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
luxury gears bills
I've had the luxury of owning my own studio, 24 analogue, 48 digital, endless effects, endless hardcore gear, that I don't have to rent, I don't get stuck with the bills, it's all mine.
people world want
You have to let your music be true and then people who want to adopt it as that, they take it on and they love it, and it changes their world.
causes band singers
Yes was without a singer at that point, cause they were doing ABWH, so you had ABWH, and then you had the 90125 band without a singer.
dad guy way
So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.
years four littles
So whenever I had some in-between producing time down in my studio I popped a tape in and started working on it. Working a little bit at a time, it actually took almost four years.
writing wells
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.
ideas labels musician
You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.
assistants secretary
I dont have any assistants, I do it all myself, I dont have any secretaries.
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.
being-yourself art selfish
Don't listen to what anyone tells you about the kind of music you make. Just make it! Be yourself, make your own music, and be totally true to your art. Because it's kind of a selfish thing to be an artist.
morning band goes-on
So when bands work with me and it's 10 o'clock, usually you'd have to be getting out of the studio, we could go on until 2 in the morning cause it's my place!
journey canada lasts
We came off the road of the last tour very inspired to just keep playing, so we went to Canada.
dad play vegas
I started playing drums at a pretty early age because my parents were musicians. My dad was an amazing multi-instrumentalist and I can play a lot of instruments, but my dad actually played all the instruments I could play and then added another twenty five or thirty five different categories on there ...he was incredible! He got an act actually in Vegas, my parents Bobby and Phyllis Sherwood.