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Bill Black
Bill Black Hollywood, California 2015
Bill Black Hollywood, California 2015
Background information
Birth nameWilliam Thomas Blackwell III
BornLong Beach, California, United States
GenresRockabilly, rock, soundtrack, house, trance, classical
Instrument(s)Bass guitar. guitar. keyboards
Years active1981–present
Websitehttp://www.billblackonline.com

Bill Black is a musician who also casts and directs voice actors and performs sound effects design.

Early life

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Bill Black (real name William Thomas Blackwell III) was born in Long Beach, California. August 18, 1960. He started out in music on bass guitar in the Los Angeles clubs with a rockabilly trio, James Intveld and the Rockin' Shadows.[1][failed verification] Black left and was replaced by Patrick Woodward. The band split up when Ricky Nelson asked drummer Ricky Intveld and Woodward to join his backing band. All were killed on 31 December 1985 when the plane in which they were travelling crashed in De Kalb, Texas less than two miles from a landing strip at approximately 5.14pm. In 1983 Black joined the Huntington Beach pop punk rock group "The Earwigs"[2] and stayed with them until they split up in 1987.

Career

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In the late 1980s, Black was contracted by Activision to create audio and MIDI tracks for their games. In 1995 he began sound design & casting & directing character voice over for video games under the name Big Fat Kitty Productions (later Bill Black Audio Video). He worked with Geoff Farr to design sound for Gina & TL, a 2002 Sundance Film Festival pick for animated shorts. The same year, Black and composer Paul Chiten created the sound that opens and closes the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[3] Black is now the CFO of Buzzart Enterprises Inc., the publishing company of Buzzy Linhart. Black currently lectures regularly at USC Viterbi School of Engineering and is also voiceover casting and dialogue director.[1]

Television and film

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Black's musical compositions have been used in Law and Order and the Showtime series StreetTime.[4]

CBS Series Law and Order Criminal Intent Episode 119 with Paul Chiten.

CBS Movie of the Week Spring Break Shark Attack with Paul Chiten.

ABC Sports The Extremist with John Sinclair

Showtime The Red Shoe Diaries Episode 15 Forbidden Zone with Jay Reynolds [5]

Video games

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References

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  • ^ "THE EARWIGS | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". 12 December 2013.
  • ^ a b "Bill Black Video Game Credits and Biography".
  • ^ "Bill Black". IMDb.
  • ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295710/fullcredits#cast Archived 2016-11-13 at the Wayback Machine [user-generated source]
  • ^ "Bill Black: Voice over Producer & Sound Effects Designer". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  • ^ "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers.com.
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Bill Black Online Archived November 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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