Biography
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 'Grundy'. As an actor I have appeared in TV, film, and music video productions . My focus is on songwriting, recording and film. I will be acting in two independent productions to be shot in Toronto during the summer of 2011.
As described by various A & R types I have never met from North America and Europe:
- "You have a punkish/60s/psychedelic edge to your sound….
- "Your music has a cool gritty vibe that works well with the lyrics that you write.
- "Your vocal delivery is original …has a real raw kind of feel that fits your songs well…
- "You've got a gift for writing very poetic, associative lyrics…
- "Unique verse lyrics… I can hear the Kinks influence in your verse melody! This has a great, convincing retro sound…
- "You have a great aesthetic about your music."
- "…a collage of edgy rock with a swagger and mojo not found since early J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) or the times of Kurt Cobain. Whiskey driven vocal grittiness, obscured with clarity, Grundy pushes the envelope of cool to the next level."
Musical influences: John Cale, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Thunders, Ray Davies, Dave Davies, Brian Eno, Bryan Ferry, Bruce Cockburn, Lemmy, Lennon, Pagliaro, and more locally Gord Lewis, The Forgotten Rebels, The Ugly, and all of the artists at the "Rolling Thunder Review" show: December 1st and 2nd, 1975: Maple Leaf Gardens - Toronto, Canada.
Artist: Desmond Grundy: lyrics, instruments, vocals, production.
Some songs published by: Sugar Moon Music, Toronto, and Who's Next Publishing, Los Angeles.
Discography:
- 2011: full-length album currently in production "Tiles from Amber"
- 2008: completed and released 14 song album "Oddly Enough" Buy it at CD Baby.
Filmography:
- 2011: dad, Indigo product launch web ad
- 2011: anarchist, independent film "Revolution" (twenty-something surfer dude)
- 2011: evil scientist, "Urban Legends" tv series
- 2010: ruthless trafficker, Lamont music video "Fragile"
- 2009: thug #3, Our Lady Peace music video "The End is Where we Begin"
- 2005: shot and completed original music soundtracks for two documentary videos
Reviews:
Also read this review from August 28th, 2011 by Jeffrey Morgan, the official biographer of the Stooges and Alice Cooper.
Also see the April 2008 Issue of Rootstime: CD Reviews. If you speak Dutch, even better.
Also hear the mp3 versions of songs from my latest EP "Something Good Comes Along".
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