Artist · United States
Future Man
Since 1957
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Roy Wilfred Wooten (born October 13, 1957), also known as RoyEl, best known by his stage name Future Man (also written Futureman and known to fans as Futche), is an American musician, inventor and composer.
He is best known as a member of jazz and bluegrass quartet Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, along with banjoist Béla Fleck, harmonicist Howard Levy, and Roy's brother, bassist Victor Wooten. His primary instrument is the SynthAxeDrumitar, a guitar synthesizer he customized to play drum and percussion, but he sometimes plays a standard drum kit and other conventional percussion.
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Royel Wilfred Wooten, dit Roy Wooten, de son nom de scène Future Man (ou encore FutureMan), est un inventeur, musicien, percussionniste et batteur américain.
Il a inventé la drumitar, un synthétiseur MIDI en forme de guitare permettant de jouer des percussions.
Il a également inventé le RoyEl, une sorte de clavier permettant de jouer des percussions et de la mélodie.
Avec ses frères Victor (basse), Joseph, Rudi et Regi, il joue dans le
Wooten Brothers Band.
En 1989, il rejoint son frère Victor Wooten dans le groupe Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, un groupe de fusion bluegrass, folk et jazz mené par le joueur de banjo Béla Fleck. Il prend alors le nom de scène Future Man.
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Discography
Albums
- 2018 The Moment of Now
