RESUME
William H. (“Will”) Lydgate a.k.a. WillYum
Post Office Box 68,
Kapaa, HI 96746
(808)651-0302
will@willlydgate.com |
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| EDUCATION |
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2001 |
Graduated from Island School, Kauai. |
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2001 |
Berklee College of Music, 5-week performance program. |
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2001 - 2004 |
Music Major, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon. Studied acoustic and electric bass and voice, harmony, counterpoint and ear training. Classical voice lessons with chorus director Paul French. Sang the role of Zuniga, Captain of the Guard, in Carmen. Left SOU junior year to pursue a professional musical opportunity |
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2004 |
Berklee College of Music, 5-week performance program. |
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2006 -2007 |
Full-time student, Berklee College of Music, Boston. Music Production and Engineering Major. Awarded the D’Addario Strings Scholarship. Cumulative GPA 3.926. Studied electric Bass with Danny Morris/Whit Browne. Studied Engineering and Music production with Stephen Webber/Mark Wessel. |
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2010-2011 |
studied History, Art History, and Creative Writing at Bunker Hill Community College online program |
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2010-2011 |
Studied music production at BerkleeMusic online program |
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Summer 2011 - Fall 2011 |
Full time student at Berklee College of Music, Boston. Music Production and Engineering/Performance Major. Awarded the Lester Lanin Scholarship and The Gary Ogan Scholarship. Cumulative GPA of 3.933. Served as Student Ambassador. Studied with Dave Fiuczynski, Kenwood Dennard, Whit Browne, Susan Rogers, Prince Charles Alexander. |
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| CURRENT ACTIVITIES |
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Student at Berklee College of Music |
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Manager and Recording Engineer Steelgrass Recording Studio, Kauai. |
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Responsibilities include:
- chief recording engineer
- studio management
- advertising
- marketing and promotion
- client bookings
- hiring and supervising contract session musicians
Recording Studio Clients Include:
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Buffy St. Marie for the title track to the Wavy Gravy movie Saint Misbehavin’, in theatrical release
- Jack Black, voice-over for Kung Fu Panda
- Ben Stiller, voice-over for Madagascar 2
- multiple commercial voice-over sessions for Dream Works
- HBO for Boardwalk Empire
- Mattel
- Kenmore, Nestle
- The Deadliest Catch
- The First 48
- ESPN
- Tubby Love Real Thing EP
- Berklee College of Music
- Gabrielle Goodman
- +Elijah-
- U. S. Air Force Band of the Pacific
- Maeve Gilchrist Trio CD, Reaching Me
- Lindsay Mac CD Small Revolution
- Madi Diaz CD Skin and Bone
- Preeta
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Studio Design and Installation Consultant |
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Ke Kula Ni’ihau and Kanuikapono Charter School
Supervised purchasing and installation of recording facilities. |
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Professional Bass Player |
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Founder, Music Director and Bassist and singer with Kauai’s most popular dance band, The Yes Men
- Multiple appearances with pro surfer and Liquid Tambourine Records recording artist Donavon Frankenreiter
- Appearances with Bushwalla, G Love, Michael Ruff and Brett Dennen
- Ongoing musician with The Band of Light
- Music Director and Bassist for Sashamon East and West Coast Tours
- Recent Kauai musical appearances with Graham Nash
and Bill Kreutzmann of The Grateful Dead
- Production work with Denise Kaufman, legendary Bay Area psychedelic pioneer
- Recording dates/concerts with Berklee Professor Gabrielle Goodman
- Recording and Live Shows for Berklee Alum Tubby Love
- Dave Fiuczynski Planet MicroJam Appearance in NYC
- 21st Century Grooves Emsemble recorded by Mark Wessel's 385 class Millenium Bomb & Syrinx
- Recording with Ariadna Castellanos for her upcoming album
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Emcee |
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Emcee at the annual Red Clay Jazz festival, as well as Garden Island Range and Food Festival, and several Kaua`i venues, events, parties, fundraisers. |
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Reggae School Founder |
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Reggae School island roots musical education program. Conceived, developed and produced the first Reggae School Workshop on Kauai with Roger Steffens, Jack Miller, Tuf Lion, Berklee Faculty Danny Morris, Matt Jenson and co-collaborator Gabe Jones. |
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Concert Promoter |
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The Power of Music concert and workshop series. |
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Music Teacher |
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Staff Music Teacher Kauai Pacific School, ukulele teacher Kanuikapono Charter School musical educator, private instruction in acoustic and electric bass, vocals, studio management and recording technique.
Afterschool Recording Program Teacher at The Recording Company in Boston |
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Music Producer |
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Workshop Promoter |
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Berklee College of music faculty driven workshop series. |
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Coordinator/Program Director |
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“The Berklee Steelgrass Residency,” which since 2009 has annually brought distinguished faculty of Berklee College of Music to Kauai for a week of public performances and workshops.
Co-developer, coordinator and man-on-the-ground for Berklee Steelgrass Summer collaboration at the Red Clay Jazz Festival.
Work with Peter Gordon in the Institutional Development Department to develop a Berklee-Hawaii scholar-ship.
Organized Berklee’s first Hawaii Alumni event. |
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Resident Manager |
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Steelgrass Farm, Kauai, a leading proponent of sustainable agriculture and agritourism. Responsible for all aspects of farm management, including crops and livestock, landscape plantings, nursery, training and supervision of agritourism guides, farm publicity and promotion. Since 2007 over 20,000 Kauai visitors have attended the Steelgrass Chocolate Farm Tour. In the 2010 Hawaii Honey Challenge Steelgrass Farm honey was awarded first prize. |
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Co-Founder, Kauai Agriculture Initiative |
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Co-Founder, Kauai Agriculture Initiative, an island-wide volunteer program for sustainable agriculture advocacy.
Developed initiatives including The Mayor’s Garden, which grows food for the Kauai independent food bank, and GIRFF, the Garden Island Range and Food Festival, an annual locavore event featuring top Kauai chefs preparing locally-grown meats and produce.
Head, GIRFF entertainment committee and event MC.
Keynote speaker on the economic future for Kauai agriculture at KeaHou, a 2010 forum at the local Community College, sharing the speaker’s podium Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie and Senator Daniel Inouye. |
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Board member |
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Kauai Concert Association, Red Clay Jazz Festival Committee. Member Rotary Club of Kapaa, Rotary Club of Kapaa board of directors, vocational service chair. Multiple community service projects with Rotary of Kapaa. |
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Featured in the award winning documentary ‘Tapping the Source’ |
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Featured in the award winning documentary ‘Tapping the Source’ about the source of true happiness. distributed nationally by Beyond Words Publishing. Featured panelist in after screening workshop. |
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Featured in the popular Home Travel Agent podcast |
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Will is featured in the popular Home Travel Agent podcast talking about Steelgrass Farm and the Visitor industry in Hawaii. |
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Contest Judge |
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Na Hoku Hano Hano Awards Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts. |
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| PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES |
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2007 - 2009 |
Audio Assistant for Stephen Webber Associates, recording studio installation at Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha, Kauai. |
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2004 - 2005 |
Bassist for trumpeter Carlos Washington’s jazz-funk band, Carlos Washington and the Amazing Giant People. Multiple West Coast tours. Played at major venues in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest, including the Sundance Film Festival. |
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2001 - 2004 |
In Eugene and Ashland, acoustic/electric bass player and vocalist with The Buds (original member) and Foundation for Deep Funkology (founding member); Paul J. Biondi Band (casual jazz/pop); The Ashland Eastern European Folk Ensemble. Appeared at the Seattle Folk-Life Festival. West Coast Tour with David Jacobs-Strain, including High Sierra Music Festival and Russian River Blues Festival; folk singer Anne Weiss; guitarist Tony Kaltenberg. Studied with bassist Michael Manring. Sunday Service bass player and ukulele teacher at Unity of the Valley Church in Eugene. |
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2000 - 2003 |
Sound Assistant, ET Services, Kauai, AV Design and Production. |
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1999 - 2001 |
Studied bass and ukulele and songwriting with Mary Alfiler, pioneer woman performer in the 1960’s psychedelic rock scene.
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1997 - 1999 |
Studied bass with San Francisco Bay Area teacher Joey Fabian. |
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1994 - 1998 |
Sound Assistant/Grip, Palo Alto Children’s Theater, Palo Alto, CA. |
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| LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
and REFERENCES |
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David Fiuczynski – Letter confidentially submitted to berklee.edu
Founding Member, Screaming Headless Torsos
Professor, Berklee College of Music, Ensemble dept. and Guitar Dept
dfiuczynski@berklee.edu
Susan Rogers - Letter Confidentially submitted to berklee.edu
Professor, Berklee College of Music, Music Producton and Engineering Department
serogers@berklee.edu
Mark Wessel - Letter Confidentially submitted to berklee.edu
Professor, Berklee College of Music, Music Production and Engineering Department
mwessel@berklee.edu
Chad Blinman - Letter Confidentially submitted to berklee.edu Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music, Music Production and Engineering Department
cblinman@berklee.edu
Stephen Webber – New letter confidentially submitted to berklee.edu in 2012
Professor, Berklee College of Music, MP&E Department and Ensemble Department.
swebber@berklee.edu
Danny Morris - Letter confidentially submitted to berklee.edu in 2011
Professor, Berklee College of Music, Bass Department and Ensemble Department.
dmorris@berklee.edu
Stephen Webber - Letter confidentially submitted to berklee.edu in 2011
Professor, Berklee College of Music, MP&E Department and Ensemble Department.
swebber@berklee.edu
Whit Browne - Letter confidentially submitted to berklee.edu in 2011
Professor, Berklee College of Music, Bass Department
wbrowne@berklee.edu
Darren Schneck - Letter of Reference
Financial Advisor, President Rotary Club of Kapa'a 2010-11
dschneck@nationalsecurities.com
Dave Greenberg - Letter of Reference
Owner, Kauai Music and Sound
desertpacific26@yahoo.com
Jeremy Brown - Letter of Reference
Musician, owner, Kanoa Yard Service, taking over the music department at KPS after I leave.
jeraloha@hotmail.com
Mauli Ola Cook - Letter of Reference
M.F.A., hawaiian studies educator, Kauai Pacific School, Kanuikapono charter school.
mauliola3@gmail.com |
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Additional References:
Denise Kaufman
Musician, Women's music pioneer.
contact@denisekaufman.com
Phil Jones
Musician, Owner, Pure Kauai
phil@purekauai.com
Merlyn Ruddle
Musician, President, Wenner Management Inc.
kauaimerlyn@gmail.com
Kirk Smart
Musician, owner, Kirk Smart Music
ciao@ksmartmusic.com |
