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= Will Wolfe = Will Wolfe (Born William Saul Wolfe, March 30th, 2001) is an American Singer/Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. In 2019, Wolfe released his debut studio album Back Seat Driver (2019).In late 2019, following his debut album, Wolfe signed with Manimal Vinyl to release his recent single Saying Goodbye.

2001-2018: Early life and education
Wolfe was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Piedmont, California. For junior high, he went to Piedmont Middle School. Around this time he started playing guitar more often, and playing in small bands. In high school he was in a few bands including garage rock band Grayson (along with current drummer Gracie Ellis), who landed recording sessions with Grammy Award winning producer, Scott Mathews. As well, he was playing guitar in small jazz groups in bars and pubs throughout the East Bay Area. In his late high school career he began focusing more on learning production, and instruments other than guitar. Although having never considered himself a singer, he challenged himself to start his own project under his own name and voice. He spent hours everyday teaching himself instruments, as well as the necessary skills to produce his own album.

2018-2019: Back Seat Driver
Living in Piedmont, California and finishing his senior year of high school he began writing and recording his debut album Back Seat Driver.Spending full days at a time in his makeshift studio in his bedroom he began to record demos for the LP. He sent his newly recorded demos out and received interest from indie label Santa Rosa Records. However, came to the conclusion that he would release it independently. After spending months writing, recording, and producing his songs, on his 18th birthday (March 30th 2019) he released his debut LP Back seat Driver. The album gained instant traction earning Wolfe thousands of hits on spotify within a week of its release.

2019-present: Saying Goodbye and Sophomore LP
In his last months of high school he took a break from recording, and played his first few local shows under his own name. However, it was only a month after his album released that he went back to the drawing board to create his breakthrough singles Saying Goodbye and Into the View. He originally released the song indepently on May 4th of 2019, which caught the attention of Paul Beahan, CEO and founder of Manimal Vinyl. Wolfe and Beahan discussed a re-release of his single Saying Goodbye as well as distribution of its music video. In late 2019 he signed to Manimal Records, and is now working on his sophomore LP set the come out in mid 2020.

Artistry
Wolfe's style is influenced by many different genres. Everything from acoustic singer/songwriter to indie pop is heard in Wolfe's music. He writes many songs from an outside perspective on his own life. As if giving himself advice. His songs are mostly guitar driven, but he composes on piano and bass at times as well. On guitar, he plays mostly with a clean tone, but at times will use reverb, chorus, delay, and overdrive.

Equipment
Wolfe can be seen playing his white vintage American Stratocaster which he put together himself from fenders unused factory parts. Despite its DIY build quality, he has only ever used this guitar on his songs. He uses a Yamaha DX7 and a Yamaha MX61 as his primary synthesizers, as well as a Yamaha Portable Grand Piano, which he can get many alternative sounds out of. Most of his bass is played on a Fender Precision Bass. To record, Wolfe will sometimes mic up his fender amp. But mostly plays through his preamp of choice, the Focusrite ISA One. Wolfe uses a variety of modulation pedals but mostly keeps a clean tone on his guitar.