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Brad Maiden

About Me

Brad Maiden is a singer/songwriter who lives in Sydney, Australia. He has played in a number of bands the most recent being THE ROSS ORBIT STACK. The Stack had an ep out with a couple of tracks going onto high rotation on Triple J radio and one song "Trouble" being chosen to go on the Home and Hosed Volume 2 compilation. Their live shows were intense affairs with long freak outs common, both on and off stage!As a side project to the Stack Brad went in and recorded his debut album "OLD WASTED SOULS" at Free Energy Device Studios, Sydney. At the helm were Richard Belkner (Triosk, Miss Little, Jimmy and the Orange Gun) and Brendan Woithe. Tired of the limitations of modern rock and roll Brad wanted to use different instruments to create a sound leaning away from the indie rock of his previous band and move the sound into the darker waters of the swamp.Pianos, saxophones, distorted vocals, wurlitzer anything that was lying around the studio was used on the album. It was tracked in 4 days and mixed in three and a sold out launch at Bar Me in Kings Cross followed. The album is available from Red Eye Records and Bravery, Repetition and Noise Records in Sydney.Brad is currently working on his second album which was written during and upon his return from South America.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/25/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/bradmaiden
Band Members: "South Of the Border": Dave Kelly, Shaun Donovan, Justin Cetinich, Sarah McCallum, Paul Taylor, Brendan Woithe and Jarrod Shermann. Lara Goodridge from Fourplay also played fiddle. "Old Wasted Souls": Dave Goodman, Justin Cetinich, Brendan Woithe, Matt Keegan and Richard Belkner
Influences: Tom Waits, The (early!) Rolling Stones, Nick Cave, Queen, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Big Youth, David Bowie, Sonny Boy Williamson, Muddy Waters, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Frank Zappa, The Liars
Sounds Like: Moving into the darker waters of the swamp
Record Label: Independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEW TRACK UP!

Check out this new track "Damage Control" from my forthcoming album, "South Of The Border". The amazing Sarah McCallum is on BVs, Paul Taylor on drums and percussion, Shaun Donovan and Justin Cetinich...
Posted by Brad Maiden on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:20:00 PST

SECOND ALBUM

My second album "SOUTH OF THE BORDER" is to be mixed next week! Tracking is finished and the cue mixes are sounding amazing. Release date will be early next year.
Posted by Brad Maiden on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:04:00 PST

TRIPLE J AIRPLAY

'Crossfire' form debut album "OLD WASTED SOULS" has been selected by Caroline Tran to be played on Triple J's Home and Hosed. Request it at http://abc.net.au/triplej/requests/make_a_request.htm and fo...
Posted by Brad Maiden on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:58:00 PST

WOBBEGONG short film

WOBBEGONG. Writer/director Owen Trevor's FFC funded short film about a boy from the northern beaches who has to learn to deal with big life changes also happens to be one that I did the music for! It ...
Posted by Brad Maiden on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:36:00 PST

XFM RADIO IN MANCHESTER, UK

I just found out that one of my tracks was played on Monday night on XFM in Manchester by Unsigned DJ Clint Boon. Clint was formerly of seminal indie band Inspiral Carpets who headlined Reading in 199...
Posted by Brad Maiden on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:43:00 PST

UPCOMING GIGS

Dear all, thank you to those who came down to the album launch and made it so fucking awesome! Having trouble remembering even the littlest details but that is a good sign, right? Next gig is supporti...
Posted by Brad Maiden on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 07:30:00 PST