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Bill Hartzell

Jazz & Rock, with acoustic and electronica touches

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Member Since: 12/2/2005
Band Website: billhartzell.com
Band Members: Our little trio for now is Bryan Croad on N/S Stick, or Novax 8-string guitar/bass, and possibly acoustic guitar depending on the situation; and Don Croad on drums.
I also want to give a shout to my long distance collaborators who reached across the internet to drop some tracks on my CD.
Influences: Jeff Beck, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Bill Frisell, Miles Davis, John McLaughlin
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Guitar Player Magazine sighting

If you read the magazine, you probably already saw me on page 66 of the September, 2007 issue as part of "Editor Boy's Big 8". For those of you who don't read Guitar Player, here's a nice scan of Mich...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:10:00 PST

About the trio

Ooops. We won't be playing September 19 at Focaccia's Restaurant & Lounge in my adopted hometown of Wilmington. The restaurant is changing their music schedule, and won't be having Wednesday night...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:40:00 PST

Master Bill News Update

So I've got this little CD I made. NOW WHAT?Live shows. Been working on drumming up some live gigs to promote this thing. Much thanks to my friends Bryan and Don for their support in learning some tun...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:53:00 PST

My newspaper clipping

Thanks to Cindy Cantrell of the Globe NorthWest Regional section, here is a little item about my CD, which as you can see, is available at Bill Hartzell.com You know you want one, just go get it now a...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:40:00 PST

Support Local Music

So you no doubt know that I am a musician, fairly obscure, but hoping to be more visible. In the months since I completed my CD, I've been wandering in to a few open mics, playing some tunes and heari...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:36:00 PST

Methinks I am done with the cd

I've recorded, I've mixed, I've recorded and mixed and re-mixed some more. I've listened, I've compared, I've re-mixed yet again, and I've listened some more. I've listened on this sound system, I've ...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:07:00 PST

The Recording Project - Progress!

The songs, they are done! I'm finally done tracking and mixing, as far as I can tell. Nine songs in the can. Now it's on to the mastering process. I know the order of the songs on the disc (more on t...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:09:00 PST

The recording project - Light at the end of the tunnel

I can see the finish line on this thing. I've been grinding it out (I'm pretty sure my wife is jealous of the guitar getting all the attention). Of the nine songs I'm planning to include on ...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:52:00 PST

The Recording Project - In the woodshed

I'm setting to track what are probably the two most guitar intensive tunes, so I've been deep in the practice hut, getting my chops back up, and coming up with concepts for cohesive solos. I hate exte...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:38:00 PST

The Recording Project - a brief diversion

I had committed some time ago to mix a long-distance collaboration project, and those tracks finally materialized recently. It's kind of a complicated tune, and it took a while to get a singer that th...
Posted by Bill Hartzell on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:00:00 PST