Billy Sherwood
Billy Sherwood
William Wyman "Billy" Sherwoodis a musician, record producer, and engineer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth14 March 1965
CountryUnited States of America
influenced sound yes
I was so influenced by Yes then that things started to sound very much like Yes.
building process studio taking wing
So I'm actually in the process of building another studio of my own in my house, taking over a wing of the house.
When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person.
along love others playing
Everyone is really getting along with each other and we enjoy each others company and love playing live.
american-musician bit label likely major picked smash
It's an album that is a little bit different and probably isn't easy to get out. It's not likely that a major label would have picked it up and said that they had a smash hit record.
both
I know that if I went to other studios, like in Vancouver, that those are set up to be as professional and as true, so it's just a different flavour, it's a different sound, but I think both have their place.
american-musician yes
I'm very proud of it as a Yes record amongst many of the other Yes records.
songs wrote
I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.
mind
I wasn't really writing with anything commercial in mind I just wanted to create some new music.
climate functional
I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation.
american-musician areas
And as you said, everyone contributed; certain areas of material came from certain individuals.
american-musician people
So that studio served its purpose, and still is working very well for other people right now.
built shut
And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.
american-musician
So in one sense you don't have the classic keyboard player in Yes.