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Just Dance Kids 2

akw produced vocals and produced the vocals for Just Dance Kids, 2, for the Wii, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii – keep an eye out for its release this fall!

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/22/just-dance-kids-2-shakes-it-all-about-this-october/

them

Now it’s time for a little vintage – austin’s music vid for “them”, off american pi. Enjoy!

And while you’re at it, check out other videos on the vid page. View full article »

HJ Concert Review

Concert Review: The House Jacks at the Grass Valley Center for the Arts, 4.30.10

Austin Willacy (tenor and frequent lead) showed his vocal flexibility to be, as always, stellar.  All you can do as you follow the peaks and valleys and soaring flights is just smile in wonderment.  You never quite know where you’ll end up, but you know the guy flying this plane knows what he’s doing. View full article »

Check out the new post on akw & ‘Till Dawn in Marin Magazine’s Staff Blog! View full article »

Photos by Sonya Yruel

Sonya Yruel – Tumblr: I had the opportunity to photograph the wonderful and talented Austin Willacy yesterday. He’s a singer, songwriter, and member of the a capella rock band, The House Jacks. A little trade and barter is common within the different industries of the art world, and Austin lent me one of his songs for my website, and in return, I snapped some portraits of him. View full article »

Tourism Tasmania

“It Feels Good”, one of austin willacy’s all vocal compositions, is being used as part of a 6 month, national televised advertising campaign in Australia and Tasmania for the Lumina Festival:

For more on the festical, visit discovertasmania.com

you were everything”, a single off of 9 impossible proofs, is featured on Rock Band Network, a system designed by Harmonix Music Systems with the help of Microsoft to allow musical artists and record labels to make their music available as playable tracks for the Rock Band series of video games. View full article »

austin was just nominated for a 2010 A Cappella Community Award for “Favorite Songwriter”! Check it out…

Welcome

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On January 15, 2010, austin received an Avanti Award (with an attached 3 year grant) to continue his work with ‘Til Dawn, Youth in Arts’ multi-award winning teen a cappella group.

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