- Bill and Beth's arrangement of "Silent Night" will be available on a 2007 holiday compilation produced by Joe Gunderman and Jim
- Blum for NPR affiliate WKSU (Kent State ,Ohio). Past participants have included Bela Fleck, Tim O'Brien and Pete Seeger. The
- website for this project is www.ornamentsandicing.org
- Check out the December 2007 issue of Fingerstyle World, an online acoustic guitar site. This issue will feature Bill's music and latest CD.
- The website is: www.fingerstyleworld.com
- Bill's music was recently chosen for two documentaries:
Bill Mize is a past winner of the National Fingerstyle Guitar Competition in Winfield, Kansas, and a contributing artist for the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler. His piece, The Road Scholar was featured on "The Masters of The Acoustic Guitar" recording released on Narada Records. Bill has also received a Grammy Award for his 1996 collaboration with David Holt on the CD Stellaluna
Dale Miller of Acoustic Guitar Magazine writes, "...Mize's tone is lovely and his technique is state-of-the-art. He combines form and substance to create music so sublime and accessible I was almost sighing out loud."
Stephen Ide of Dirty Linen Magazine writes, "...To call Mize a guitar maestro would be understating his abilities to transport listeners beyond what most guitarists could only hope to accomplish."
Bill Milkowski of Jazziz Magazine writes, "...Mize's touch is magic, his ideas flow in rapid succession, and his execution remains flawless throughout this acoustic guitar showcase."
Vintage Guitar Magazine writes, "...An amazing touch, killer tone, and a sense of taste that can't be beat."
Bill has four independent releases: His first, Sugarlands, which is all solo acoustic guitar, Tender Explorations with appearances by Martha Jacobs on cello and Ed Gerhard on guitar, Coastin' which features Martha Jacobs on cello, with performances by Kenny Malone on percussion and Edgar Strubble on Hammond B-3, and his newest release, Joyful Noise, which features Mize on acoustic and electric guitar with appearances by Steve Conn on Hammond B-3, Richard Ostheimer on congas, and Beth Bramhall on accordion, "This is my most ambitious project yet and the first to be recorded at my own studio, Alien Mojo Productions in Pittman Center, Tennessee"...comments Bill.
Bill is featured in the John August Music and Mel Bay guitar books,Winfield Winners, Pierre Bensusan's DADGAD Music, and the transcription of his CD Tender Explorations for Guitars.
News - Fall / Winter 2007
"The Appalachian Trail: Past, Present and Future" by Farrar and Ketelle Productions"Common Cents: Philanthropy Roundtables" by YourStoryFilms Producers Erik Ewers and Christopher Monahan (w/ Ken Burns' Florentine Films)
Currently Available CDs: (for credit card ordering, use ADD TO CART buttons, others see bottom of page)
NEW
CD !Joyful Noise- $15.00 Add to Cart(credit card)
We're pleased to offer samples in the popular MP3 format. If you don't have it yet, you'll want to
download the latest version of the Real Player...click to hear a sample... ..."An acoustic player that has the whole deal covered...ten songs of pure joy".. Vintage Guitar Magazine
..." Joyful Noise is a melodic marvel....Grade A".. The Knoxville News Sentinel
Coastin - $15.00 Add to Cart (credit card)
...click to hear a sample... "...Mize has always been a knockout solo player, but Martha Jacobs' intuitive cello playing gives Mize's music an even more powerful punch... the duo's take on The Water is Wide is as beautiful a version of the song has has ever been recorded." -- Wayne Bledsoe, Knoxville News-Sentinel
Tender Explorations - $15.00 Add to Cart
...click to hear a sample... Tender Explorations Tablature Book & CD (Mel Bay/John August Pub)
$22.50 Add to Cart (credit card order)
Bill Mize...places the beauty of tone and composition above pyrotechnics... Don't get me wrong, Mize has chops to burn and all fingers are flying on the opening track, The Road Scholar It's just that he's so smooth that even with the material that is technically very challenging, the listener never sense that he's struggling with the instrument.
-- James Jenson, Fingerstye Guitar
Sugarlands - $15.00 Add to Cart (credit card)
...click to hear a sample...
"Mize's touch is magic, his ideas flow in rapid succession and his execution remains flawless on this acoustic guitar showcase."
-- Bill Milkowski, Jazziz
for check orders, wholesale and bulk orders, or bookings, contact:
Bill Mize
P.O. Box 868 Gatlinburg TN 37738
alienmojomusic@aol.com
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Bill Mize's Tour Schedule
Bill's 'Big' List of Favorite Links
McElroy Guitars
Brent makes beautiful guitars, one of which I am now a very proud owner. It plays so easy and sounds so sweet and balanced. A real joy to play. I describe them as"the Puget Sound."LR Baggs
My choice of electronics for twenty years. My favorite setup is the Dual Source with the ribbon transducer and internal mic.G7 Capos
Extremely well designed and attractive capo. The Mercedes of capos.
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