William Kopecky
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William Kopecky is an American musician from Racine
, Wisconsin
. He currently resides in France and 2011 work with Haiku Funeral featured his spoken-word delivery of dark poetry. He is known for playing bass
, keyboard
s and sitar
in the band Kopecky
with his two brothers, Joe and Paul. He also contributed to numerous progressive rock
acts, including Far Corner, Parallel Mind, Pär Lindh Project
. Kopecky has put forward that the dark, moody at times oppressive atmosphere of the Yeti Rain project is influenced by storms. The heavy prog rock of Kopecky's Snarling Adjective Convention projects features group improvisation. In a 10-April 2011 interview, Kopecky stated that a new Far Corner album is underway, but may not come out on Cuneiform due to the label's already set release schedule.
Amplifiers
Cabinets
Effects
Other equipment
with Michael Angelo Batio
with C4
with Haiku Funeral
with Par Lindh Project
with The Flyin' Ryan Brothers
with The Bollenberg Experience
with Truth Squad
with Far Corner
with Parallel Mind
with Silence the Freak
with Yeti Rain
with Dan Maske
with Dimension X
with Anja
with Glass
with Snarling Adjective Convention
Racine, Wisconsin
Racine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. According to 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city had a population of 82,196...
, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. He currently resides in France and 2011 work with Haiku Funeral featured his spoken-word delivery of dark poetry. He is known for playing bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s and sitar
Sitar
The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
in the band Kopecky
Kopecky
Kopecky are a progressive rock instrumental band of three brothers based in Racine, Wisconsin who combine a number of elements including metal, classical, pop, eastern music and fusion together to create a unique sound...
with his two brothers, Joe and Paul. He also contributed to numerous progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
acts, including Far Corner, Parallel Mind, Pär Lindh Project
Pär Lindh
Pär Lindh is a founding member of the Swedish symphonic prog group Pär Lindh Project.Before turning to working in a band Pär had several careers: church organist, as a touring classical pianist, as a solo harpsichordist, as drummer, as Hammond organist, as jazz & ragtime entertainer etc.During 1977...
. Kopecky has put forward that the dark, moody at times oppressive atmosphere of the Yeti Rain project is influenced by storms. The heavy prog rock of Kopecky's Snarling Adjective Convention projects features group improvisation. In a 10-April 2011 interview, Kopecky stated that a new Far Corner album is underway, but may not come out on Cuneiform due to the label's already set release schedule.
Influences
Kopecky lists his influences as the following:- Chris SquireChris SquireChristopher Russell Edward "Chris" Squire , is an English musician, known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes. He is the only member of the group to appear on every album.-Before Yes:...
- Billy SheehanBilly SheehanWilliam "Billy" Sheehan is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style...
- Mick KarnMick KarnAndonis Michaelides , better known as Mick Karn, was an English multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, who came to fame as the bassist for the art rock band Japan, from 1974 to 1982....
- Jaco PastoriusJaco PastoriusJohn Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
- Yngwie Malmsteen
- Ravi ShankarRavi ShankarRavi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
- Tripti Mukherjee
- Veena Chandra
- Ritual music of Tibetan monks
- Robert SmithRobert Smith (musician)Robert James Smith is an English musician. He is the lead singer, guitar player and principal songwriter of the rock band The Cure, and its only constant member since its founding in 1976...
- Univers ZeroUnivers ZéroUnivers Zero are an instrumental Belgian band known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th century chamber music. The group's name has had three variant spellings, the others being Univers Zéro and Univers-Zero....
- RushRush (band)Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
- Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
- Robert FrippRobert FrippRobert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
- Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
- J. G. BallardJ. G. BallardJames Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction...
- Georges BatailleGeorges BatailleGeorges Bataille was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art...
- The Surrealists
- Ben OkriBen OkriBen Okri OBE FRSL is a Nigerian poet and novelist. Okri has become the leading figure of his generation of Nigerian writers who have largely abandoned the social and historical themes of Chinua Achebe, and brought together modernist narrative strategies and Nigerian oral and literary...
- Hans BellmerHans BellmerHans Bellmer was a German artist, best known for the life-sized pubescent female dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer.-Biography:...
- H. R. GigerH. R. GigerHans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.-Early life:...
- Francis BaconFrancis BaconFrancis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Albans, KC was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England...
- David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
- Andrei TarkovskyAndrei TarkovskyAndrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
- The Brothers Quay
Equipment
Bass guitars- Axtra 4-string fretted and fretless custom basses
- 5-string Music Man BongoMusic Man BongoThe Bongo bass guitar was introduced on March 21, 2003 at the Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA by Music Man, a division of Ernie Ball. Ernie Ball president Sterling Ball designed the guitar in conjunction with the Music Man Research and Development department and BMW's Designworks team...
- 6-string WarwickWarwick (bass guitar)-Overview:Warwick basses were originally a premium brand offering a small range of models built from high quality and exotic tonewoods with 'Neck-through' design...
Corvette - RolandRoland Corporationis a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
V-Bass.
Amplifiers
- HartkeHartkeHartke is a brand of electronics best known for their bass guitar amplifiers and speaker cabinets. They also produce amplifiers and speakers for keyboard and acoustic guitar, as well as effects pedals, strings and other accessories.- History :...
3500 - AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
SVT II Pro
Cabinets
- Ampeg 8x10
- Ampeg 4x10
Effects
- BossBoss CorporationBoss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
effects pedals (flangerFlangingFlanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, with one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and notches are produced in the resultant frequency spectrum,...
, phaserPhaser (effect)A phaser is an audio signal processing technique used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum. The position of the peaks and troughs is typically modulated so that they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect...
, chorusChorus effectIn music, a chorus effect occurs when individual sounds with roughly the same timbre and nearly the same pitch converge and are perceived as one...
and digital delayDelay (audio effect)Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.-Early delay...
) - Red Llama distortionDistortionA distortion is the alteration of the original shape of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Distortion is usually unwanted, and often many methods are employed to minimize it in practice...
Other equipment
- Boomerang loop device
- EBows
Selected discography
with KopeckyKopecky
Kopecky are a progressive rock instrumental band of three brothers based in Racine, Wisconsin who combine a number of elements including metal, classical, pop, eastern music and fusion together to create a unique sound...
- Kopecky (1999)
- Serpentine Kaleidoscope (2000)
- Orion (2001)
- Sunset Gun (2003)
- Blood (2006)
with Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Angelo Batio also known as Mike Batio or MAB, is a guitarist and columnist from Chicago, Illinois. His work has encompassed many genres, notably metal and its subgenres. Batio was voted the "No. 1 Shredder of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine in 2003...
- Lucid Intervals and Moments of ClarityLucid Intervals and Moments of ClarityLucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity is the fourth studio album by guitarist Michael Angelo Batio, released in 2000 through M.A.C.E. Music and reissued in 2002 through Rock Empire Music...
(2000) - Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2 is a compilation album by American shred guitarist Michael Angelo Batio. The album features songs from Batio's third and fourth studio albums , remastered and repackaged onto one CD.-Track listing:All songs written and arranged by Michael Angelo Batio,...
(2004) - Hands Without ShadowsHands Without Shadows-Credits:* Michael Angelo Batio – lead guitar, rhythm guitars, keyboards, production, arrangements* William Kopecky – five-string bass, fretless bass* Bobby Rock – drums* Mark Tremonti – guitar solo on "Burn"...
(2005)
with C4
C4 (band)
C4 was an American heavy metal band that formed in 2000. Comprising vocalist Dan Lenegar, guitarist and keyboardist Michael Angelo Batio, bassist William Kopecky and drummer John Mrozek, the band released one album – Call to Arms in 2001.-History:...
- Call to ArmsCall to Arms (C4 album)-Personnel:*Dan Lenegar – lead vocals, backing vocals*Michael Angelo – guitars, keyboards, production, engineering*Bill Kopecky – six-string bass*John Mrozek – drums, backing vocals*Chris Djuricic – mixing...
(2001)
with Haiku Funeral
- Funeral Assassination in the Hashish Cathedral (2009)
- If God is a Drug (2010)
with Par Lindh Project
- Live in Iceland (2002)
- Live in Poland (2008)
with The Flyin' Ryan Brothers
The Flyin' Ryan Brothers
The Flyin' Ryan Brothers is an American progressive rock band that formed in Illinois in 1995. It comprises two brothers, Jimmy and Johnny, who between them contribute guitars, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals and many other instruments.-History:...
- LegacyLegacy (The Flyin' Ryan Brothers album)-Personnel:*Jimmy Ryan – guitars, keyboards, percussion programming, lead vocals, backing vocals, production, arrangements, engineering, mixing, mastering, executive production, design...
(2002) - Blue Marble (2005)
- Totality (2008)
with The Bollenberg Experience
- If Only Stones Could Speak (2002)
with Truth Squad
- Superkiller (2003)
with Far Corner
- Far Corner (2004)
- Endangered (2007)
with Parallel Mind
- Colossus ADEA (2005)
with Silence the Freak
- Relations (2005)
with Yeti Rain
- Discarnate (2006)
- Nest of Storms (2008)
with Dan Maske
- Progressive Rock Keyboard (2007)
with Dimension X
- Implications of a Genetic Defense (2007)
with Anja
- Leaving the Alley of Dead Trees (2007)
with Glass
- Live at Progman Cometh (2007)
with Snarling Adjective Convention
- Bluewolf Bloodwalk (2008)