Bill Muter

Bill Muter
Bill Muter performing at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival in 2018
Bill Muter performing at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival in 2018
Background information
Also known asTubavisionary
Born (1984-06-08) June 8, 1984 (age 40)
GenresHip hop, jazz, neo soul
OccupationMusician/music educator
Instrument(s)Tuba, bass guitar
LabelsAtlantic Arts and Entertainment

Bill Muter (born June 8, 1984), also known as Tubavisionary, is an African American tuba player,[1] educator and author from South Florida. Muter is known by BuzzFeed as the "tuba player that can beatbox to any hip hop song",[2] and also for his music technique book titled A Practical Approach: Brass Pedagogy Book.[3]

In the month of its release, A Practical Approach was a bestselling book on Apple's iBookstore Music Book Charts, topping The Beatles Songbook and the popular Real Book.[4] A Practical Approach was also translated into Japanese and has been sold in all 47 Japanese prefectures in association with Blast!, Kyodo Tokyo and BrassTribe Magazine. Muter's English paperback version is currently available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon (company).[5][6] Along with A Practical Approach, Muter is also a contributing author of pedagogy materials to the International Tuba-Euphonium Association.[7]

He attended Spanish River Community High School, where he played music in the marching band.[8] Later in life as an educator, Muter is a cultural ambassador for the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Jazz Ambassadors program. This is the same initiate pioneered by Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington in the 1950s. In this program, Muter toured as the tuba player and music director for Drew Tucker and the New Standard in partnership with the US embassies in Mérida, Mexico City and San Jose.[9][failed verification] Muter has also worked with numerous universities across the United States and Japan and was also the curriculum advisor for Honeyland College in Lagos, Nigeria. Muter's teachings have also gained notoriety in Brass Musician Magazine[10] and The New Times.[11]

As a performer, Muter has played and recorded with rapper Eric Biddines and was on his "The Local Cafe" album,[12] which was featured on Okayplayer,[13] XXL (magazine)[14] and HipHopDX.[15] The "Coffee Love" music video, a collaboration with the SuicideGirls was also featured on BET Jams.[16] Muter has also worked with French Multi Platinum selling artist Mani Hoffman. Their music video "Change My World," produced by BalconyTV – The Orchard (company) featured Muter on tuba and peaked at #4 in the world.[17] Muter has also worked with many other notable artists including Grammy Winner's Shaun Martin, Robert 'Sput' Searight, Larnell Lewis and Mark Lettieri of Snarky Puppy as well as Snarky Puppy's horn section. Muter has also played with James Francies (keyboardist with The Roots), tap dancer Sarah Reich from Postmodern Jukebox and Prince's last bassist MonoNeon (Dywane Thomas Jr.).

Muter's solo album "Off Script" produced by Mike Mineo[18] quickly gained attention by the press and The New Times quoted that Muter "has the potential to do for the tuba what Louis Armstrong did to the trumpet."[19] "Off Script" was also nominated for the Roger Bobo Excellence in Recording Award by the International Tuba Euphonium Association.[20] Muter's most recent work Topless in Tokyo was released in 2019 as both a paperback novel and a music album. Topless in Tokyo was featured in Last Row magazine[21] as well as Voyage Magazine, which named Muter one of Boca Raton's rising stars.[22] Topless in Tokyo charted in the top 30 for the Global R&B Charts on Amazon Music, topping artists such as Al Green and more. This is a first for any solo instrumental tuba album.[23][24]

Bibliography

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Year Book Title Author(s)/Credits Release Details
2019 Topless in Tokyo Bill Muter English Paperback ISBN 978-0-359-41098-9
2016 The Modern Musician[25] Ryan King, Bill Muter (editor) English Paperback ISBN 978-1-329-96352-8
2016 Team Bandit Wind Technique Book Bill Muter English Paperback ISBN 978-1-312-10805-9
2012 A Practical Approach: Brass Pedagogy Book [26] Bill Muter English Paperback ISBN 978-1-105-71790-1
2012 実践的アプローチ Bill Muter, translated by Satoko Nourishirazi Japanese Paperback ISBN 978-1-105-85377-7

Discography

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Year Song / Album Artist(s) Release Details
2019 Topless in Tokyo (album) Bill Muter Released on Atlantic Arts and Entertainment, produced by Bill Muter
2017 "Coffee Love" Album: The Local Cafe Eric Biddines feat. Bill Muter Album release with music video featuring the SuicideGirls
2017 Bourbon and Mixtapes (album) Drew Tucker and The New Standard feat. Bill Muter Album release
2016 Poison (single) Bill Muter Released on Atlantic Arts and Entertainment, produced by Bill Muter
2015 Change My World (single) Mani Hoffman feat. Bill Muter Music Video released on BalconyTV The Orchard (company)[17]
2013 Off Script (album) Bill Muter Released on Atlantic Arts and Entertainment, produced by Bill Muter [27]
2011 Beach Season (album) Mike Mineo feat. Bill Muter Released on Nevernothing Records, Bill Muter on Tuba and Bass [28]
2010 Where Did You Go Eccentricity (album) Mike Mineo feat. Bill Muter Released on Nevernothing Records, Bill Muter on Tuba [29]
2010 Odd Ball Freak Tour (album) Mike Mineo feat. Bill Muter Released on Nevernothing Records, Bill Muter on Tuba

References

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  1. ^ "Tuba Artists". Last Row Music. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tuba Player Can Beatbox To Any Rap Song". Buzzfeed. December 21, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "A Practical Approach for Tuba | Brass Musician | The online magazine for brass players". brassmusician.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  4. ^ "Becoming Elite (Sin City) by Tricia Owens – Book Analysis | iTunes Book Charts". bookchart.info. Retrieved July 24, 2016.[dead link]
  5. ^ Muter, Bill (March 27, 2013). Amazon. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1105717901.
  6. ^ "A Practical Approach". Barnes & Noble.
  7. ^ "www.iteaonline.org/members/pedagogy/index_pedagogy.php?page=Warm-ups". iteaonline.org. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "MARCHING BAND MAKES SOME NOISE". Sun-Sentinel. November 10, 2001. Retrieved February 19, 2019 – via Sun-Sentinel.com.
  9. ^ "Drew Tucker and the New Standard".
  10. ^ "bill muter | Brass Musician | The online magazine for brass players". brassmusician.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  11. ^ "A Practical Approach: At Only 27, Bill Muter Writes the Book on Playing the Tuba". New Times Broward-Palm Beach. May 10, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  12. ^ "Eric Biddines – The Local Cafe". Discogs. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  13. ^ "Check Out Eric Biddines' Album 'The Local Cafe' + Watch Video For "Peeuurrnn"". Okayplayer. January 31, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  14. ^ "Eric Biddines Drops Sensual "Coffee Love" Video". XXL Magazine. March 8, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  15. ^ "Up NeXt By DX: Eric Biddines". HipHopDX. January 29, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  16. ^ "Eric Biddines Spits Game to the Ladies in New Video "Coffee Love" [Watch Now]". Grip Magazine. March 10, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  17. ^ a b "BalconyTV". BalconyTV. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ "120 TUBAS CREATE A BUZZ ON BILL MUTER'S NEW ALBUM "OFF SCRIPT" | JazzCorner.com News". jazzcorner.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  19. ^ "Bill Muter Is Here to Show the World That Tubas Are Cool | New Times Broward-Palm Beach". blogs.browardpalmbeach.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
  20. ^ "International Tuba Euphonium Association". International Tuba Euphonium Association.
  21. ^ "Audio Review: Topless in Tokyo by Bill Muter". June 7, 2019.
  22. ^ "Meet Bill Muter in Delray Beach - Voyage MIA Magazine | Miami City Guide". June 20, 2019.
  23. ^ Amazon https://www.amazon.com/R-B-Playlists-Digital-Music/s?rh=n%3A625105011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A7755788011. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. ^ "Topless in Tokyo". Amazon.
  25. ^ Modern Musician. Modern Musician. September 10, 2016. ISBN 978-1329963528.
  26. ^ AmazonBook. v. March 27, 2013. ISBN 978-1105717901.
  27. ^ "AllMusic". All Music.
  28. ^ "Palm Beach Post". Palm Beach Post.
  29. ^ "The New Times". The New Times.
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