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dj williams

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About Me

NO, I AM NOT A "DJ" but I am addicted to music and feel VERY lucky to play and create music for a living. I am from Plainfield, NJ but grew up in Richmond, VA. Music helps keep me sane, cleanses my soul, and has allowed me to travel all over the place. I currently play and tour with my band (DJ Williams Projekt) with some of the most talented players in Richmond: Gordon Jones, Dusty Simmons, Brian Mahne, Mark Ingraham, and Todd Herrington. These guys keep me inspired and are like a family to me. I have gotten the pleasure to share the stage with such great musicians as John Legend, Karl Denson, Soulive, Dave Matthews, Michael Franti, Keller Williams, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Benevento/Russo Duo, Citizen Cope, Marc Broussard, Dickey Betts, and many others. I hope to be able to create music for the rest of my life and spread MY music to as many people as possible.I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts! Myspace Graphics

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/11/2005
Band Website: djwilliamsmusic.com
Band Members: DJ Williams- guitars, vocals Gordon Jones- Sax, vocals Dusty Simmons- drums Brian Mahne- keys Todd Herrington- bass Mark Ingraham- trumpet
Influences: Mike Andrews (aka Elgin Park), Andy Summers, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Grant Green, George Benson, The Roots, Portishead, Jamiroquai, The Police, Sunny Day Real Estate, John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Curtis Mayfield, Tool, Led Zeppelin, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Mark Farina, Fela Kuti, Jimmy Smith, Fiona Apple, Pharrell, Charlie Hunter, Soulive, Al Green, D'Angelo (Voodoo is THE greatest R&B record!), sushi (all day long), and African music.
Sounds Like: Broken promises
Record Label: Harmonized Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

5yr Anniversary Show & DVD

We are very pleased to be performing our 5 year anniversary show at Toad’s Place on March 19th next Wednesday with our friends from the Oregon Hill Funk All Stars, Aparallax, and the Silo Effect...
Posted by dj williams on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:05:00 PST

News Update

NEW BANDS...I currently have been working with some new projects which inlclude D'Trio which includes Todd Herrington, Dusty Simmons, and myself. I really enjoy the broken down sound of this power tri...
Posted by dj williams on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:17:00 PST

HEADED TO EUROPE!

I am very pleased to announce that I will be headed through to Europe starting on January 23rd - February 4th starting in Hamburg, Germany. Hopefully this will be the beginning of many trips to come a...
Posted by dj williams on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:54:00 PST

Download New Songs

I will be posting a lot of the new live material on the myspace site every week that i have gathered over the years available for you all to download. A lot of the songs are from our last album "Proje...
Posted by dj williams on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:40:00 PST

It’s about time!!!

Ok, so this really has nothing to do with music at all but some one has just recently ended a 5 year search for me. I have been trying to remember the name of this show i used to love back in the 80's...
Posted by dj williams on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:14:00 PST

DJ Williams Newz

Wsup everybody,The DJ Williams Projekt has been keeping pretty busy lately. We know we have been talking about a new record for some time now but; yes, it will get done eventually so please be patient...
Posted by dj williams on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:20:00 PST

Vote Us To The Boat

Help us win a spot on Jam Cruise 6!We need your help! Relix, Headcount, and Jam Cruise are sponsoring "Vote to the Boat" a contest to select the final spot on Jam Cruise 6 via text message. To vote f...
Posted by dj williams on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:02:00 PST

GOOD NEWZ!

So apparently, this fucker bought my name in like all the domain name combinations and wants some insane amount of money for it which I do not have. So the website has been transfered to http://www.dj...
Posted by dj williams on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:01:00 PST

FRANKFEST

FRANKFEST- A BENEFIT FOR A FRIENDFrank Jackson, Richmond, Va. guitar hero, was in a work related accident in November leaving him with a shattered elbow and a broken humerus in his left arm, both comp...
Posted by dj williams on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

NEW WEBSITE IS UP!

That's right folks. The website is finally up and running and we would like give a huge thank you to Low Blow Music for all their efforts! also...Tickets for New Years Eve will now be available at all...
Posted by dj williams on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:22:00 PST