Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Blisspop is a nationally touring themed dance party company. We throw Hot In Herre, the biggest & longest-running 2000s dance night in the country, as well as other well-performing events such as Can’t Feel My Face 2010s Dance Party and SOS: The Recession Pop Party. I'm also a DJ, recording artist, and talent buyer for U Street Music Hall Presents. We’ve presented hundreds of the most significant, up-and-coming, and forward-thinking artists in dance and live electronic music for 15 years and counting.
DJ owned and operated since 2000 No attitude, just fun & dancing Blisspop is a nationally touring themed dance party company. We throw Hot In Herre, the biggest & longest-running 2000s dance night in the country, as well as other well-performing events such as Can’t Feel My Face 2010s Dance Party and SOS: The Recession Pop Party. Blisspop events are nation wide, currently in over 30 cities across 25 states and growing. My promoter career began in 2000 with Bliss, a monthly resident night focused on melding indie rock with emerging dance music in a no-attitude/no velvet rope setting. While DJing at night, I worked by day for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History documenting the history of the Nobel Prizes, the American Presidency and, on the side, histories of the electric guitar and sound recording technologies. The Bliss monthly event, meant to be a temporary creative release, would set my course toward a music career. Growing over time, Bliss became one of DC's longest running emerging dance music club nights, lasting 15 years, eventually morphing into a number of themed dance parties the first being No Scrubs 90s Dance Party with cofounder DJ Brian Billion. No Scrubs would go on to sell out DC's iconic 9:30 Club dozens of times in the late 00s and 2010s. Building on experience with Bliss, I dedicated myself to a full time DJ and music production career in 2007. In 2010, I was a member of the team that conceptualized and opened U Street Music Hall where I was the lead talent buyer and general clown about the place for 10 incredible years until Covid rudely closed its doors in 2020.
Music is life. Life is music. That’s what we believe at U Street Music Hall Presents. We’ve presented hundreds of the most significant, up-and-coming, and forward-thinking artists in dance and live electronic music for 15 years and counting.
Releases on Defected, Nurvous Records, Main Course, Plant Music, Output Noise, Teenage Riot Records, and Blisspop Recordings Will's debut single (co-produced with Micah Vellian), “Feelin’”, received endorsements from dance music legends Fatboy Slim and Donald Glaude. More original productions and remixes received broad support from artists diverse as Daniel Avery, Aeroplane, and Tiesto, and earned features on BBC Radio 1 and NPR. Covid killed my vibe and a half-complete album begun in late 2019 remains unfinished. I've been a musical hermit since, writing songs on piano just for fun, and enjoying raising our son. Maybe I'll release some new music someday, but if not it's been a wonderful gift connecting with people around the world through art. Music is love.
Credits: NPR/WAMU 1A theme and sound design http://wamu.org/show/1a Songs in the soundtrack of Above The Shadows (2019) starring David Johansen and Megan Fox Theme music Smithsonian Institution's Prototype Online: Inventive Voices podcast
U Street Music Hall ("U Hall') was regarded as one of the finest dance clubs and live music venues in Washington, D.C. Central to this reputation was an uncompromising focus on artistic talent and a safe, inclusive environment for patrons. U Hall bookings spanned the underground and mainstream of dance music, and nurtured new artists on their way to international success. The venue hosted well-known electronic music pioneers and also served as an incubator for newer, local sounds such as the Moombahton Massive parties. Countless artists graced its stage and DJ booth on their way to stardom including Sam Smith, Disclosure, Flume, Odesza, Teedra Moses, Kaytranada, Rita Ora, Sampha, Dillon Francis, Rex Orange County, Freddie Gibbs, Lewis Capaldi, Flosstradamus, Claude Vonstroke, Marc Rebillet, Black Coffee, Big Wild, Rüfüs Du Sol, Omar Apollo, Fisher, Louis The Child, Roosevelt, IDK, Lost Frequencies, Madeon, Charlotte de Witte, Duke Dumont, Charli xcx, Chris Lake, Charlie Puth, Troyboi, SG Lewis, Goldlink, Lil Yachty, Thundercat, H.E.R., and many more. U Street Music Hall became a musical nexus for DC’s culturally diverse population. Press coverage of the club regularly emphasized its unwavering commitment to bring world-class musical talent to DC in a world-class venue. The venue closed its doors in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic and was reborn as U Street Music Hall Presents, continuing its legacy of bringing the most significant, up-and-coming, and forward-thinking artists in dance and live electronic music to the region.