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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).
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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Until When We Are Ghosts
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Goodnight
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My Life Changed
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Callisto1 wrote:
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:
beautiful music <3
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SticktotheBeat wrote:
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:
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:
naja musik ist ja subjektiv aber hallo, fitzsimmons langweilig? wow. ich lieb' den bärtigen herrn :)
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AnniBody wrote:
amazing.
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Brutal_Aeons wrote:
"youngest child of two blind parents". Haha, now could you imagine that sex going on?
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Deadly_crab wrote:
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:
heartless! See you next week!
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trife_life wrote:
zimliech langweilig.
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GraceArts wrote:
the server is down i cant listen to my music, WHY WHY WHY????
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gabiabiabi wrote:
Come to Brazil, please :(
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diamondgrrl wrote:
Reread.
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Phase3 wrote:
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:
love him :) my new sleepy music
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охуєнна борода
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maya_papaya19 wrote:
just got chills from reading his bio.
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NoxxxLeon wrote:
his music great and very cinematic
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Deadly_crab wrote:
his music is perfection, pure beauty and bliss
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Nov
27
William Fitzsimmons & Great Lake Swimmers
Friedenskirche, Dachau, Germany
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Nov
28
William Fitzsimmons
Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
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Nov
29
Le Guess Who? 2009 in Tivoli Oudegracht
Le Guess Who?, Utrecht, Netherlands
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News
10/27 - Twitter Contest For European Fans & More!
27 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/williamfitzsimmons
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