Ian Westbury
Ian Westbury is a fictional British musician, portrayed by Dominic Keating, a British actor. He was created as part of an advertising campaign for the relaunch of Sprint's music store in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/19098246|title=Sprint Music Store - Mix Sherpa|last=Sylvestre|first=Dave|date=January 2011|website=Vimeo|language=en|access-date=May 2, 2018}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAoK19Httyw |title="Under the Moon" by Fierce Blue Ascot |date=2007-04-10 |last=IanWestbury |access-date=2024-07-10 |via=YouTube}}
As the former lead singer of Fierce Blue Ascot, which had one top-10 hit in the 1980s, Ian acts as a guide – the "Mix Sherpa" – to Sprint's music store. Long-retired from performing, he is portrayed as running a record store on Melrose in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite web |last=Meridew |first=Clare |title=Sprint "Mix Sherpa" Campaign |url=https://www.behance.net/gallery/2995021/Sprint-Mix-Sherpa-Campaign |website=behance.net|date=March 2013 }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070522001820/http://threeminds.organic.com/branded_entertainment/index.html Organic's Three Minds Marketing Blog, from the company which created the "Ian" campaign]
- [https://archive.today/20130203070350/http://www.sprintspecialoffers.com/ian/index.html Introduction to mixsherpa.com] at sprintspecialoffers.com, archived from the original in February 2013
- [https://www.reverbnation.com/artist/5934 Ian Westbury's profile on Reverb Nation]
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/IanWestbury Ian Westbury's channel on YouTube]
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