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You can rest assured your hard earned cash is going to feed John's family - it's not paying for some record company executives flash car. This is a world class album made by an award winning songwriter. Don't take our word for it...check out the quotes below:
When you’ve won national and international awards, releasing new material can be daunting. Not so for John Harley Weston. 'Welcome Back To Reality’ (2008) is even more essential.
Here's what some music industry big hitters are saying.....
PAUL PITICCO (manager of one of Australia's biggest rock band's Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning and the Grates) says 'Congrats mate. DIY has worked great for you .....you should write a "how to" book. It has been great to watch it grow. Here's to your continued success'.
MARK HOLDEN - (Australian Idol judge, music producer and songwriter) says 'Hi John.....really good site you have for listening - excellent material - good onya...'
KHALIQ GLOVER (Los Angeles based Grammy award winning recording/mixing engineer for Prince, Justin Timberlake, John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Santana, Sting, Marcus Miller) says 'Wow, you sound great. Great songs and craftsmanship and your singing is spot on..'
TONY BEARD (drummer/guitarist with Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Bee Gees, Daryl Hall, Jeff Beck, Wyclef Jean, Madonna & McCartney) says new song ''Whatever Makes You Happy' is a hit and a great metaphor'.
‘WELCOME BACK TO REALITY’ - ALBUM ON SALE NOW - JULY SPECIAL OFFER ONLY $10 (Australian)
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It’s easy to pump out new music for the sake of it - but real artists need a reason. 'Welcome Back To Reality' is a welcome back to the essence of great songwriting; strong melodies, a variety of teasing hooks and coherent lyrics that inspire and uplift. It's all wrapped in hook driven, acoustic guitar-based rock, seasoned with just the right amount of folk.
In this latest offering Weston doesn’t shirk his responsibility as a writer. There's no cheese here - instead, 10 songs with depth from a songwriter with a conscience. In a time when much of today’s music scratches the surface of ‘reality’ Weston's writing is reminiscent of the message songs of Ben Harper and Bernard Fanning. That common thread is evident from the cajun-flavoured ‘Whatever Makes You Happy’ to the Sheryl Crowesque ‘Believe In Yourself’ on to the epic self-discovery song ‘Welcome Back To Reality’. It continues with ‘Let Your Life Begin,’ revealing shades of Paul Rodgers, through to the bluesy ‘Wouldn’t Miss A Day’ and on to the Johnny Cash styled ‘Righteous Son’ about Australian, Van Nguyen, who was hanged in Singapore for carrying drugs.
In addition to the above comparisons there are also tones of vintage Neil Diamond (one of the most successful songwriters of all time). Comparisons aside Weston’s style is individual in it’s own right. No doubt there will be more awards on the table before the year is out. There’s also a cover version of the Australian classic, 'Waltzing Matilda,'.
Weston's first album 'Hope Harbour' (2004/5) picked up some serious international awards. In Australia where the Scotsman is now based he won the prestigious Australian National Songwriting Contest 2005 (rock category) with the rootsy, up-tempo, country-rock anthem 'Last Days Of Summer'. He received highest level Honourable Mention from Billboard World Songwriting Contest (2006) for his humanitarian lament, 'Brothers and Sisters' inspired by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and in 2006 John also made the top 20 at the notoriously difficult Unisong International Songwriting Contest judged by songwriting legends...a competition that's given birth to songwriters Bonnie Raitt , Jimmy Buffet, Mick Fleetwood, Indigo Girls, Lisa Loeb, Burt Bacharach. Now that's huge recognition for a first independent album!
As if that's not enough Weston was also voted in the top 5 best singers in the world by a major heavy-weight U.S. music publisher Dale Kawashima (previously Creative Director at Sony Music Publishing in Los Angeles and head of Michael Jackson's ATV) he has represented the song catalogs of Springsteen, Dylan, Beatles and Motown. Now that's what I call an endorsement.
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John Harley Weston has worked extensively in the UK and Australia supporting acts such as Indigo Girls, Wet Wet Wet, Lighthouse Family, Duran Duran and Aussie legend John "Swanee' Swan amongst others.
In 1999 he wrote 'Road to Victory' for the mighty Brisbane Lions Aussie Rules Football team. (Festival/Mushroom Records)
John Harley Weston is endorsed by Takamine Guitars, D'Addario strings and Neumann Microphones.
His musical apprenticeship was served with some of the cream of the industry such as Gary Katz (legendary Steeley Dan producer), Ian Kewley (Paul Young's M.D.) and members of Paul McCartneys band. He's recorded all over the world in studios such as Peter Gabriel's 'Real World' in England, 'Rockfield Studios' in Wales, Jimmy Page's 'The Old Mill' and 'Air Studios', London.
His first taste of success was in the early 90s as lead singer/songwriter with the Scottish band 'Frontier' (Polygram now Mercury Records). Frontier played hundreds of live shows from outdoor festivals, pubs and clubs to the UKs university circuit and large capacity exhibition centres including Wembley Arena headlining and supporting acts such as Wet Wet Wet and Gun. More about Frontier at myspace/thebandfrontier
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