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article Backstage Intro: Meet Andy! in The Blog Vault https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/ba-p/1829312 <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> <span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Backstage-pass.png"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/skins/images/84F7D8D753D213583D3BEE8D7B4D3CC5/responsive_peak/images/image_not_found.png" alt="Backstage-pass.png" /></span> <P> </P> <P> </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" rel="noopener">Community Rock Stars</A> can submit blog posts to be published on the Spotify Community Blog. </EM></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;"><STRONG><EM>To find out more about the <A href="https://community.spotify.com/spotify/attachments/spotify/spotifyct/2952/4/RSPJan2015.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rock Star Program click here.</A></EM></STRONG><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"> </P> <P style="font-size: 14px;"><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG>Hey there, <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4113543">@iamandyhill</a> (Rock Star)! Tell us something about yourself.</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Howdy! Well, I’m a 32-year-old Marketing Innovator (which is a pretty lame name for a marketing manager!) I’m from the birthplace of the pie barm in the North West of England. I’ve two daughters, Poppy and Lily, neither of which sleep for more than two hours, so my blood is currently half coffee and half Red Bull!</SPAN></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG>When do you listen to music is there a particular place like the Journey to work?</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">In the office both at work and at home (I may as well do something productive whilst I’m awake!), I’ve got the loudest speakers in the office so like a glorious leader I dictate the tunes all day, I need something to keep those innovative juices flowing!</SPAN></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT color="#333300"><STRONG>If you could be part of any band/group for a day who would that be and why?<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Screen Shot 2017-08-14 at 13.04.35.png"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/skins/images/84F7D8D753D213583D3BEE8D7B4D3CC5/responsive_peak/images/image_not_found.png" alt="Screen Shot 2017-08-14 at 13.04.35.png" /></span></STRONG></FONT></P> <P><STRONG style="color: #333300;"><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Tough one! Being a family man I guess I need to be sensible so that rules out the sex, drugs and rock and roll of the <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/22bE4uQ6baNwSHPVcDxLCe?si=QgTPaFfi" target="_self">Rolling Stones</A> but in earnest, I’d be part of <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aEYCT7t18aM3VvM6y8oVR?si=H3yZIYwH" target="_self">Alkaline Trio,</A> an awesome band I’ve seen live every time they’ve played Manchester. Would we need to rename it Alkaline Quad though? <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN> </STRONG></P> <P> </P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG>Do you feel that you have a special connection with some types of music? Which types?</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Punk. 100%. A lot of my early listening was through my dad's old LP’s. Sterling parenting skills allowed me to listen to the likes of <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RGLhK1IP9jnYFH4BRFJBS?si=ZN0qCqoV" target="_self">The Clash,</A> <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WoTvA9qinpHtSRJuldYh6?si=PhltQqi3" target="_self">The Fall</A>, <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2bt3I0VkmYuPvP57sxokab?si=pkkTko92" target="_self">Stiff Little Fingers</A>, <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2DxlS3lTLFIq70S7ap5H3y?si=47GKviV2" target="_self">The Buzzcocks </A>and the <A href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1u7kkVrr14iBvrpYnZILJR?si=kinQFp74" target="_self">Sex Pistols</A> to name but a few. All before I could walk and stick two fingers up to the establishment.</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></P> <P>  </P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG>Thanks for taking your time to chat with us. Before we go, what joke always makes you laugh?</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">I’m a dad, I have finely honed dad joke skills which came as part of the two insomniac daughters packages I’m now the proud owner of.</SPAN></P> <P><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG> </STRONG></FONT></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">“What time is my dentist appointment? Tooth-hurty”</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN style="font-weight: 400;">Ba-dum-dum-tiss! (That’s the sound two drums and a cymbal make falling off a cliff…)</SPAN> </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><BR /></EM> <P> </P> <P> </P> </CENTER></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD style="border: 0px; padding: 0px 14px 14px 14px; font-size: 14px;"> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </CENTER> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:52:54 GMT EthanS1 2021-12-31T07:52:54Z Backstage Intro: Meet Andy! https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/ba-p/1829312 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left" image-alt="medium.png"><img src="https://community.spotify.com/skins/images/84F7D8D753D213583D3BEE8D7B4D3CC5/responsive_peak/images/image_not_found.png" alt="medium.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P> </P> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:52:54 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/ba-p/1829312 EthanS1 2021-12-31T07:52:54Z Re: Backstage Intro: Meet Andy! https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/bc-p/1874907#M6762 <P>Nice to meet ya <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4113543">@iamandyhill</a> ^_^</P> Thu, 24 Aug 2017 15:33:51 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/bc-p/1874907#M6762 crematedman 2017-08-24T15:33:51Z Re: Backstage Intro: Meet Andy! https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/bc-p/1877872#M6763 <P>Nice to meet you <a href="https://community.spotify.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4113543">@iamandyhill</a>! ^^</P> <P> </P> <P>Peace</P> Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:38:09 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/The-Blog-Vault/Backstage-Intro-Meet-Andy/bc-p/1877872#M6763 Nico 2017-08-24T20:38:09Z