The Fat Man and Team Fat
Surf Rock may not be Amie Street's biggest genre, but we certainly have a gem of an album in Surf.com by The Fat Man and Team Fat.
25-The Old Dream Ending
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21-Balalaika Stomp
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14-Scalin' the Fish
(The Fat Man (aka George Sanger) is not just another surf rocker, however. He's an innovator in the field of game audio and has been featured in Wired Magazine, The New York Times and People Magazine, which called him "a top candidate for the most prolific - and obscure - living American composer." Here's a bit from The Fat Man's bio:
As a well-respected leader in the field of game audio, George has been able to do a great deal to further its art, technology, and methodology. He is the cofounder and host of Project Bar-B-Q, the premier interactive music conference, an annual event since 1996. He has worked for many years to improve, simplify, and promote interactivity in game audio. His recent efforts in this endeavor helped to form the IASIG's Interactive XMF working group, of which he is a member. He is the audio advisor for Game Developer Magazine and is responsible for that publication’s audio column...The Fat Man's innovations include the first General MIDI score for a game, the first soundtrack CD that shipped with the game, the first game music considered a work of art, the first game featuring a live band recorded to MIDI, the first game music considered a selling point of the game, and the first context-sensitive soundtrack to attract industry attention.
The Fat Man and Team Fat is where it's at, so listen here. Surf's up.

