William Fitzsimmons

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William was raised in the outskirts of the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the youngest child of two blind parents. Due to the family’s inability to communicate through normal visual means, William’s childhood home was filled with a myriad of sounds to replace what eyes could not see. The house was suffused with pianos, guitars, trombones, talking birds, classical records, family sing-a-longs, bedtime stories, and the bellowing of a pipe organ, which his father built into the house with his own hands. When his father’s orchestral records were not resonating through the walls, his mother would educate him on the folk stylings of James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, and Simon & Garfunkel. By the completion of his youth and schooling, Fitzsimmons had become well-versed at a variety of instruments, at the minor expense of social standing, interactional skills, and a knowledge of proper shaving technique.

Fitzsimmons’ path into music was likewise unusual, forsaking the hobby for many years to work with the mentally ill and pursue an education in the field of mental health. It was during his last semester of graduate school that William pooled monies from past birthdays, holidays, and snow shoveling outings, and bought cheap home recording equipment to begin creating songs again (the first collection of which eventually became his debut album).

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modestMAX wrote:
yesterday evening

His beard is seriously mingin' !

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Callisto1 wrote:
Thursday evening

muss terife_life aber teilweise recht geben... hätte er nich die stimme, wärs indie, der zu grey's anatomy passt - langweilig, austauschbar, 10 mal dagewesen.

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mophader wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

beautiful music <3

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SticktotheBeat wrote:
Wednesday morning

Wow, I am listening to his music now for the first time and I’m blown away! So beautiful..

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FadingPolaroids wrote:
Tuesday evening

Amazing music that makes you float when you close your eyes, takes you away from the place where you are to where you wanna be.

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Inartificial wrote:
Tuesday evening

naja musik ist ja subjektiv aber hallo, fitzsimmons langweilig? wow. ich lieb' den bärtigen herrn :)

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AnniBody wrote:
Tuesday evening

amazing.

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Brutal_Aeons wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

"youngest child of two blind parents". Haha, now could you imagine that sex going on?

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Deadly_crab wrote:
Tuesday morning

It's not "langweilig" - let's call it beautiful and amazing music. Music that goes deep and has no need to be loud or fast. :)

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Topener wrote:
Monday evening

heartless! See you next week!

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trife_life wrote:
Monday afternoon

zimliech langweilig.

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GraceArts wrote:
last week

the server is down i cant listen to my music, WHY WHY WHY????

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gabiabiabi wrote:
last week

Come to Brazil, please :(

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diamondgrrl wrote:
last week

Reread.

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Phase3 wrote:
last week

I'm not really understanding the following: "Due to the family’s inability to communicate through normal visual means.." - Did they not draw pictures to each other in normal conversation?

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stefaniewithanf wrote:
last week

love him :) my new sleepy music

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s_e_a wrote:
last week

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maya_papaya19 wrote:
last week

just got chills from reading his bio.

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NoxxxLeon wrote:
last week

his music great and very cinematic

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