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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bill Palmer (BMUS)

STUDY AND EDUCATION
Bill studied at the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney (for 1 year only). He completed his BMUS Jazz performance degree at Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium of Music in 2004 and also released his first instructional book "Concepts of Jazz, for all musicians, Vol 1". A revised and updated 2nd edition of Volume 1 is also about to be published (May 2007) and Bill is hard at work on Volume 2.

ALBUMS BILL HAS FEATURED ON
*Amaze by Squeaker (unsigned) 2002 www.squeaker.org
*Lorem Ipsum by Jarrad Payne (unsigned) 2003 www.jgkp.com
*Ellington's Heirs by S.A Jazz Archive Inc 2004 Adelaide Jazz Archives
*Salty self titled by Salty (unsigned) 2004 www.saltymusic.net
*Free by Hannah (Soundbox records) 2007 www.soundbox.com.au

ALBUMS BILL HAS TOURED IN SUPPORT OF
*SuperAlterEgo by Avra (JSEM music) 2003
*Centre of Gravity by Tim Carter (Supersonic) 2003
*Silent Broadway by Ash Hansen (Upside music) 06 www.ashhansen.com

PUBLICATIONS
*Concepts of Jazz for all musicians Volume 1 (Self Published) 2004
-A non-instrument specific self help guide for would-be jazz musicians. Essentially a jazz theory "text book" with a conversational writing style and clear concise methods for getting into jazz orientated harmony. Described by Australian Guitar Magazine as "...just about the best we've seen in terms of de-mystifying the art of jazz guitar and teaching the theory in easy to swallow mouthfuls..."

*Amaze songbook (self published) 2003
-Bill contributed to the songbook/transcriptions published by Adelaide act Squeaker from their self-titled debut album. His contribution was essentially helping clear up the names of some of the chords; Bill scores a mention in the credits.
*Silent Broadway songbook (Upside Music) 2006
-Bill proofed and edited the songbook/transcriptions from Ash Hansen's debut solo album Silent Broadway. The tasks included checking the guitar voicings, notation, spacing, clefs and various other mundane eye squinting tasks. Bill receives a mention in the credits at the start of the book.

UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS
*Concepts of Jazz for all Musicians Volume 2
-A continuation of Bill's initial book with further study of jazz harmony.

*Outlines songbook
-Transcriptions (notation and tablature) from Bill's debut solo album "Outlines" which was released Oct 2007.

 

 
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INSTRUMENTAL
GUITAR CD
BY BILL PALMER
‘Outlines’ is an instrumental rock guitar album that straddles the stylistic line between rock, ambient and jazz. A fusion of melodic rock with the harmonic content from jazz orientated music all based around Bill’s unique guitar voice. The title 'Outlines' comes from the multi-faceted approach that Bill has always had: it's both an "outline" of Bill's playing at this point and expresses his musical ideal to
step "outside the lines."
The album contains rich distorted textures, washes of chorus and delay, wah
infected slide, jazzy-esque single note lines and stark yet memorable melodies. It
ranges from melancholy and emotional tracks like "Falling Free" and "Urban Lullaby" to the hard hitting rock of "S.N.F" and "Trippin." Bill also incorporates his own take on "Coltrane changes" with the title track "Outlines" and the dreamy
sounding "New rays from a distant sun."
Mixed and mastered by virtuoso guitarist and heavyweight producer TJ Helmerich in California USA, Outlines is hardly just another "guitar" album but rather an
evolved musical statement from a creative, original and diverse artist.


 

 

 

 

"Bill Palmer's book Concepts of Jazz has been hailed as one of the best in its field."
Northern Beaches Weekender
Sydney Australia

"...just about the best we've seen in terms of demystifying the art of jazz and teaching the theory in easy-to-swallow mouthfuls..."
Australian Guitar Magazine
August 2005 by Karl Mayerhofer