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John Q. Willis

About Me

I sing, play piano, guitar, small percussion, toy instruments, etc.I recently wrapped up my first "mini-tour" in the Northwest US - had a fabulous time and made some great friends. The songs that are up right now are a mix of older recordings c. 2000 along with newer material from a recent performance in Little Rock, AR.Thanks for listening,John Qp.s. Favorite quote of late: "There's no time like the present - except the past... I used to love that." - The Vicar of Dibley, BBC

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Member Since: 06/03/2007
Influences: joni mitchell, beatles, jeremy enigk, neil young, a.c. jobim, stevie wonder.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

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Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:10:00 GMT

update on the vagabond john q

living with 2 friends, small room, tiny closette (too small to be called a closet), beautiful, avocado green walls, sleeping with windows open, and reading on the front porch. recalibrating my approac...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:32:00 GMT

a big Part of me

i can't say much about this, it's all contained within the interview and the musical excerpts as well.  simply stunning and heart-rending.
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:33:00 GMT

new fun(k)ness

i have a new singing-partner, bethany price/patton. she's a f*ing wall of sound, and our voices blend really well. we both kind of are at the same place right now - remaking ourselves - so it works ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:46:00 GMT

music for the void

i've been trying to work this thing out philosophically for years now: how do i get across my experience of music to other people, through my own music? my ideas about music, and the music i love so f...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:25:00 GMT

polyphonic shoppe

i've been very much into, for the last 5-6 years even, music that acts on sort of a plate-techtonics sort of principle. Like, you've got all these (polyphonic?) voices moving around, doing their own ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:04:00 GMT

new songs, new life

quick update: 3 new songs uploaded, from a performance at the UU Church I (as of 5/31) used to work for.  my dad recorded them on a digital recorder, not sure which type.  i'm pretty pleased...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

how i spent my xmas $

well, part of it. day after christmas, i went to b&n in north little rock and purchased an americano [splash of 1/2 & 1/2] recording of tavener's "svyati," "hymns to the mother of g-d," "song ...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:48:00 GMT