Willoughby Spitt

Description:

Screen Name:

Willoughby Spitt

Sex:

M

Age:

38

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Touring

Years Playing Music:

25

Gigs Played:

Over 100

Tend to Practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to Gig:

6-7 time(s) per week

Most available:

Days

Yokohama, Japan
090-4123-9319 keitai / cell
chillywilly_420@hotmail dot com

Professional Electric Bassist, Producer (ASCAP), Electric Bass Instructor

Bio-
25 years of Electric Bass playing experience - fretted & fretless
10 years of Classical Upright Bass playing experience
Sings Lead & Background Vocals
Musically Literate - Reads, writes and produces music
International Musical Director (MD) experience
Lived in, Taught Electric Bass Guitar and Toured throughout Japan for nine years, 1993 through 2002, and Internationally in over 10 other different countries overseas - Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore and Thailand
Extensive International Teaching, Live Touring, Studio and Television Playing experience

Education-
Norfolk State University, Music Education major 1988 -1990 - Norfolk, Virginia
Graduate of the United States Armed Forces School of Music - Little Creek, Virginia 1993
Graduate of Cue Recording Studios' Pro Tools Recording Engineering course with Cue's Chief Engineer, Ken Schubert - Falls Church, Virginia 2005

Leadership Skills-
Business Ownership, Management & Operations experience
Studio Management
International Musical Director experience
International Teaching experience

Technical Skills-
Pro Tools
Music Production
Film Scoring
Film Editing
PA/Sound Technician
International Touring Loadmaster

Instruments played-
Electric Bass Guitar
Fretless Electric Bass Guitar
Classical Upright Bass
Guitar
Keyboard
Lead and Backing Vocals, Spitts, Raps, etc.

Musical Ensembles Performed In-
Full Orchestras
Pit Orchestras
17 piece jazz big bands
Jazz combos
Funk / R&B bands
Rock bands
Reggae bands
Latin bands
All original bands

Musical styles played-
All

Employment History / Credits-
Music4xxx, Custom Music Soundtrack Solutions 4 The Entire Adult Industry, Music Production, Owner - Van Nuys, California & Yokohama, Japan 2006 - present
Music4xxx Credits - The Dicks of Hazzard DVD * - Eon Films - DVD Title Track 2006 (* = Nominated for Best Picture GAYVN Awards 2006)
Malibu Moms 2 DVD - LeMayzing Entertainment - DVD Title Track 2006
Willoughby Spitt Music - Electric Bass Instructor, Session Bassist - Honolulu, Hawaii 2007 - 2008
Sound Arena Rehearsal Studios, Studio Manager -North Hollywood & Van Nuys, Ca. Jan. - Dec. 2006
Audio, Light & Musical - Electric Bass Instructor - Norfolk, Va. 2005
U.S Navy's Pacific Fleet Band Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Electric/Upright Bass Instrumentalist, Vocalist 2003-2005
U.S Navy's 7th Fleet Band Yokosuka, Japan - Electric/Upright Bass Instrumentalist, Vocalist 1993-1997

Performed / Toured with-
Hirai Ken
SMAP
TRF
Okamoto Mayo
Zooco
Kluverbucy
Ricky Martin
The Drifters
US Navy Band

Equipment List-
MusicMan StingRay & Lakland Skyline 44-02 bass guitars
Monster Bass cables
Boss TU-2 chromatic tuner
EBS MicroBass II pre amp, DI, A-B swticher
EBS bass pedals (MultiComp / MultiDrive / OctaBass / BassIQ / UniChorus / DynaVerb)
EBS pedalboard
DigiTech Whammy Pedal
NYC Pedalboards' " Big Shot " pedalboard
Ampeg SVT-5 Pro amplifier
Ampeg SVT 15E speaker cabinet
Bergantino NV425 bass cabinet (1 x 15" + 3 x 10" speakers)
KRK Systems Rockit 5 powered monitors
Line 6 Bass POD
M-Audio Axiom 25 Midi Controller
Pro Tools MBox mini
Bass Clef "Real Book"
Adobe Premier Pro

Influences:

Gwendolyn Jewel Lane, Michael Robertson Lane (R.I.P.), classical music, Rudy Sarzo, Hendrix, Jaco, Vai, Satriani, 24-7 Spyz, Randy Coven, blah blah blah.

Equipment List:

MusicMan StingRay & Lakland Skyline 44-02 basses
Monster Bass cables
EBS MicroBassII preamp / DI / A/B switcher
Ampeg SVT-5 Pro amp
Ampeg SVT 15E cabinet
Bergantino NV425 cabinet (1 x 15" & 3 x 10" speakers)
NYC Pedalboards' "Big Shot " pedalboard
EBS pedals -(MultiComp\MultiDrive/
OctaBass/BassIQ/UniChorus/DynaVerb)/
EBS pedalboard
DigiTech Whammy pedal
Boss TU-2 chromatic tuner
Line 6 Bass POD XT
Pro Tools MBox mini
Axiom 25 midi controller
Adobe Premier Pro

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