William Kopecky

William Kopecky
William Kopecky
Also known as	Bill Kopecky
Born	November 17, 1969 (age 51)
Origin	Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres	progressive rock, progressive metal, Heavy metal
Instruments	Bass guitar, keyboard, sitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Musea, M.A.C.E., Cyclops, Mellow, Unicorn Digital
Associated acts	Kopecky, Michael Angelo Batio, , , , Truth Squad, Haiku Funeral, The Flyin' Ryan Brothers, Par Lindh Project, Tempest

William Kopecky (born November 17, 1969) is an American musician from Racine, Wisconsin, United States. He currently resides in France and, in 2011, work with Haiku Funeral featured his spoken-word delivery of dark poetry.^[1] He is known for playing bass, keyboards and sitar in the band Kopecky with his two brothers, Joe and Paul. He also contributed to numerous progressive rock acts, including , , Pär Lindh Project. Kopecky has put forward that the dark, moody at times oppressive atmosphere of the Yeti Rain project is influenced by storms.^[1] The heavy prog rock of Kopecky's Snarling Adjective Convention projects features group improvisation.^[1] 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.^[1]

Influences[]

Kopecky lists his influences as the following:

Chris Squire
Billy Sheehan
Mick Karn
Jaco Pastorius
Yngwie Malmsteen
Ravi Shankar
Tripti Mukherjee
Veena Chandra
Ritual music of Tibetan monks

Equipment[]

Bass guitars

Axtra 4-string fretted and fretless custom basses
5-string Music Man Bongo
6-string Warwick Corvette
Roland V-Bass.

Amplifiers

Hartke 3500
Ampeg SVT II Pro

Cabinets

Ampeg 8x10
Ampeg 4x10

Effects

Boss effects pedals (flanger, phaser, chorus and digital delay)
Red Llama distortion

Other equipment

Boomerang loop device
EBows

Selected discography[]

with Kopecky

Kopecky (1999)
Serpentine Kaleidoscope (2000)
Orion (2001)
Sunset Gun (2003)
Blood (2006)

with Michael Angelo Batio

Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity (2000)
Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity Part 2 (2004)
Hands Without Shadows (2005)

with C4

Call to Arms (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

Legacy (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)
Intermission (2009)

with Parallel Mind

Colossus ADEA (2005)

with Silence the Freak

Relations (2005)

with Yeti Rain

Discarnate (2006)
Nest of Storms (2008)
III (2010)
Stars Fall Darkly (2013)

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)

References[]

"Biography". Williamkopecky.com. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d https://archive.org/details/WilliamKopeckyInterview25-april2010

External links[]

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