Bradley Fish (b. Bethesda, Maryland, 1970) is an American born musician based in Israel. He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv, and finally settling in Jerusalem. Nickname: Motto: Official website: Location Location of Bethesda within Montgomery County, Maryland. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: (help· info) Yerushalayim; Arabic: (help· info) al-Quds, Greek Ιεροσόλυμα), is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...

He holds a B.A. degree in guitar from Northern Illinois University, where he studied with jazz guitarist Fareed Haque. Northern Illinois University is a comprehensive teaching and research institution with a student enrollment of more than 25,000. ...

Fish's musical loops performed on the Appalachian dulcimer, banjo, German concert zither, and guzheng (Chinese zither are the most widespread in the world. His guitar loops are among the most widespread. 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 Digital Pictures, Peace Love Productions, and Apple/i-Life. Two Appalachian dulcimers The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument with three or four strings, although contemporary versions of the instrument can have as many as twelve strings and six courses. ... Old 6-string zither banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. Its name is commonly thought to be derived from the Kimbundu term mbanza. ... A Musima Guitar Zither 45 strings with 21 melody, 24 chords The zither is a musical string instrument, mainly used in folk music. ... This article or section may contain external links added only to promote a website, product or service — otherwise known as spam. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ...

Fish pioneered the use of these exotic and folk instruments with electronics in modern musical contexts (rock, reggae, metal, fusion, blues, electronica, modern folk, etc.) recording "The Aquarium Conspiracy" CD with Sugarcubes/Björk drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson in 1996. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, trumpet, and trombone are common in some styles, however, horns have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Heavy Metal is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, took blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the use... Fusion typically refers to the merging of two or more entities into a single one: In physics and technology nuclear fusion is the combination of two atomic nuclei into a single nucleus, usually the isotopes of hydrogen, Deuterium and Tritium. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the common people. ... The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic rock-pop band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. ... Björk Guðmundsdóttir IPA: , (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer, (formerly the lead singer with The Sugarcubes) with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, trip-hop, alternative rock, jazz, ambient music... Sigtryggur Baldursson is an Icelandic musician. ...

Fish recently recorded via the Internet with George Clinton/Funkadelic/Snoop Doggy Dog drummer Jerome Bailey. 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."[1] George Clinton is the name of several notable people: George Clinton (royal governor) (c. ... Funkadelic was originally the backing band for the doo wop group, The Parliaments. ... The May 16, 1948 Palestine Post headline announcing the creation of the state of Israel The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli newspaper in the English language, which also publishes on the Internet - [[1]] www. ...

Fish has toured internationally, performing for many notables including the Dalai Lama. He recently recorded tracks with top name artists in Israel including Rami Kleinstein and Yehuda Poliker. Fish's live shows in Israel have included Yonaton Shapiro of Ofra Haza's final live band. The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (born 1935) The 13th Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso (1876-1933) In Tibetan Buddhism, the successive Dalai Lamas (Tibetan: ཏ་ཱལའི་བླ་མ་ taa-lavi bla-ma; Chinese: 达赖喇嘛 Dálài Lāmǎ) form a tulku lineage of Gelugpa leaders which trace back to 1391. ... Ofra Haza (עָפְרָה חָזָה born November 19, 1957, died February 23, 2000) was a popular Yemenite Israeli singer. ...

External links

• Bradley Fish official site
• "New dude on the block", by Gavriel Fiske, from The Jerusalem Post, February 23, 2006
• "Arrivals: From Madison, Wisconsin, to Jerusalem", by Yocheved Miriam Russo, from The Jerusalem Post, March 15, 2006
• Bradley Fish Electrifried Band website