Willis Earl Beal was born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois.[3] In his early twenties Beal joined the U.S. Army, moving to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Beal was medically discharged from the army due to intestinal and visual problems. He then returned to Chicago where he worked at Sears Tower, following a five-month hospital stay.[4]
Early career
In 2007, Beal moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here Beal spent some time homeless, and working entry-level jobs, notably as a night-shift security guard. During this time Beal began to record music, leaving CD-Rs in public spaces around Albuquerque. Beal would also leave self-illustrated flyers around the town in the hope of finding a girlfriend.[5] One of these flyers was discovered by Found Magazine who put Beal on the cover of their magazine.[1]Found later released a limited-edition box set called The Willis Earl Beal Collection, which included Beal's poetry, artwork and a 17-song album.[6] Through these flyers and the subsequent coverage in Found, Beal was contacted by more than 100 members of the public.[1]
Music career
Beal participated in auditions for Simon Cowell's The X Factor television show, but dropped out of the "boot-camp" stage of the competition.[7] In 2012, Beal signed a recording contract with Hot Charity, an imprint of independent record label, XL Recordings. Beal's first single for the labels, "Evening's Kiss" was released on February 17, 2012, and the accompanying music video was illustrated by Beal.[8] Beal's debut album, entitled Acousmatic Sorcery was released on April 2, 2012.[9]
^"Willis Earl Beal debuts new track and announces first ever UK shows". nme.com. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
External links
Official website
January 28, 2023
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article May 2013 This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Willis Earl Beal news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Willis Earl Beal also known as Nobody is an artist 1 and musician 2 Willis Earl BealBornChicago Illinois U S GenresLo fi folk experimental R amp B soul gospel bluesOccupation s Musicianrecording artistmusic producervisual artistwriteractorInstrumentsVocalsiPodcompact disc player8 track cassette playerportable p a synthesizer keyboardsguitarsbassharmonicaLabelsTender Loving EmpireThe Minimal BeatcdbabyPIAPTKWebsitewww wbr travelingeyes wbr net Contents 1 Early years 2 Early career 3 Music career 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksEarly years EditWillis Earl Beal was born on the south side of Chicago Illinois 3 In his early twenties Beal joined the U S Army moving to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Beal was medically discharged from the army due to intestinal and visual problems He then returned to Chicago where he worked at Sears Tower following a five month hospital stay 4 Early career EditIn 2007 Beal moved to Albuquerque New Mexico Here Beal spent some time homeless and working entry level jobs notably as a night shift security guard During this time Beal began to record music leaving CD Rs in public spaces around Albuquerque Beal would also leave self illustrated flyers around the town in the hope of finding a girlfriend 5 One of these flyers was discovered by Found Magazine who put Beal on the cover of their magazine 1 Found later released a limited edition box set called The Willis Earl Beal Collection which included Beal s poetry artwork and a 17 song album 6 Through these flyers and the subsequent coverage in Found Beal was contacted by more than 100 members of the public 1 Music career EditBeal participated in auditions for Simon Cowell s The X Factor television show but dropped out of the boot camp stage of the competition 7 In 2012 Beal signed a recording contract with Hot Charity an imprint of independent record label XL Recordings Beal s first single for the labels Evening s Kiss was released on February 17 2012 and the accompanying music video was illustrated by Beal 8 Beal s debut album entitled Acousmatic Sorcery was released on April 2 2012 9 Discography EditAlbumsAcousmatic Sorcery Hot Charity XL Recordings 2012 Nobody Knows Hot Charity XL Recordings 2013 Experiments in Time self released 2014 Experiments in Time The Golden Hour self released 2014 Noctunes Electric Soul Records Tender Loving Empire 2015 Turn cdbaby TMB Limited 2017 Turn Circle Sun amp Moon cdbaby TMB Limited 2017 ALMS Bandcamp cdbaby 2018 Morningstar Bandcamp Eyeless Records 2020 EPsPrinciples of a Protagonist BitTorrent 2012 A Place That Doesn t Exist self released 2013 Curious Cool self released 2014 Hourglass Bandcamp 2021 Blue Dawn Bandcamp Eyeless Records 2021 Flying So Low 12 Midnight TMB Limited 2015 7 Inch Single Through The Dark Tender Loving Empire 2016 A Chaos Paradigm Tender Loving Empire 2016 Circle self released 2017 Sun amp Moon self released 2017 Sad Sam Extended Player self released 2018 Feel You 2017 7 Inch single Dont You Forget About Me cover 3 ANGELS in collaboration with DruidanceReferences Edit a b c On Display Willis Earl Beal Chicago Reader chicagoreader com 2011 07 18 Retrieved 2011 07 18 Tracks Willis Earl Beal Evening s Kiss Pitchfork 2012 01 04 Retrieved 2011 07 18 Willis Earl Beal Tender Loving Empire Archived from the original on 2016 08 11 Ice Breaker Willis Earl Beal gq com 2012 03 23 Retrieved 2012 03 26 Portrait Willis Earl Beal Le roi est nu Standards and More Standardsandmore fr Retrieved 2012 05 07 On Display Found Magazine Shop foundmagazine com Usinger Mike May 2 2012 Bullshit free Willis Earl Beal has one hell of a backstory Georgia Straight Retrieved 13 March 2013 Video Willis Earl Beal Evening s Kiss thefader com 2012 02 23 Retrieved 2012 02 23 Willis Earl Beal debuts new track and announces first ever UK shows nme com 2012 02 07 Retrieved 2012 02 07 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willis Earl Beal amp oldid 1118282839, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
