Will Rogers is a Recording artist of the newest emerging archetypal breed. Hailed as THE NEW RENAISSANCE MAN by Helsinki's Sibelius Academy, will is entrenched in Music at its deepest professional reaches - both technically and musically. As an artist, Will has won 6 ASCAP awards, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005. He’s released three critically acclaimed CDs and performed on live radio and television in areas as remote as Southern India and the former Soviet Union, including a performance in Kadriorg, the Presidential grounds in Tallinn, Estonia. In Europe, his CDs have been in radio rotation, a popular television show features his music and Northern Europe’s largest English-speaking newspaper, The Baltic Times, featured Will in a review of his music, affectionately inquiring if Will is, “Musician or Magician. As a producer, Will was the youngest American invited to give Master Classes at Helsinki’s famed Sibelious Academy where, in the quarterly review he was touted as ‘the New Renaissance Man’. Will has also given master classes for The Songwriter’s Guild, and California Lawyers for the Arts, and UCLA where he taught a Production class for 2 years. Will is a member of the Grammy’s exclusive Producer’s wing and has designed his own speakers he uses in music performance from a unique design based on his research with music/sound/psyche and sacred geometry. Will has also authored several books one of which is a best seller on a top internet site and another was used as course material for the UCLA class he designed and taught. As an engineer, Will has recorded top multi-platinum artists like Celine Dion, Tori Amos and Stanley Clarke and for virtually every major record label. He has learned Production hands-on, from the best of the best sitting by their side as Engineer from Producers ranging from Dave Foster to Dave Jerden from Cliff Magnuss to Chris Porter. An invaluable experience Will now pulls from in producing his own music. Will’s diverse technical expertise is often sought out by manufacturers to test prototypes invariably leading to these cutting edge technologies being found on recordings - he has been a beta tester for several manufacturers, including Emagic software (Apple), Crown International, and Versoul Instruments. His industry credits reads like a Who’s Who in entertainment - he in fact was asked to be included in “Who’s Who in the West” in 1998. With the exciting release of Will’s fourth CD, "Flesh and Bone" and leading his music project Will Rogers’ State - he is an artist to watch.
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