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Sam Wiley from the band "THE WILEY ONE, grew up in Miami, Mexico City and Phoenix. Being the son of an author and artist, Wiley's first love was writing. At the age of 7, Wiley began writing creative short stories, poetry and lyrics for his older siblings who were all aspiring musicians. Wiley grew up surrounded by a musical family, which heavily influenced him to learn about music. He began taking guitar lessons from his older brother Michael Wiley (composer) starting at the age of 9 years old, singing lessons from sister Marta Wiley (WOMB) at the age of 10, and drum lessons from his sister Cristiana Wiley (WOMB) at the age of 12.
Though Wiley began composing songs at the age of 13, it was during his early college years at Northern Arizona University when he began to spread his wings as a singer/songwriter. In early 2001 Wiley started performing locally and was being compared to various popular acoustic artists such as G-Love & Special Sauce, Sublime, Nick Drake, Jack Johnson and Jason Mraz.
After recording freshman album "No 7 Kid", Wiley added New York-born bassist, Jay of the Funk who is known for his acoustic slap style, and the amazingly talented jazz drummer, CTX of Identity Crisis. Live shows incorporate acoustic, hip-hop, blues, jazz, reggae and folk styles.
Today, The Wiley One's music is rapidly gaining recognition. The unique bouncy-bluesy string style riffs combined with creative lyrical poetry have attracted audiences far and wide. The Wiley One has evolved into one of the most impressive up and coming bands in the Southwest. "No. 7 Kid," received exciting reviews from The Phoenix New Times, among others, and is spreading like wild fire through the West Coast and beyond. Radio Stations from K-Rock in Los Angeles, California to The Edge 103.9FM in Phoenix, Arizona have featured live performances and airings of The Wiley One's music.
Since The Wiley One signed to Independent Record Label, Sundawg Records, in 2007, their concerts have ranged from main stage performances and broadcasts at the 2008 Winter X-Games in Aspen, CO and the 2008 and 2009 Summer X-Games in Los Angeles in which Sam Wiley was the T.V. Co-host for Disney/X-Games Environmentality for their new single "GO GREEN". The song was picked up by Disney/XGames/Environmentality and ESPN to support the environmental efforts for their Websites. The WILEY One has also partnered with ZERO HERO EVENTS in which a portion of every purchase of "GO GREEN"
from iTunes will be donated to the Zero Hero Scholarship Fund, designed for touring artists and musicians to learn how to be environmentally responsible while on tour.
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The Wiley One was also the main stage performer for the 2008 NFL Network Superbowl Party in Scottsdale, AZ and the main stage performer for 2009 Jocks that Rock Super Bowl Party with host Dennis Rodman in Tamba Bay, FL. They have also performed with such acts as Big Bad Voodoo Daddies, Sweat Shop Union, Lord Jamar, The Dirty Heads, and Roger Clyne and The Peace Makers. Other notable performance venues include The Marquee Theatre in Phx AZ, The House of Blues in Las Vegas NV and The New York Song Writers Circle in NYC. The WILEY One recently headlined 2009 HEMPFEST in Seattle, WA for over 80,000 in attendance.
They will be touring in 2010 with their forthcoming album entitled "Kill it with Love," which is currently being produced by multi-platinum producer Gardner Cole who in the past has worked with the likes of Madonna, Tina Turner and Peter Murphy just to name a few.
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