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Behind the Synth: NAMM 2020 Clifton Williams Chat
Blake's chat with Yamaha Synthesizer Artist Clifton Williams from NAMM 2020.
Clifton Williams is a great jazz pianist and keyboardist. Career highlights include: composing the official theme song for amateur night at the iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem, musical direction for the Black Music and Civil Rights Movement Concert - and most recently, as musical director for Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds. Clifton sat down with Blake at NAMM 2020 and shared his background, music and how he uses MONTAGE. Listen in:
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About the author
Yamaha Synthesizer Product Specialist Blake Angelos has over thirty years of experience with music hardware and software. An expert in music technology, Blake has conducted numerous clinics, master classes and presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. In his role as Product Specialist for the Synthesizer Department Blake appears in many product videos and artist interviews, writes many articles for YamahaSynth.com and co-hosts a regular Podcast called “Behind the Synth”.
Before his work with Yamaha, he taught music theory and jazz studies courses at Arizona State University; managed a technology-focused music store in Seattle and was a production supervisor at Microsoft, where he led a team that developed groundbreaking interactive music content for the Microsoft Network. Blake holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Blake currently resides in Bellingham, Washington with his family, and between his travels around the world for Yamaha, he performs as much as possible with several jazz and creative music groups in Bellingham, Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest.
