Grammy awarded drummer, music educator, recording engineer and producer. Hailing from Cincinnati Ohio, his first teacher was Jack Volk (a stickler for details) who remained Billy's only teacher from 9 yrs old to 15. After attending two different music schools in Cincinnati and North Texas, Billy moved to New York City to pursue his career in music.
Recorded and / or toured with; B. B. King (Grammy award winner!) / Robbie Robertson / Bill Champlin / Carly Simon / Richard Marx/ The Knack / Yoko Ono / Joan Osborne / Bill Evans Supergroup / Jim Beard / Hubert Laws / Joe Sample / Leni Stern / Teri Nunn (Berlin) / Rick Springfield / The Time Jumpers / Chris Whitley / George Russell / Cy Curnin (The Fixx) / Amy Sky / Marc Jordan / King Of Hearts /Ace Frehley (Comet) / Glen Cambell / Art Garfunkel / David Crosby / Jimmy Webb / The Sons of Champlin.
His two instructional DVDs, Big Time (Modern Drummers Readers Poll Award winner) and Voices In My Head have won raves from critics while drummers are grateful for his offering of real world skills, that being a professional drummer requires, as well as an exciting new approach to practicing and remaining creative.
Billy occasionally travels all over the world to play an interesting gig but he loves the close contact with students when performing Drum Clinics and Master Classes.
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