Wil Key
Biography
Wil received his Bachelor's of Music degree while studying at Howard University in Washington, D.C and the University of Louisville. He moved to Denver in 2000 and studied graduate audio recording for 2 years at the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD) with Roy Pritts. While there, he received honorable mention from legendary producer and engineer, Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin), for his production and performance of the original song "Dandelion" which is featured on the school's CD release for that year, as well as Wil's solo debut CD entitled "Gypsy." He also attended Digidesign's training program in Palo Alto CA and is certified on Pro Tools TDM and HD recording systems. Wil went on to receive a Masters of Music in Jazz Performance and Pedagogy in 2005 from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has been a guest lecturer at several college campuses including the University of Louisville, and the University of Northern Colorado where he has presented courses on keyboard technology and software synthesis.
Wil is currently performing at the Oriental Theater and other venues to support the release of his latest CD entitled "Satisfy My Soul." Wil has assembled a rich assortment of talented musicians and artists to appear on the 15-song release. A refreshing mixture of Jazz, R&B/Neo-Soul, Rock and Poetry, the CD will include special guests Bijoux Barbosa (bass), Betsy Ruckard (vocals), Mark Harris (sax), Light (spoken word), Anthony Waker (guitar), Maritri Garrett (vocals, cello), James Brandon Lewis (sax) and many others. For this CD, Wil also worked with 5-time grammy nominated engineer Ryan West (Jay-Z, Beyonce, T.I. , Jon Secada, Rashann Patterson) from New York City. West mixed several songs for the project at his private studio in Manhattan and will be recording an instructional video with Digidesign this month featuring a Wil Key song entitled "I'll Be Around."
Although he has many years of writing and performing experience under his belt, he says "I feel as though this is just the beginning, I have many stories to make!"
Instrumentation
Wil Key (vocals, guitar, keys), Bijoux Barbosa (bass), Tohbias Juniel (drums), Anthony Allen (keys, vocal, percussion), Laura Key (vocals)
Discography
FULL LENGTH CDS
"Gypsy" 2001
"Satisfy My Soul" 2009
"But A Woman" (coming Spring 2010)
"Dangerous Ground Soundtrack" (New Line Cinema) 1997
"Booty Call Soundtrack" (Columbia Pictures) 1997
"The Long Kiss Goodnight Soundtrack" (Forge) 1996
"Phat Beach Soundtrack" (Connection III ent) 1996
"Spin Me Round-N-Round" (Kama) 1994
SINGLES
"Dandelion"
"Freaks"
"Gypsy"
"I'll Be Around"
"Want Me Tomorrow"
"Awake Me"
RADIO AIRPLAY
KUVO 89.3
1190 AM
Colorado WAVE
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Dianne Myles Talk Show (pilot) June 2009
Groove Zone (2 episodes) May 2009
"Cafe Nuba 10 Years" Channel 56 Feb 2009
