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Mal McCallum

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mal mccallum
above the wires Above the wires
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Recent Events
CD review in musician magazine october 2006 edition - 'flawless production' .. see full review posted here
Mal had 2 songs in the finals for the 2007 MLT songwriters awards
these are 'don't be gone too long' and 'can't lose everytime' ...the Award was won in 2007 by Chanelle Davis.
Mal won the 2006 MLT Songwriters Awards, he had three songs in the final ten, including 'thinkin' about you' and 'back home', both off 'above the wires', and won with 'hangin' by a thread'.
Mal was a finalist in 2008 with an as yet unreleased track "Rock 'n' Rolled a little Too long"
general background
* Mal has been writing, playing and singing since the late 60's
* Now based in Auckland New Zealand
* mal has a recording career that began with albums in 1976, 1978 and 1980, the last two in australia
* Was based in Sydney for 13 years.
* He released the CD "Stepping Stones" in auckland in 2000.
* Mal released 'above the wires' in 2006.
* Mal plays keyboards and guitar, mainly acoustic, his main one being a hand built New Zealand made "Tui" guitar from Laurie Williams.
* For more background stories and detail, check out the blogs...
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Member Since: 17/09/2006
Band Website: www.malmccallum.com
Band Members: thinking about you

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recording band:
pat kuhtze on drums, and paul taylor drums on a couple , and on percussion
dan antunovich on bass
lewis mccallum on sax and clarinet
greg mccallum on trumpet
chet o'connell on electric guitar on princess of the blues
sarah mccallum, jenny eirena and dave morris on bv's
mal played keys acoustic and electric guitars and bass on a couple

live band:
mal acoustic guitar and keys
mal plays a Williams NZ kauri hand made acoustic guitar
Check out Laurie Williams Guitars
chet o'connell acoustic guitar and vocals, and electric guitar
dan antunovich on bass
Chris Grant on drums, or pat kuhtze sometimes

Influences: james taylor, mark knopfler, sting, keith urban, bb king, eric clapton, ray charles, bob dylan, the band, dr john, tommy emmanuel, ryan adams, jackson browne, bonnie raitt, crosby stills nash and young, neil young, mark cohn, rick price, pat drummond, ralph mctell, stevie wonder, stevie ray vaughan, and many others.
Sounds Like: himself mainly, james taylor, jackson browne, keith urban, mark cohn, seasoned with a dash of stevie wonder and donny hathaway from time to time
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

the background story

here's a bit of background and some more recent events, if you have a mind to find out what I've been doing over the years. *Mal had 2 songs in the finals for the 2007 MLT songwriters awards,which was...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:38:00 GMT

Review from Musician Magazine October 2006

Mal McCallum - Above the Wires.First impression from track one was that I was listening to new material from James Taylor - the arrangement, guitar work and vocals being distinctly Taylor-esque. But i...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:28:00 GMT

WATCH MAL'S VIDEO for THINKIN ABOUT YOU

Posted By:Mal McCallumGet this video and more at MySpace.com
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:47:00 GMT

A bit of background on writing & making 'above the wires' Part 1

I had started recording a few things with half a mind to beat them into some sort of CD, and then ended up having about a 3 month break from it while I was busy over the summer in 2004/5. When I came ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:51:00 GMT