ANIMUS – Eastern Mediterranean World Fusion Music

e Eastern Ensembles and his mother was one of the top belly dancers in the Philadelphia area... it was only natural that he would follow in their foot steps. 

Bill's professional musical journey began at age 15 with the purchase of his first red electric guitar. Bill learned to play guitar quickly and started writing music. After a year he formed his popular high school rock band, Black Rainbow. 

Bill continued playing original music, in and around the Philadelphia area into his college years, when he became interested and inspired to learn about musics from around the world. He particularly became interested his Greek heritage as well as Middle Eastern, and Indian music. As a result, he began teaching himself to play the Bouzouki, a Greek Lute, the Oud, an Arabic lute, Doumbek (aka: Darbuka, Tabli, Tsoumbeliki) a goblet shaped Middle Eastern hand drum and writing instrumental world…