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wikify|date=December 2011 Bradley Fish (b. Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda , Maryland , 1970) is an United States|American born musician based in Israel . He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv , and finally settling in Jerusalem .
He holds a B.A. degree in guitar from Northern Illinois University , where he studied with jazz guitarist Fareed Haque .
Fish's musical loops performed on the Appalachian dulcimer , banjo , German concert zither , and guzheng (Chinese zither) are the most widespread in the world. The loops are created by recording the actual playing of the instrument and then slicing riffs with music editing software, and used by modern composers as an enhancement or as a basis for their own music. Fish's loops have been released with Sony Pictures Digital , DJ Puzzle | Peace Love Productions , and Apple/i-Life.
Fish combined many of these exotic and folk instruments with electronics in modern musical contexts ( Rock music|rock , reggae , Heavy metal music|metal , Fusion (music)|fusion , blues , electronica , modern Folk music|folk , etc.) recording The Aquarium Conspiracy CD with Sugarcubes / Björk drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson and multi-instrumentalist Biff Blumfumgagnge in 1996. Fish is now performing and creating video footage http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=uWu_1vcFnuA of his jam band style one-man live looping.
Fish recorded via the Internet for a Bigga Haitian record with George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton / Funkadelic / Snoop Doggy Dog drummer Jerome Bailey, Bob Marley 's replacement in The Wailers (1963-1974 band)|The Wailers , Yvad, and Jerry Johnson - the sax player behind Steel Pulse , Queen Latifah , and Burning Spear 's 2009 Grammy winning ‘Jah Is Real’ CD. He has pioneered the use of the Internet as a medium for recording tracks of guitars and exotic instruments as well as musical instruction. The Jerusalem Post referred to Fish as a "master guitar teacher." http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? cid=1139395474160& pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Fish shocked his " hippie " and left-leaning fan base, playing live twice on Fox News http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5aWN-l3UUDk w/ Gov. Mike Huckabee including a jam w/50's superstar Pat Boone . Boone complemented Fish's "growling" vocals and lyrical improv ability publicly in the Jerusalem Post. Fish has toured internationally, performing for many notables including the Dalai Lama . He has recorded tracks with top name artists in Israel including Rami Kleinstein, Arkadi Duchin and Yehuda Poliker . Fish's live shows in Israel have included Jon Shapiro of Ofra Haza 's final live band. Bradley's videos of http://youtube.com/watch? v=_JkHICw-kLk edgy music comedy and http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=m19ExsVkdM4 unorthodox techniques on ethnic instruments have sparked controversy in internet forums including the YouTube comments themselves.
Bradley Fish is working as a session musician, producer and/or co-writer for a number of artists including Fox News reporter Mike Tobin , singer Michelle Cohn, and Dan Reed of the Dan Reed Network . He has also done soundtracks for videos for the Orthodox Union and Chabad of Australia. He reports on his website that he will be touring in support of a new CD soon.
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http://www.bradleyfish.com/ Bradley Fish official site
http://www.myspace.com/bradleyfishisrael Bradley Fish MySpace Page
http://www.youtube.com/bradleyfish Videos of Bradley Fish performing
http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? cid=1139395474160& pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull "New dude on the block", by Gavriel Fiske, from The Jerusalem Post , February 23, 2006
http://www.nbn.org.il/news06/JPost_031506.htm "Arrivals: From Madison, Wisconsin, to Jerusalem", by Yocheved Miriam Russo, from The Jerusalem Post , March 15, 2006
http://www.maximum-ink.com/bradleyfish/ Bradley Fish Electrifried Band website
http://www.jpost.com/LocalIsrael/InJerusalem/Article.aspx? id=167881 "Listen Up" in Jerusalem Post, Pat Boone story
http://www.peaceloveproductions.com/hiphoploops.html/ Peace Love Productions
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/loop_libraries/default.asp? cid=24/ Sony Digital Pictures
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