Bill Hudson (guitarist)
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Bill Hudson, born on January 13, 1987 in Sao Paulo
, Brazil
, is a heavy metal
guitarist
. He moved to the United States
during the year of 2005 in order to join the Nebraska
n power metal
band Cellador
, playing on their debut album Enter Deception
and remaining in their line-up until early 2008. Since leaving Cellador, Hudson did a lot of touring and recording with different bands such as UK's Power Quest
, Zachary Stevens
's Circle II Circle and Nightrage
.
He's currently working on new material for a project not yet named.
. He studied with other teachers, besides going to music college in his native Brazil
for the regency and composition degree.
He studied at the Musicians Institute
in Hollywood, CA and has been mentioned among the success stories on their website several times.http://www.mi.edu/LearnAboutMI/SuccessStories/?action=detail&id=319
He has been teaching guitar since the age of 13, and is currently teaching at his home in Los angeles, CA as well as online
.
That was mainly due to the fact that Hudson has always liked to feel challenged to play hard songs. At 14 years of age, he started a Joe Satriani
/Yngwie Malmsteen tribute band, and at 16 a Dream Theater
tribute band.
He was virtually unknown in the metal scene, except for a studio project called The Supremacy
. http://www.myspace.com/supremacyroxx The project features well-known European musicians, such as drummer Mark Cross (exFirewind
and exHelloween
), as well as keyboard player Joost Van den Broek
, of After Forever
, Ayreon
, Star One
, among others. This project has not done much other than the recording of two songs in 2004. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=46328
In 2005, Hudson auditioned for German
Power metal
band Freedom Call
, after being referred by longtime friend Cede Dupont, who had just quit said band. However, his big break did not come until later that same year, when in he auditioned for and joined American
Power metal
band Cellador
, on Metal Blade Records
. Hudson will appear on the upcoming Avian
album as a lead guitarist.http://www.avianband.com/news.php
He was the artist to present the Betcha Can't Play This section of Guitar World
magazine, on its July 2007 issue.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70545 He is also preparing his own instructional DVD, which should come out sometime in 2008.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=61835
In December, 2007 Steve Williams
from Power Quest
announced that Bill Hudson will be providing guest instrumentation on the track "The Vigil" for the upcoming album "Master of Illusion
".
In January, 2008 Hudson announced his departure from Cellador
.
In June, 2008 in a press release from UK based melodic power metal
band Power Quest
announced that Bill Hudson had joined as joint lead guitarist alongside Andrea Martongelli. Bill had to leave the band 10 months later with band member Steve Williams citing Bill's current location and costs as practical problems for the band.
guitars, Mesa/Boogie amps, Seymour Duncan
Pickups, D'Addario
strings, InTune Guitar Picks, and Rocktron.
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, is a heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
. He moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
during the year of 2005 in order to join the Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
n power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Cellador
Cellador
Cellador is a power metal band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed by guitarist Chris Petersen in 2004. After a rotation of a few member try-outs in the band's earliest days, Cellador's album line-up was cemented in 2004. The band eventually signed to Metal Blade after playing a show with The Black Dahlia...
, playing on their debut album Enter Deception
Enter Deception
Enter Deception is the debut full length album of the Power metal band Cellador.-Track listing:#"Leaving All Behind" – 3:13#"A Sign Far Beyond" – 5:17#"Never Again" – 5:13#"Forever Unbound" – 5:59#"Seen Through Time" – 7:09#"Wakening" – 5:19...
and remaining in their line-up until early 2008. Since leaving Cellador, Hudson did a lot of touring and recording with different bands such as UK's Power Quest
Power Quest
Power Quest is a power metal band based in the United Kingdom.-The Power Quest Demo and Wings of Forever :Power Quest was conceived in March 2001 by keyboardist Steve Williams, who had recently departed London power metal band DragonHeart...
, Zachary Stevens
Zachary Stevens
Zachary "Zak" Stevens , is best known as the former lead vocalist of the band Savatage. He is also a drummer and has a degree in psychology but is not, as is often reported, a licensed, practicing psychologist....
's Circle II Circle and Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
.
He's currently working on new material for a project not yet named.
Early life and education
Bill started playing when he was 12 years old, mainly influenced by SlashSlash (musician)
Saul Hudson , known by his stage name Slash, is a British-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During his later years with Guns N'...
. He studied with other teachers, besides going to music college in his native Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
for the regency and composition degree.
He studied at the Musicians Institute
Musicians Institute
Musicians Institute is a privately owned for-profit music vocational school located in Hollywood, California. Although not a regionally accredited school, the school offers a variety of unaccredited Bachelor Degree, Associate Degree and Certificate programs in fields including contemporary music...
in Hollywood, CA and has been mentioned among the success stories on their website several times.http://www.mi.edu/LearnAboutMI/SuccessStories/?action=detail&id=319
He has been teaching guitar since the age of 13, and is currently teaching at his home in Los angeles, CA as well as online
ONLINE
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.
Playing career
Bill Hudson is very well known for his technique and speed, although he's said in interviews lately that he tries not to play fast unless extremely necessary.That was mainly due to the fact that Hudson has always liked to feel challenged to play hard songs. At 14 years of age, he started a Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
/Yngwie Malmsteen tribute band, and at 16 a Dream Theater
Dream Theater
Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...
tribute band.
He was virtually unknown in the metal scene, except for a studio project called The Supremacy
The Supremacy
The Supremacy is a melodic power metal supergroup formed in 2003 by Bill Hudson and Fernando Giovanetti. The band comprises members from the USA, UK, Brazil and Holland, and from bands such as Helloween, Firewind and Cellador...
. http://www.myspace.com/supremacyroxx The project features well-known European musicians, such as drummer Mark Cross (exFirewind
Firewind
Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist, Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded...
and exHelloween
Helloween
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...
), as well as keyboard player Joost Van den Broek
Joost van den Broek
Joost van den Broek was a keyboardist in the metal band After Forever. On the album After Forever, Joost had the opportunity to collaborate on the composition and production of the album alongside other band members. Van den Broek will appear on the Sinbreed album When Worlds Collide...
, of After Forever
After Forever
After Forever was a Dutch symphonic metal band with strong progressive metal influences. The band relied on the use of both soprano vocals and death grunts. In February 2009, it was announced that After Forever had disbanded.-Biography:...
, Ayreon
Ayreon
Ayreon is a project by Dutch composer and musician Arjen Anthony Lucassen.Ayreon's musical style derives mostly from heavy metal and progressive rock, but combines them with genres like folk, classical and electronica...
, Star One
Star One
Star One is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame. Unlike Ayreon, the band did not follow one storyline; instead, each song was a different story with a sci-fi concept, most of the tracks based on existing movies and series.-Origins and first...
, among others. This project has not done much other than the recording of two songs in 2004. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=46328
In 2005, Hudson auditioned for German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Freedom Call
Freedom Call
Freedom Call is a German power metal band formed in 1998.-Biography:Freedom Call was formed in 1998 by old friends Chris Bay and Daniel Zimmermann during an off-period for the latter's main band, Gamma Ray...
, after being referred by longtime friend Cede Dupont, who had just quit said band. However, his big break did not come until later that same year, when in he auditioned for and joined American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Cellador
Cellador
Cellador is a power metal band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed by guitarist Chris Petersen in 2004. After a rotation of a few member try-outs in the band's earliest days, Cellador's album line-up was cemented in 2004. The band eventually signed to Metal Blade after playing a show with The Black Dahlia...
, on Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...
. Hudson will appear on the upcoming Avian
Avian (band)
Avian is a melodic power metal band founded in 2002 by guitarist Yan Leviathan. The band features singer Lance King. In 2005 they released their debut album From the Depths of Time, a concept album dealing with the end of days and a warning to mankind. Musically, Avian is influenced by bands...
album as a lead guitarist.http://www.avianband.com/news.php
He was the artist to present the Betcha Can't Play This section of Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...
magazine, on its July 2007 issue.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=70545 He is also preparing his own instructional DVD, which should come out sometime in 2008.http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=61835
In December, 2007 Steve Williams
Steve Williams (musician)
Steve Williams is the keyboardist for British power metal band Power Quest and former member of DragonForce.Williams formed Power Quest in 2001 after leaving DragonForce and has been their main songwriter and face of the band since then...
from Power Quest
Power Quest
Power Quest is a power metal band based in the United Kingdom.-The Power Quest Demo and Wings of Forever :Power Quest was conceived in March 2001 by keyboardist Steve Williams, who had recently departed London power metal band DragonHeart...
announced that Bill Hudson will be providing guest instrumentation on the track "The Vigil" for the upcoming album "Master of Illusion
Master of Illusion (album)
Master of Illusion is the 4th studio album of the power metal band Power Quest, which was recorded in November/December 2007 and has been released worldwide on 13 May 2008....
".
In January, 2008 Hudson announced his departure from Cellador
Cellador
Cellador is a power metal band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed by guitarist Chris Petersen in 2004. After a rotation of a few member try-outs in the band's earliest days, Cellador's album line-up was cemented in 2004. The band eventually signed to Metal Blade after playing a show with The Black Dahlia...
.
In June, 2008 in a press release from UK based melodic power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...
band Power Quest
Power Quest
Power Quest is a power metal band based in the United Kingdom.-The Power Quest Demo and Wings of Forever :Power Quest was conceived in March 2001 by keyboardist Steve Williams, who had recently departed London power metal band DragonHeart...
announced that Bill Hudson had joined as joint lead guitarist alongside Andrea Martongelli. Bill had to leave the band 10 months later with band member Steve Williams citing Bill's current location and costs as practical problems for the band.
Instruments
Bill Hudson uses and endorses IbanezIbanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
guitars, Mesa/Boogie amps, Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan
Seymour Duncan is a company that is best known for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. The company was founded in 1976 by guitarist and luthier Seymour W. Duncan and his then-wife Cathy Carter Duncan in Goleta, California, USA...
Pickups, D'Addario
D'Addario
D'Addario is a manufacturer of musical instrument strings, primarily guitar strings, currently headquartered in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York...
strings, InTune Guitar Picks, and Rocktron.