About Us:
Well, let's see...
First off "William Fuller's Laidback
Manner" is not
a band. It is just one man. With the
exception of one of his
songs("Vacation from reality", witch
he had don chaos rap and Sean McDonald
on piano)It is all William Fuller.
This Original "One man band" was born
on December 27, 1984 in the classic
city, Athens, Georgia. Growing up,
Will (As he likes to be called) was
constantly surrounded by music of all
types. He grew up next door to John
Keane (an American record producer
based in Athens, Georgia, who has
worked extensively with R.E.M., Indigo
Girls and Widespread Panic.)and his
recording studio. "Usually I would
find myself falling asleep to the
faint sounds of music coming from next
door". William's father, an artist at
hart, loved drawing, playing guitar
and writing original music. His
Father's vast collection of music
albums ranging from Beethoven to Eric
Clapton to Talking Heads introduced
Will to the Idea of enjoying and being
open-minded about all genres of music.
William's mother was a cellist for the
Athens symphony orchestra. She also
taught Piano and Cello. "I remember
sitting down at our grand piano as a
little kid and just pushing keys not
knowing what I was doing except having
fun hearing the notes I was playing...
That was my first free styling
experience with music". William (who
is completely self taught) started
playing guitar, singing, and writing
original songs when he was 11 years
old. "My dad bought me my first guitar
and would go on to be my biggest
supporter and main the reason behind
how I was able to learn, grow and
evolve as a musician". with his dad's
help he began learning how to record
his songs. Starting out around 12
years old with a four track recorder
and PC drum pro it would be the first
time he would produce his songs as a
one man band. "I've been in a band
only once in my life and It was fun,
but didn't really fit with me because
now I had to split the song writing
process five ways. When I had a new
song I was creating I couldn't stand
hearing different band members tell me
their ideas and opinions on what they
wanted to contribute/change to the
song. When I have a new tune in my
head I know exactly how I want every
instrument to sound and beat to flow
and hearing members trying to push
their different ideas for the song
drove me crazy. I guess I'm greedy
when it comes to my music and the way
I want it to sound and being in a band
you have to know how to give and take
with others when working on new
material and I am a control freak...
That doesn't work very well being in a
band". So, Feeling held back by that
thought he decided to go completely
solo. William writes, sings, plays
guitar, bass, piano, bongos, and
produces all of his music today.
Everything that you hear in his songs
are all written, played, sung, mixed,
mastered and produced by William
Fuller. William's music does not stay
in just one genera of music also. He
might write a blues rock song one
day... Electronica, Hip-hop, Metal,
Techno, trance, Alternative or pop
(All mixed with his own originality)
the next day. "It all depends on how
I'm feeling when I come up with the
beginning of a new song and what kind
of mind frame I want to try to
express". It's very important to will
to sound original. He told me one time
that he wanted to make people's ears
say "I've never heard something like
this before" and not "that sounds like
this other band I've heard". With so
many different influences of music and
so many different styles of writing
and playing, I only know one thing...
And that is "what in the world will he
come up with next"?!
Have you ever had a dream(if you play an
instrument)where you were playing music? I just
had one where I was playing that "Coca-Cola" song
on stage in front of a huge audience. The cool
thing was that I was watching my fingers on my
guitar as I was playing it. I've had dreams
before(it doesn't happen a lot)where I was playing
music then woke up thinking "now all I need to do
is figure out how I was playing that tune I was
playing in my dream(witch is really fun to do if
you can remember the the tune in the dream long
enough). the only thing was that it iwas just
hearing the tune in my dreams before now(not
seeing how was playing it). Anyway, now I woke up
and remembered what I "saw", then I picked up my
guitar and played the same cords in the same order
on the same frets from my dream while humming that
"Coca-Cola" tune. It was exactly as it was in my
dream. I was really surprised. when I was getting
my guitar after waking up I was thinking to myself
"it's not going to be the same way you played it
in the dream... you're going to have to figure it
out". I bet some of you out there have had dreams
similar to this... if you've played an instrument
for a long time I guess. the point to my
jibber-jabber is that with enough love, passion,
and dedication, you can dream about doing
something before you even do it in waking life...
and that is frickin' awesome!
wish i came on this page
more(now i will). i had
no idea i was
featured(why no e-mail
message???). thanks for
all your great comments.
it means a lot to
me(honestly). hope you
enjoy my new tune "you
mean everything(to me)".
peace.
TELL EVERY ONE ABOUT
IMRadio -- Got to
thinking. What if each of
us independent musicians
told our family, friends,
fans and acquaintances
about IMRadio.com, how
besides the main station,
it has stations for each
of the states
individually, 52
countries, and just about
every musical genre --
reaching any internet
connection around the
world. We could tell them
in person, on the
internet or at small or
large venues. Anyone we
tell would appreciate the
convenience of such good
music from independent
musicians on their
computer. It would be
such a good way to help
all of us reach even more
listeners. With IMRadio,
we aren't just waiting at
the mercy of some major
label to decide whether
or not they will let us
be heard around the
world. There are enough
of us that the outreach
could be exponential.
And, wouldn't it be a
great way to say 'thank
you' to Paddy and all of
the other fine folks who
have put IMRadio.com on
the world's musical map.
They have put in money,
time, energy and
dedication, and all they
have asked of us in
return is to upload our
music and profile. I am
sure that they have great
plans to publicize
IMRadio and bring it to
even more listeners. In
the meantime, through,
wouldn't it be great if
we could all help a
little by just taking a
little time each day to
tell family, friends,
fans and acquaintances
about IMRadio. It
wouldn't cost a dime,
just a little time.
Yours, in Musical
Solidarity, Paul.
“...From I had a dream,
to keep hope alive, to
yes we can, these days
we'll survive, we will
thrive - he won't leave
the people behind: From a
Bush Abomination to
‘ObamaNation,’ (soon)
you can ask you can tell,
take off the mask you can
yell, from a bush
abomination we take back
our nation, Obama Nation,
the American Nation...”
Please give a listen to
our new rock/reggae/folk
song “ObamaNation.”
If you like it, spread
the word. Thanks. Peace.
Paul from Future Now.