What happens when you combine a fiery frontman with mad acoustic guitar skills and a cool as a cucumber super drummer? You get the Indie folk rock duo known simply as WiL.

Not one for school, ‘Billy’s’ youth consisted of skateboarding and holing himself up listening to music; everything from the country twang of Chet Atkins to the raucous punk sound of The Sex Pistols but It wasn’t until 1998, after hearing the flagrant use of an overdrive pedal on an acoustic guitar in Neutral Milk Hotels ‘In an Aeroplane over the Sea', that he really started refining and defining his sound and playing style, mesmerizing listeners with an unusual strumming technique while creating lush, fat and full acoustic guitar sounds that have since become signature to the live experience’ but it has taken the better part 20 years to get there and he’s still not done. Fastidious. Yes. Meticulous. Yes. A.D.D.?? Probably, but it’s precisely this that has landed him some pretty cool gigs. Standouts include opening for soul legend Mavis Staples, Canadian Indie darling, Feist and one of his music heroes, Ray LaMontagne.  

Watch Travel Alberta's stunning video called Alberta featuring Roam by WiL: https://youtu.be/ThFCg0tBDck

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This song was born from a commercial piece that I composed. I didn't land the job but the song stuck so I developed it into what it is now. The idea for 'Lion’s Feet' was born from a commercial composition I had worked on but didn’t get. It featured a wonderful, wee gal, probably nine or so, walking through a theme park with her little dog; exploring the sights with great wonderment. It got me thinking of what it's like to be a child; unencumbered by general fear, consequence and worry; a time when our imaginations weren’t somewhat squashed by the weight of life….. that is, unless you arrive at an epiphany later in life to have come full circle, no longer giving a shit about stuff that ultimately does not matter; instead concentrating on the present and acknowledging the joy that any moment can bring. 

That’s what the song means…. 

And then my wife, best friend, Caroline, had a dream one night about a video for this song so she wrote it all down like a screenplay, storyboarded it with her sister Vanessa then went on the hunt for an animator. She found one online, a gentleman named Tom in Croatia and contacted him then they spend about 6 months or so, during co-vid working together via the internet. Her interpretation of the subject matter combined with Tom’s whimsical animation style just worked. I think they really nailed it. You can watch that here: https://youtu.be/h9tCVBlGHno

The Gold Mine

Lion's Feet

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Lions Feet

Stream download here: https://wil.hearnow.com/im-sorry
or via WiL's music store at https://linktr.ee/ibreakstrings 

I think in any relationship, being lovers, best friends or both you say things you just don't mean.
We all get complacent or cranky at times. It's human nature to have bad moments, or days... the important
thing is to know how and when to say I'm Sorry.

I'm Sorry

Stream / download via WiL's digital music store at https://linktr.ee/ibreakstrings

The song was penned for Travel Alberta and is heard in several ads in the award winning media campaign called 'Remember to Breathe'. The video features this track which won Gold at The 2012 ITB's in Berlin.

There Is

A guitar driven country lick about being your own governor of givn'r 
Stream / download via WiL's digital music store at https://linktr.ee/ibreakstrings

A Whoo Hoo

From Travel Alberta's award winning media campaign called 'Remember to Breathe'. Watch 'Float Plane Fishing Trips' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hxVvZPlMtU&feature=share&list=UUgJGzl

Close Your Eyes and See

Fishing

Gilded Walls

As heard in the flagship video 'Alberta' from Travel Alberta's award winning media campaign called 'Remember To Breathe - Watch the stunning video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThFCg0tBDck. 
Stream/download via https://linktr.ee/ibreakstrings

Remember to Breathe

Roam

From Travel Alberta's award winning media campaign called 'Remember to Breathe'. Watch Summer Adventures in Alberta - 'https://youtu.be/cKBkvpOpprg'

Hold Me On

From Travel Alberta's award winning media campaign called 'Remember to Breathe'. 
Watch 'Rockies by Day, Calgary by Night' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1LZWqcmXI

Look Around

William Mimnaugh (stage name wiL&Co) is a contemporary roots artist who makes his home on Vancouver Island, Canada. Known for his fiery live show, enigmatic stage presence and mad skill with an acoustic guitar, the 53 year old front man (he tours with a drummer and occasionally adds players)is also known for penning ‘Roam’ flagship anthem to Travel Alberta’s stunning international media campaign called 'Remember to Breathe'.

A Whoo Hoo

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