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John Billings

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About Me

I'm a bassist and independant producer. Also the owner of FunkyTymz Productions, my recording studio.
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Member Since: 7/20/2005
Influences: Stanley Clarke, John Paul Jones, Prince, Gene Simmons, Regi Wooten, Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Chris Squire, Sly Stone, Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, Mark King, Keith Horne, NIN, Jon Brion, Cameo, Van Halen, James Brown, Rocco Prestia, Geddy Lee, Michael Wagener, Public Enemy, Chic, James Genus, Train, Velvet Revolver
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hands of Soul CD out

For anyone who misses real musicians doing their best at what they do, check out the new Joseph Wooten cd "The Hands Of Soul". I was fortunate enough to engineer some of the songs and mix this pr...
Posted by John Billings on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:47:00 PST

Loadsock live

So it comes to this: Loadsock will be opening for the band Hydrogyn tonight. This is an event that's rare enough and certainly one you don't want to miss. At the Gibson Showcase at 9pm. Hydrogyn ...
Posted by John Billings on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST

New Wooten video

Finally got Regi a video clip up at The Wooten Brothers & Friends site. It'd gone too long without and we finally got around to it. Rudy's next. It's just so hard to edit one loooooooong note into...
Posted by John Billings on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:33:00 PST

Wooten recap 2/2/06

Hell yeah, another wednesday come and gone. Still reeling but recovering fast. Ears are returning to normal from the aural assault and mind clearing from the emotion release. Then there was the gig......
Posted by John Billings on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:22:00 PST

NAMM, LA and more

BACK! Man, talk about whirlwind adventure. Not much sleep or food and a little bit sick. Here are the highlights: Went out to The Knitting Factory to see an old friend Lance Morrison play with his ban...
Posted by John Billings on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:59:00 PST

Wednesday recap for 1/18

Yeah, you know...funky. Nioshi kicked it and proper. We had a really nice crowd how stayed on the feet from 12am on. I have to apolgize for the lame bass feature; wasn't ready for that shit. Rose and...
Posted by John Billings on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:06:00 PST

Wednesday Wooten Recap

Happy to say it was a great gig! Raymond is in LA setting up the Pearl Drums booth for the NAMM show next weekend, so Nioshi Jackson sat in on drums. Very nice job! Took way pver the top and back...
Posted by John Billings on Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:56:00 PST

Wednesday Wooten recap

Just wrote an account of tonights shindig and after previewing my blog, poof...it's gone. Shoudla selected "Post" instead. Well lets recap anyway: bass solodrum solofew guitar soloskeyboard solotwo s...
Posted by John Billings on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 12:56:00 PST