2000-2010

2000-2010 with Gregory Hillman

From 2000-2010 Gregory Hillman has participated in and run a variety of both public and private live musical performances. Many of these performances can be seen on the "Live Music Venues" page. In 2000 Gregory moved to California after performing live with Third World County. He performed at local hotels and community centers for practice because he did not have a keyboard or a piano for almost a year. In 2001 Gregory created MARINAPALOOZA with others in Marina del Rey California. This festival is still around today and is experienced at a variety of harbors around the United States. In 2002 Greg began focusing on writing music to express the time and feeling in the Ventura County area. His sounds came from listening and performing with Jeff Elliott, Davey Miller, Bruce Kimmell, and other local Ventura artists. Gregory then formed Gregory Hillman's Band in 2003 which performed at public and private events all over the United States. Bruce Kimmell was instrumental in finding many of the top musicians for the band including Nim Sadot, Brad Dawson, Brad Buley, Nathaniel Morgan, Brad Henkel, Kevin Farrell, Brian Wright, Dave Zyre, Doug Shreeve, Zach Morris, Riz, and others.

2000 Special Music Events

He performed live many times including a special performance in 2003 with Nim Sadot, Brad Dawson, and Bruce Kimmell at the Majestic Ventura Theater when he opened for the Neville Brothers. 2004 included many private events in Ojai, Baltimore, and California with many public performances with Bobby Campbell in Westlake at Ciscos. This bar burned shortly after Gregory Hillman, Bobby Campbell, Rod Weed, and Tim Conklin stopped performing their normal Thursday night rock covers from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Gregory then performed live in Seattle many times at west coast weddings and other public venues including the Treehouse Lounge in Poulsbo, Washington. Hillman now performs with Blue City and his own band at clubs and lounges like Capelli Lounge in Westwood, Wine Lovers in Ventura, and Zoeys in Ventura. He is available for booking and private music entertainment through Corporate Event Music.