Will Redmond has been a composer and instrumentalist for fifteen years. Will grew up in suburban California. He first picked up a guitar at age 13, which he rented from the local music store. Will mostly played in rock and metal bands in high school, and then went on to discover all kinds of music ranging from jazz to experimental electronic composition at the University of Redlands. After a brief tenure in the fledgling Bay Area music scene, Will moved to New York to study composition at NYU and immerse himself in the city's vibrant musical environment.
Will has played in a wide variety of ensembles, such as Samsara, PAK, Time of Orchids, Cartridge, DJ Squid, Muffinhead, fun., Mambo Mantis, and Kids and Hearts. Will has also played concerts and collaborated with Eyvind Kang, Graham Haynes, Phillip Johnston, the Ruins, Elliott Sharp, Blaise Siwula, Ron Anderson, John Savage, Robert Dick, Ray Sage, and Barbara Morrison. Will's compositions have been featured works at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, and New York University. Will's music has also been featured on New York radio and at local electronic music festivals. He holds two Masters degrees in teaching and music composition. He is released on DTrash Records, EMF Media, EMusic, Eat Concrete, RA Sounds, Sachimay Interventions, and Trixy records and is distributed internationally.
Currently, Will divides his time amongst a myriad of projects. Will collaborates with woodwind player John Savage as Cartridge, a duet that constantly shifts its musical focus between styles of electroacoustic compositions, jazz, and world music. Will is one half of E. Priests, a duet that produces dub and minimalist abstract electronic music. He plays guitar in the R&B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80. Will's main project however is his own brand of solo electronic music composition, BlipVert (read all about BlipVert on the BlipVert info page). Will has recently relocated back to Oakland, California, where he conducts most of his operations. He looks forward to blowing people's heads open with all kinds of sound for a long time to come.
