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Todd Hill

About Me

Todd began playing bass at age 9. After gaduating high school, he attended UW-Madison to continue his mentorship with Richard Davis. While in Madison, Hill had the oppurtunity to perform with many outstanding groups and musicians within and without the college programs including: UW Symphony Orchestra, UW Big Band, Black Music Ensemble, Erica Mather Trio, Scattershot, Jade Elephant, Tomato Box, Nic Cowles Quartet, Hanah Jon Taylor Artet, John Santos, Roberto Vizcaino, Les Thimmig, and many others. In the fall of 2003, Todd moved to Chicago. Since living in Chicago Todd has immersed himself in many of Chicago's vibrant scenes. Some groups of note include: The Siderunners, Bruce Mak and Beau Barry's Universal Super-Circus, Bill Mackay's Sounds of Now, 1KVF, Vincient Davis Trio, Cougar, Savoir Faire and E.S.P., El Gato Negro Jazz Band, Asylum, and Kent Rose. BRIEF DISCOGRAPHY: Erica Mather Trio, Borderlands, 2000 Erica Mather; Erica Mather Trio, The Millenium Song Cycle, 2002 Erica Mather; Savoir Faire, Running Out of Time, 2005 Delmark; Cougar, Law, 2006 Layered Music; Scattershot, Extrasexual Behavior, 2002 Jeff Snyder; Siderunners, Sabbath Country Sabbath, 2006 Failed Experiment Records; Bill Mackay and the Sounds of Now, 2005 Bill Mackay

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Member Since: 28/07/2005
Influences: I have been influenced by a countless number of musicians, artists, workers, writers, poets, directors, teachers, etc. Some of the bassists I love include Richard Davis, Ray Brown, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, Rodney Whitaker, Jaco, Marcus Miller, James Jamerson, Mike Barnett, Lemmy, Sam Jones, Stanley Clarke, Flea, Sting, Richard Bona, Simandl, Slam Stewart, Pino Palladino, Dragonetti, Squarepusher, Koussevitsky, Verdine White, Larry Gray.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

last leg of tour

hey all, We're spending the night at a great hostel in Birmingham, drinking some beers and playing some Wii.  About to start the last leg of the tour and Rae will be meeting us in Dublin, which i...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:46:00 GMT

Cougar in Amsterdam

Hello all, It's 1030 in the morning in Amsterdam at a nice hostel.  Had a little breakfast, and now taking advantage of some free internet.  Played at a great club last night.  We playe...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:28:00 GMT

happy thanksgiving

Hello all,Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyones enjoying turkey and football. I may try to find a Judy Densche's fish and chips, maybe get a turkey sandwich and a glass of cranberry juice. We've had...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:51:00 GMT

london

Cougar has arrived in london, after another overnight jaunt from germany.  while we're all tired, we are in fairly high spirits.  i've come down with a cold, though i think it's already work...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:58:00 GMT

cougar in cologne

Well, it's friday and we've arrived in cologne, Germany, after beginning or travels at 3 in the morning. On our day off at the scottish manor we observed a very traditional pheasant hunt. we were al...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:05:00 GMT

cougar tour so far

Hello all,The cougar tour is well under way, despite a rather large buck that almost took me out on the way back to chicago from madison. We've had two shows so far opening for UNKLE at two large sol...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:29:00 GMT