Bill Muter

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Bill Muter

| image = Bill_Muter_in_Playa_del_Carmen.jpg

| caption = Bill Muter performing at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival in 2018

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| alias = Tubavisionary

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|6|8}}

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| instrument = Tuba, bass guitar

| genre = Hip hop, jazz, neo soul

| occupation = Musician/music educator

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| label = Atlantic Arts and Entertainment

| associated_acts = Blast!, Mike Mineo, Shaun Martin, Drew Tucker, Matthew Whitaker, James Francies, Sarah Reich, Mani Hoffman, Eric Biddines

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Bill Muter (born June 8, 1984), also known as Tubavisionary, is an African American tuba player,{{cite web|url= http://www.lastrowmusic.com/tuba-and-euphonium/tuba/ |title=Tuba Artists |publisher=Last Row Music |accessdate=2020-06-16}} educator and author from South Florida. Muter is known by BuzzFeed as the "tuba player that can beatbox to any hip hop song",{{cite web|url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/atlanticarts/tuba-player-can-beatbox-to-any-rap-song-39mo6 |title=Tuba Player Can Beatbox To Any Rap Song |website=Buzzfeed |date=2017-12-21 |accessdate=2020-06-16}} and also for his music technique book titled A Practical Approach: Brass Pedagogy Book.{{cite web |url=http://brassmusician.com/a-practical-approach-for-tuba/ |title=A Practical Approach for Tuba | Brass Musician | The online magazine for brass players |publisher=brassmusician.com |accessdate=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914123122/http://brassmusician.com/a-practical-approach-for-tuba/ |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In the month of its release, A Practical Approach was a bestselling book on Apple's iBookstore Music Book Charts, topping The Beatles Songbook and the popular Real Book.{{cite web|url= http://www.bookchart.info/book/182192/A-Practical-Approach#.UagUyGTwJxs |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130702112414/http://www.bookchart.info/book/182192/A-Practical-Approach%23.UagUyGTwJxs |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 2, 2013 |title=Becoming Elite (Sin City) by Tricia Owens – Book Analysis | iTunes Book Charts |publisher=bookchart.info |accessdate=July 24, 2016}} A Practical Approach was also translated into Japanese and has been sold in all 47 Japanese prefectures in association with Blast!, Kyodo Tokyo and BrassTribe Magazine. Muter's English paperback version is currently available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon (company).{{cite book|title=Amazon|isbn=978-1105717901|last1=Muter|first1=Bill|date=March 27, 2013|publisher=Lulu.com }}{{cite web|url= https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-practical-approach-bill-muter/1121987159 |title=A Practical Approach |website=Barnes & Noble}} Along with A Practical Approach, Muter is also a contributing author of pedagogy materials to the International Tuba-Euphonium Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.iteaonline.org/members/pedagogy/index_pedagogy.php?page=Warm-ups |title=www.iteaonline.org/members/pedagogy/index_pedagogy.php?page=Warm-ups |publisher=iteaonline.org |accessdate=July 24, 2016 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816173707/http://www.iteaonline.org/members/pedagogy/index_pedagogy.php?page=Warm-ups |url-status=dead }}

He attended Spanish River Community High School, where he played music in the marching band.{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2001-11-11-0111090305-story.html|title=MARCHING BAND MAKES SOME NOISE | date = November 10, 2001 | newspaper = Sun-Sentinel | via = Sun-Sentinel.com | language = en-US | accessdate=February 19, 2019}} Later in life as an educator, Muter is a cultural ambassador for the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Jazz Ambassadors program. This is the same initiate pioneered by Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington in the 1950s. In this program, Muter toured as the tuba player and music director for Drew Tucker and the New Standard in partnership with the US embassies in Mérida, Mexico City and San Jose.{{cite web |url= https://amvoices.org/ama/ensembles-2018/drew-tucker-and-the-new-standard/ |title= Drew Tucker and the New Standard |access-date= August 11, 2019 |archive-date= August 11, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190811170129/https://amvoices.org/ama/ensembles-2018/drew-tucker-and-the-new-standard/ |url-status= dead }}{{failed verification|date=September 2019}} Muter has also worked with numerous universities across the United States and Japan and was also the curriculum advisor for Honeyland College in Lagos, Nigeria. Muter's teachings have also gained notoriety in Brass Musician Magazine{{cite web |url=http://brassmusician.com/tag/bill-muter/ |title=bill muter | Brass Musician | The online magazine for brass players |publisher=brassmusician.com |accessdate=July 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914130707/http://brassmusician.com/tag/bill-muter/ |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |url-status=dead }} and The New Times.{{cite web|url= https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/a-practical-approach-at-only-27-bill-muter-writes-the-book-on-playing-the-tuba-6405217 |title=A Practical Approach: At Only 27, Bill Muter Writes the Book on Playing the Tuba |publisher=New Times Broward-Palm Beach |date=2012-05-10 |accessdate=2020-06-16}}

As a performer, Muter has played and recorded with rapper Eric Biddines and was on his "The Local Cafe" album,{{cite web|url= https://www.discogs.com/Eric-Biddines-The-Local-Cafe/release/10023448 |work=Discogs |title=Eric Biddines – The Local Cafe |accessdate=2020-06-16}} which was featured on Okayplayer,{{cite web|url= https://www.okayplayer.com/audio/check-out-eric-biddines-new-lp-the-local-cafe-watch-video-for-peeuurrnn.html |title=Check Out Eric Biddines' Album 'The Local Cafe' + Watch Video For "Peeuurrnn" |work=Okayplayer |date=January 31, 2017 |accessdate=2020-06-16}} XXL (magazine){{cite web|url= https://www.xxlmag.com/eric-biddines-coffee-love-video/ |title=Eric Biddines Drops Sensual "Coffee Love" Video |work=XXL Magazine |date=March 8, 2017 |accessdate=2020-06-16}} and HipHopDX.{{cite web|url= https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.3021/title.up-next-by-dx-eric-biddines |title=Up NeXt By DX: Eric Biddines |work=HipHopDX |date=2017-01-29 |accessdate=2020-06-16}} The "Coffee Love" music video, a collaboration with the SuicideGirls was also featured on BET Jams.{{cite web|url= http://www.gripmagazine.com/eric-biddines-drops-coffee-love-video/ |title=Eric Biddines Spits Game to the Ladies in New Video "Coffee Love" [Watch Now] |work=Grip Magazine |date=2017-03-10 |accessdate=2020-06-16}} Muter has also worked with French Multi Platinum selling artist Mani Hoffman. Their music video "Change My World," produced by BalconyTV – The Orchard (company) featured Muter on tuba and peaked at #4 in the world.{{cite web|title=BalconyTV|url=http://www.balconytv.com/videos/freedom-in-the-groove-change-my-world|publisher=BalconyTV|access-date=March 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312144343/http://www.balconytv.com/videos/freedom-in-the-groove-change-my-world|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=usurped}} Muter has also worked with many other notable artists including Grammy Winner's Shaun Martin, Robert 'Sput' Searight, Larnell Lewis and Mark Lettieri of Snarky Puppy as well as Snarky Puppy's horn section. Muter has also played with James Francies (keyboardist with The Roots), tap dancer Sarah Reich from Postmodern Jukebox and Prince's last bassist MonoNeon (Dywane Thomas Jr.).

Muter's solo album "Off Script" produced by Mike Mineo{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzcorner.com/news/display.php?news=3656|title=120 TUBAS CREATE A BUZZ ON BILL MUTER'S NEW ALBUM "OFF SCRIPT" | JazzCorner.com News|publisher=jazzcorner.com|accessdate=July 24, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817222336/http://www.jazzcorner.com/news/display.php?news=3656|url-status=dead}} quickly gained attention by the press and The New Times quoted that Muter "has the potential to do for the tuba what Louis Armstrong did to the trumpet."{{cite web|url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2013/05/bill_muter_tuba_cool_off_script_album.php?page=2|title=Bill Muter Is Here to Show the World That Tubas Are Cool | New Times Broward-Palm Beach|publisher=blogs.browardpalmbeach.com|accessdate=July 24, 2016}} "Off Script" was also nominated for the Roger Bobo Excellence in Recording Award by the International Tuba Euphonium Association.{{cite web|title=International Tuba Euphonium Association|url=http://iteaonlinenews.blogspot.com/2014/|website=International Tuba Euphonium Association}} Muter's most recent work Topless in Tokyo was released in 2019 as both a paperback novel and a music album. Topless in Tokyo was featured in Last Row magazine{{cite web|url=https://www.lastrowmusic.com/audio-review-topless-in-tokyo-by-bill-muter/|title=Audio Review: Topless in Tokyo by Bill Muter |date=June 7, 2019 }} as well as Voyage Magazine, which named Muter one of Boca Raton's rising stars.{{cite web|url=http://voyagemia.com/interview/meet-bill-muter-delray-beach/|title=Meet Bill Muter in Delray Beach - Voyage MIA Magazine | Miami City Guide|date=June 20, 2019 }} Topless in Tokyo charted in the top 30 for the Global R&B Charts on Amazon Music, topping artists such as Al Green and more. This is a first for any solo instrumental tuba album.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/R-B-Playlists-Digital-Music/s?rh=n%3A625105011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A7755788011| website=Amazon }}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Topless-in-Tokyo/dp/B07PJ5KFRB|title=Topless in Tokyo|website=Amazon }}