Experience

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  Longy School of Music

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Teaching Artist

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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  Berklee College of Music

  • United States
  • Musicians
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Associate Professor

    • Sep 2021 - Present

  • Associate Professor

    • Sep 2021 - Present

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  Hayley Thompson-King, Private Studio

  • Lynn, MA

  • Teaching Artist

    • Aug 2013 - Present
    • Lynn, MA

    Private lessons in Voice and Songwriting

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  Bunker Hill Community College

  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Adjunct Professor of Music

    • Sep 2017 - Present
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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  Self-employed

  • Massachusetts, United States

  • Professional Singer

    • Jan 2005 - Present
    • Massachusetts, United States

    "A classically trained singer with a fondness for rock, country and German theater songs, Hayley Thompson-King certainly draws from a diverse palette on her second album, Sororicide. And she came up with a concept that allowed her to explore all of it." -Billboard"In the vein of alt-classical song cycles and rock concept albums, her new work layers wide-reaching sonics with palpable psychodrama. At its core is the battle between an artist and the voice inside her head."-Newsweek"The intellectual contingent of her writing aside, Psychotic Melancholia is a positively jaw-dropping exposition that celebrates the entire canon of rock ‘n’ roll’s energy, and should be considered an upping of the ante on the gritty sonic real estate of garage, punk, country, and Americana, into some amalgam altogether more apt of Thompson-King’s wondrous artistic aptitudes."     -Paste Magazine

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  Major Stars

  • Somerville, MA

  • Vocals

    • Jul 2010 - Apr 2021
    • Somerville, MA

    "the best rock band in America? Most definitely." -Jon Dale, Uncut Magazine“(new record) Decibels (of Gratitude) is the typical Major Stars brilliance we’ve lazily come to expect from these perpetual high achievers, but Thompson-King is a more indie singer, with a raw sepulchral tone that ties down the band and brings the guitars back to the fore, allowing them to offer their pulverised sound as distinctive parts. The result is a thrilling contribution to the Major Stars oeuvre, again proving that doing the same thing over and over is just fine when you are the absolute best at what you do.”-Lisa Thatcher, Dusted, 4/17/13

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  BANDITAS

  • Somerville, MA

  • Vocals, Songwriter, Guitarist

    • Oct 2009 - Apr 2021
    • Somerville, MA

    garage-country-girlgroup-rockandrollSAVE THE RATS out now on Hard To Kill Recordshardtokillrecords.com

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  Hard To Kill Records

  • Somerville, Massachusetts

  • Director/Producer

    • Jan 2010 - Sep 2017
    • Somerville, Massachusetts

    I started Hard To Kill Records in 2010 with the mission to produce and release albums for my own band, BANDITAS. With the first release, SAVE THE RATS, I wrote, played, produced, and designed the record cover. Since then I've expanded to release vinyl and digital albums for other bands including The Shangri Lips (Northampton) and The Monsieurs (Boston), Hard to Kill records is ALL VINYL...ALL GIRLS...ALL DIY.