
(First? THIS place? is magic, is all, ye know. ) AND, I DO NOT LIKE ALL THIS " I AM A PRODUCER STUFF!! " CAN THEY ACTUALLY PLAY??? I have over 40 years professional experience, playing from classical to jazz to folk, blues, reggie, rock, you name it. Classically trained at the Royal Academy for Music. Tired of the rest? Hire the best.
2nd do the maths? You want violin? I give you violin, viola, whatever, easy.
I just love to play!!!! Yep I started playing violin at 10 years of age, won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Music to study classical violin at age 10.(Full time age 14)
I was leader of my first classical orchestra at 15 years of age and played solo with many after that. I guess you know two? Pink Floyd, and StuttagarterKammerOrchester?
I played in Jazz bands, Irish & Scottish folk bands, have recorded for Singer/Songwriters and you will hear my violin on more CDs than I can say! (Those in the "know" know who I am)
I had over 800 five star reviews of my work on other sites around the internet, (but now ONLY work on soundbetter) -sorry, no amateurs. just google me: "William Stewart Violinist"
You will find many sites, my videos, music etc! These "other" sites can be used as reference, if you wish to hire me please do so through Soundbetter! :-)
if you wish viola, cello, bass, guitar? ask
I don't cheat.I will be happy to do what u need. I don't say blah BUT I have won first prize, (REALLY) in many international violin competitions, whilst at the Royal Academy, and after... What i do is play violin. I do what YOU want! read my reviews.
I look forward to hearing your music!
William.
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194 Reviews - 25 Repeat Clients
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William played multiple viola and violin lines to my orchestral score and he did an outstanding job!
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William played multiple violin and viola to my notation and to fill out a string section and it sounds amazing in the mix. I always appreciate working with William.
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William is an incredible viola and violin player. He played multiple parts on our song and it sounds 'Amazing!'
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A pleasure to work with as always!
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Yet more excellent work from Liam! Thank you, Diaspora music just would NOT be the same without you!
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William was so great to work with. He even threw in some extra Viola parts to my composition that really spiced up the song.
Would definitely work with him again!
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More excellent work from Liam. I would not use any other violinist!
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Yet another terrific piece of work, Liam. I couldn't do the Diaspora stuff without you!
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William played multiple violin and viola parts on my song and collaborated with me on various takes and versions until we got it right. Great job again.
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William is amazing at his craft. He knows mixing and the technology so well and he helped me with my mixes with this order to get them just right. Great job once again William - 5 stars!
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Brilliant viola and violin playing. William beautifully played viola and violin to my meditative piano track and the result is gold.
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William played violin to my lead piano on a meditation track and I am very pleased with the final results. William is professional and very talented. :) Great job again.
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Another great job by William. Quality skills, service and value! Thank you!
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Another excellent job from Liam! Thank you! I'll be back with more tracks soon!!!
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Liam is my only choice for strings work. He is a brilliant musician and totally professional and he adds so much to my songs. Thanks, Liam!
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Absolutely amazing violinist. On this project, William superbly played violin and viola as an accompaniment to my piano. Wonderful playing.
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Liam is my absolute "go to" violinist as he's highly professional, he's very intuitive as to what sound I'm trying to achieve and, apart from that, he's a terrific violin player!
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Bravo! William is an amazing violinist and violist. He added layers and solo tracks to our meditation song and it made all the difference. Great communicator and an awesome man.
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A short project this time. I needed help to balance strings on two songs and William did a brilliant job. Outstanding talent.
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William is incredibly talented. We have worked on a lot of music here on Soundbetter and each piece is a blessing. On this song William and I collaborated in some mixing and he also played some viola and violin parts to fill out some of my notation. Great job.
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William collaborated with me with our string arrangement on our song and completed his parts to perfection. Great violin and viola playing.
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The song William worked on here is an epic orchestral arrangement. William added new strings and character and it sounds awesome.
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William goes above and beyond every time, really allround perfect stuff. Thanks!
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Brilliant playing. I sent William a midi notation to play on viola and violin amd he played the parts precisely.
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Great violin amd violas. Another fabulous production.
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William played Violin and Viola on my ballad. The results were amazing. Great musician.
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William played beautiful violin and viola parts to my song. The results were amazing. I am very impressed.
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Fantastic effort and very detailed and diligent work - great job on this mix.
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Another excellent result - great Violin and Viola playing.
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Fantastic Violinist and Violist - another great result. We are putting together a collection of songs and William has added multiple violin and viola lines on each of them.
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William did a brilliant job helping me mix a song and he added violin and viola parts to it. Great job once again William.
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Very quick to respond, professional, and great tracks!
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William is an incredible musician. He is thorough and skillful. This track was completed with excellence.
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William did a great job with our mix and levels and automation. Highly recommended.
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William has beautifully played violin and viola on our track. Awesome musician.
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William always comes through. A great talent to begin with, he provides quality, value and service in a very timely manner. What else could you ask for? This is probably my 5th or 6th time working with him and he is the REAL DEAL! I'll be back soon!
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William played violin and viola harmonies on my track and did a great job.
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William has played violin and viola on our upbeat track with excellence.
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Delivery is excellent but his flexibility is outstanding. I am not an instrument guru so when I engaged him my job was slightly different from my understanding and the request I had put down. He handled it all and did not change terms.
He is also very social so expect to be chatting with him throughout your job.
Turnaround time is amazingly quick. I am full of praise because I learnt a lot.
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William is an oustanding musician - he played violin and viola beautifully on our track.
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William played violin and viola parts on our song. On this project I gave him quite specific instructions with the parts to play and he did a great job. Highly recommended.
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Excellent Violin and Viola playing. William is amazing.
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William is an awesome violinist and he is great to work with. I highly recommend William for your next violin/viola project.
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Another outstanding performance from William theviolinist. I'm a repeat customer and there is no better quality and service. Period!
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Great violinist ever! Nice and kind person who plays fantastic sound!
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Great work with many stems!
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Quick and easy session. Theviolinist delivered a beautiful authentic version of a composed sampled violin part, supplemented by accompanying violin and viola tracks, wonderfully original and inspiring. High quality recordings. Definately recommend.
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Always a pleasure working with theviolinist! The parts are beautiful and he’s lightning quick!
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Liam really is a terrific violin player and working with him is a real pleasure. Highly professional and not afraid to contribute his ideas, that's why he's the ONLY violinist player for Diaspora!
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Really terrific work from Liam. He really gets under the skin of what I'm trying to achieve, it's an absolute pleasure to collaborate with him!
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Always a pleasure working with Liam. Highly professional, quick turn around and, most importantly, he intuitively gets what I'm trying to achieve in my music. Thanks Liam. Until next time (won't be long!)...
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William played 3 violin and viola solos for me and the results are fabulous.
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Great as always!
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William played violin and viola on our songs. His playing is beautiful.
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William did a wonderful job completing some of our songs. He has a great ear and he is a fantastic communicator.
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Our orchesteal mix has 120 stems and William was superb in mixing it all together for us. Great job.
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Absolutely fantastic to work with! Completely understood the vibe I was going for and a joy to work with! Thanks Liam!
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William worked tirelessly with our acoustic mix for our song and played a new violin part that was brilliant. Well done.
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Liam is always a pleasure to work with and is a cracking violinist to boot! Thanks Liam!
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William gets music and orchestral mixing. Great job.
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Brilliant as always. The Violins and Violas on our track are fabulous. I'm looking forward to the next projects.
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William played beautiful violin and viola on our song. Wonderful playing and experience.
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pleasure to work with as always!
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William played multiple violin and viola parts on our score and performed remarkably.
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William's violin and viola playing are world-class. I absolutely love the string section that William played on this song.
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Fantastic violin work on our track
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My second song with William, another really great piece of violin and viola. Thanks William!
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Brilliant musician who delivered a perfect piece of violin for my song with a very quick turnaround time and multiple takes. Highly recommend.
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Excellent violin and string arrangement. Great collaboration and communication.
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It's been fantastic to work with William. His violin is amazing.
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Very talented and unique artist to work with, his work is amazing!
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Great service, very high quality, and incredibly fast turnaround time! Would definitely use again!
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I requested a violin solo, and I received an entire string section! Very fast and reasonably priced.
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William was great to work with. Very generous pricing, very generous delivery. I had so much to work with that it was easy to get the right feel for my part. Also, he's EXTREMELY fast turnaround. Sometimes within minutes!
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Terrific playing, highly professional and brilliant to work with! Thank you!
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Awesome violin and production work done by William.
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William always crafts work of the highest standard. He’s a true joy to work with.
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Fantastic collaboration and a wonderful string section.
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Brilliant musicianship on our song. I especially appreciate William's collaboration.
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Wonderful skilled and world-class production. I look forward to working with William on the next tracks.
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You couldn’t ask for anyone better to play strings on your song. Give him a decent song and he’ll turn it into a great one! Thanks again William, I shall return!
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Great communication and orchestral production.
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Absolutely amazing new mix for our song - fabulous
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Amazing composer and musician as always. I look forward to our next project :)
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Fabulous composing and collaboration on this track. Looking forward to working on the next order.
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Five star performance EVERY TIME! Great player with a great feeling in what he plays! He knows the "sound" I'm, looking for and he delivers every time!
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Fantastic collaboration and brilliant violins
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Awesome job, done quickly and professionally. Would highly recommend!
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The arrangements on this track were complex and with delicate detail and collaboration, we make it just right.
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Another outstanding composition. William is a great producer
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Outstanding production and instrumental work. I really appreciate your collaboration on this song.
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get the job done fast! thank you
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Absolutely incredible musician and Producer with careful attention to detail.
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outstanding work on another track. William is an amazing violinist and producer
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Fabulous work on this track. We needed a good amount of collaboration to get it right and William was up to the task each revision. Great results.
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I have worked with William on multiple songs for my music project and every time he delivers outstanding work. His musicianship is amazing and I really appreciate his communication on each project. I will continue to work with William. Great job.
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Excellent delivery on a very complicated song of work with multiple instruments.
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Outstanding work on this track - musically amazing.
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One of the better connections I've made on Soundbetter. Extremely nice guy. Took my very minor request very seriously and did great job of helping me. Very professional, very quick turnaround and great sounding result. This is the way pros do it! He nailed it. Thank you!!!!
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William is an incredible musician and violinist I am very happy with the track we produced.
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I am absolutely impressed by the skill and emotion that we are producing together on this track. Thank you William. Your talents are appreciated.
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William is an incredible musician and our latest mix for our album is brilliant. Thanks
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Absolutely brilliant composer - so happy with the tracks and result.
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William is an incredible musical artist. The music produced is just what we've asked for.
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Oustanding mix! I am so proud of the music that William has mixed and produced for me. He deeply understands the emotion of my music and has worked with me on some outstanding tracks.
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William gives me lots of flavors to choose from. Superb.
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Tasteful as always, an amazing talent
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Super professional violinist with world-class sound!! It's always so amazing to collaborate with William, he is the man with massive amounts of positive energy and friendliness!
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theviolinist: Unparalleled talent. unparalleled customer service !
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Always the man
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Absolutely amazing very soon again!
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Fantastic to work with! Very talented and very prompt. Your songs will be in very good hands.
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William always delivers beautiful music, lovingly played. Highly recommended!
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William is outstanding to work with! He's a total pro, created excellent tracks, and was so accommodating with our turnaround time. Looking forward to next time!
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William is a gifted musician who always delivers the goods, and much more. Highly recommended not only for violin but also for viola and cello. The complete package!
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Always a pleasure working with William... high quality, speedy deliveries.
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Fantastic as always, a pleasure to work with
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High quality instrumentalist with great delivery times.
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Absolute pleasure to work with the Violinist. Brings real LIFE to my tracks and is so easy to work with.
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Always a fantastic experience. I am so grateful to have William in my songs.
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Always excellent, always professional. He's my kindred soul on this musical voyage.
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He's an amazing musician and I highly recommend him to anyone who needs strings. Did an entire string arrangement for a track and understood exactly what it needed. Plus, he's an amazing guy as well.
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Excellent! I couldn't be happier. Great sounding strings played by a great player.
William went above and beyond to ensure I got everything I needed for my track. He worked fast and replied to my messages even faster. Super professional all in all!
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Another great job by TheViolinist! Took my music and made my project better thank I had hoped. Outstanding service, fast turnaround and high-quality musical abilities and affordable. 4th job with him and I will be back!
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Exquisite work! Incredibly talented and easy to work with
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Outstanding work delivered in a timely fashion at a reasonable price. 3rd time working with theviolinst and I'm fully happy with his work and customer service. Great talent that is easy to work with!
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I am always in awe of how William is so utterly tuned in to the emotion and nuances in my songs. He always adds another dimension.
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Well . . . what can I say? Extraordinary input: standard of craft , and energy invested in the project. A wealth of information, hard to beat by any means. A brilliant musician who cares deeply about your project. I would highly recommend The Violinist for anyone in need of strings 'n things. Perfect.
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Excellent musician and fun to work with. Highly recommend.
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What a tremendous privilege it is to work with The Violinist. An opportunity you shouldn't miss.
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Superb quality, both in playing and in audio quality. Excellent communication, super speedy delivery. Thank you for the job well done!
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Absolutely brilliant, very happy with the result and William is super quick at responding. A+++++ highly recommended!
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He did a great job and very easy to work with :)
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William is passionate about providing the best quality results and he takes the time to implement relevant feedback that will make the client satisfied. I recommend working with him.
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I am so happy to work with William, he is very professional, accurate and fast. I still cant believe how fast he sent the violin recording :D Highly recommended !!
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He did a fantastic Job again. Giving my piano a foll waltz feeling so everybody can dance on it.
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It's hard to tell how surprised I became when I listened the fantastic result of his work. His sensibility to the music and his skills in playing the instruments and arranging the strings are admirable.
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I've always happy with William's work. He tells stories through his violin.
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Yet another virtuosic and sensitive performance! William is always a joy to work with.
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I have worked with William on multiple projects ranging in style from Celtic, to jazz manouche to rhythm and blues, and he always shines. A great player with good gear, so the recordings are as good as the performances. Highly recommended!
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Excellent musician, easy to work with, and an all-around nice guy! I needed a gypsy jazz violin track for a project and William delivered exactly what I was looking for and even went above my requirements. He'll definitely be my go-to guy anytime I need a violinist.
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William is professional and skilled. The mix and master of the 2 tracks was superb. I am overwhelmed with joy at how they sound. :)
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Incredible talent, awesome dude, a terrific experience!
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Brilliant work! Fast, professional, and a great human being :)
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William is always brilliant, and he can apply sublime nuances to my songs.
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Absolutely amazing violin, mixing and mastering on this track. I am so impressed with the passion behind William's violin - so real.
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Always great as usual. Already recommended. Thank you so much.
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William always knows exactly what to add to make my songs truly magical. Just an amazing soul.
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William did an amazing job and helped me enhance my arrangement to a whole new level. I will certainly hire him again.
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William is so intuitive and pleasant to work with. Fantastic skills. He is also very bright and has a great sense of humour.
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I've become a regular! Consistently high quality work... the best!
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the best.. dedicated, passionate, and inspirational
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He's just an amazing soul who knows how to morph his playing for any song I give him.
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Always excellent work. Incredible.
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Professional, amazingly intuitive and sensitive to the individual feel of each song. Brilliantly talented musician.
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Amazing, above and beyond my expectations
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William can tune into anything you are doing and make it sublime. He is a rare gem.
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William is fantastic in every song I give him...Always adapting, always beautiful, heartfelt music.
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Excellent piece of work as always. Highly recommended!
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I've played with many virtuosos, and he is at the top of the list. But what makes him unique is his ability to hone into the emotion of your song and add something that makes it truly special. That can't be taught.
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Great work as always he played what he was asked for with a feeling and emotion and tried to reach the sound that I wanted. Really cares about someone's music not just a session player but much more than that. Highly recommended by me!
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William plays with visceral emotion. He plays with the blood as Rodrigo says in Mozart in the Jungle. I'm very fortunate to have him on board for my latest musical venture. Check out his album Songs of War, which is one of my all time favorite recordings.
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William is always happy to go that extra mile to get the most out of the music.
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AMAZING work!
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William is fantastic to work with. He is a gifted and creative musician.
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theviolinist is an absolute pleasure to work with. Added exactly what I needed. Very talented!
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very easy to work with. a complete professional. i highly recommend working with him.
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A wonderful musIcian, who I have no hesitation in recommending. William is very easy to work with, and always delivers a high quality and sensitive performance
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truly a professional. easy to work with. i highly recommend him.
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A true professional, who delights in his work. It is always a pleasure to work with this man. I highly recommend him.
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It was a great experience and I would certainly work with William again. He went above and beyond to add a solo violin performance to my song based on my original version and created his own original performance to give me more options. I would encourage anyone looking for a professional to strongly consider working with William.
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William is an amazing, rare talent! His gift is bringing your vision to life in every way you dreamed! He can play anything - in any style - in every way you imagined...and his sound is just beautiful!
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Will is easy to work with and always delivers high quality work. He really adds to the track with his violin parts that go together perfectly with whats already down.
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He makes good music brilliant
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William is a pleasure to work with, and provided me with violin and viola tracks that were so beautifully played they nearly brought tears to my eyes.
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Well. William makes the impossible possible. He brought a string section with Cello, Viola and two violins to my rather complicated blues piano track. And now we have something really new. It is a great work.
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Excellent violinist, high quality work, also goes the extra mile when working on your project.
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William is one of the rare musicians who adds something to my music what I cannot expect. There are many who do a good job you can be satisfied with, but he is exceptionell.
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William is my favorite Violinist: I have worked with him on several songs. And he will stay my favorite violinist for some more songs. He is so creative with a highest musicality and a long time experience in many fields of music.
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Another brilliant string work was done by the violinist.
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This one was the longest and most complex piece of music I did with the violinist. He did it, so in the end, it was so beautifull that tears run down of his and my eyes.
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With theviolinist I found person who is a very very deeply interested in the what he is doing with a great ability in improvisation in understanding what the music you send him is. He is very surprising and he added more to my music than I could ever expect. If you need someone with outstanding abilities add him to your musical work.
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I've worked with William many times before - He is an extreme TALENT! You will feel like you're a great composer, when it is actually William's skill at making everything WORK and SOUND GREAT! As I say at the end of every track with William, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE!
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William does great work and is always a pleasure to work with!
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Excellent production and fabulous communication. William is professional and he is superb at production, mixing and violin. Thanks again William.
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He is the best one I ever got. It's always completely surprising what he will do with your music.
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An excellent, experienced violinist. Highly recommend to anyone looking to add violin to their work. William is the man for the job.
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Another project with William and again, excellent end result on his part. His multiple layer violin recordings gives you many, many options on how to edit it into the final track, and they always sound great. Pleasure to work with William, and will again in the future. Top Job.
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Another great addition to the track by William, very easy to work with.
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Great communication and even better violin work. Easy to work with, fast turnaround time too. Look forward to working with William again.
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Very skillful performer.
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When you hire William to perform your song, you hire a true artist with absolute dedication to getting into your hands a performance that will echo into eternity. His work ethic and determination to get things just right is nothing short of astounding - and man oh man can he make that violin sing!
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William has the heart and soul of a true poet and it's reflected in his playing and correspondence. He has excellent tone and vibrato and plays with great emotion and feel. The sound quality of the recordings are studio level. He's one of the nicest guys I've ever worked with in the music business.
Interview with theviolinist
Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?
A: That anyone can not only play the violin, but knows how to record it! Recording a violin is not easy. Knowing your mic,software, and how your playing has to fit with the mix is really, really important. Knowing about levels, 24bit against 16 bit, noise levels (or, in my case a totally clean signal!).. all these things are really important and a lot of people seem to think that if you play well you can make a good enough sound to go on their record. duh! The violin must be recorded correctly, first!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have used all the DAWs, Cubase, Sonar, Logic etc etc... recently I changed from Ableton Live 9 to Reaper. This was forced upon me! I was gigging in Ethiopia and my laptop crashed. I had to borrow a laptop. It was a Mac. And I had to continue my internet work! The only program that allowed me to do that right away was Reaper. No huge expensive install, and it did everything I needed. When I got back home I started to learn Reaper. Man, I am amazed at what one can do with this software. For me, the quality of the sound is utmost and Reaper allows me to record the way I hear the music. Perfectly. Fast. Rendering is fast and extremely flexible, something I also need. Then, I use mainly a DPA 4099v for the violin. I have and can use large diaphragm mics, but the sound of the DPA with the way I know how to play makes a sound that is real easy to fit into a mix. I love this mic! I now also use an LUFS meter so I can deliver iTunes etc ready mixes if desired. :-)
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I play more or less anything, within reason, and will refuse work that I don't think is up to scratch. I have played most genres and it works like this: I receive an mp3 and a request to add violin. Sometimes the customer sends only the mp3, other times a pdf of the score, and or a midi file with the notes. If I have the notes I will read them. If not I memorize or transcribe and then play. Yet other times I am requested to "just do my thing." This is what I really love to do. Just improvise to music. That is where the magic happens!
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: That last one, the Nocturne. The composer send a request, including a pdf of the violin score. I "knew" he would order so I started to practice the (difficult) piece. Thirty minutes later I got the order, and had already practiced the piece. I still love to listen to it. Excellent violinistic writing and great music. I also then improvised whole sections,which he loved, and he is working on a second version of his music, with my improvs in there too!
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: I started at age 10. Entered the Royal Academy on a scholarship at age 14. Left there at 18 having gigged in the best orchestras as an "extra", led orchestras in Germany, Scotland, etc, toured the world as a classical violinist. I then stopped that, programmed computers in Switzerland (all the time making my own music) then started playing jazz violin. I toured with my own jazz band for years, all the time being asked to play this, play that. I joined a gypsy jazz band as violinist in France and toured with them. The many, many requests did not stop, so, and so, that is what I do now. I get to make really diverse music with great people. Wonderful!
Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?
A: Be specific. Don't tell me "play like an angel here." Tell me you want this part sounding agressive, calm, beautiful, like a sunrise on top of a mountain when you are alone in the world. Tell me where and for how long, exactly as you can. Then, trust me.
Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?
A: violin, laptop with Reaper installed (or on a USB stick!!), DPA mic, soundcard, a box with endless electricity!! Good to go! (the laptop would have all of Spectrasonics installed, Trilian, Omnisphere and RMX)
Q: What are you working on at the moment?
A: I have a violin promo video to make, to sell a violin for a company in Singapore. I just finished recording "Nocture for Violin and Drone" by a Swedish composer. Great stuff!
Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?
A: Just joined.
Q: Analog or digital and why?
A: Digital. Silly question why. You cannot get past electronics.
Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?
A: Quality. Music that fits theirs. Great violin playing.
Q: What do you like most about your job?
A: The freedom! Playing so many different types of music. Learning new music every day. A total education.
Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?
A: They ask me (IF they ask) why am I so expensive compared to "others". I tell them: go listen to the others. Then come back to me. :-)
Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?
A: I refer to my previous answers.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: My style is your style.
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Ha! I would LOVE to record with the French artist Lara Fabian. Her voice is amazing on many, many videos. And the songs she sings "Je suis Malade" comes to mind. :-)
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: Let the punishment fit the crime, as they say. Listen to the music, listen to the customer's wish, and play/record accordingly. The cusomer is, in this case, mostly, right!
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Any style, seriously!
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: My strongest skill? I love music, I love the violin, I love recording the violin, hearing that beautiful sound and people going "wow!"
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring passion, vast musical experience, great technical skill, a desire for perfection (nothing leaves me without me being satisfied enough to put my name to it). I bring a love for music and knowledge of HOW to record a violin to get the best sound for the mix. This is gold!
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: Listen, then record. It is that simple! Sometimes, depending on the song, I will just hit record and play along as I listen for the first time. If the music is well written one can hear where it is going to go and improvising is easy. These are some of the best "takes" when the magic arrives.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I am inspired by anyone who plays well and makes that "special" sound on their instrument.

I was the violinist in this production
- ViolinAverage price - $100 per song
- ViolaAverage price - $100 per song
- Mixing EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
- Mastering EngineerAverage price - $100 per song
- String ArrangerAverage price - $100 per song
- Film ComposerAverage price - $100 per minute
- Game AudioAverage price - $100 per day
You send me an mp3 of your music. I will have a listen and get back to you. I will return at least one track of violin (24 bit, dry wav) for the set price. However, I normally deliver more!
- I use DPA and Rode mics
- record in 24 bit and deliver the highest quality recordings.
email me and I'm sure we can work out a deal :-) I have over 800 5* reviews elsewhere online, but, I want ALL my clients to ask for, and get, a great deal here on soundbetter!!!! the best!
- Mixing MasteringFeb 10, 2019
Hi guysngals! ok, you want a real good mix, and mastered for iTunes? youtube? any other streaming service? for a CD, you want it squash up real loud? do you wish to listen to your music without getting a headache? gentle music? EMD! just send me, and I shall make you a great deal! I use Melda Plugins, Yamaha flat studio monitors etc etc... :-)
- Happy, successful new yearJan 15, 2019
to all my new friends and musicians here on soundbetter..
may your force be with you!
William.
- Loudness WarsOct 25, 2016
I'm currently working on another album for a guy in America and he asked specifically that the end result be mastered for iTunes. Well, for the first time I was in need of an accurate LUFS meter!
I downloaded loads of demos... and finally settled on the https://www.klangfreund.com/lufsmeter/
This meter is very accurate, and allows many methods of faster working. - Promo VideoMay 03, 2016
Today I took delivery of the violin I have to review. It came all the way from Singapore, and I must say I was really surprised!
It is a "cheap" chinese violin, but for the money? It sounds not bad at all! I can imagine how it would sound with good strings - they always save on strings with these instruments.
Anyway, I have some work to do!