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article Backstage Intro: Meet James! in The Blog Vault https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-James/ba-p/1397210 <P><BR /><BR /></P> <CENTER> <TABLE style="background: #ffffff; width: 473px; border: 0px; -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #888; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px#888; box-shadow: 0 0 2px #888;" border="0" cellspacing="8" cellpadding="8" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <TBODY style="border: 0px;"> <TR> <TD style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 14px 14px 14px; font-size: 14px;"><CENTER style="font-size: 14px;"></CENTER> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><EM> </EM></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <CENTER><EM><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Backstage-pass.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29824iDC3C85FB87C33440/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Backstage-pass.png" alt="Backstage-pass.png" /></span></EM></CENTER> <P> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;"><STRONG><EM>Our <A href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Announcements/Introducing-the-Spotify-Community-Rock-Star-Program/m-p/580948#M3753" target="_blank">Community Rock Stars</A> can submit blog posts to be published on the Spotify Community Blog. To find out more about the <A href="https://community.spotify.com/spotify/attachments/spotify/spotifyct/2952/4/RSPJan2015.pdf" target="_blank">Rock Star Program click here.</A></EM></STRONG><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><STRONG>Hey there, <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4127915">@Jim</a> (Moderator)! Tell us something about yourself.</STRONG></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;">I work as a Social Media/Content Associate at Spotify and also pop in the community now and again. I’m a big gamer, so when not at work you can usually find me with a PlayStation controller in hand, losing myself in a virtual world and writing up about my experiences on a couple of sites. I’m quite a fan of nerd/pop culture as well and enjoy reading Comic books, playing board games and just connecting with the various communities.<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="large.jpg" style="width: 200px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/41152iEEC29BF44EB973CB/image-size/small?v=v2&px=200" role="button" title="large.jpg" alt="large.jpg" /></span></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><STRONG>So, what kind of music are you into?</STRONG></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN>Wow, that’s a tough one, as my music taste likes to compliment my mood. Although, if I have to describe myself - I’m quite a Metal head at heart, and have grown up on a diet of hard/heavy Rock music!</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>It has evolved over the years into various tastes around the genre from Symphonic, Southern, Djent and even to the old school Nu Metal and Rock of the 90’s/00’s, anything with a good heavy beat and groove and I'm all ears. I also listen to a lot of varying genres from Country, Folk, EDM, Hip Hop, Pop and even a bit of Classical music from time to time.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>I think it’s very important to open your tastes as wide as you feel comfortable with, you’ll be surprised as to what you can find.</SPAN></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>How important is music in your life?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN>Music has been a massive influence on my life thus far. I’ve performed in many bands while growing up and have made so many friends and memories through the different scenes. I find it hard not to have something playing in the background.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>With such division around the world and indeed on the internet, it’s nice to know that music can help to bring people together, and I want to be part of that change.</SPAN></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>What song/piece of music never fails to get you pumped?</STRONG></P> <P>Ha! I’ve got quite a few, mainly because they bring such memories. One of my favorite pieces of music that come to mind is the "<A href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ft993NAjpq9v3ljhHrJtf" target="_blank">Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty Theme</A>" by <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BxqJ6pOCi8mkSjCbFYjpW" target="_blank">Harry Gregson-Williams</A>. This track brings back a lot of great throwbacks and has a lovely hook to it. Always puts me in a great mood and helps me to pick myself up no matter what the task.</P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Name 5 songs you can quote and have people instantly recognize it!</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN>Did I tell you that I can recite <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6XyY86QOPPrYVGvF9ch6wz" target="_blank">Linkin Park’s</A> <A href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6hPkbAV3ZXpGZBGUvL6jVM" target="_blank">Hybrid Theory</A></SPAN><SPAN> in its entirety? Impressive, no? <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></SPAN></P> <P> </P> <P><STRONG>Thanks for taking your time to chat with us. Before we go, what joke always makes you laugh?</STRONG></P> <P><SPAN>I’m a massive fan of standup comedy, and can honestly say one of my favorite comedians at the moment is Tim Vine. I can’t take credit for this, but I always appreciate a good pun…</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>“So I went to the record shop and I said, "What have you got by The Doors?" He said: "A bucket of sand and a fire </SPAN><SPAN>blanket!"</SPAN> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P> </P> <CENTER><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" style="width: 207px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34334i1F5B71686F79891F/image-dimensions/207x186?v=v2" width="207" height="186" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2016-03-03 at 2.43.49 PM.png" /></span></CENTER> <P> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><EM> </EM></P> <CENTER style="font-size: 14px;"> <P><EM> </EM></P> <P><EM>  </EM></P> <EM> </EM></CENTER></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:00:00 GMT MichaelW 2016-07-20T14:00:00Z Backstage Intro: Meet James! https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-James/ba-p/1397210 <P> </P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Backstage-pass.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/27966iF7D5FBE9B0AD3E9E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Backstage-pass.png" alt="Backstage-pass.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:00:00 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-James/ba-p/1397210 MichaelW 2016-07-20T14:00:00Z