Personal Information

Last name / first name Wills Gil / Nicolas

address 310 Knolls Place
Nashville, TN, 37211
Telephone   +1 6572755948
e-mail nicolaswills@musician.org
websites leitonlay.weebly.com, elnuevocoyote.weebly.com

Experience
05 / 2011 - present El Nuevo Coyote (Alternative Rock Band)
Composer/Producer, Lead Vocalist, Lead Guitarist, Keyboardist,
Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Percussion
04 / 2017 until 07 / 2020 “Proyecto Khoka” - Composer and music/audio producer
11 / 2016 - present Barriotriste Films, Perrobravo Films, Criterion Collection
Field recordist and mixer, Boom operator
03 / 2009 until 10 / 2013 Freelance Music Teacher (Composition, Acoustic/ Electric Guitar)
09 / 2015 - present Composer/Producer for advertisement
(Perrobravo Films, Dragonfly Films, Avenida Films, Cerveza Poker,
Leonisa, Pacifika, etc.)
03 / 2008 until 09 / 2010 Perros Calientes (Synth Punk Band)
Composer, Lyricist, Lead Singer, Rhythm Guitarist
12 / 2007 until 08 / 2014 "Color Amazonia" Art-Film and Sound Installation
Composer, Field Recordist, Audio Producer, Medellin - Colombia.
07 / 2006 until 10 / 2010 "Todos Somos Historia” TV series - CanalU Medellin
Composer and Musical Producer
"Historia de las Ideologias Politicas” TV series - CanalU Medellin
Composer and Music Producer for the 48 episode Television series 
02 / 2005 until 11 / 2007 "ISME Project" Universidad EAFIT
Assistant Researcher and Composer in the 
development of new “Sonographical Interfaces
and Pure Data based Instruments”

Education and Training
10/ 2020 until 12 / 2020 Acoustic Guitar Craft at Musicians Institute in Nashville, TN
10/ 2019 until 06 / 2020 Electric Guitar Craft at Musicians Institute in West Hollywood
09 / 2014 until 09 / 2015 Master of Arts, Composition for Film
ArtEZ High school for The Arts
Arnhem - Netherlands.
06 / 2001 until 11 / 2007 Bachelor of Music, Major in Composition
Universidad EAFIT Medellin - Colombia.
01 / 1985 until 12 / 1999 High school 
Deutsche Schule Medellin - Colombia.

Further Education
02 / 2018 until 04 / 2018 Punto Madera
Woodworking and Cabinet making.
Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television.
04 / 2013 until 10 / 2014 Advanced Film Music Composer
Musicube Academy, Bonn Germany.
06 / 2008 until 08 / 2008 Aspen Music Festival and School, Colorado USA
Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
Language Skills
Spanish - Native speaker 
English - Fluent (Full professional proficiency)
German - Fluent (Full professional proficiency)
Italian - Basic

Instruments
Electric Guitar 
Acoustic Guitar (Folk and Spanish)
Bass Guitar
Vocals (Tenor)
Piano, Keyboards (MIDI, Sequencing)
Drums, Percussion
Flute

Software
Pro-Tools, Apple Logic, Presonus Studio One, Cakewalk Sonar, Propellerhead Reason, Native Instruments Kontakt, Sony Sound
Forge, Adobe Audition, Finale, Sibelius, Pure Data, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, Izotope RX, Blender.

Prizes and Awards

First Place in "Young Talents Competition" Universidad Eafit 2007 with "Three Myths of the Americas".
"Three Myths of the Americas" was selected in 2009 for "The New Colombian Symphonic Music" Album and
recorded by the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra.