![]() It was from there that I was hooked on Williams and her style. On “ Juvenescence,” I love how she moves through arpeggios and slides up and down her pitch to further translate her expression all while she’s double-tapping like Eddie Van Halen. The tempo slows on “ I Wonder (Song for Michael),” which features more percussion in the form of lightly slapping the strings. ![]() In between, you can hear the strings squeak and the sound of a plastic hitting the pickguard to create a delightful ambient rhythm. On the opening track, “ Sunshowers,” it is mesmerizing to hear how the bass and treble notes resonate as her fingers sound like they dance across the fretboard. She composed the songs to reflect the timeline of and her feelings about those events that happened throughout 2020. Williams wrote the album as a response to protests over racial equality following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor as well as the Covid-19 pandemic. ![]() She often plays the acoustic using lap-tapping technique she picked up playing “Guitar Hero,” in addition to creating using alternate tunings, percussive hits to create a distinct and appealing sound.īy combining looping intricate acoustic guitar licks like Keller Williams and tying together narratives like guitarist Glenn Jones throughout “Urban Driftwood,” released Jan. Her debut, “Unwind,” was released the following year. In 2012, Williams released an EP, “Serendipity,” and then studied music theory and composition at New York University, graduating in 2017. She played electric for a few years before picking up the bass and then moved on to 12-string guitar, classical and the acoustic guitar, which she currently plays. The 24-year-old from northern Virginia, Willims found the guitar in eighth-grade by beating “Guitar Hero 2” on expert level After asking her parents for an electric guitar and amplifier, she then taught herself how to play in 2009. ![]() The fingerstyle guitarist has honed her own style of playing and is delighting ears with the sounds of her sophomore album, “Urban Driftwood.” Yasmin Williams, however, is a young picker and she is absolutely incredible. I immediately thought to myself – shit, I’m not a young picker. He then turned to his brother and in response, I got a forwarded message that began “A young picker – wonderful!” So, I sent Paul Dixon, friend and composer of “The High Note” intro music, an email looking for some songs to learn. I recently decided to get back into fingerpicking. ![]()
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