| "Raise the white flag and surrender to this life … Pour the whiskey, smell the roses, tell some jokes -- laugh before you die."
-- "Surrender"
Throw Fisher any bait, they’re not goanna bite at just any conventional lure.
Kathy Fisher and Ron Wasserman (Fisher) have it made in a life that involves, but doesn’t revolve around, music. After a dose of music industry madness they realized that what they loved about music was also potentially capable of destroying what they loved about life. Away from the noise and the schmooze of West Hollywood they’ve mastered the art of juggling musical projects, parenting their year-old son Aron, living joyously and somehow making it all work together.
While other bands were trying to stroll down the road well worn by the music industry only to find the path over grown with thorns and bramble, Fisher was paving a new high-speed lane into the world wide web of Internet commerce. Three million people downloaded their single "I Will Love You" before most bands figured out there were other ways than brick-and-mortar to reach listeners.
Their paving efforts more than paid off for them on the road less traveled by. It earned them a buzz no publicist could dream up. Fisher was profiled in Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Tonight Show, and the Los Angeles Times as vanguards of the digital music revolution.
Intuitively, they knew they could build a fan base on their own using the web and other non-industry affiliated publicity such as TV and radio. They’re a popular choice for commercial endeavors requiring music for advertisement. Even now, you're hearing them every day, celebrating their "Beautiful Life" in a national Toyota ad campaign.
The Lovely Years
From the joy of "Beautiful Life" through the wonder of watching a spectacular meteor shower one magic night on "Sleepy Head," the nostalgia of "The Lovely Years," the delicate intimacy of "You," the gauzy romance of Kathy's duet with label mate Ben Taylor on "So Much," even the twisted ironies of "Your Biggest Fan"-- from all these tracks, something real seems to rise.
A representation of what it means to Fisher to have a successful life with music, not because of it. more... |
The Lovely Years 
