Bill Menacher

At the age of 14, the rock group Bill was a member of opened for Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. His group later opened for Stevie Wonder and often played at the Hullabaloo Club in Toledo with the likes of Bob Seger. A musician for over 40 years, Bill has been writing songs since the mid 1970s. Prior works include scores for two original musicals produced at the University of Toledo. Bill has licensed songs to National Geographic channel and recently with a cable reality series.  In addition, he has had separate songs licensed to tv (MTV, VH1, Lifetime, Oxygen Network) and film/tv libaries. He has also had a number of songs selected as finalists in the Song of The Year contest sponsored by VH1's Save the Music Foundation. Bill runs his own home studio, Madison Arts Studio, and is proficient on bass, six-string guitar, piano, harmonica and is presently learning the violin. He is currently a member of the North Coast Concert Band and North Coast Big Band.