Billy Sherwood
Billy Sherwood
William Wyman "Billy" Sherwoodis a musician, record producer, and engineer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth14 March 1965
CountryUnited States of America
gentle giant heard influences stayed
And when I heard Yes, U.K. and Gentle Giant it was something that really got me interested. And those influences has stayed with me.
influenced sound yes
I was so influenced by Yes then that things started to sound very much like Yes.
artists body floyd hearts involved pink poured respect soul took utmost work
All the artists involved poured their hearts and soul into this body of work and it shows. It is with the utmost respect to Pink Floyd that we took the challenge,
building process studio taking wing
So I'm actually in the process of building another studio of my own in my house, taking over a wing of the house.
american-musician
So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.
built shut
And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.
american-musician people
So that studio served its purpose, and still is working very well for other people right now.
american-musician areas
And as you said, everyone contributed; certain areas of material came from certain individuals.
climate functional
I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.
mind
I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.
songs wrote
I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.
american-musician yes
I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.
both
I know that if I went to other studios, like in Vancouver, that those are set up to be as professional and as true, so it's just a different flavour, it's a different sound, but I think both have their place.
american-musician bit label likely major picked smash
It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's not likely that a major label would have picked it up and said that they had a smash hit record.