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"We'd like to introduce you to the talents of mulit-instrumentalist and 5-string guru Danny Williams sit back and enjoy the luscious voicings. "
- Ted Eschliman , www.jazzmando.com (Nov 07, 2009)
Danny Williams is a Musician, Improviser, Recording Artist, Composer, and Music Educator in Lexington Kentucky. He has well over a decade of teaching Mandolin, Bass, Guitar and Music Theory.
Danny started his musical journey singing first in the school choir at the age of 13 and quickly started to learn to play guitar. "My closest friends and I all started playing around the same time and we pushed each other to get better". Before to long a band was formed. The Green Genes. Danny actually started out playing drums in the band and in his four years in the band he also played, guitar, keyboards, and bass. Being in the Green Genes he learned a lot about performance and music and got to apply the concepts of Music theory that he was learning in college.
Danny studied at E.K.U., Snead State in Alabama and South Plains College in Texas. He specialized in Performance and Music Theory especially Jazz Theory.
When he made the move back to Kentucky from Texas he decided to learn the Mandolin. "The greatest decision I've ever made!" The Mandolin has been his primary instrument for 11 years now and not just acoustic but mainly his Electric Baritone Mandolin.
Currently he plays in two bands. Happy Family where I play Baritone Electric Mandolin and Guitar and Bluegrass Collective which is a local Bluegrass Band where I sing and play Acoustic Mandolin.
Danny teaches at the Lexington Music Academy in Lexington, Kentucky. He gives private lessons in Theory, Mandolin, Bass, and Guitar. He teaches all genres and all levels. He uses the concepts of Theory to help students grow as musicians and improvisers. "I really love teaching people to be better musicians even if it means you want to do it for a career or just to release some stress from a long day."
thebarrymandoproject
Bluegrass Collective
The Barry Mando Project has some of the best musicians Lexington has to offer. The trio is comprised of Danny Williams on Electric Baritone Mandolin, Danny Cecil on Acoustic and Electric Basses and Paul Deatherage on Drums and Percussion. Between the three musicians the list of experience reads like a who's who of the best bands and musicians around. Members of BMP have shared the stage with; Sam Rivers, Kenny Werner, Bob Mintzer, Jeff Coffin, James Williams and Bob Degen, Arlo Guthrie (Carnegie Hall performance 2007), American Spiritual Ensemble, Howard Levy (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) and Kelly Pratt (Arcade Fire, Beirut) This project is a very unique instrumentation with a very eclectic range of musical diversity. Danny W. says "In these modern times of music there is so much diversity out there and we are influenced by it all." This special band is playing mostly original compositions from Danny Williams and some well arranged covers as well. This idea of variety makes this group stand out with elements of Funk, Jazz, Neo-Soul, Rock, Electronica and World music it definitely satisfies a need for everyone looking for good music. Duke Ellington said "There are two types of music. Good and Bad."
Bluegrass Collective started out modestly when some close friends that shared a love for Bluegrass Music would get together and pick. It was'nt long till the equally modest porch/house pickin' sessions turned into very popular parties. Then in 2000 a new bar popped on the scene, The Fishtank. The ownwers caught wind of the very popular parties and asked if the guys wanted to play on Sundays. Thus, Bluegrass Collective was born and continued to play every Sunday for 8 years. We now play randomly at festivals,wedding and the occasional bar gig. Although the band has gone through several members over the years the core group of guys that started pickin' on Dove's porch all those years ago still play. Danny Williams on Vocals and Mandolin, Dove Gevedon on Vocals and Guitar, Brandon Bowlds on Vocals and Banjo and Roddy Puckett on vocals and Bass.
thebarrymandoproject's E.P.
"Danny, that is terrific; some cool out-of-the-box voicings for chords. (I will plagarize for my own...)
I love what you are doing to maximize the 5-string potential." Nice job! __________________
- Ted Eschliman , www.JazzMando.com (Nov 04, 2009)
"Great stuff man, you are breaking new ground on the Bari! Great to hear electric mando with that warm, modern sound...Nice tunes and it sound happening, very cool! I will spread the word as a lot of my students would really dig it too. Thanks again!!!" __________________
- John McGann, Associate Professor, Strings, Berklee College of Music (Nov 03, 2009)
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For lessons in Guitar,Mandolin, Bass and music theory call 859-806-1888 or email barimando_gmail.com
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Danny Williams, BMP Management
2593 Spring Valley Loop
Lexington, Kentucky 40511
859-806-1888
barimando_gmail.com
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Warm-Up Exercises
I thought for my new lesson I would do something simple but necessary. Warm-up exercises are so important to the string player because you need to get those digits working before you tackle the big gig. Some warm-ups can be a little boring and very non-musical. I dont mind doing those types but its hard to keep doing them because I dont feel like I am playing anything close to music. That's why I like taking a major scale and breaking into certain intervals. Here I present the broken third scale. What I have done is taken a G major scale and broken into intervals of M3rds and m3rds diatonically of course. Ive written it out in notation and tab for guitar and mandolin. So give it a try and have fun with this warm-up exercise its one of my personal favs. Also, this is a great melodic generator in disguise because you are actually playing something musical. Cool, huh?
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