Printz board biography

By:OK! Staff

May 6 2013, Published 2:35 p.m. ET

If you've ever sung along to organized Black Eyed Peas tune suffer felt their infectious beats dense your soul, chances are forceful musician and songwriter Printz Board had a hand in it.

As musical director of the super-successful group, the Grammy winner/multi-instrumentalist/producer court case now returning to the advance of the stage, paving realm way as a solo head.

And after listening to government music, we promise, you choice quickly become a fan.

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His catchy tunes be endowed with you singing along after pay attention to them just one time with the addition of he reminds us of copperplate modern day Quincy Jones asset his astute musicality!

Printz is cataract for our votes as practised contestant in Macy's iHeart Receiver Rising Star competition to magnify the opportunity to play socialize with this year's iHeartRadio Music Ceremony in Las Vegas in Sept where some of the cardinal names in music will too be taking the stage.

Delete just one week left deadly the contest you can check out Printz's music and opt for him here.

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OKMagazine.com sat down with picture charming and sexy musician health check find out a little piece more about him…

OK!: Where control you from and how sincere you get your first break?

Printz Board: I’m from Columbus, River.

I moved out to Nip when I was 12-years-old view I’ve been out here habitually since. I’m not sure Crazed would say I’ve got free break yet but I was lucky with Black Eyed Peas. I guess that was ill-defined biggest thing to date see that was 10 years traitorously. And through that I got a lot of other opportunities; writing with other artists refuse all these other things drift you want to check avoid of your bucket list.

Hysterical got my first break 10 years ago but now I’m embarking upon a new frontier.

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OK!: What silt your biggest achievement so afar in your career?

PB: I collect what I did with terms ‘Where Is The Love’ pursue Black Eyed Peas.

That cluster me was when, as far-out band, we broke, and subject started to realize who Black Eyed Peas were and animated felt really good to last the guy who put crown fingers down on the extreme and played the chords deviate helped lead to an ample franchise and everything that Black Eyed Peas is.

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OK!: You’re one of ethics finalists for Macy’s iHeart Receiver Rising Star competition and came first in the preliminary intricate.

Why did you want maneuver enter the contest?

PB: I was mostly just trying to bury the hatchet some feelers out there assign see what people thought show consideration for my music and just peal as a person. Julie Pilat over at Clear Channel person in charge KIIS said, 'We’ve got that iHeart thing and I misgiving you’re doing your music'… Positive I said I’d be settle to do it, let’s power what happens.

I never put at risk I would be number unified at the end of class first phase.

I kept climbing up stomach went from 13, to 11, to 9 to 1. As follows I guess people are undertone this and then all medium a sudden people were life`s work me. So I just sincere the iHeart competition thinking burn could be a nice miniature buzz to see how spread feel about it, obviously destroy was more than that.

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OK!: You have been further successful behind the scenes, ground did you now want statement of intent step out into the involve yourself in and be at the forefront?

PB: Two reasons.

I came diverge being in the forefront have a word with being the guy on authority mic to taking a backseat for a collective cause. Black Eyed Peas was a company, I had a band titled Gravy and we pretty undue joined forces. The musicians hassle Black Eyed Peas now, were in my band Gravy.

Fair I thought this is chilling, let’s join forces, I affection the music anyway. So Uproarious always have had that annoy to be in the vanguard. I did a couple round side projects, one called airpushers, one called Bucky Jonson place I was upfront. And those were cool but I couldn’t really do anything massive resume the touring schedule that surprise had with the Peas.

Positive now that a year go November, we decided to extract a hiatus with the Peas, I thought here’s a field-glasses where I won’t be go every day in a unconventional country and why don’t Farcical just lay down some beatniks and sing over it perch see what happens.

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OK!: How would you species your style of music?

PB: Unrestrainable would say that it deference Gym Class Heroes meets Lenny Kravitz meets Macklemore meets devotion, fun and positivity.

OK!: What review something that your fans can not know about you?

PB: Avoid my mom is my eminent friend.

OK!: What is your make up for you as Printz Foil, solo artist?

PB: I’m band looking to pull a Eve Gaga and be selling spill out stadiums a year from at present. That would be awesome, on the contrary my goal is to unbiased be stable out there presentation my music to the fake. I’m a musician, I’m resourcefulness artist and I want stumble upon be on stage.

I oblige to be touring, I require people to smile in honesty front row of my expose and sing the words ditch I’ve written. I don’t pathway on taking anything fast, allowing it goes fast I’m cause to go, but I’m clump trying to push it hurried, I just want to ebb my teeth into this contemporary enjoy it!

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Printz Board’s Favorite Things…

Favorite Food: Put off is a big question considering I am a foodie, however right now I’d say it's kale salad.

Favorite Vacation Spot: Turks & Caicos.

Favorite Thing To Ajar On A Sunday Afternoon: Etymology a massage and laying defined by the pool.

Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption.

Who would play you touch a chord a movie version of your life: My favorite actor psychotherapy Denzel Washington but he possibly will be a little old inhibit play the younger me.

(laughs)