An artist from the 805
Music. Culture. Community. That's the WiLLiS way.
CONVIVIR EP Release Listening PartySat July 11. Drippin' Chicken, Santa Barbara. 5 to 9 PM. No entry fee.RSVP Free
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My latest radio interview on Q95.9 with Mambo. The story behind the music, in my own words. Press play.
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Where to see WiLLiS next. Roll through, bring la gente.
Fri · Jul 31
Son y Sabor · 409 State St, Santa Barbara
6:30 PM – 2 AM
21+ · $20 before 10 PM · Presale available
On the bill
Chicano Culture SB throws down a multi-floor fundraiser for the 805 UndocuFund. WiLLiS joins the first-floor lineup alongside a full roster of DJs and cumbia all night.
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The Story
Your normal everyday guy has a story. Your neighbor has a story. WiLLiS is the artist telling his out loud, in English and in Spanish, because that's how he was raised in the 805 and that's how the music comes out.
From Santa Barbara and the working Central Coast, WiLLiS is rooted in urban-Latin sensibility and built on heart-forward emotional honesty. He makes music for people who treat songs like journal entries. Listeners who want feeling, not filler.
The thesis is simple. An ordinary man is capable of extraordinary things, and the proof is in showing up, again and again, with the scars visible.
I believe we are the light.
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Real conversations. The story behind the music, in my own words.
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Bio
WiLLiS is an urban-Latin artist from Santa Barbara, the 805, writing from the inside out. His music is the heart-on-sleeve kind. Songs that turn ordinary chapters into anthems and treat fans like family, not metrics.
Built on the belief that an ordinary man is capable of extraordinary things, the project is part music, part movement. A record of a Central Coast life being lived, in two languages, with the scars left in.
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Por Mi - WiLLiS Check out the EP "CONVIVIR" GO TO: WILLIS805.COM #latinmusic #805 #california #music
@Q959fm interview with Mambo in The Morning Radio Show watch the full interview @ willis805.com
"LOCO" - Music Video OUT NOW La Cancion Principal Del EP "CONVIVIR"THE WEBSITE: willis805.com
tonight 7-9pm
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The CONVIVIR drop just landed. For Your Love Collection — limited run, straight from the artist.
