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Andy Will

About Me

I'm an English Freelance Bassist currently based in the Netherlands who has had the great pleasure of playing and touring Semi-professionally for around 17 years in various bands and projects ranging from Pop/Folk Singer/songwriters through to Metal and solo Bass perfomances. Over the years I've also had the opportunity to jam and/or study with some of the big names of the Bass world such as Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Billy Sheehan, Chuck Rainey, Christian McBride, Gary Willis, Anthony Wellington, Doug Wimbish and many more.
Over here, I'm mainly known for my work with pop/rock band Daisy Vain, but have just finished a run of gigs with excellent English Singer/Songwriter Ian Britt. Also, the E.P. promotion is happening right now in the U.K. for Extreme O.D. an awesomely heavy project initiated by rock monster Kieron Berry, for which I was invited to lay down the Bass tracks. Try and check them out with their complete live line-up if you can!
Currently working on the debut E.P. with Metal band 'King Nitro'!
Projects I've been involved with include:
Slush Puppie
Ikon
Soul Revue
Pissing Angels
High'n'Mighty
Boys Republic
Jostle
Daisy Vain
Extreme O.D. (E.P. now on sale!!! Click here to hear/buy!)
Ian Britt
King Nitro (New Project!)
Current Gear List:
Adamovic Custom 4-String Super-Jazz (J.J.)
Adamovic Custom 4-String (Jenna)
Seibass Seibass Jazz 5-String Custom
Aguilar Amplification and On-board Pre-amps
Bergantino NV610 Cabinet
Eventide Effects
King Nitro E.P. and Gigs coming soon! Check back regularly for News!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 03/10/2006
Band Website: www.daisyvain.nl
Band Members: King Nitro:

Fedda Wapstra: Vocals
Michael Leeninga: Guitars
Niels Klooster: Drums
Andy Will: Bass Guitars

Daisy Vain:

Robin Van den Heuvel: Vocals
Ivar Leliveld: Guitars
Milan Ridderhof: Drums
Andy Will: Bass Guitars

Influences: Too numerous to list as there's so much great music in the world and so many styles that blow me away every day, but those who've really sparked my interest as a musician over the years include:
Nuno Bettencourt, Billy Sheehan, Victor Wooten, Mark King, Randy Coven, Marcus Miller, Prince, Steve Vai, Reb Beach, Richie Kotzen, Dan Reed, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Paul Gilbert, Dave Weckl, Living Colour, Matthew Garrison and anyone who can really sing or play an instrument.
Sounds Like:

Proud user of Adamovic Basses

Aguilar Amplification and on-board pre-amps

Record Label: Coming Soon..................

My Blog

First King Nitro tracks now online!

Wow, 2 blogs in one week now.......but is great news!It's a proud moment for King Nitro today as our first recorded tracks, 'What is Real?' and 'Scum City' are now available online to blow your comput...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:39:00 GMT

Big up to the 4th July, Stiels Possee!

Hey Y'all,King Nitro really wanna thank the impressive turn out of fans, friends, groupies, relations, stragglers, lost-individuals, alcoholics, metal-heads, hostages, bar-staff and freaks who made...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:31:00 GMT

Touring/Performing with Ian Britt

Gig Update:I'll be doing a few gigs with ultra-talented English Singer/songwriter Ian Britt from September until November including a support gig in the Paradiso (Amsterdam) supporting superstar Steph...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:30:00 GMT

Available for new projects/bands!

Hey Everyone!Due to our singer really needing to focus on her 1st year of Theatre Studies, Daisy Vain will be taking a back seat for a little while. Therefore I am now available for any new projects/b...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT

First review of Extreme O.D. Tracks!!!

Check this Blog out from Extreme O.D.’s Myspace site (www.myspace.com/extremeod). I took up the great opportunity to play the Bass on these tracks with Kieron and crew last year and had a Blast!...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:03:00 GMT

Daisy Vain Update!

Hey Everyone! Just to let you know, Daisy Vain are still alive, well and in the process of negotiating distribution, bookings etc. for 'hopefully' a huge album launch in the not too distant futur...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:30:00 GMT

Recording with Extreme O.D.!!!

Hi All, Has been too long since the last Blog, so I'd better add some news! In September I went into the studio with the Mighty, Metal-guitar monster Kieron Berry (ex-Razorwire) to lay some Bass track...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT

New tracks for the debut Daisy Vain C.D. now added!

After a lot of blood, sweat and almost tears, the debut C.D. from Daisy Vain has finally been mastered! To celebrate, I've updated this site with two sample tracks for you to preview!The tracks now pl...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:19:00 GMT

Steve Vai Audition!

Meant to post this a few weeks ago but have only just got around to it.Was offered my ultimate dream of an audition for Steve Vai's band in L.A.! After several e-mails with Steve Vai's assistant and m...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:02:00 GMT