Artist description Award Winning Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Billy Hale is a monster! He's so good it shatters. Some production will set him free and make those magical sliding transitions happen for a huge audience. Bravo Billy!" Karl Krogstad Director Krogstad Studios Seattle March 11, 2003

Music Style Filmusic

Musical Influences Stravinski XTC and Mr.Ed

Similar Artists Don King

Artist History Billy Hale uses a KORG Triton Workstation, several guitars, Win '98 based Thinkpad, WinXP, and Win2K based desktop computers, Cubase SX, Cool Edit Pro, Cakewalk, Harmony Assistant, AcidPro, Adobe Premiere, MacOS converters, and many other programs to compose music and write scores for the film industry (oh yah baby!). Here is a little about his life and career so far... Billy was born on Travis Air Force Base in California, and raised in Alaska. For several years he traveled the world with his band entertaining US troops stationed overseas with the Department of Defense - flying or riding in every conveyance the US military uses. Having been targeted by heat seeking missiles only once in 5 years during 8 tours (hey! that right there is safe, successful travel in war zones), he went on to tour the United States with southern rock stars, in the outlaw branch of that genre. In 2001, Billy returned to Seattle to live and the following summer began composing music for the film, animation, video and games industries. As a composer, recording artist, and guitarist, he plays lead and bass guitar, and composes for a variety of instruments, including the category "odd digital" sounds. He plays in many international styles: rock, NFL sports, futuristic big band swing, frogpad loudhorn, classical, house, country, Middle Eastern dance, English lute traveler, horror, suspense and other of his own original styles. Original Scores, Soundtracks, Current Projects: "Acorn Andy" and “The Three Wise Men Did Travel”, Footlight Productions, Tanya Johnson, www.footlights-3d.com, animation score for children, 2002. "Northwest Triathlon 2002: One Perfect Race", Pro-Motion X5, Kevin Lynch, www.pmx5.com, 45 minute sports documentary, five themes, 2002. "Cursed", Director Mototaka Minami, Title credits music sample, December 2002. “Elevator Skit” Realms Production, JK, www.realmsentertainment.com, short film competition in Los Angeles (soundtrack completed in 2 hours), 2003. “Afterthought”, CrossFilms, Michael Cross, www.crossfilms.com, Science Fiction genre production, 2003. “Critters” Lemur Productions, MC Schuler, a comedy, Original Soundtrack, 2003. “Ray of Darkness”, Realms Production, JK, www.realmsentertainment.com, suspense/thriller feature film soundtrack in production, 2003. “Always”, Lisa O'Sullivan, Australian 1930's love comedy, 2003. “Quadrant 42”, HarWen Productions, www.home.earthlink.net./~harwen, comedy space film, 2003. “Gas-sassins”, Darryl Wilson, Australian futuristic action feature, 2003. “The Master” working title; A documentary of a Tibetan ritual filmed on location in Darjeeling, India, (in postproduction) 2003. Prior Projects: Lead five member band “Dogs on the Roof” in performing and recording; wrote and produced Atomic Honky Tonk CD, published 2001 Location: Nashville Dates: 2000-2001 Performance: clubs and bars USA Tour with David Frizzell Location: from Nashville Dates: 1999-2001 Toured: USA, through Midwest, Southern, and Eastern US Played backup guitar with Progressive Country’s Johnny Rodriguez (many top 10 hits), and David Frizzell (CMA - Country Music Association Awards and Film with Clint Eastwood) Location: Nashville Date: August 2000 Performance: at Outdoor Festival “A Tribute to Lefty Frizzell" Eight International Tours for the US Department of Defense with his four member band, “The Forgettables”, including through war zones, performing DOD Overseas Shows under the auspices of the Air Force Services Directorate. Band members: Jim Chase, Rick Furtado, Andrew Cloutier, Brian Bachler, Randy Whitman, Art Bitner, and Randy Davis. Location: International through 30 or 40 countries, "anywhere from the top of a flatbed truck, to a stage in a club, to an outside parade ground" Dates: 1995 - 2000 Performance: for hundreds and thousands of D.O.D. Troops stationed overseas. Newspaper articles, Channels 5 and 7, played live on KMPS (NW Country Station), and University of Washington College station KCMU played recordings. Recording: wrote and produced "Whooptiegaldangdo" CD, published 1995, which received international airplay, including "Nome to Nashville", and "I Quit Drinking ('cause one of you is bad enough)" DOD Tours: Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Greece, Turkey), Southwest Asia (Japan, Okinawa, Korea), Middle East (Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt), The Balkans (Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Hungary), The Pacific (Guam, Puerto Rica, Cuba, the Azores, Diego Garcia) The Mediterranean, The Caribbean, The North (Greenland, and Iceland) -- so many places and dates some countries changed names by the time the band returned Guitar and Bass recording sessions for Christian rock singers and composers: Nashville’s David Zaffiro’s second CD The Other Side, Geoff Addairs first CD, and others Locations: Nashville, TN, Seattle, WA, Denver, CO Dates: 2000, 1993-1994 Recordings: Angel Harmonies, CD Devotion Songs to the Lord, CD Namaste, CD Jazz guitar and bass on Maderas first CD, Jizdiz Location: Seattle, WA Date: 1995 Recordings: Session work Composer, band leader, arranger, lead guitarist with Sinister Minister, five members and original rock band Location: Seattle, WA Dates: 1992-1993 Performance: clubs and bars Recording: "How Do You Like Them Apples?" CD, 1993 Managed University Village music store, and gave guitar instruction, 1990-1992 Sales and distribution for custom Seattle Jeweler, 1986-1989 Teaching Experience - Guitar Instruction: Began teaching guitar and bass and founded a music school with his brother, Freddy Hale, after arriving in Seattle, 1979-1981 Hale School of Music University District Guitar and Bass Billy creates original music and film-video-animation soundtracks for you! email Billy at playbillyplay@hotmail.com or call 206-632-1736 to begin your project now! Questions? email projects@billyhalemusic

Group Members Hangin'

Instruments What ever suits the mood

Albums 12

Press Reviews -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Hale's score "A Forgotten Sea" written in Harmony Assistant won 2nd Place Award in Myriad-Online.com's international music composition competition. October 16, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I must say that I enjoyed the instrumentals that Billy Hale presented and the variety of his talent was very evident. Since Doreen [Ringer-Ross] is located in our Los Angeles office, I am taking the liberty of holding on to your "package" for future contact in Nashville." C. Paul Corbin BMI Vice President Writer-Publisher Relations Nashville November 21, 2002

Location Seattle, Washington - USA

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