NEWS

3/1/08
ALBUM RELEASED WORLDWIDE!!
Voices In My Head - a percussive collection by billy hawn is the first solo percussion album released by Billy Hawn.  It can be found online using iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic, Napster among others.  A physical copy of the album can also be purchased at most live shows that I am playing. 
Thank you for your support!!

1/10/08
Happy New Year everyone!  2007 was an amazing year for me
and the various artists I get to play with on a regular basis.  It was one of my busiest years-to-date and somehow I managed to find the time to record my very first solo percussion album.  I am excited to announce that the album, entitled "Voices In My Head - a percussive collection by billy hawn", will be available worldwide in February 2008.  Stay tuned for that!  My 2008 touring schedule is already heating up with my good buddy Jason Reeves.  Keep your eye on my gigs schedule to see if we are coming to a city near you!  Until then, take care and thank you for your endless support!


10/24/07
Billy's first solo percussion album entitled, Voices In My Head - a percussive collection by billy hawn, is currently being mixed and is scheduled for a worldwide release in February 2008.


 

8/15/07
You can catch Billy on the road this fall performing with Jordan Lawhead.  Together Billy and Jordan will be performing at 25 different major university bookstore cafe's sponsored by Barnes & Noble and Gardasil.
 

7/10/07
Billy is in the studio recording his first solo percussion album
entitled, "Voices In My Head" which will be released in the fall of 2007.  Stay tuned and thanks for your support!


 

4/13/07

The Drumperc Studio has joined up with eSession.com.  eSession.com was created with the goal of bringing songwriters and producers together with professional session musicians, allowing for easy collaboration without the hassle of transporting gear and musicians. The Flash-based site has been designed to interface with Pro Tools for real-time collaboration.



2/19/07

Arista Nashville newcomer Jason Michael Carroll exploded onto the scene with his first single, the self-penned, Top-5-and-climbing “Alyssa Lies,” and with multiple chart feats already under his belt, the 28-year-old North Carolina native arrives at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with his debut disc, Waitin’ in the Country. With first-week sales of 57,608, and a Billboard 200 pop chart entry at #8, Carroll achieves both the best unit sales and the highest pop chart debut by any new country male since Billy Ray Cyrus hit the scene in 1992.

Album credits include, Don Gehman (producer), Mark Dearnley (engineer), Biff Watson (acoustic guitar); J.T. Corenflos (electric guitar); Dan Dugmore, Michael Daly (steel guitar); John Hobbs, Michael Rojas (piano, organ, keyboards); Alison Prestwood, Michael Rhodes (bass instrument); Greg Morrow (drums); Billy Hawn (percussion) (credited as William Hawn - percussion).

 

1/9/07

Billy can be heard on the debut album for Nashville newcomer  Jason Michael Carroll.   Jason Michael Carroll continues to set the pace for new country artists with both sales and airplay. "Alyssa Lies," which became the fastest rising debut single by a male country artist in 2006, begins 2007 setting a sales record on SoundScan's Digital Song chart. The song entered the chart with 13,857 purchased downloads, scoring the highest country new artist debut sales since the inception of the chart.  The debut album, Waitin' in the Country, will be released on Arista Nashville on February 6.

8/31/06
Billy will be joining friend Brett Dennen on stage at the Hotel Cafe on Saturday, September 2nd at 10pm.  This will be a full band show that consists of Randy "Detroit" Schwartz on drums, Jackson Browne's Kevin McCormick on Bass and Billy Hawn on Percussion. 

8/27/06

Billy will be performing 2 nights at the Mirage in Las Vegas with Comedian Dana Carvey on September 8th and 9th. 

8/15//06
Billy will be on tour with Tristan Prettyman supporting Guster and Nada Surf in September. 

7/30/06
Billy has just returned from playing the
Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan with
Virgin Recording Artist Tristan Prettyman.  Click here for pics.   
 

6/1/06
Billy will be touring the United States and Japan this summer with Virgin Recording Artist Tristan Prettyman.  






5/11/06
Billy played drums and percussion on Jon Rajewski's new album entitled "Still Yes" that is now available at www.newmodelrecords.com.  "Still Yes" was produced by Rob Seals and features a great cast of players such as: Jeff Coffin (Bela Fleck), Sean Hurley (Vertical Horizon), Sheldon Gomberg (Ryan Adams), David Henry (Ben Folds), Brandon Bush (Train), Beth Balmer (Fielding). To listen to sound clips and for more info, checkout Jon's myspace page at www.myspace.com/jrajewski

5/1/06
Billy will be playing on Mountain Stage on May 14th with
Brett Dennen.  Also scheduled to perform are: Glen Phillips,
Darol Anger (with Sara Watkins from Nickel Creek), Eric Lindell and Pieta Brown w/Bo Ramsey.  Mountain Stage is a two-hour radio show recorded before a live audience in Charleston, WV. Now in its 20th year, the show has established a long tradition of featuring national and international acts in almost every style of music. Mountain Stage produces an average of 26 new shows a year. Most shows feature five acts and are taped at the Cultural Center Theater at the Capitol Complex in Charleston. 

4/24/06
Billy will be joining Steve Reynolds on stage at the Hotel
Cafe on Tuesday, May 9th as well the Non Com Radio
Conference in Louisville, KY on Friday, May 19th.  Other
artists playing the conference include: Calexico, Brandi
Carlile, Keb Mo, Los Lonely Boys, Mason Jennings, T-Bone
Burnett and more.

4/4/06
Billy's company, Drumperc, Inc. has opened its very first online store.  The Drumperc, Inc. music store is your online one-stop-shop for unique and affordable wearables and accessories for the musician or music lover in your life! 
Click here to visit the store today.

4/1/06
Music fans, remember the name Jason Michael Carroll.  Jason is an amazing young artist that has recently signed to RCA/Nashville.  Billy has just finished adding percussion to 12 songs on Jason Michael's debut album which includes a duet with Jewel.  The album, produced by Don Gehman, will be released in late spring/early summer 2006.

3/27/2006
Billy will be joining friend Glen Phillips on stage at Largo in Hollywood on Wednesday, March 29th.

3/26/2006
Billy has added percussion to the forthcoming Jude album.  Jude is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter who gained success when his song "I Know" was featured on the "City of Angels" movie soundtrack released in 1998.

3/17/2006
Billy will be joining friend Anya Marina on stage at the M Bar in Hollywood on March 23rd.  Anya is a San Diego based singer/songwriter.  Fans of the ABC hit TV show "Grey's Anatomy" would recognize Anya's hit "Miss Halfway" from episode 8.