UR79 - Will Hanza - Life Under A New Star
Will Hanza – Life Under A New Star
Electric and acoustic New York rock. The “Shaman in a Suit” is known for performances that play with time and emotion. Blending elements of psychedelic classic rock, world, alien, zydeco, gypsy, alternative and modern music, as well as a constant search for the profound.
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Band / Artist: Will Hanza
Genre: Rock / Alternative
Song: Life Under A New Star
Website: www.willhanza.com
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Instrumentation
Will Hanza - Vocals, Guitars, other
StarChilde IV- Bass
Mark Kirby- Drums
John Hadfield- Drums
Mark Mangold - Keyboards(we often invite sit-in musicians to round out our sets. Keyboards, percussion, strings, etc).
Biography
“Open is so bursting with musical and spiritual energy, lush soundscapes, and riveting musicianship that it threatens to spill open like a bag of buried treasure… The first two cuts alone, “Trying to Keep This” and “The Game” have more melodic excitement and tonal variety than most CDs generate in 50 minutes. The driving force is his own restless, intertwined musical and spiritual energy. Open is full of themes of quest and journey (”The Path”, “The Game,” “The Philosopher’s Stone”) accented by variations in tempo and dynamics within each suite-like song. While Open’s songs are memorable and often just plain catchy – some with haunting vocals in the manner of early Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and “Life Under a New Star”’s exhilarating arena-rock opening could have jumped out of your radio in 1977 – Will’s songs rarely confine themselves to the structures of conventional pop.
- Timothy Peters (MusicDish.com)Relunctant to to a ’sounds like’ list, but some fan comparisons- Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Cream, King Crimson, Jeff Buckley.
Radioplay: WDIY, WTPA, WQXA, WHPK, WMVL
Internet: 20,000+ plays on Myspace, Jamwave.com, iSound, Rhapsody, Moozikoo Radio, The Befuddled Universe, Campus Authority, others.Named “Featured Artist” by Jamwave.com (15,000+ users). Also had 2 songs hit #1 on their overall charts for both “Trying to Keep This” and “The Game”. Has been a top 3 “fan favorite” for over the past year.
Played at the 2005 & 2006 New York City Marathon (on Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn).
Previously, collaborated with Platinum songwriter Mark Mangold (Cher; Drive, She Said) as well as Sam Endicott of The Bravery and played at Central Park for the U.N. International Day of Peace, opened for Marc Ford (Black Crowes) at Tobacco Road in NYC and Suzanne Vega at Stephen’s Talkhouse in Montauk, NY.
Besides the band, Will is also works with theatre, TV & film soundtracking.
Discography
“Open” 2006, indie release.
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