Sherman, Texas
Art rock, progressive rock
Jimmy Hotz (born October 12, 1953) is an American inventor, record producer, recording engineer, electronic music pioneer, audio expert, author and musician.
Hotz began playing guitar at the age of seven. He plays a number of instruments such as the guitar, keyboards, flute, drums and his own inventions such as the "Hotz Box" and the "Hotz MIDI Translator". Hotz has done a number of recordings where all of the instruments were played by him using only the Hotz Box as an input device.
In the music business Jimmy Hotz has worked with Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood, Dave Mason, NSYNC, Mobius 8, B.B. King, Yes, Jon Anderson, Haven and dozens of other recording artists as either a producer, engineer, mixer, studio musician, or musical instrument designer. Hotz was engineer and did programming on B.B. King's Grammy-nominated King of the Blues: 1989. Hotz was also the engineer on King's Grammy-nominated "Standing on the Edge of Love", for Best Contemporary Blues Recording in 1988 (from The Color of Money soundtrack).
You Rock Guitar featured a video of Jimmy playing their MIDI guitar through the Hotz Midi Translator software.
In 2011 he released his debut novel, The Gates of Time.
Hotz lives and works in Southern California.
Beyond the Crystal Sea (1980) 2010 Rem.
