Hi, a Musician from Melbourne Here

Ljgg on 21/05/2024 - 18:56

Just saying hi, no need to chat necessarily, but apparently I need at least 10 words for a post!

Introduce Yourself

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  • jv on 21/05/2024 - 19:03
    +6

    hi ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

    • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 19:39

      Hiya, jv.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 21/05/2024 - 19:12
    +8

    Anyway here’s wonderwall

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 21/05/2024 - 19:14
      +2

      What is it good for??

      • soan papdi on 21/05/2024 - 20:40
        +2

        Absolutely nothing.

        • Chris Topher on 22/05/2024 - 17:54

          Wonderful. *raises eyes

    • AustriaBargain on 21/05/2024 - 23:05

      At college there were grassy knolls around the dorms and this one guy would sit there with his acoustic guitar and there were always a gaggle of decent looking girls around him. He'd basically only play wonderwall too.

      • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:11

        I've never ever played Wonderwall. Perhaps that's why I don't have a gaggle of girls around me….

  • elgrande on 21/05/2024 - 19:23

    What part of Melb

    • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 19:37

      Inner north. And you, what part of Sydney?

      • jv on 21/05/2024 - 19:40
        +2

        what part of Sydney?

        Outer east…

        • Muzeeb on 21/05/2024 - 19:57
          +9

          So Lord Howe Island?

      • ThithLord on 22/05/2024 - 08:41
        +2

        Which street

        • Muzeeb on 22/05/2024 - 13:35

          Close. Lives in Watt street.

  • smartazz104 on 21/05/2024 - 19:27

    Hello…

    • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 19:39

      Hiya!

  • iguana on 21/05/2024 - 19:33
    -6

    What's the point of posting a message if the only thing you're going to say is that you're a 'musician'.? You know, there is no obligation for a new member to post an intro message, right?

    • Empharand on 21/05/2024 - 22:11
      +7

      You must be fun at parties!

  • Muzeeb on 21/05/2024 - 19:36
    +1

    Link to your Spotify / SoundCloud etc page?

    • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 19:38
      +2

      www.AntoniG.com or linktr.ee/AntoniG
      Thanks for listening!

      • Muzeeb on 21/05/2024 - 19:39
        +5

        Well I haven't listened to it yet but thanks for the thanks.

        Is your brother Kenny?

        Edit: you have a new follower. I'll listen to your album next road trip. The samples I tried are quite unique. Plenty of emotion. Thought provoking.

        • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 22:07

          Thank you, Muzeeb, I'm honoured. It's quite laid back, mostly. I'm working on a new album currently. :-)
          And… my brother Kenny??? Well, he could pass some of his money my way, I guess!!!

      • FezMonkey on 22/05/2024 - 10:47

        Listened to the preview piece on your page. Pretty nice. I got Banjo Kazooie vibes from it, you could write music for video games.
        (I mean this as a compliment)

        • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:09
          +1

          Thanks for the compliment - I'm well aware that VG soundtracks are the new movie soundtracks, huge budgets on some of them. I'm now listening to Banjo Kazooie, and… really? You see a parallel there? Actually, I have written some music that's more like that for theatre shows, but I didn't think I went that way for my album/YT. LOL. :-)

          • FezMonkey on 22/05/2024 - 11:14
            +1

            @jgg: There was a kazoo-like sound a couple of times that made me think of it, not so much the rest.
            it's nice work, good luck.

            • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:16

              @FezMonkey: Ah yes, I'm listening to a bit of that from the game now.

  • Wiadro on 21/05/2024 - 19:37
    +1

    cool story bro
    im going to make a forum post about my job now

    • Muzeeb on 21/05/2024 - 19:50
      +1

      What is your new boss like? How much do you make an hour? Are the toilets clean at your workplace?

      • Wiadro on 21/05/2024 - 20:07

        i am the boss
        i make as much as I can
        the toilets are dirty when I need to use them

        • El cheepo on 21/05/2024 - 22:05
          +2

          You should talk to your boss about those dirty toilets.

        • Empharand on 21/05/2024 - 22:15

          i am the boss
          i make as much as I can
          the toilets are dirty when I need to use them

          OnlyFans?

  • sharkyoz on 21/05/2024 - 19:50
    +1

    Gday

  • Pikaloo on 21/05/2024 - 19:57
    +2

    Hi welcome, are you able to make another post tomorrow about what you had for breakfast? I'll be eagerly waiting.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 21/05/2024 - 22:54

      Meh. It's an insurance question or advise sought on what car to buy (but really confirmation of decision made) for the next post.

  • ihbh on 21/05/2024 - 20:50
    +1

    a musician from Melbourne here

    Making a living out of it? or Need side gigs?

    • iguana on 21/05/2024 - 21:34

      Probably on the dole.

      • DashCam AKA Rolts on 21/05/2024 - 22:55
        +1

        That's a government arts grant, thank you very much.

    • jgg on 21/05/2024 - 22:04

      I've managed to make a living from it for a long time now. No, I'm not famous, hahaha. Never been on the dole.

      • afoveht on 22/05/2024 - 08:48

        Hi mate. Your site mentions a COVID artists' grant. If you care to share I'd love to know what this actually was / meant to you. (Full support from me).

        • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:06

          Hi Afoveht. The time was Apr 2020, a great pestilence swept across the land, indeed, the whole universe. Men and women were confined and silenced everywhere. Especially musicians. I already had my album more than half-finished, and was planning a release later that year.

          Melbourne City Council, to their great credit, were one of the first govt instrumentalities to offer grants to artists. I applied and got one. Not a huge amount of money, but it gave me the impetus (and the deadline) to complete the album, organize its release, create a website, and also to start my YouTube channel. I couldn't do gigs, so this is something I could do. I'm very grateful for the "push" that the grant gave me.

          This is the first and only "grant" that I've ever benefitted from.

          Now if I could only earn a bit of money from recordings of my own music, rather than doing gigs playing other people's music.
          :-)

  • AngusD on 22/05/2024 - 08:16
    +1

    I'll have a flat white, extra shot.

    Thanks.

    • smartazz104 on 22/05/2024 - 09:03

      But why, we're offering you unlimited Blend 43.

  • blitz on 22/05/2024 - 11:05

    What instruments do you play?

    • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:07

      Keyboards. Piano and synths. Hammond organ.

  • leiiv on 22/05/2024 - 11:23
    +1

    What are the most popular songs that you have been involved with (in any role)?
    How often do you compose new original songs?

    • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 11:55
      +3

      • From time to time I've been a jingle writer, and a session musician for advertising music. Worked on literally hundreds of jingles, e.g. for almost all car companies, many car dealerships all around the country, many drinks, alcoholic or not, chemists, stationary stores, hardware stores, you name it. Things that people hear everyday and probably don't take much notice of, but people get paid to make all sorts of music. Nothing that's on air at the moment, as far as I know.

      • Some time ago I played keys, arranged, co-wrote and co-produced a top-ten single for the D-Generation, forerunners of Working Dog. Still a bit of fun.
        The version with better audio is here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDs0D53N0IU
        And the full video version, with slightly weird audio, is here…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJYcx9-xdlE

      • As a freelance muso, I've backed a long list of legendary Ozrock artists, mainly ones that are now sometimes referred to as "heritage" acts. :-)

      • I compose new original music almost everyday.

      • Sammy2000 on 22/05/2024 - 13:33
        +1

        I watched the D-Gen song, funny. The Wikipedia page says all keyboards, programming and arrangements by you. Impressive.
        Why do you use a stage name on your own website? Is this an AMA? I don't know what this is.

        • jgg on 22/05/2024 - 20:24
          +1

          Thanks for pointing out the wikipedia page, I didn't realize that was up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_in_a_Row_(1989_song)

          I have another website for some of my other "classical" composition work, and arranging, etc. www.JohnArthurGrant.com

          I adopted my father's Polish name for my projects as a "neoclassical" piano-based performer, to differentiate the several directions that I might go in. I know it's unpronounceable (just say Antoni G !) but it's also European, and I regard this music as very European in nature.

          :-)

      • Muzeeb on 22/05/2024 - 13:43
        +1

        Ouch. Showing my age. I remember that d gen song. Bloody cool.

      • BewareOfThe Dog on 23/05/2024 - 11:05

        Roland synths?

        • jgg on 23/05/2024 - 11:31

          Korg, mainly, but lots of other things 'in the box' these days. You're a guitarist?

      • blitz on 24/05/2024 - 09:25

        HOLY SH1T YOU WROTE FIVE IN A ROW????????????

        • jgg on 28/05/2024 - 10:47

          Yes mate. The music component, co-written with Colin Setches. Plus arrangements, keyboard performance, and a little programming, all mine. All words by the D-Gen crew, of course.

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