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About|the singer and songwriter|the disc jockey|Pete Murray (disc jockey)Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Pete Murray| background = solo_singer| image =| image_size =| birth_name = Peter Kenneth Murray| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|14| death_date =| origin = Brisbane , Australia Cite web|url = http://www.lyricsondemand.com/artistinfo/p/petemurrayprofile.html|title = Pete Murray Profile - Lyrics on Demand|publisher = LyricsOnDemand.com|accessdate = 2007-06-17| instrument = Acoustic guitar| genre = Rock music|Rock , Acoustic music|acoustic | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2002present| label = Sony BMG | website = http://www.petemurray.com/ PeteMurray.com Peter "Pete" Kenneth Murray is an Australian singer-songwriter whose first three full-length albums have all reached #1 on the Australian music charts. He has been nominated several times at the ARIA Awards|ARIAs and has had several songs reach the top forty in Australia .cite web|publisher= Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)|title="So Beautiful" at APRA search engine|url= http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd? q=So%20Beautiful|accessdate=15 May 2010 cite web|url = http://www.petemurray.com/newsTours/home.do? newsId=20030829002926 |title = Pete Nominated For The 2006 MTV AMVA's - Get Voting& #33; |accessdate = 2007-06-17 |date = 6 February 2006
His first LP album|LP , Feeler (Pete Murray album)|Feeler , reached number 1 a few months after its mid-2003 release, and his follow-up record, See the Sun (Pete Murray album)|See The Sun reached a similar level of success, with all of the singles receiving widespread airplay. cite web|url = http://www.petemurray.com/biography/home.do |title = Pete Murray - Biography |accessdate = 2007-06-17 His third studio album, Summer at Eureka (album)|Summer At Eureka , was released in May 2008. To date Pete Murray has sold over 1 million records. Some of the greatest influences on his career are Nick Drake , Neil Young and Bob Dylan . cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s999260.htm |title = Singer/Songwriter - Pete Murray |publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC |accessdate = 2007-06-15 |date = 21 November 2003
Biography
Early career
Pete Murray was born on 14 October 1969 and attended St. Joseph's Nudgee College . At Nudgee College, he showed a great deal of talent in sport especially rugby union , Athletics (track and field)|athletics and swimming (sport)|swimming . He briefly played Brisbane club rugby for GPS and Brothers. When he was 18, his father died while he was contesting the Australian championships of the 400 meters .
While on the sidelines, Murray started to learn the guitar at age 22 and his ability soon improved with plenty of practice. Eventually, he worked up the courage to take his guitar to a barbecue singing songs by Neil Young and Crowded House . However, his main interest was in pursuing a career in sports medicine and traveling.
Eventually, enough people told him that he had the talent to be successful in music and he started a musical career, playing small gigs around the country with flautist Col McIntyre, eventually putting a band together (including keyboard player Ben McCarthy, who works with him to this day). In 2002, he released an independent album The Game in Brisbane and moved to Melbourne to pursue a musical career. Murray signed a contract with Sony BMG Australia in early 2003.
The Game (Promotional/independent album)
#"My Time" #"Fall Your Way" #"So Beautiful" #"Lines" #"So Why" #"Bail Me Out" #"With Only You" #"Shine" #"Young Mr Attitude" #"Fly with You" #"D Day"
Feeler & ndash; mainstream success
In early 2003, Pete Murray and his band entered the studio with producer Paul McKercher and his band (consisting of Ben McCarthy on bass and keyboards, Christian Sargent on drums, and Paul Tyrell on guitar) to make the Feeler (Pete Murray album)|Feeler album. On his website, Pete Murray outlines the type of record he was hoping to make. "The records I love by people like Nick Drake , Neil Young , Bob Dylan , they are built to last. I wanted this to be an album like that, something you can pull out in 30 years and still hear the feeling in it, rather than something thats dated by the musical fashions of the day."
Feeler (Pete Murray album)|Feeler was released on 21 July 2003 with the title track as the first single. Triple J radio started playing the track with the Nova FM and Triple M networks picking up the track. With this support, Feeler (Pete Murray album)|Feeler entered the Aria top 50 album charts in 2003. His reputation was building fast and he started selling out shows in smaller venues.
The momentum of the album continued to build with the release of the second single "Lines" and two Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA award nominations reaching platinum record status. Radio programmers had been asking for the track "So Beautiful" to be released as a single and the track was widely played on Australian radio, reaching the top ten in 2004. This spurred sales of the album driving it to number one on the Australian album charts in late March 2004 and six times platinum status. As of|2008, the album has sold half-a-million copies. cite news|url = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23714419-5009160,00.html |title = Pete Murray's sun after dark |publisher = News Corporation |accessdate = 9 August 2008 |date = 18 May 2008 | first=James | last=Wigney
Pete Murray commenced an Australian tour of larger venues. Due to the level of demand, he had to announce nine extra dates. As well, he made one of his sellout performances at the Sydney Metro theatre on 27 March 2004 available for download at BigPond Music . Following the Boxing Day Tsunami , Murray appeared at the Wave Aid fundraising concert in Sydney , to raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster affected areas.
See the Sun
His second album See the Sun (Pete Murray album)|See the Sun had two standout hits in Opportunity and Better Days . Class A and ''George's Helper were also released as singles. Days after its release Murray performed at the 2005 NRL grand final .cite news|last=Halloran|first=Jessica|title=Stereotype fun: toys for boys and short skirts for girls|url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/stereotype-fun-toys-for-boys-and-short-skirts-for-girls/2005/10/02/1128191607835.html|accessdate=30 August 2011|newspaper= The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 October 2005 See the Sun sold 350,000 copies.
Summer at Eureka
His third album, Summer at Eureka (album)|Summer at Eureka , was released on 17 May 2008. On 26 May 2008 it achieved #1 status in Australia, becoming his third consecutive #1 album. The first single of the album was "You Pick Me Up", which reached #36 on the Australian Charts. The second single from the album will be "Saving Grace", which was scheduled for release on 2 August.
The Stonemasons
His supporting band is The Stonemasons, featuring Andy Sylvio on drums, Jonathan Zion on bass and Brett Wood (musician)|Brent Wood on guitar. Pete Williamson was the former lead guitarist with The Stonemasons, however, he now seems to be involved with the Australian band Mammal (Band)|Mammal . Ben McCarthy was the keyboardist but he is now working with Kate Miller-Heidke .
Blue Sky Blue
His fourth album, Blue Sky Blue , was released in Australia September 2nd 2011.
Personal life
Murray married Amanda Coutts on 7 October 2006, in Eureka, New South Wales . cite news|title = Murray's golden moment |url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/murrays-golden-moment/2006/10/07/1159641572806.html |author = Sams, Christine |accessdate = 2007-06-17 |date = 6 October 2006 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald In July 2009, it was reported that Murray and his wife had separated and have been living separate lives while sharing custody of their two young sons. http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25860985-7484,00.html? referrer=email& source=eDM_entertainment Pete Murray splits from wife Amanda Couttis - The Courier-Mail , 31 July 2009
Awards and nominations
APRA Awards
The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).cite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History.aspx | title = APRA History | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 17 May 2010 awards table|- | APRA Awards of 2005|2005 || " So Beautiful (Pete Murray song)|So Beautiful " (Peter Murray) || Most Performed Australian Workcite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/History/2005Winners.aspx | title = 2005 Winners - APRA Music Awards | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 17 May 2010 || won|- | APRA Awards of 2006|2006 || "Better Days" (Murray) || Song of the Yearcite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/Nominations/Nominations2006.aspx | title = Nominations - 2006 | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 17 May 2010 || nom|- | APRA Awards of 2007|2007 || "Opportunity" (Murray) || Most Performed Australian Workcite web | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/APRAAwards/MusicAwards/Nominations/MostPerformedAustralianWorknominations2007.aspx | title = Most Performed Australian Work nominations - 2007 | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | accessdate = 17 May 2010 || nom end
Discography
Infobox artist discography|Artist = Pete Murray |Logo = |Image = |Caption = |Studio = 5 |Tribute = |Trib link = |Compilation = |Live = |Video = 2 |Music videos = |Singles = 14 |Option = |Option name = B-sides |Option color = crimson |1Option = |1Option name = |1Option color = chartreuse |2Option = |2Option name = Collaborations |2Option color = violet |3Option = |3Option name = Tours |3Option color = orange |4Option = |4Option name = Other releases |References = |Ref link = Notes and references
Studio albums
Year
Title
Peak chart positions
Certification s ( List of music recording sales certifications#Albums
AUS
NZL
NLD
2002
The Game
Released: 2003
Label: N/A (independent release)
2003
Feeler
Released: 21 July 2003
Label: Sony Music Australia
1
15
53
nowrap>6x Platinum ( ARIA Charts
2005
See the Sun
Released: 25 September 2005
Label: Sony Music Australia
1
22
87
4x Platinum (ARIA)
2008
Summer at Eureka
Released: 16 May 2008
Label: Sony Music Australia
1
19
17
Platinum (ARIA)
2011
Blue Sky Blue
Released: 2 September 2011
Label: Sony Music Australia
6
Gold (ARIA)
Singles
Year
Title
Peak chart positions
Certification s ( List of music recording sales certifications#Singles
Album
AUS
NZL
NLD
2004
Feeler
"So Beautiful"
"Bail Me Out"
"Please"
"Lines"
2005
13
Gold (ARIA)
See the Sun
"Class A"
2006
29
"George's Helper"
2008
36
Summer at Eureka
"Saving Grace"
"Chance to Say Goodbye"
2011
38
Blue Sky Blue
"Free"
Video albums
Passing Time (June 2004)
A Year in the Sun (September 2006)
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.petemurray.com/ Pete Murray web site
http://www.myspace.com/petemurray Pete Murray on MySpace
http://www.howlspace.com.au/en5/murraypete/murraypete.htm Howl Space Pete Murray page
http://www.youtube.com/v/kW0gYZ_v4zc& hl=en& fs=1/ Pete Murray on the news with cancer patients
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2008/may/15/pete-murray-plays-gympie-muster-summer-eureka/ "Summer at Eureka" Release
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