Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band: About The Music.
Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band: About The Music.
The Billie Davies Band is bringing something radically new to the idiom of modern jazz in various ways which, in its purest essence, incorporates everything in its collective subconscious amalgam that has come before.
It draws influences and ideas from both classical music and jazz in a modern and unique way which would appeal to audiences and aficionados of both these types of music. Besides these two major exponents it also encompasses what’s referred to as “world music” (Indian, African, Middle Eastern, Asian, South American and European ethnic music)
As with most jazz and classical music, every new style or period is a clear, direct reaction against the movement which has come before and often draws from a period prior to the movement it rebels against.
Contemporary jazz has taken the form of extreme dense harmonic development, parallel chord movements, very advanced rhythms, odd meters and an almost “inside only” improvisation, a primarily right brain, academic approach. The music of the Billie Davies band can be said to have an element of rebellion and simplification, similar to the abstract CoBrA art movement, which painters decided to express themselves through colors rather than objects.
In abstract painting the look and feel of a piece is what’s important and viewing the piece with an analytical mind set does not work. The art happens when a piece prompts a reaction, good or bad, the individual experience is what’s important. A surrealist piece can stand on its own due to the fact that it is based on objects which can be analyzed. An expressionist piece cannot.
For this type of art to exist a piece needs to be viewed whereas a musical piece needs to be performed and listened to.
To Read the Entire Article...
The Billie Davies Band is bringing something radically new to the idiom of modern jazz in various ways which, in its purest essence, incorporates everything in its collective subconscious amalgam that has come before.It draws influences and ideas from both classical music and jazz in a modern and unique way which would appeal to audiences and aficionados of both these types of music. Besides these two major exponents it also encompasses what’s referred to as “world music” (Indian, African, Middle Eastern, Asian, South American and European ethnic music)
As with most jazz and classical music, every new style or period is a clear, direct reaction against the movement which has come before and often draws from a period prior to the movement it rebels against.
Contemporary jazz has taken the form of extreme dense harmonic development, parallel chord movements, very advanced rhythms, odd meters and an almost “inside only” improvisation, a primarily right brain, academic approach. The music of the Billie Davies band can be said to have an element of rebellion and simplification, similar to the abstract CoBrA art movement, which painters decided to express themselves through colors rather than objects.
In abstract painting the look and feel of a piece is what’s important and viewing the piece with an analytical mind set does not work. The art happens when a piece prompts a reaction, good or bad, the individual experience is what’s important. A surrealist piece can stand on its own due to the fact that it is based on objects which can be analyzed. An expressionist piece cannot.
For this type of art to exist a piece needs to be viewed whereas a musical piece needs to be performed and listened to.
To Read the Entire Article... 
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Jazz. Female Jazz drummer Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band. all that jazz.
Jazz. Female Jazz drummer Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band. all that jazz.
Will be offline for a while as we are getting ready for the recording of 12 VOLT on Monday, April 22 at Bedrock L.A. Studios... C U after... Love, Billie G Davies
Will be offline for a while as we are getting ready for the recording of 12 VOLT on Monday, April 22 at Bedrock L.A. Studios... C U after... Love, Billie G Davies
Sunday, March 31, 2013
UPDATE to: Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band Updates !!!
Billie Davies & The Billie Davies Band Updates:
Well, well, as it often seems to happen... Due to our guitar player turning sick we have had to reschedule our recording date to: MONDAY APRIL 22, 2013.
1. We have signed the contracts and will be added to the Jazz Roster of Price Rubin & Partners Management in about a month ~ http://www.PriceRubin.com/
2. With a new look and new music we have completely revamped the website with lots of new current photos ~ http://www.BillieDavies.com/ - http://www.BillieDavies.com/Media.html - http://www.BillieDavies.com/TheBillieDaviesBand.html/
3. We are going in the RECORDING studio on APRIL 22, 2013 to record the new album "12 VOLT" at Bedrock L.A. studios in Echo Park ~ Stay tuned... http://www.billiedavies.com/Music.html –
There will be a Pro Photo Shoot with Inez Lewis and... other Photographers and Videographers are always welcome to surprise us! ... ~~~ We might even have a little party~~~.
4. We will be ready for performances as of May, 2013.
Billie Davies
~ A Jazz Musician ~
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (+1) 310.467.2061
Email: Billie@BillieDavies.com
Web:
Her website: http://www.BillieDavies.com
Her PRK for "all about Love": http://karionpresskits.com/billiedavies/index.html
Her Press Kit for "Billie Davies": http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/billiedavies
Her blog: http://BillieDavies.blogspot.com
Like her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/BillieDaviesJazz
on Twitter: @BillieDavies
Fan her on AllAboutJazz: http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=43171
Buy her Music:
at CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thebilliedaviestrio
on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-about-love-feat.-tom-bone/id532658118
at Reverbnation: http://www.Reverbnation.com/BillieDavies
at BillieDavies.com: http://www.billiedavies.com/Music.html
~ A Jazz Musician ~
Los Angeles, CA
Tel: (+1) 310.467.2061
Email: Billie@BillieDavies.com
Web:
Her website: http://www.BillieDavies.com
Her PRK for "all about Love": http://karionpresskits.com/billiedavies/index.html
Her Press Kit for "Billie Davies": http://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/billiedavies
Her blog: http://BillieDavies.blogspot.com
Like her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/BillieDaviesJazz
on Twitter: @BillieDavies
Fan her on AllAboutJazz: http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=43171
Buy her Music:
at CDBaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thebilliedaviestrio
on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-about-love-feat.-tom-bone/id532658118
at Reverbnation: http://www.Reverbnation.com/BillieDavies
at BillieDavies.com: http://www.billiedavies.com/Music.html
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Very Final Line-up for The Billie Davies Band.
I know, I know, you will be saying that we change all the time, ... but, did you not want to know the process, the evolution, the musical growth of The Billie Davies Band...everything else, from flowers to birds change everyday... :)
Well, here is another update...
Jacob Joon somehow could not make our cut either a week or so into it to both Daniel and my surprise, so we went on a search for another "different" bass player and, so I am very happy to announce that we actually have found, coming out of the blue..., the perfect Bass for this music in ADAM LEVY.
THE VERY FINAL LINE-UP FOR THE BILLIE DAVIES BAND.
Billie Davies- drums
Daniel Coffeng- guitar
Adam Levy- bass
... this time I know we have found each other. My calling has been answered, and the answer came in the shape of Billie Davies- Drums, from Brugge, Daniel Coffeng- Guitar, from Amsterdam, Adam Levy- Bass, from Tampa.
Daniel and I came to the US in search of the roots of Jazz, following a calling, something we could not find somehow in Europe. We felt an energy driving us here and we had somehow no choice but to follow it, and maybe that energy has now manifested itself and completed its purpose, as both of us found ourselves here in L.A. and found each other actually feeling good, happy, constructive, renewed, reborn through our music as we started playing together.
Daniel and I communicate so well together and Adam joined that communication easily and definitely comes up with a nice and solid bass sound for our music... So, here we are, closer then ever before to the music we love to play so so so much... a dream come true.. and so much more to learn.
Ad to that the affinities of my husband, Mike Davies in recording and sound technology and we have the perfect team to complete our message in this life, after all Daniel and I had heard that message way back in Europe...
Well, here is another update...
Jacob Joon somehow could not make our cut either a week or so into it to both Daniel and my surprise, so we went on a search for another "different" bass player and, so I am very happy to announce that we actually have found, coming out of the blue..., the perfect Bass for this music in ADAM LEVY.
THE VERY FINAL LINE-UP FOR THE BILLIE DAVIES BAND.
Billie Davies- drums
Daniel Coffeng- guitar
Adam Levy- bass
... this time I know we have found each other. My calling has been answered, and the answer came in the shape of Billie Davies- Drums, from Brugge, Daniel Coffeng- Guitar, from Amsterdam, Adam Levy- Bass, from Tampa.
Daniel and I came to the US in search of the roots of Jazz, following a calling, something we could not find somehow in Europe. We felt an energy driving us here and we had somehow no choice but to follow it, and maybe that energy has now manifested itself and completed its purpose, as both of us found ourselves here in L.A. and found each other actually feeling good, happy, constructive, renewed, reborn through our music as we started playing together.
Daniel and I communicate so well together and Adam joined that communication easily and definitely comes up with a nice and solid bass sound for our music... So, here we are, closer then ever before to the music we love to play so so so much... a dream come true.. and so much more to learn.
Ad to that the affinities of my husband, Mike Davies in recording and sound technology and we have the perfect team to complete our message in this life, after all Daniel and I had heard that message way back in Europe...
“LOUD AND CLEAR”
What Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins
accomplished in “The Shape of Jazz to Come” was not in vain, I and others heard
it!!!
“LOUD AND CLEAR”
It was their roots, It is our roots, answering, calling, and continuing the
Mission of Art in Jazz, Art in Music, of liberating the notes to be free and the sounds to be
re-invented, re-explored, so that others will hear and see and may feel the
ROOTS!!
So that others may IDENTIFY with it. As We Did.
So that this extremely FREE, Heart Beating, Soul Searching, Mind Bending
form of FINE ART through the medium of MUSIC... be still here
after WE are gone...
UNCONSTRAINED by DOGMA, POLITICS, FASHION, TRENDS, aND mONEY.
“LOUD AND CLEAR”
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