SPITZNAGEL
  

Opening statement:
Comments I leave on other artist’s songs are meant as encouragement (and praise)  for the musicians and tunes I honestly enjoy. They are not meant as critical analysis.

Questions by Mez Urik

Describe yourself in four words...
A hard working guy.

Favorite food...
Pizza.

Favorite color...
Blue, no...er...RED.

Your definition of love is...
There's always more.

Current favorite CD...
"Grinning Cat" by Susumu Yokota.

Biggest fear....
Cable news networks.

Favorite planet in our solar system...
Saturn.

....more to come.

 

 

The usual garage-band, bar-band route (with some producing and session work thrown in).

I feel very fortunate to have 10 CD's available in the USA on Level Green (www.levelgreen.com)  and 1 CD available in Japan on Bomba Records. I've done 4 film projects (educational)  and have one more (cinema)  in the works. Also, I have 5 more CD’s completed…they’re just waiting for some kind soul to put up the scratch to release them.

CADENCE, the world-renowned jazz magazine stated: “SPITZNAGEL negotiates a unique solo performance using electronics as his paintbrush and an extra-wide soundstage on which to splatter his creation”.

 

 

James Spitznagel

 

 

Technorganica & Nu Roots Jazz & Psychedelic Dub

 

 

From Ryuichi Sakamoto to The Yardbirds....Harry Partch to The Ventures.....Miles Davis to Television....The Beatles to Lee Perry.....Kraftwerk to African Head Charge....and everything inbetween!!!

 

 

PC by DELL. ACID Pro, Sound Forge and CD Architect. USB connection by Aardvark. Mics by MXL. Theremin and synth (Voyager)  by MOOG. Guitar by Danelectro. Absynth3 and PRO-53 soft synths by Native Instruments. Found objects by chance. Keyboard by M-Audio. HandSonic HPD15 by Roland. Headphones by Sennheiser. Speakers by Logitech. Additional hardware by VOX and Lexicon. Jeans by Gap. Shirts by Fiorucci. Shoes by Converse.