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Get to Know: Summer Garfield

October 15, 2022
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FiXT Music, Get To Know, Label News, Summer Garfield

Current Location:
Akron, Ohio!!  

Favorite Band When you were in High School?

Pendulum, Depeche Mode, 311, Nine Inch Nails, and Celldweller! Happy to report that all these bands are still a few of my all-time favorites! Thanks for having banger taste in music, high-school-era Summer.

Who was the first FiXT artist’s Music You Heard? Where/How? (even if you didn’t know it was a FiXT artist at the time)
Celldweller! Around 2009 I had just discovered Pendulum, which was my introduction to electronic music. A friend linked me the Celldweller remix of Pendulum’s “Propane Nightmares” and I was OBSESSED. I started looking around for any other Celldweller tracks I could find on Youtube, and gradually pieced together Soundtrack for the Voices in My Head: Vol. 1 on my iPod mini! A couple years later, my mom (who is the best mom in the WORLD!!) got me a dubstep compilation album for my birthday, which included two remixed tracks originally by The Anix, and I was immEDIATELY HOOKED. So I have Celldweller and The Anix to thank for leading me to FiXT!! 

Interesting Fact About Something You Do or Have Done that is non-music related:
I love raising praying mantids!! They’re my favorite little critters ever!! My two main mantis babies were Cleo, a brown Chinese mantis, and Goro, a giant Asian mantis!! I’m always ogling new mantis species I could raise the next summer. I’ll ramble for years about how much I love praying mantids. I’ll show you 8274829734932 pictures of my mantis babies and that is a threat. I just love praying mantids!!!

Dream Collab You’d Like to See a FiXT Artist Work On
In a perfect world, where anything is possible, when the planets and stars align, I would do horrible things to hear a Celldweller and Nine Inch Nails collab. HOO MAMA!! (other than that, literally ANY FiXT artist collaborating with Korn or Pendulum!!!!) ((maybe also a Soul Extract track featuring Klayton?? I’d do anything. Anything.))

Favorite Thing To Collect:
Godzilla merchandise! Especially anything with Gigan! Anything!! Everything Gigan-related!! Gigan!!!! I want to have a Gigan museum in my house!! I will be the world’s Gigan lorekeeper!!!! I WILL BECOME ONE WITH GIGAN. (I also collect pointy red sunglasses (may or may not be related to Gigan) – I always have a pair of red sunglasses glued to my face, they don’t come off)

Favorite Sport or Sports Team:
I love football and hockey!! I come from a family of diehard Green Bay Packer fans, so I’m a lifelong cheesehead! I’ll always root for the Browns, Bengals, and Seahawks too though!! Our favorite hockey teams are the Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks, and Vegas Golden Knights!

Favorite Video Game:
SNATCHER!! It’s a relatively obscure game written and designed by Hideo Kojima before his Metal Gear series really took off, and its worldbuilding and storytelling has had me in an inspirational CHOKEHOLD for years – I’ve never been more enthralled with a game’s plot, setting, music, and characters!! If you’re into graphic adventures, gritty, spooky cyberpunk settings, murder mysteries, or bio-android bodysnatchers that tear people apart and assume their identities as they spread across the planet like a plague, check out Snatcher! I’d feel horrible if I ignored some other favorite games though, so shout-out to Godzilla: Save the Earth, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Kirby Air Ride, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, and the entire Metal Gear Solid series!!

Favorite Movie or Movie Genre:
ANYTHING WITH GODZILLA. Anything with a kaiju in it, period!! Godzilla! Gamera! Pacific Rim!! (we don’t talk about the second one) I just love giant monster flicks!!! If you want me to recite any Godzilla movie I’ll do it on command. The whole movie. Strap in. It’s impossible for me to pick a favorite Godzilla movie, I love all of them sO MUCH… I JUST REALLY REALLY LOVE GODZILLA MOVIES Some of my favorite movies that lack a giant monster are Twister, Blade Runner, Jurassic Park, and Lupin III The First! Am I allowed to mention Mystery Science Theater 3000? Every episode is my favorite movie.

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?
The opportunity to work alongside a dedicated, passionate, creative crew that fosters an amazingly positive environment!! I’ve already learned so much during my time here, and having the chance to talk face-to-face with some of my idols is something straight out of a dream!! From Day 1 I was welcomed with open arms, and I’ve been given constant encouragement and appreciation from everybody I’ve had the pleasure of working with! I’m so lucky and thankful to have a job that I can 100% look forward to every single day, where my work is fun and fulfilling, and the best staff ever offers constant support!

Closing Message:
Getting to join FiXT has been a life-changing experience that I will ALWAYS be thankful for!! This team contains music artists and graphic artists that I’ve looked up to for years, so to have this opportunity to learn from them and work alongside them to help deliver the BEST music, art, and stories to the world has been an absolute dream! Being able to play a part in a record label that helped curate my life’s soundtrack is something I will never take for granted, and I hope everybody on the staff knows how much I appreciate my time here! Thank you for taking me along for this ride, and for humoring all my nonsense!! If you had told wee-little-nymph Summer that she’d get to draw neon giant monsters to the sickest tunes on the planet for a living, she would explode on the spot. THANK YOU FiXT FAM <333

Get to Know: Clay Schroeder

October 15, 2022
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Clay Schroeder, FiXT Music, Get To Know, Label News

Where did you Grow Up?
Fort Worth, TX

Current Location:
Fort Worth, TX

DAW:
Logic Pro and Reaper

Hardware or Software?
UA Apollo, Serum and Neural DSP

Day Job: Audio
Engineer, Producer and Videographer.

Dream Collab:
Collaboration with Northlane or Motionless In White would be pretty wild.

Favorite Thing To Collect:
Plugins and Backpacks

Favorite Sport or Sports Team:
Football

Favorite Video Game:
Bioshock or Resident Evil Series.

A Non-Music related Hobby:
There are hobbies besides music? Jokes aside, I really enjoy film study.

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?
The collaborative atmosphere. It really inspires you to push your creative boundaries.

What is one of the biggest successes you’ve had since working with FiXT?
So many to consider!  The one that certainly comes to mind is landing our first Spotify editorial playlist and how quickly we were able to achieve that.

Closing Message:
Embrace your own personal growth and the struggles you endure. Make mistakes, take chances and push your limits. Perfection is stale.

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Get to Know: Alexey Goncharenko

September 15, 2022
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3FORCE, Alexey Goncharenko, Gancher & Ruin, Get To Know

3FORCE & Gancher & Ruin

Current Location: Gatchina DAW: Ableton 
Day Job: Musician 

Interesting Fact About Something You Do or Have Done that is non-music related: Event Manager

Favorite Sport: Soccer, Boxing 

Favorite Video Game:  Marvel’s Spider-Man by Insomniac
A Non-Music related Hobby: Sports

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?

Feeling yourself not only as an artist, but also as a part of a big family where you get full support on what you’re doing.
What is one of the biggest successes you’ve had since working with FiXT? 
1st and 2nd million streams on the tracks released on FIXT.

What made you excited about working with FiXT to begin with? 
Professional crew, full creativity support, huge fan base.

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Get to Know Our Staff: Lindon Martin

August 17, 2022
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Get To Know, Lindon Martin

Current Location:
Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom

Favorite Artist When you were in High School?

I listened to a LOT of Celldweller during high school and I’d argue that Celldweller was my favourite artist during high school. Though, I’ve always leant towards video game soundtracks for my music listening, so it’s possible that I’d have said something else back then!

Who was the first FiXT artist’s Music You Heard?
I believe it was Celldweller via the debut album, but it honestly could’ve been early of End of an Empire songs and I’m getting my memories mismatched.

Interesting Fact About Something You Do or Have Done that is non-music related:

I got my job at FiXT through creating memes. I’m not joking about this and I’ll always love that. Of course there’s more to it than that, but that’s about the general TL;DR of the story.

Dream Collab You’d Like to See a FiXT Artist Work On

I’d love to see a collab between Klayton and CAPCOM in some fashion! Daedric and Jeff Rona for a cover of “Crimson Cloud” is pretty high up there too.

Favorite Video Game:

ELDEN RING. I love the world, the art, the visuals, the combat, almost everything! I even 100% the game (achievement wise) recently and I’m still interested in playing more. Many people tend to have a character in various media (games, films, etc.), that really sticks with ’em for various reasons and ELDEN RING gave me that character in the form of Ranni the Witch, who I’ve developed a particular affection for. Sorry if that’s all you’ve seen on your end from me recently!

Team Fortress 2 holds a special place in my heart, separate from my tier list of favourite games due to the great memories I have with it. Honourable mention to Monster Hunter: World (w/ the Iceborne DLC) for keeping my attention for over 1000 hours and counting to this day.

Favorite Movie:
Legend (2015) with Tom Hardy. I adore the comedic scenes in that film and the serious scenes of the film are a good balance to the comedy. The film features some upsetting moments but I highly recommend it!

A Non-Music related Hobby:

Video editing is really fun and I do it frequently. It’s usually just to shorten a video or make a low-effort funny video but in doing this a lot I’ve learnt several things, all of which have proven useful for work, so it’s a win:win!


What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?

This is going to sound cheesy but, growing as a person. When I first started here, I had no work experience whatsoever! Two years have passed and while I still have areas to improve upon, I believe I’ve grown lots in that time and that’s part of the journey. Here’s to more!

Closing Message:

It’s a weird ride, going from a young fan to a staff member (especially with how I got here), but it sure is cool. I may not always show it but I do genuinely enjoy working with the team members and artists we have and I can only see FiXT growing from here, which is a great feeling I’m sure many of us share!

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Get to Know Our Staff: Maxwell Tiedemann

July 19, 2022
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Get To Know, Maxwell Tiedemann

Current Location:
Ames, Iowa, USA

Favorite Band When in High School:
Carly Rae Jepsen

Who was the first FiXT artist’s Music You Heard? Where/How? (even if you didn’t know it was a FiXT artist at the time):
Celldweller. I browsed through his catalog on Spotify after I had my first interview with James back in 2018.

Interesting Fact About Something You Do or Have Done that is non-music related:
I hiked Mt. Bierstadt in Colorado with two college friends back in March.

Dream Collab You’d Like to See a FiXT Artist Work On:
Celldweller x Mick Gordon

Favorite Sport or Sports Team:
Golf

Favorite Video Game: Halo

Favorite Movie or Movie Genre:
Inception (Christopher Nolan can do no wrong lol)

A Non-Music related Hobby:
Hiking and Photography

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?:
The wonderful people involved on our label’s team and artist roster! It’s been a blast working with everyone and I appreciate the positivity and comradery we’ve cultivated here.

Get to Know: Kaixo

July 11, 2022
Label News
Get To Know, Kaixo

Where did you Grow Up? 
I grew up, and still live in Zutphen, which is an overall boring but historically rich city in the east of The Netherlands.

Current Location: 
Still located in Zutphen.

DAW:
When I started producing in 2014/2015 I used FL Studio, but I switched to Ableton back in 2019.

Hardware or Software? 
I have some hardware, but practically never use is in any tracks. And I’ve been surviving on mostly stock plugins as well.

Day Job: 
I am currently jobless, but studying Computer Science at university.

Dream Collab:

Obviously would love to work with Klayton at some point. But if we’re talking non-FiXT artist, then it’d be awesome if I could collab with MUZZ.


Favorite Video Game:
I’m not much of a gamer, but I’ve played Doom Eternal a lot, mainly because of the OST. And recently played through Alien: Isolation, which I definitely recommend if you like horror games.

A Non-Music related Hobby:
I absolutely love coding.

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?
The thing that truly stood out to me is the dedication of all the staff, and the overall positivity. It’s such an uplifting environment that’s also visible in the entire FiXT community.

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Get to Know Our Staff: Michelle Steer

May 15, 2022
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Get To Know, Michelle Steer

• Current Location: 
Burlington, Iowa

• Favorite Band When you were in High School?
I’m probably going to age myself a bit here, but back in my High Schools days was the era of the Columbia House penny CD specials which helped expand my CD collection a lot! I had quite the range of favorite artists as I still do today, depending on my mood. LOL! In High School you could find me listing to Nirvana, Green Day, AC/DC, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cranberries & Tim McGraw…. Yes, I like Country! Sorry! 

• Who was the first FiXT artist’s Music You Heard?
After my first stint in college I landed a job managing our local f.y.e. (music & movie store for those abroad) back in the early 2000’s and my first introduction to a FiXT artist was Celldweller by none other than James Rhodes. Whenever he was in the mall, he would always stop by to say hey & to see if we had any Celldweller CD’s on the shelf. If we didn’t have any at the time of his visit, I would always place a special order for it so that we would always have some in stock. 
 
• Interesting Fact About Something You Do or Have Done that is non-music related:
Outside of work I am a very active volunteer! I am part of our local Pheasants Forever Chapter which focuses on conservation & getting youth outdoors. I also am very passionately involved with the Elks which gives back to youth & Veterans through various programs. I am currently serving the Elks in a position assisting our Grand Exalted Ruler who oversees all of the Lodges in the country and I was also recently installed as Lecturing Knight Division Chair at our Spring Convention, where I will help oversee, train, and guide Lodge Officers and several of our State committees that are dedicated to serving our Veteran & Americanism programs. One of my favorite Elks sayings is “The influence of a good deed, honestly & promptly preformed will continue forever.” Which is something that I try to live by & incorporate into my daily life. 

Favorite Sport or Sports Team:
Iowa Hawekeys Football season is THE BEST!! I love either going to games or getting together with family & friends to watch them on tv! 

A Non-Music related Hobby:
When I am not volunteering, you can find me spending time with my husband, Scott and our two dogs, Maverick & Jetta. We like to go out boating on the Mississippi in the summer, doing home improvement projects & refinishing old furniture to make it new again.
 
• What is one of the biggest successes you’ve enjoyed being a part of working on at FiXT?
One of the biggest successes I’ve been a part of was the FiXT Store re-launch. I got to know and work with several more of our awesome team members throughout the project that I don’t normally interact with & it really felt amazing knowing how much team effort was going into getting the re-launch completed. The positive response & feedback from the fans after the re-launch was the icing on the cake!
 
Closing Message:
I have thoroughly enjoyed being back working at FiXT and getting to know and work with all of the Artists and Team! I am excited for the future of FiXT and all of our Artists & Team and I am proud to be apart of such an amazing group of people all working together to achieve our goals!

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Get to Know: Cassetter

May 10, 2022
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Cassetter, Get To Know


Grew Up: I was born in Warsaw and I live there now.

DAW: FL Studio
Hardware or Software: I recently bought an analog Minilogue xd synthesizer, but I feel more comfortable with software synths – it suits my workflow better.

Dream Collab: Vitalic

Favorite Sports:
Boxing & Football

Favorite Video Games:
Pro Evo Soccer series, Might & Magic series, GTA

A Non-Music Related Hobby
Boxing (I was an editor of a boxing site for several years)
Football
Computer & Board Games
Clubbing
Yerba Mate

What have you enjoyed most about working with FiXT?
I enjoy the balance which FiXT has when it comes to passion & profitability. It still works as a company but consists of people who are not there by accident. I like that FiXT wants to push things forward and not to copy trends. FiXT is always enthusiastic when I try new things / blend genres and it helps me develop as an artist. I am also grateful for staff members for always being very responsive, available and acting pretty fast in all situations.

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