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The Sleepy Jackson talk up "Lovers" (Jul 03) |
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Malcolm Clark |
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 courtesy of EMI
Who are your 3-5 favourite Australian artists?
Tim Rogers (You Am I), an amazing inspiration for quite some time.
Daniel Johns (Silverchair), when they first became well known I envied them as they were the same age and doing what I wanted to do - ie: play the ROCK.
Paul Kelly has always come through with the goods, just when you need to hear that song that makes all the crap in your life seem like there’s nothing to worry about.
Midnight Oil. If it wasn’t for Rob Hirst I don’t think I’d be playing the drums, I remember watching a concert on TV where they played on island near the Opera House in Sydney it was amazing I think I was about six or seven-years-old.
Cold Chisel. I was given "The Last Stand" for Christmas one year and I watched this concert over and over. I couldn’t believe how nervous I was when I met Jimmy Barnes early on this year. He is truly a living legend.
What are your 3-5 most played Australian releases? Why?
I really like You Am I’s live album “Saturday night, ‘Round 10”, it’s one of the few live albums that sounds like you are at the show (especially if you turn you stereo up to 11). Gotta love Davey’s solos…
Gelbison – 1704. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it.
silverchair – Diorama. We played this album over and over on our tour bus overseas.
The Angels – Livewire. I couldn’t stop playing this as a kid.
What do you think is the most influential Australian music release and why?
AC/DC\s "Let There Be Rock". Everyone knows and loves and it’s a benchmark of Australian rock. As it says, let there be rock & roll and there was…|
Which Australian performer (past or present) would you most like to work with?
There are many but I’d have to say Daniel Johns because I love writing orchestral kinda stuff with piano and keys and I think he would love to experiment with that kind of music. Maybe we could do some film tracks or something.
Describe your most memorable Australian music moment?
When I was nine I got lost at an outdoor concert in Perth on the foreshore and I couldn’t find my parents. I found myself somehow backstage and I went up to a security guy and told him I was lost. He went and spoke to someone and came back with this guy who was the lead singer of a band called The Perfect Strangers. He told me to follow him, we walked onto the stage and said, “This little guy has lost his parents,” and someone shouted out, “Hold him up.”
So he lifted me off the ground and above his head in front of 20,000 people who cheered and applauded. I was completely overwhelmed, I knew from then I had to be on stage.
What are your three favourite music websites?
www.abc.net.au/triplej
www.beck.com
www.ween.com
What, where and when was the first local gig you attended?
The first show I went to was a band called “V-Capri” in the mid '80s, who used to play at a venue called the Nookenburra in Innaloo (Perth). I was eight-years-old and I used to hang out there on Saturday afternoons while my dad watched the jazz band next door.
One night my dad took me there and the roadies snuck me in the side-door as children weren’t allowed in the venue. It was amazing to watch a real live band, wow. It’s funny now because the lead singer (Todd Johnston) does the weather on TV. I wonder if he’d remember me?
Can you tell a story behind your latest release?
We got to use some very cool old instruments on this record. We had a choice selection of keyboards such as Moogs, mini Moogs, one of the first Korgs ever made. Also some vintage Ribbon microphones, one of which was designed for Hitler to make his voice sound bigger and fuller.
Yep, I love the old equipment. It brought an interesting new/old sound to our music. Jonathan Burnside has got some cool vintage gear and he knows how to use it too. On this album we got to work with some great musicians and singers including Jonathan, who played the cool slide parts and the finished product was definitely worth the effort.
What is the most important issue facing Australian music?
CD burning is killing the music industry, I feel that some people don’t feel proud to own a genuine copy of an album anymore. It's too easy to get it off the net or burn a copy from someone else.
After working with The Sleepy Jackson I’ve realised just how serious CD pirating is. Please don’t do it and tell your friends too because it's bringing the industry down big time.
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