Willie Wilcox http://www.myspace/williewilcoxmusic http://www.williewilcox.com Willie Wilcox began his professional music career as a drummer. Willie's first gig was recording & touring with Daryl Hall & John Oates. The first recorded album "War Babies" featured the production skills of the multi- talented producer songwriter Todd Rundgren. The making of this Rundgren produced CD for Hall & Oates would lead to a later sharing of talents between Rundgren and Wilcox. But Bette Midler would be next on the timeline. "Clams On The Half Shell," a Broadway show extravaganza in true Bette Midler style! The show featured Willie Wilcox on drums with Bette's big band and also featured legendary Jazz artist Lionel Hampton! After 6 months of shows on Broadway with Bette, Wille was invited to join the group "Utopia" founded by Todd Rundgren. World tours, recording, writing, producing and singing would span a 15-year period. In between Utopia's schedule Willie provided guest appearances recording with such artists as; Meatloaf "Bat Out Of Hell," "Transvision Vamp" & "Mick Jagger." Willie's song collaborations were featured on records by; "Luther Vandross," "Natalie Cole," "Stacey Q," "Meatloaf" & the "Pointer Sisters!" Composing for Television When Utopia officially stopped touring Willie opened Lincoln Road Studios in Miami. It was an audio postproduction company specializing in Music for Television. The clients consisted of MTV, Coca Cola, Target, Americas Most Wanted & AT&T. Radio MTV would be produced at the Lincoln Road Facility for the following two years. NBC Universal The next invitation would come from NBC /Universal Television. As staff senior composer and sound designer Willie composed musical themes for The Sci-Fi Channel, USA Cable, Trio Cable Network and CNBC for 5 years. Willie Wilcox Music With the experience of five years of composing and sound designing for network television at NBC/Universal, Willie decided to form "Willie Wilcox Music." "In today's music industry it seems essential to find a musical Niche!" says Wilcox. "The computer has revolutionized the way we ingest music in our daily lives and has also changed the WAY we make music & the reasons why it's made." "Music has become devalued in today’s market. "I felt that a commitment to a niche market, branding music for media content & celebrities, was the direction that I wanted to take." "In today's world every star is becoming their own network & Willie Wilcox Music is going to support those networks with sonic branding!" Currently airing show themes Willie Wilcox Music has branded music for the following NBC/Universal shows on CNBC; "Mad Money," "The Big Idea," (with Donny Duetsch) "Fast Money," "Conversations," (with CEO of Disney Michael Eisner) & "High Net Worth." New productions Launching mid -June, Manny Pacquiao, number one ranked boxer in the world commissioned Willie Wilcox Music to brand his new fight entrance theme music! The music will be available as an EP download on I-tunes World Wide and as a ringtone on Verizon Wireless and other carriers throughout the world. Technical Expertise Personal Pro Tools HD 3 recording studio (pictured in the EQ article below) and a Digidesign Pro Tools user for the past 15 years. Software beta tester for : Digidesign Waves Native Instruments Roland see Roland Willie Wilcox interview http://www.roland.com/demos/en/i0057/index.html IK Multimedia scroll to Willie Wilcox below http://www.ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?IKArtistsArchive Featured in major equipment & technical magazines for my expertise EQ magazine http://www.williewilcox.com/eqmagazine.pdf Remix Magazine http://www.williewilcox.com/remixmagazine.pdf