ArtistInfo

Soul Folk

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Singer of R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Will Hammond Jr.

Singer-songwriter Will Hammond Jr. hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. Will grew up performing in bands and singing in church choirs and theater groups. While studying music in college, he co-wrote the hit song "Hold You Tight" for Warner Bros. artist Tara Kemp which went Top 3 on the Billboard Pop & R&B charts. In 2003, he released his solo album "Brothafromanuthaplanet" which was received with great reviews in the U.S. and Europe. Will Hammond’s professional music career started out as a songwriter and he made beats at his home studio in San Francisco while in college but commuted to Los Angeles to work with some producers down there. After finishing some songs, Will found some amazing musicians like Uriah Duffy, B’Nai Rebelfront and Mike Blankenship to tell the story live, so they started playing around town and I started writing more and expanding the concepts.The first cd was full of live music with hip-hop/jazz beats and helped shape the direction of the 2nd album "To Be Continued". Hammond says, “I grew up listening to Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson. Big time Prince fan and of course his disciples which include D’Angelo, Bilal and Cody Chesnutt. I would love to work with those producers and writers who made that magic happen. My old drummer used to play me tapes of The Young Disciples with Carleen Anderson, Omar and Mica Paris. I loved the energy they gave to the music and it was free of the boy band sound we get now. It gave me hope to keep writing the songs I want to write and maybe someone would understand my story too.”

Genres

• R&B/Soul
• Electronic
• Hip-Hop/Rap