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Cale Hawkins is a keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Bemus Point, NY. In addition to his own solo music, he plays keys for Blu Cantrell, Sid Sriram, Cameron Galpin, Zayn Mohammed, J. Hoard, Ellen O'Brien, The Forty Five, and several other Boston-based artists.
He has also had the opportunity to work with artists like Bilal, Dwele, Homeboy Sandman, John Robinson, Eric Roberson, Tia Fuller (Beyonce), Alan Evans (Soulive), Lenny Stallworth (RH Factor), Alex Han (Marcus Miller), Preach Freedom (Rusted Root), Prakash John (Parliament-Funkadelic, Alice Cooper) and 10,000 Maniacs.
He has released two EPs: Organic Art, a fusion of soul, roots, and hip-hop music, and the Dorm Cuts Beat Tape, a collection of self-produced hip-hop beats. He also released two albums, Chrome and Random Acts of Confusion, at ages 14 and 16 respectively.
Cale Hawkins is endorsed by Novation keyboards and MONO cases.
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• Berklee Performance Center (Boston, MA) with Bilal and Berklee Neo Soul Ensemble
• Fete (Providence, RI) with Dwele and J. Hoard and the Greenhouse People
• SOB's (New York, NY) with Eric Roberson and Sid Sriram
• Scullers Jazz Club (Boston, MA) with Ellen O'Brien
• Harlem Stage Gatehouse (New York, NY) with Homeboy Sandman, John Robinson, YC the Cynic, and Berklee J Dilla Ensemble
• B.B. King's Blues Club (Memphis, TN)
• Buddy Guy's Legends Restaurant (Chicago, IL)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland, OH)
• Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, ON)
• Tremblant International Blues Festival (Mont-Tremblant, QC)
• Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (Scottsdale, AZ)
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• 1978 Mark I Fender Rhodes Stage Electric Piano (88 keys)
• 1969 Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano (64 keys)
• Novation 61 SL MkII with Mainstage MIDI setup (Scarbee Vintage Pianos, Native Instruments B4, Synthogy Ivory, Arturia Minimoog, and Arturia ARP2600V Plugins)
• Apple MacBook Pro (2.53 GHz processor, 4GB RAM)
• Apogee Duet 2 Audio Interface
• Roland KC-350 Keyboard/Mixer Amp
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• Graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music at age 19 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Professional Music
• Featured in Keyboard Magazine, September 2010
• Featured on John Legend's website for a remix of his track "Shine"
• WNY Blues Society "Muddy Award" recepient for Best Upcoming Artist, 2008
• Proficient as a bassist and guitarist in addition to keys and vocals
• Designed several websites (coding HTML and PHP from scratch) including sites for Devon Yesberger, Mike Bono, and Russ Sternglass
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