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Biography
BLP sources|date=July 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Gary Pinto|image =|caption =|image_size =|background = solo_singer|origin = Melbourne , Australia |instrument =|genre = Pop music|Pop , R& B |occupation = Singer , Songwriter , Musician |years_active = 1990spaced ndashpresent|label =|associated_acts = CDB (band)|CDB |website = http://www.garypinto.com/ Official Site|current_members =|past_members = Gary Pinto (born in Melbourne , Australia ) is an Australia n singing|singer , songwriting|songwriter and musician.
Career
Gary Pinto is an Australian musician of Indian descent. http://www.capuchinfriars.org.au/wyd/sydney_celebration_pinto.shtml CapuchinFriars site: A Multicultural Celebration of Faith - The Gary Pinto Band His parents were from Chennai and members of a minority Christian Indian Catholics. The family immigrated to Australia in 1973 where Gary was born.cite web|url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/jai-ho-this-is-australia-day/2010/01/21/1263663130664.html|title=Jai Ho& #33; This is Australia Day|date=22 January 2010|publisher=The Age|accessdate=1 July 2011|author=Larry Schwartz
Gary Pinto was a lead singer of the Australian R& B and dance group CDB (band)|CDB alongside his brother Brad Pinto, as well as Andrew De Silva and Danny Williams. JudeNicholas joined the group when De Silva left. The band formed in 1991 had two albums, Glide with Me and Lifted (CDB album)|CDB and a number of singles, most notably "Hook Me Up", "Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)", both Top 20 hits for them and " Let's Groove ", a cover of an Earth, Wind & Fire song. http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/47281 Second Hand Songs: "Let's Groove" page The CDB release of the song reached #2 on the Australian Singles Chart.
The band split up in 1999 Gary Pinto has moved on to perform as a solo artist. He has since worked worked co-writing and/or performing with artists including Guy Sebastian , Anthony Callea , Mr Timothy , Christine Anu , Jimmy Barnes , Jade MacRae , Taylor Dayne and the German pop band Monrose .
In August 2010, he released his solo album Take Back Our World with contributions from Diesel, Dave Darling, Brad Pinto and Meredith Brooks.. The album also contains the bonus track "Saint Mary Mackillop", a song he co-wrote as the 2010 official song for the canonisation of Mary Mackillop .cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rhythmdivine/stories/2010/3033390.htm|title=A Saint in Song|date=15 October 2010|publisher=ABC The Rhythm Divine|accessdate=1 July 2011
As-U-R Music Ministry
Gary Pinto co founded As-U-R Music Ministry with his brother Brad Pinto and manager Tracey Duff a music ministry for youth. It runs workshops in Catholic Primary Schools and concert/testimonial workshops in Catholic Secondary Schools. It also works with Catholic Youth Services (CYS), youth groups, the Catholic Education Office and various parishes to bring Catholic religious music and families back to church.
In popular culture
Pinto co-wrote " Receive the Power " with Guy Sebastian , a song for the World Youth Day 2008|2008 World Youth Day in Sydney , Australia. It was performed live during the event by Guy Sebastien and Paulini|Paulini Curuenavuli . The song was released in two versions, one in English (by Guy Sebastian and Paulini) and an international version verses in Italian (performed by Robert Galea), Spanish (by German Silva) and French (by Amelia Farrugia) and chorus in English. Gary Pinto performed "Receive the Power" and "Behold The Cross" during the same event. http://www.as-u-r.com/about.html As-U-R website
For the World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Gary Pinto released a joint EP entitled Firm in the Faith with John Burland http://www.johnburland.com/ John Burland official website
Discography
Albums
;as CDB
1995: Glide with Me
1997: Lifted (CDB album)|Lifted
2010: The Essential CDB (compilation)
;Solo
2010: Take Back Our World
*Tracklist:
#"Higher" #"Superman" #"Hey Mister" #"Maybe" #"Blind" #"Everyone's In Love" #"Take Back Our World" #"Mama Don't Worry" #"Beautiful" #"Everytime" #"Refugee" #"Carry Me Home" ;As-U-R Music Ministry
2010: As-U-R Volume 1
;Collaborations
2011: Firm in the Faith (with John Burland)
*Tracklist:
#"Firm in the Faith" #"Walking In the Steps of Jesus" #"Help Me to Walk In Your Peace" #"To Madrid" #"Firm in the Faith" (Acoustic)
References
Reflist
External links
Official website|1= http://www.garypinto.com
Facebook|41072598486
Twitter|garypinto
http://www.as-u-r.com/ As-U-R Music Industry official website
Category:Living people Category:Australian songwriters Category:Australian musicians
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