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Artist
Desmond Grundy
7+ albums
about
http://www.desmondgrundy.com/about/ As a songwriter I am balancing on the shoulders of giants like Iggy Pop, John Cale, Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Jeff Beck and Johnny Cash. I don't know where their studied influence ends and my stab at it begins. Somewhere in 1977 I believe. Having studied musical theory, piano, guitar and drums I had a good grounding in song structure and production. With the purchase of cheap recording equipment I got into making music as seriously as I could, early on. I was deeply influenced by the rock opera and Music for Airports, so by way of soundtracks I expanded from writing and recording only music to developing film ideas, videos and other publishing projects. A limited budget required unlimited imagination so I started my own media technology company. By 2000 I had a corner office at the top of the tech. bubble and we all know what happened to that! After a rest and reboot, I found myself deep into web radio and a new red guitar. Shortly after establishing 'indie-unsigned web radio' an idea clicked with me: I was listening to more great songs collecting and playing independent and 'unknown' artists than I would ever get to hear on commercial radio; I had found my tribe. DIY producers, songwriters, and musicians. Since then, I built a music studio and further developed the songs I was hearing. I have released one full-length record, one four-song EP, and a video score. Over the last few years I have performed on stage solo, duo and with the band
