Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Website: purevolume.com/willvilla
Band Members: Will Villa (vee-ya) -all music and words are thought up by him
Influences: Stephanie Rumage ( my beautiful friend who inspired me to show my decent musicianship/songwriting to others), Mauricio 'Mouse' Gomez ( my friend who inspired me to record my demos; he also taught me the basics of recording music in general), The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Neil Young, M. Ward, Johnny Cash, Elliott Smith, Smog, Iron and Wine, Grandaddy, Earlimart, Girls In Hawaii, Cast King, John Lennon, George Harrison, folkish Beck, Nick Drake, Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Eels, Daniel Johnston, Hanne Hukkelberg, Kevin Tihista's Red Terror, Smog, Wilco, Aimee Mann, Sparklehorse, Jon Brion, Akron/Family, Frank Black's Honeycomb album, acoustic/piano Chan Marshall ( Cat Power), folkish Bright Eyes, Sun Kil Moon, The Elected, Many of the great bands/artists that I've discovered through MySpace such as: Liger, Robintone, Red Ghost, August Anchor, The Woods, Rosewood, Pete Greenwood, Susan Dixon, Tim Gilbertson, Days Before Television, The Bibles of Twang, Stanton Delaphane, Peasant, Bill Littleton, Crayonsmith, Elvis Perkins, Rocky Votolato, The Mabs, The Margins, Peasant, Slowmind, A Singer Must Die, Drink Up Buttercup, The Remains of Brian Borchert, Ariel Bui, Breathe Clouds, Cloudy, Nicole Miglis, Ring, I Wish The Sea, Miromesnil, Chicago Farmer, The Sad Little Stars, The Music of Hatch, Wild Honey, The Month of..., Affinitia, Destroyer, Ghost Wars, The Wondermints, Band Marino, Sol Seppy, Daisy Kentucky, California Snow Story, Acousticbug, Beat Radio, Krakow, Sean Ryder Williams, Pookah, Quiet as A Cathedral, Gig, Kizilok, November Sea, and many others. Check out all these bands'/artists' music. They're all talented musicians.
Sounds Like: Elliott Smith, Kevin Tihista, Earlimart, Johnny Cash, and Smog exchanging musical ideas but not being able to decide which ones to work with.
Record Label: Closet Noise Records (self-released)
Type of Label: Indie