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Denali Williams

About Me

NOTABLE VENUES/FESTIVALS PERFORMED: Joshua Tree Music Festival (closing band, Joshua Tree, CA 2010)May Day! May Day! New Music Marathon (Seattle, WA 2010)SxSeattle Showcase @ SxSW (Austin, TX 2010)Red Gorilla Music Festival @ SxSW (Austin, TX 2009)Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival - Nordstrom Recital Hall @ Benaroya Hall (Seattle 2009)Bumbershoot (Seattle 2008)Summer Meltdown @ Whitehorse Mountain (Darrington, WA 2008 and 2009)SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY: THE STAXX BROTHERS - WE ARE THE BLAXSTONZ (2009) available on itunes, CD baby, and rhapsody.com!! THE STAXX BROTHERS: 12TH STREET BLUES (2007) go to itunes, staxxbrothers.com, or myspace.com/thestaxxbrothers to listen and download. UNCLE POOCH: CONDUCT UNBECOMING (2009) visit magnatune.com to listen and buy! GOAT (2007) go to gregsinibaldi.com/goat.htm to listen and buy! GOAT: SPECIAL AGENT (2008) visit presentsounds.org CARRIE CUNNINGHAM: HONEYSWEET (2006) go to myspace.com/carriecunningham1; BICUSPID (2007) go to myspace.com/bicuspidmusic to listen and buy! CRACKER FACTORY: MOUTH BREATHER (2006) for sale on this page!!! JOEL RICCI/THE APPARATUS (2007) - go to westsoundrecords.comA "regular" member on drumset/percussion:THE STAXX BROTHERS (2006 - )UNCLE POOCH (2007 - )EVERSTONE (2006-2007, 2010 - )CARRIE CUNNINGHAM BAND (2004 - )GOAT (2006 - 2009)CRACKER FACTORY (2003 - 2007)BRAD WALTERS PROJECT (2007 - )BICUSPID (2006 - 2007)HEADLOCK (2006 - 2007)JAZZUKHA (2005 - 2007) (2009 - )GRAND THEFT RAILROAD (2006)JOEL RICCI & THE APPARATUS (2005-2006)LA PUSH (2004-2006)OTIS P & THE JIVEFUNK (2001-2003)"sub" or "one-nighters" on drumset/percussionSOUND DIALOG (2010)SCOTTY LIND (2010)JOEY ARIAS (2008, 2009)KING HILL TRANSIT (2009)MICHAEL MATTHEWS TRIO (2009)JULIA KEEFE (2009)AUTHOR UNKNOWN (2009, 2010)KAHLER (2009)LUCKY BROWN & THE FUNK REVOLUTION (2009)MICKEY POSTAL BAND (2009)BILLY ROY DANGER & THE RECTIFIERS (2008)DANNY GODINEZ & FRIENDS (2006)GAIA CONSORT (2007)THE VONS (2007)GLOBAL HEAT (2008)STEVEN SMART (2007)THE THOUGHTS (2008)Performs or performed as a concert percussionistTACOMA SYMPHONY (2000 - )SEATTLE PERCUSSION COLLECTIVE (2009 - )SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (2008 - )BELLEVUE PHILHARMONIC (2001 - 2007)PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET OUTREACH PROGRAM (2005 - )NORTHWEST REPERTORY SINGERS (2003 - )KIRKLAND CHORAL SOCIETY (2006 - )SEATTLE CHORAL COMPANY (2002)some performances as percussionist:premiere of Mornings Duo Solos for Vibraphone and Cymbals by Stuart Saunders Smith (2010)premiere of The Raccoon King of Plastic and Tin by Jeff Aaron Bryant with the Seattle Percussion Collective (2010)LOOP 2.4.3 (2005 - 2006) Washington and Oregon concertspremiere of EMMAUS by Donald Stewart with Quasar Quatuor de saxophones (2008)performance of Mauricio Kagel's PAS DE CINQ with Seattle Percussion Collective (2009)premiere of Suite Millenium by Jonathan Middleton (2000)TACOMA NEW MUSIC (2001)TACOMA CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY CONCERTS (2003-2004)performance of George Antheil's Ballet Mecanique with percussionists of the Spokane Symphony and Eastern Wash. Univ. (2000)soloist on Concerto pour Batterie et Orchestre by Darius Milhaud (1999) with Eastern Wash. Univ. Symphony

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/01/2006
Band Website: staxxbrothers.com; unclepooch.com
Band Members: THE STAXX BROTHERS - MC Decurrian - vocals Chris O'Connor - guitar Michelle O'Connor - vocals Angela Rickard - vocals Shane Smith - bass Davin Stedman - vocals Tony Stevens - guitar Denali Williams - drumsUNCLE POOCH - Greg Sinibaldi - electronic wind instrument Shane Smith - bass Tony Stevens - guitar Denali Williams - drumsSEATTLE PERCUSSION COLLECTIVE - Greg Campbell, Dale Speicher, Bonnie Whiting-Smith, Becca Baggenstoss, Denali Williams, Memmi Ochi, Dean Moore - percussion
Influences: In no particular (but leaning toward alphabetical) order: John Adams, various tribal musics of Ghana & Senegal, Art Ensemble of Chicago, J.S. Bach, Levon Helm & The Band, Battles, Ringo & the Beatles, Beethoven, various musics of India, Joe Morello and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Roy Haynes, John Cage, Carlos Chavez, Jim Keltner, Elvin Jones, John Coltrane, Cream, Miles Davis, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Lenny White, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Don Alias, Claude Debussy, Don Henley & the Eagles, Peter Erskine, Funkadelic, Pharoah Sanders, Phillip Glass, Jimi Hendrix,Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, Ralph Irizarry, Charles Ives, J.R. Robinson, Arto Tuncboyacian, Pat Metheny, Paul Wertico, Michael Giles, Bill Bruford & King Crimson, Fela Kuti & band, John Bonham & Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley & band, Carter Beauford, Medeski, Martin, & Wood, Messiaen, Lyle Mays, Nana Vasconcelos, Bill Stewart, Charles Mingus, Dannie Richmond, Mr. Bungle, Moussorgsky, Idris Muhammad, John Zorn, Eric Dolphy, NEXUS, Orff, Gunther Schuller, Pink Floyd, Stewart Copeland & the Police, Radiohead, Prokoviev, Hossam Ramzy, Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Silvestre Revueltas, carnival rhythms of Brazil, New Orleans & Argentina, Neil Peart, Erik Satie, John Scofield, Ravi Shankar, Wayne Shorter, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Hodder, Jim Gordon, Hal Blaine, John Guerin, Steely Dan, Bernard Purdie, Dennis Chambers, Igor Stravinsky, the Tannahill Weavers, Tortoise, Scott Amendola, Edgard Varese, Alex Van Halen, Bela Bartok, Billy Higgins, Ted Poor & the Cuong Vu Trio, Claude Coleman & Ween, Matt Wilson, Glenn Kotche & Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Chester Thompson, Terry Bozzio, Ralph Humphrey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Keith Carlock, Gregory Hutchinson, and on and on and on and on.......................................................... .....................................
Sounds Like: seattlepercussioncollective.com
Record Label: theibct.com; magnatune.com
Type of Label: Indie