Paul E Fitz
Hi i am a solo artist in Australia. I love to write songs but lyrics don't come easy. Would love to collaborate. I spent 6 months in Nashville to immerse myself in songwriters paradise and I learned so much. Although I may find lyrics hard, this experience enabled me to pull lyrics to pieces and re write. I love and live by the expression I learned there "You write a good song - you RE-write a GREAT song"
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I played as a solo musician playing in clubs mostly singing 60'2 & 70's & country for about 10 years. Then I got a residency playing to tourists for a couple of years at a theme park called Paradise Country. Then I got another residency playing in a German Restaurant called the Bavarian Haus. I learned a lot of German songs. I also sing in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, etc as we had many Asian customers, and I love playing to them. Christmas 2006 I finished and am currently doing other jobs and getting back into writing.
I also produce a collection of Instructional LineDance DVD's that I wrote all the instrumental backings for. Check out www.LineDance.com.au. This got me into writing instrumentals as that comes a bit easier. Mostly they are country but i have also written a few latin instumentals.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I live on the Gold Coast in Australia. It is one of the most beautiful areas of the world, albeit a little too touristy. Mountains behind, beach in front.
Your musical influences
Early in life I was into the likes of Bread, Neil Diamond, Eagles etc. Fortunately when punk came along I switched to country in the days of Kenny and Dolly. I grew to love it and that is mostly what I listen to now. I love most of the modern country I get to hear but we don't' have very good country music stations here.
What equipment do you use?
I use MIDI backing tracks that i produce myself for my originals, and buy MIDI backings or make them for covers. I use Sonar Producer accompanied with NI Kontact 2 to try to get the most realistic sound I can.
Anything else?
I am most interested in collaboration either someone to write lyrics to my instrumentals or to write music for someone else's lyrics.
