS: Whatʹs next for you as an artist? Is there a new single in the works? If so, what can you tell us about it?
DJ FISHER: While I was busy going about my daily struggles songs have come to me. I got two that I haven’t even started the arrangement on
yet. I got a couple more that I may never do. I got some that I may publish as poetry. Who knows?
ALEXIS: Wonderful! Thank you sharing some insights into what makes you the artist that you are. I wish you continued success in your career.
blend of pop rock / blues music with an experimental twist. It's little wonder why his new
radio single ‘Theory’ is racing up the charts.
Anaheim, California native DJ Fisher is a excellent example of an artist that elegantly leverages his originality and compositional skills to the
service of modern entertainment. His new single ‘Theory’ demonstrates blazing musical stylings that are sure to appeal to mainstream
audiences. This rocker with a experimental flair has the right look and the right attitude to become a proper pop rock / blues‑magnet and
audiences around the world are beginning to acknowledge the fact that a new creative force has arisen. Where will he take it from here? One
critic wrote of his award‑winning work: ‘Forged around a tight‑wound contingent of esoteric vocal effects, DJ Fisher’s experimental pop creation
is ambitious, abstract and haunting.’ We suspect this artist will navigate the future on his own terms, given his obvious passion and musical
skills. Independent reporter Alexis Adams recently caught up with DJ Fisher to discuss his music and the interesting path by which he came to
it.
ALEXIS: Letʹs just get this out in the open‑ What is the craziest thing that has happened to you in your music career?
DJ FISHER: Well it involves a floozy, Long Island Ice Teas, 5 construction workers from North Carolina, and a really hard dance floor. Funny
how booze makes you invincible in your own mind but a hard wood dance floor begs to differ. My alto sax ended up being bent sideways. I
swore off booze until my eye was healed, it took weeks.
ALEXIS: Your song ’Theory’ is receiving a positive listener response on radio. What was your initial reaction when you first heard your song
playing on radio?
DJ FISHER: Oh, I can hear it on the radio? LOL, I haven’t heard it on the radio. Too busy to poke around and call in a request as my auntie Bertie.
ALEXIS: What was the inspiration behind your debut radio single?
DJ FISHER: I have many patriotic friends on Face book and before that all over the place so I get a lot of email about what is going on nationally
and internationally in the political arena. When I heard of UN Agenda 21 (Managing the Human Element in the Twenty First Century) and how
the “Global Elite” want there only to be a half billion people on the planet and that means killing off 6.5 billion, I got kinda interested in
“conspiracy theories”. So, putting them together through the prism of Agenda 21 you can tie everything together. So, Reptilians are controlling
the Bilderberg Group and they control the International Corporations and they control the politicians, all the way to the garbage man being a
pinko commie. But being that most people are either too lazy or don’t care to find these things out I wrote this song telling them that it is easy to
just label these things.
ALEXIS: It is often said that great art arises from difficult experience. Is there something in your life experience thus far that you would describe
as the ‘catalyst’ or ‘fuel’ for your desire to create music?
DJ FISHER: I was born with bad eye sight and stricken hard of hearing at the age of 7 by the German measles. I loved music and then it was all
muffled. So, when the school said I could either learn flutephone or a real instrument I asked to learn guitar so I could twang like Duane Eddy
and the Rebels. The guy in that group used tenor but I didn’t know the difference so I learned to make the alto sound like a tenor wailing. I was 8
then. When ever the school band needed a different instrument they gave me one and I played it. So, at High School graduation I could play alto
sax, baritone sax, oboe, piano, drums, guitar and vocals. I learned most everything else except trumpets and violins in music school for a couple
semesters. But wanting to sound like the rockers on the radio drove me the most.
ALEXIS: How would you characterize yourself as an artist/musician? (Ex. Down‑to‑earth, serious, fun‑loving, complicated…)
DJ FISHER: Yes. I have gone through periods of time when I didn’t have instruments to play. I love music and music loves me back. The periods
of time I spent away from making music were to do things that were more noble and pragmatic. Even now as I am recording songs that are being
played on the radio, I’m watching over my elderly and ill mother, cleaning up the financials that were left when my step‑dad passed, doing
everything except she does her own personal hygiene (Thank God). I record on a pc that I built myself. I play all the instruments and voices. I
have an album called ‘Between the Covers by DJ Fisher” four covers and four originals. I have been called a “natural’ before, so if I was to
characterize myself I’d go with what Gary said back in the 80’s. So, I’m natural.
ALEXIS: What has your experience been like working with the other people on your team?
DJ FISHER: Oh, people use teams!!! I gotta get me one of those. The folks at the Academia Awards Group have been wonderful to work with
when it comes to the business end of the music. And by the way “thanks guys”.
ALEXIS: Did you come from a musical background? Are there other musicians in your family?
DJ FISHER: No. I’m an only child from an older family on my dad’s side. Dad played around with a harmonica but he was not really proficient at
it.
ALEXIS: What do you find most rewarding about being an artist? What do you find most challenging?
DJ FISHER: Once the “Classics Four” were at the university playing a gig. To show off to my gf I walked up to Dennis Yost and started talking
with him. He invited us back to the kitchen to have a glass of cool aid. Dennis told me “never give up”. There have been times I wish I wouldn’t
have listened to that piece of advice because you do have to sacrifice a lot. While everyone was settling down and getting careers that actually
made money, they would have houses and kids and pets and I’d have my instrument cases. I spent a lot of time playing in church groups as a
volunteer. Funny how if you believe in God, He can use you. The most rewarding thing was seeing my sax draw people close enough for them to
feel the presence of God and accept Jesus. How can you beat that??? So, the most rewarding thing was solidifying other peoples place in eternity.
ALEXIS: Who are your role models in music?
DJ FISHER: Wish I looked like the young Elvis. Wish I could sing with an Irish twang like Jim Roger McGuin from the Byrds (now I can). Wish I
could drum like Dino D’Nelli from the Rascals. Wish I could do guitar leads like Stevie Ray. You know it’s very specific like I wish I could get the
attention for song writing that was given to Robert Zimmerman, or Jonathan Lenon. I wish I wouldn’t have said that…..
ALEXIS: Describe your best or most memorable performance.
DJ FISHER: The time I was with a pick up band in Hollywood and we did “Blue Dragon” was pretty cool, I made that melody up right on the
spot. I was on international TV on the network of TBN but that didn’t showcase me very well during the series. I like the time I played one song
for the guy that owned the hotel we were playing at so he could show off for his gf and he handed me a fifty, that was nice. Don’t get me started
on the women. I used to collect communicable diseases.
ALEXIS: What advice would you give to young, aspiring artists out there who are unsure and need guidance?
DJ FISHER: Oye, now this is crazy. If you are getting into music to make money, become a salesman. If you are getting into music to meet ladies,
become a pimp. If you are getting into music because making it is a part of you that you can not deny then you may have a chance. If you pour
every ounce of heart and soul you have into that sound that comes out and people feel it and some even hear God then you have been gifted but
that doesn’t mean it will be easy. There will be guys who are born into the business. There will be guys that know someone. There will be guys
whose daddy got the money to buy a career. They will all be ahead of you. But, if you can not live without making music and to not do music is
not even an option, then do it. Do it for you. Do it for the people who hear it. Do it for those you love. Do it for those you hate to discover they
love you. Then after all is said and done someone may say “I really like that song and can’t get it out of my head” “get in touch with these people
and maybe something will happen’. Then it really starts. Hold on cause there have been many down that road before you.
ALEXIS: Whatʹs next for you as an artist? Is there a new single in the works? If so, what can you tell us about it?
DJ FISHER: While I was busy going about my daily struggles songs have come to me. I got two that I haven’t even started the arrangement on
yet. I got a couple more that I may never do. I got some that I may publish as poetry. Who knows?
ALEXIS: Wonderful! Thank you sharing some insights into what makes you the artist that you are. I wish you continued success in your career.
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