DJF Member of the Month - June 2017

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Our MOTM is Bill Fitzmaurice.

Bill has been with DJF for longer than I can remember & has always been here just about on a daily basis providing sound advice (literally). If you're a veteran member here you know about Bill. If you're a new member, Bill has been designing pro sound systems for nearly 50 years & passing on his knowledge to us here at DJF.

We appreciate his dedication to DJF over the years & we wanted to acknowledge him with Member of the Month for June 2017. Please take a minute to congratulate him & thank him for his dedication & advice.

WE asked Bill a few questions for him to answer & here is what he said:

As most know here, you have a specific design that you sell so people can build their own speakers. Give us some feed back on this please.

I have over 50 designs available at my website. Some are home theater and auto sound oriented, but most are pro-sound, most of those are PA.
http://www.billfitzmaurice.com

When did you first become interested in speakers?

When I took up electric bass and guitar, in 1965. Not long after that I started doing PA.

What inspired you to pursue this idea for building speakers that people could build themselves?

I built my first cab in 1968, trying to improve on what was available.

What was your first equipment/speakers?

My first amp was a 1965 Fender Bassman.

What equipment do you mostly use now?

Everything I have I made, including my instruments.

What do you do to continue to make yourself better after all this time?

Experiment, and never be satisfied. The best speaker I've ever designed is always the next one.

How did you find DJF?

I don't remember, probably by surfing the web.

What inspired you to continue to be an active member of DJF?

Everyone was a newbie once, it's good that there's a place where they can get help learning their craft.

What drives you to help other DJ's/members here on DJF?

Working in pro-sound has been very good to me, so I feel a bit of an obligation to pass on my knowledge. And it's fun.

What advice do you have for new DJ's with less than a year of experience?

Read, read, read. Then read some more.

What experience have you gained that you would like to pass along to experienced DJ's with at least a year experience or more?

Never stop learning. Fifty years in and I still learn something every day.