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WHAT
IS THERE TO SAY ABOUT WILBIUM (Wil
Mohlenhoff)? WILBIUM IS A GIFTED MUSICIAN WHO STARTED PLAYING MUSIC
AROUND AGE 8. AT THIS AGE HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO
BY EAR. AND WAS SOON LEARNING SONGS LEFT AND RIGHT. AS HE GREW OLDER
HIS GRANDFATHER TAUGHT HIM CHORD THEORY AND HOW TO READ MUSIC BY
12 HE WAS PROFICIENT ON PIANO. WHEN HE REACHED FIFTH GRADE HE LEARNED
TO PLAY THE SAXOPHONE IN SCHOOL AND CONTINUED THROUGH JUNIOR HIGH.
AROUND AGE 15 WHEN NIRVANA WAS BIG HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY
THE GUITAR BY USING A BOB DYLAN SONG BOOK. AND SOON AFTER HE TAUGHT
HIMSELF HOW TO PLAY THE DRUMS. HE FORMED THE BAND SEROTONIN AND
TAUGHT HIS FRIEND TRUSHAR PATEL TO
PLAY THE DRUMS. ALONG WITH OTHER FRIEND AND GUITARIST SHANE
MYRA AND TIM TERZAKEN THEY BEGAN
WRITING AND PERFORMING ALTERNATIVE MUSIC. AFTER YEARS TOGETHER THE
BAND PARTED WAYS AND WILBIUM BEGAN WRITING MUSIC ON HIS OWN. FOR
A SHORT PERIOD HE WAS REUNITED WITH SHANE
MYRA AND THEY DID A COUPLE OF LIVE TECHNO PERFORMANCES. IN
HIS MID TWENTIES HE JOINED A BAND CALLED CHERRY-FIX
PLAYING SAMPLERS, DRUM LOOPS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR. WHILE IN HIS LATE
TWENTIES WILBIUM ALONG WITH FRIEND
DREADCHILD PRODUCED BEATS FOR THE HIP-HOP
GROUP THE KNOTZ. OVER THE
YEARS WILBIUM HAS WRITTEN, PERFORMED
ON ALL TRACKS, AND PRODUCED 8 DIFFERENT CD'S EACH A LITTLE UNIQUE
IN ITS OWN RIGHT. HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HIS 8TH CD PROJECT
6.
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