Writing and Arranging
Instrumental Compositions
Been Here Soon (co-author) – Steel Guitar, Piano, Fretless Bass, Drums
Highways Remembered – Steel Guitar, Piano, Fretless
Bass, Drums
Ego Ballet – Samples, Begging Bowls, Guitar, Fretless
Bass
Empathy – Samples, Trumpet, Guitar & Fretless
Bass
Isolate Song – Piano, Fretless Bass, Drums, Clarinet,
Trumpet, Trombone
Acceptance - String
Quartet, Guitar & Percussion
Gamelan Concerto – commissioned for and performed
by Gamelan Si Berkley
Endless Gift – for Gamelan Si Aptos
Fumiko’s Passage – Samples, Begging Bowls, Trumpet,
Clarinet, Upright Bass
Dinner Music – Electric Bass and Plumbing Fixtures
Ketawang
Lou – for Gamelan Si Aptos
Songs
Is Love?
Changing Her Mind
When Time Stands Still
The Stone Unturned
Appetite
Arranging and Music Direction
Client: Rio Rocko
“Gecko
Tango” horn arrangement
Client: Rob Lamothe
“Brave Enough” for
20 piece String Orchestra
“Stay” for String
Quartet
Client: Gene Wang – 3 pieces by Ennio
Morricone:
“First Youth” for String Quartet, Flute & Piano
“Tornare e come morire” for String Quartet, Flute & Harpsichord
“Legami” for String Quartet, Flute & Piano
Client: William Russ
“A
Song For You” band arr. for album Force of
Will
Client: Paul Lizewski/Pure Music
“I Wanna Be Where You Are” for String Quartet w Piano accompaniment
“On This Day” for String Quartet w Piano accompaniment
Client: Hopkins Productions
Numerous
arrangements of songs for 10 piece band w horn section.
Client:
Creativity USA
40
song project for American Idol Talent Challenge video game
Client:
Clint Eastwood/ATT Celebrity Pro Am
In my capacity as MD
for the Bill Hopkins Band, from 2001 to the present I have been
Music Director and Arranger for the Celebrity Charity Concerts
featuring Huey Lewis, Glen Frey and many other celebrities who
participate in the event each year.
Transcription/Music Copyist
Jerry Vessel
Nancy McGinnis
Phantom Roc Publishing
Chris Miller
Hopkins Productions
Bruce Kaphan
Victor Krumenacher
JP Trayer
Gene Wang
Creativity USA
STUDIO TOOLS
The bulk of my arranging/recording work is done using
a software combination of Pro Tools, Reason and Finale.
 
In my modest studio space I generally track no more
than two or three audio tracks at a time. When I get to the
point in a project where I’m ready to go to the next level
(more simultaneous tracks. live drums, a bigger space, an objective
pair of ears…) I’ll book time in Bruce Kaphan’s
Niagara Studios in Fremont. Bruce is an incredibly talented
multi-instrumentalist and recordist, a genuinely nice guy with
a set of “golden ears”… and he makes a mean
cup of coffee too!
My current Studio setup:
Hardware
Apple 17” MacBook Pro, Core i7
Digidesign 002 Interface
Glyph Drives
Avalon U5 DI
Pendulum Audio OCL 2 compressor
FMR Audio RNC
Grace 101 Mic Preamp
ART Pro MPA Stereo Mic Preamp
Lexicon Reflex
Furman PQ-3
Nueman TLM103 Condenser Mic
AKG 414 B-TLII Condenser Mic
Shure SM81 Condenser Mic
Dynaudio Acoustic BM6A Monitors
Mackie Onyx 1220 Mixer
Samplers and Synths: Roland D-50, Emu
Software
Pro Tools LE
Reason
Finale
Garritan Strings
Kick Ass Brass
Motu MachFive2
Waves
SFX Machine
Arturia Analog Factory
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