a little about me

MY NAME IS IVAN WILLIAMS, BUT THEY CALL ME BIG IVE, I PLAY BASS, MORE ABOUT ME ON MY WEBSITE www.bigive.com, I CURRENTLY PLAY WITH A JAZZ TRIO CALLED 'THE JIM SESSION TRIO' . (www.thejimsessiontrio.synthasite.com). IM FROM A SUBURB OF DETROIT, CALLED INKSTER, STARTED PLAYING TROMBONE IN THE 4TH GRADE, STARTED PLAYING BASS IN THE 6TH GRADE (1972) BY TAKING THE TOP 2 STRINGS OFF MY ELECTRIC GUITAR (I MIGHT HAVE INVENTED THE PICOLO BASS BY ACCIDENT), MOVED TO DALLAS (1980), DID SOME VIDEO PRODUCTION AND SHOWS AND MOVIES, MOST SHOWN ON PUBLIC ACCESS TV, AND HAD A RAP CD OUT CALLED JUST WHAT YOU NEED, NOW I LIVE IN CLEVELAND, I ALSO TEACH BEGINNER BASS GUITAR AND THEORY, I CURRENTLY STUDY ADVANCED MUSIC THEORY, HARMONY, ARRANGING AND COMPOSITION. ALSO HAVE PRODUCED A COUPLE OF RAPPERS "LIL J" AND "DONNY BRASCO", I PLAY ALL KINDS, HAVE PLAYED WITH SO MANY MUSICIANS AND SINGERS INCLUDING; MOTOR CITY RHYTHM FEATURING CLARENCE JACKSON, KING SOLOMAN BURKE (the legendary blues/soul singer, please visit www.thekingsolomonburke.com), IVY JO HUNTER (a detroit motown legend writer composer) (not to be confused with the other ivy joe hunter another detroit legend [keys for the funk brothers]), DONALD VAIL, CATHEDRAL OF FAITH CHOIR, KAISER STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, LENNY PRICE (sax player for grammy winner earl klugh, please visit www.lennyprice.com,) TRINA RENEE (a well known detroit artist, please visit www.myspace.com/trinarenee1 ), DEON PRIDE (country legend charlie pride's son), I'VE SAT IN ON MANY JAM SESSIONS WITH CATS LIKE DALLAS COFFEY, IKE HILLARD (dazz band), SCATMAN AND HIS DAD, EDDIE BACCUS JR.(pieces of a dream), IM CURRENTLY WORKING ON WORKING ON WORKING ON MY 2nd CD.