Meet Stuart Wilson, aka bigfix, a recording engineer, producer and promoter, who has just started his own label. Check out the website here and consider taking him up on his home recording services – god knows, your grandmother might be the next Ashley Simpson – you might want to get her set up for your next party!
bigfix is planning a showcase and party for September to launch their EP and promote local artists, the multimedia event will feature a live set and videos of bigfix artists, local bands, DJ and open mic, performance, graphic and visual artists, raffles and local businesses with bigfix connections. All profits will go to a local charity, the $5 ticket price will include free bigfix CD – Gadzooks will keep you posted on the event!
Where did you grow up? Why?
I never did, I prefer to keep the child inside alive
How long have you been in Toronto?
2 years from 97 – 99, then 3 years from 05 – 08 = 5 years time-served
Toronto is…
Ace
What do you do for a living?
Music & whatever else it takes to pay the rent
What keeps you busy?
Music & establishing the bigfix empire
What was your favourite summer job?
A stripper in a go-go bar in Berlin (I’m making this up)
Dream job? Why?
What I do, because as far as I’m concerned, I really am living the dream
What’s your passion?
Music, art, life, it’s connected you know
If I say jump?
I say yes please, or b*gger-off, depending on who’s asking the question
What do you give back to the No Fly Zone?
My art & anybody else’s who happens to board the bigfix train
What can we do to make Toronto a "world class" city?
Support bigfix in his endeavors to bring the beauty of music to all
Are you an artist?
bigfix is vibrations
as music is sonic art
a constant of the human condition
as art imitating life
bigfix is a pulse
a feeling & emotion
a collection of raw energies
of disparate musical forms & visions
bigfix produces music
bigfix is
How does art influence your life?
In every possible way
What are you working on these days?
I'm in the process of recording the 3 track 'brutal honesty' ep featuring hooperstar on lead vox & tex on guitars...people have started calling it 'electro-rock', I prefer to call it music, but we're all subject to the pigeon-holing, genre nazis!
Hands or feet?
Both, preferably
Worst public moment?
I was fronting a keyboard duo in Leicester, England, in 93, the Atari 1040 crashed so it became an a capella performance
Why do you live here?
Toronto is my chosen home & the vibe is perfect
Two Beatles left: Ringo and Paul. Who wins in a smackdown?
Ringo
Favourite public space?
Massey Hall, proper old school
Who are your favorite artists?
Charles Dickens, George Orwell, Margaret Attwood, Enid Blyton
Pablo Picasso, School of Bauhaus, Andy Warhol, Gilbert & George,
Group of Seven
Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Brian Eno, David Sylvian, Kraftwerk,
Depeche Mode, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Hatiras, DJPMC, Mozart, Schoenberg, Webern, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ennio Morricone,
Danny Elfman
Johnny Depp, Cillian Murphy, Danny Dyer, Juliette Binoche, Audrey Tautou, Audrey Hepburn
Mon Chi Chi, My Little Pony, Barbie? discuss.
I’d rather lick a sh*t