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Sean Billings

"PIITB"

About Me



Sean Billings was born on planet earth were he currently resides part-time. He attended college at Cal State University of Fullerton and has studied trumpet with Wayne Bergeron, David Washburn, Mark Garrabrant, Karen Tkazik and improvisation with Paul Carmen and Joey Sellers. Today Sean is busy performing with Liparis Nervosa, The Los Angeles Brass Sound, Bayalo', The Green Machine, Adonis Puentes and the Brian Setzer Orchestra. When the stars are aligned correctly, he has the pleasure of subbing in groups such as Joey Sellers' Jazz Aggregation, Jose Rizo's Jazz on the Latin Side All-Stars, The Disneyland Band, Golden State Pops Orchestra and a bunch of big bands. Past projects include performing and or recording with Celia Cruz, Snoop Doggy Dog, Bobby Valentino, Andy Montañes, Danny Lozada, Macy Gray, Herbie Hancock, James Moody, Frank Foster, Jane Ira Bloom, Clint Eastwood, Baja California Chamber Orchestra, South Coast Symphony, Orange County Symphony, Joan Sebastian, Natural Afrodisiac, Blast! and the Blue Devils Drum & Bugle Corps. Sean is also the featured trumpet soloist for the upcoming Sony Online Entertainment release, "Pirates of a Burning Sea". In his never present free-time, Sean likes to read, explore, listen to intelligent music, watch movies, complain about the Lakers, compose a bit, and practice mind control on unsuspecting souls....as his is doing now on you dear reader.

Sean Billings is a Yamaha Performing Artist and records for ALLCITY Recordings

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/4/2005
Band Members: me and the cosmos
Influences:

Current Listening Pleasures:

Brad Mehldau - Day is Done

John Swana - Philly Gumbo Vol. 2

Nick Drake -Five Leaves Left

Kaada/Patton - Romances

Allensworth - Broken Leaves

Alex Sipiagin - Equilibrium

Ceu

Tomahawk - Anonymous

Wynton Marsalis - The Midnight Blues

Ben Allison - Cowboy Justice

Respighi - Pines of Rome - Chicago Symphony

Prokofiev - Romeo & Juliet - Cleveland Orchestra

Galactic - From the Corner to the Block

Recent Reading Pleasures:

Deadeye Dick - Kurt Vonnegut

Palm- Christopher Moore

Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk

Measure of a Man - Sidney Poitier

The Watchmen - Allan Moore

Inner Game of Music - Barry Green

Perfromance Success - Don Green

Theory of Harmony - Arnold Schoenberg

Recent Movie Pleasures:

No Country for Old Men

There Will Be Blood

The Darjeeling Limited

Deathproof

American Gangster

Sunshine

The Deer Hunter

Tideland

Sounds Like: Depends on the Time of Day
Record Label: AllCity Recordings
Type of Label: Indie