His “Skywriter” CD was released in 2000, and has earned considerable airplay on public radio and Internet venues. “Speechless,” an all-instrumental recording that features six different guitars and six different tunings, was released in 2004.

Bill talks about his music:
“When I have a guitar in my hands, I feel like I'm home again. It's been that way since the late 1960s, when a delicious musical stew of the British Invasion, folk-rock, Motown, country, R&B, surf music, Dylan and much more dominated the radio airwaves, and I soaked it up like a sponge. At home, the stereo was playing Tchaikovsky, Andres Segovia, Ferrante & Teicher, Chet Atkins and the Chad Mitchell Trio.

“Locked in my bedroom for hours on end, I'd slave over a chord chart and try to make something approaching music on the little Gibson flattop I borrowed from my grandpa. Later, there would be a sunburst Silvertone six-string from Sears, then a nylon-string classical from Japan. Before long, I owned a used Gibson 12-string, a Fender bass and an amp, and I was playing in a band called the Inmates. (We had matching outfits. Don't ask.)  

“After high school, I survived four years in the Navy (including a particularly lonely one in Iceland) with the help of that Gibson 12-string. Looking back on it, it was a pretty awful guitar, terribly hard to play. But some great sounds came out of it, and I developed some strange techniques that I still use today on my fancy-schmancy Goodall and my bulletproof Composite Acoustics guitar.

“It's been a great ride, and the journey has only just begun. Whether I'm working out new tunes on my front steps, jamming with friends, singing and playing at a coffee shop, playing a big stage or finger-picking "ambience instrumentals" at a cozy wine bar, it's a joyful noise I make. I hope you enjoy it half as much as I do.”