Endaya

Guillermo "Willie" de Endaya started his musical adventure at the age of 14 with the guitar of his brother Gorka, who initiated him in the musical world, making his first performance some months later using the thrilling sum of five chords in a total of two songs. Thereafter came many hours of musical study, auto didactically as well as at the Conservatory of Music in Leioa, Bizkaia. He founded several bands, of which “De Momento” with Txarlie Solano on bass was the most remarkable, and started to play his own compositions on gigs in the local area. He was contemporarily the drummer/ percussionist of the “Big Band Bilbao” for over three years in which he shared stage with some soloists of the “Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra”. In 1990 he moved to Freiburg, Germany where he founded the “Willie Endaya Band” and started writing his lyrics in English. At the same time he performed solo in clubs and pubs playing a vast repertoire of pop, blues, rock and jazz standards. He also was part of the group “Distant friends”, with Klaus Hendler, as a guitar and cajón player and drum programmer, and recorded with them the album “At the end of the day” that was released in 1997. In 1996 he joined Paul Morocco’s international award-winning music-comedy group “Olé!” (http://www.olecomedy.com), with which he has performed in dozens of countries of Europe, America and Asia including the most prestigious comedy festivals in the world, such as Edinburgh, Montreal and Singapore. In this group he had the pleasure to work with great artists such as the mentioned Paul Morocco, Antonio Forcione (guitar), Marcial Heredia (guitar), Antonio Gómez (guitar), Ramón Ruiz (guitar), Anita "La Maltesa"(flamenco dance), Leonor Moro (Flamenco dance) y Miguel Sotelo (flamenco guitar) among others harvesting great satisfactions and success. During all this time he’s been continuing writing songs and now he has produced his first solo album "One step ahead" that was released on may 6th 2009. ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________ Guillermo "Willie" de Endaya comenzó su andadura musical a los 14 años con la guitarra de su hermano Gorka, quien le inició en el mundo musical, realizando su primera actuación algunos meses después utilizando la escalofriante suma de cinco acordes en un total de dos canciones. Después vinieron muchas horas de estudio musical, tanto autodidáctico como en el Conservatorio de Leioa, la fundación de varios grupos entre los que destacó "De Momento" con Txarlie Solano (bajo) en Getxo, Bizkaia, con los que comenzó a interpretar sus propias composiciones, y la participación como baterista en la "Big Band Bilbao" durante más de tres años. A Principios de los noventa se instaló en Freiburg, Alemania, donde fundó la "Willie Endaya Band" y comenzó a escribir sus temas en inglés, además de actuar en solitario tocando estándares de Pop, Blues, Rock y Jazz. También formó parte del grupo "Distant Friends" con Klaus Hendler grabando el CD "At the end of the day", hasta 1996, año en que se unió al trío Cómico-musical de renombre internacional "Olé!" junto a su creador Paul Morocco (http://www.olecomedy.com), con el cual ha actuado en decenas de países, incluyendo los festivales de teatro y de humor más prestigiosos del mundo, como Edimburgo, Montreal, Singapur y otros, y en el que ha trabajado con grandes artistas como Antonio Forcione (guitarra), Marcial Heredia (guitarra), Antonio Gómez (guitarra), Ramón Ruiz (guitarra), Anita "La Maltesa"(baile), Leonor Moro (baile) y Miguel Sotelo (guitarra) entre otros, cosechando grandes satisfacciones y éxitos. Durante todo este tiempo ha seguido componiendo y acaba de producir, su primer álbum en solitario "One step ahead" que fué publicado el 6 de mayo de 2009. real editor best profile tools real editor best profile tools
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