Music - Talk Talk, The Blue Nile, Japan, David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Steve Jansen, Richard Barbieri, David Bridie, Stephen Duffy, Roland Orzabal, The Lilac Time, Gary Numan, Dennis Wilson, Peter Gabriel, Jane Siberry, The Cocteau Twins, Cabaret Voltaire, Tears for Fears, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Beach Boys, Thomas Dolby, Not Drowning-Waving, Brian Eno, Aqualung, Akira Rabelais, Aztec Camera, Peter Murphy, Trashcan Sinatras, Bob Dylan, Jaco Pastorius, Syd Barrett, XTC, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Simple Minds, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Jon Brion, Prefab Sprout, Bob Dylan, The Band, The Czars, Mojave 3, Slowdive, The The, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Bark Psychosis, One Mile North, Craig Armstrong, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, Daniel Lanois, Harold Budd, The Fixx, Erik Satie, Ennio Morricone, Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading, China Crisis, King Crimson, Robert Fripp, Toyah, Mark Isham, Miles Davis, NoMan, Bass Communion, The Who, Pete Townshend, The Polyphonic Spree, Grant Lee Phillips, Richard Thompson, Roland Orzabal, Scott Walker, Sigur Ros, MuM, Sparklehorse, Tindersticks, This Mortal Coil, Gene Clark, Hope Blister, Chris Bell, Van Morrison, Robin Scott, Epic 45, July Skies, Yukihiro Takahashi, Stars Of The Lid, Suzanne Vega, Scott Walker, Brian McBride, Tom Waits, The Shadows, Pat Boone, Mark Ribot, Judee Sill, Devotchka, Fennesz, Mark Knopfler, Manual, A Silver Mt Zion, Masami Tsuchiya, Robert Wyatt, Ian Dury, Brian Setzer, Claude Debussy, G.W.Mclennan, Joe Jackson, Deacon Blue, Ace Frehley, Big Country, The Devils, Eyeless in Gaza, Gavin Bryars, John Foxx, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson and many many more..........................................
Films - The Legend of 1900, Everything is Illuminated, Jack the Ripper ( Michael Caine version ), Deadman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Last Emperor, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Big Blue, The Batteship Potemkin, Metropolis, Blade Runner, The Local Hero, One from the Heart, Down by Law, La Belle el La Bette, Orphee', La' Testament de Orphee', Gods and Monsters, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...................................................
Interests - Romanov Dynasty History, Jack the Ripper Case Studies, SANFL Football ( Glenelg Football Club ), Japanese Food.
Sounds Like
I'm not sure anyone would like to say..." Hey...I sound like ( insert favourite musicians here ), but I'll just say that I have my influences, but I try not to wear them on my sleeves......more on my lapel ?
Record Label
I'm not on " Neighbours " or " Australian Idol " ?
Originally from Adelaide, Australia and now living in Melbourne with my wife ( Emma ), Daughter ( Eve ) and cat ( Tao ). I am a bassist first and foremost, but also play guitar, keyboards and vocals. I have performed with David Bridie, Glen Shorrock ( Little River Band ), Rob Hirst ( Midnight Oil ), Not Drowning - Waving, Huckleberry Swedes, Avida Dollars, Brian Cadd, Mike Rudd ( Spectrum ), John Schumann ( Redgum ), Dean Thomas, Russell Morris, The Led Zeppelin Project, Shannon Bourne, Bjorn Again, ABBAration, Ben Mitchell, The Borderers, Broderick Smith ( The Dingoes ), Gone To Earth and many more.
One of my aims in the music business is to write for films. I have scored three independent films so far, as well as contributing to a many as a session player. I have a band " Kurosawa " with Karen Vogt ( Heligoland - one of Melbourne's finest ) and Adam Spellicy ( ex The Dumb Earth, The Hired Guns ). Cinematic, Soundscape Pop is probably the best way to describe our music. We have our debut album " Your Star Has Fallen Over " finished, and we are currently looking for a home for the little fella ! My other project is the electronic / ambient / experimental collaboration with Paul Smyth called " Avida Dollars ". We have one album out " The Odessa Steps Sequence " and the second is due for release in early 2008. We have also contributed to the Not Drowning-Waving remix album " Maps for Sonic Adventurers " which was released in mid July 2006.
Hello Paul, how are you? ...and the music? how are you? I’m really glad because at last, after many ups and downs, my new album WAY OUT will be issued for the second time. It’s a long story, but the most important thing is that all's well what ends well. I will place the new tracks on my page very soon and I really hope that you will enjoy them.
HEy MAAAAANNNN! I got your messages. BEen really busy. I have recorded that song....we can still put other bits on it. LEts get together next week. Love to Emma and Eve and your fine self!!
Hi Paul;;nice photo..youve polished your image a bit I see!..I'm in Alice for another couple of weeks..some strange shapeshifters up here..got called a "mud monkey"..the other night at the bar..by some strange woman..with the wobbly boot on..how's things in musicland man?...johnny
I couldn't help thinking of you today as soon as I stepped into a world of basses - there must have been 300 or more crammed into a space the size of your lounge! You would love Pigalle. And it would love you.
