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Kanvas Grey

About Me

    Ben Thomas on Vocals & Guitar Justin Jolley on Bass Mark Fitzgerald on Drums & Vocals


As one of Melbourne's long-serving alternative favourites, Kanvas Grey has proven that Australia's musical capital holds much promise for unsigned go-getters on a world scale.
Three albums plus miscellaneous singles and EPs, tours locally, nationally and internationally, interest from media near and far... something is definitely working for this trio of self-proclaimed non-conformists.
Says KG frontman Ben: “We make this music because it's who we are, not who we want to be. That's very important to us.”
This philosophy, consistent from t=0, has facilitated a soundscape of growth of the band. When listened in sequence, the recordings reveal the journey over time, cataloguing love and loss, political events, life turning points and the rollercoaster that is human emotion.

New Album
Self titled, Kanvas Grey's new album is the band's proudest production yet, featuring a higher level of energy precipitating from rocking tunes and some of the most dynamic solos yet.
Bassist Justin remarks “We've reached a stage where we have established ourselves as a collective, rather than individuals. We played together so comfortably on this album, which really reflects our live performance. It's like reaching some higher level of being, but instead of levitating or something we just decided to self-title the album.”
All tracks are available for free download from this site, or from most online music stores.

Tours
In 2006 England and Wales were treated to the KG sound, experiencing 25 shows in 5 weeks, hosted in some of the finest venues including Liverpool's Cavern Club, famous for birthing the Beatles, and the Rock Garden in Covent Garden, the first London boards to be tread by musical legends U2.
The music was so warmly received that the band was invited back to perform at many venues and events including music festivals such as Reading, In The City (Manchester) and Isle of Wight.

2008 awaits a US tour in February to capitalise on exposure provided by Project MyWorld, which is like a travel show for the internet age, hosted by cable network DirecTV who boasts a subscribership of over 45 million.

Kanvas Grey (self titled album) Is In Store Now!

KG's collaboratively man-birthed ball of pride is now available! Through the wonders of electronic media you can choose-your-own-adventure for acquiring your very own recording of this album. Be your flavour hold-in-hand product, paid download through iTunes and their ilk or free download from our website, you have the ability to be the master of your own listening destiny. Links are everywhere. Click one.

Project MyWorld

Visitors from across the sea brought with them the promise of promotion. And with over 45 million subscribers to their host network, Shaina, Renee and Bridgetta from Project MyWorld certainly have the figures (and the figures – nudge nudge) to back their claim! Check them out in our top friends and tune in to DirecTV on December 7th to see Kanvas Grey rock Hanging Rock Winery on the Melbourne leg of the second season of the girls' journey.

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Member Since: 11/16/2005
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As you will notice below, all the music we have ever recorded is available for free download and we have attached a personal introduction at the beginning of each song.

Our hope is that you will like all our music and eventually, if you grow to love it enough you will return to this website or to a music retailer, be it online or a store, to purchase a CD or mp3s.

Purchased tracks are free of our voice intros, of course, and your payment will help keep us making new music.

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My Blog

Who are we living for?

It's been a while since my last rant and it's late at night so I apologise in advance for the lack of coherency in this blog...Love the one you're with. Be grateful for what you've got. Better the d...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:21:00 GMT

RANT - Preserving "real" music

  I find myself in a recurring discussion revolving around the question "What is real music?" Let me put it in context for you before I explore deeper: Friend: "So Mark why don't you like that n...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:16:00 GMT

RANT - Free music. Sure, take everything.

So here we are again, staring down the barrels of guns held by short-sighted business men who's itchy trigger fingers are threatening annihilation of the music industry.Today at theage.com.au we read ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:16:00 GMT

Rant - Don't talk to strangers

People talking is, in my belief, a sharing of culture. More important than books, more beautiful than art and more interesting than documentaries. Riding the train home from work this evening it occu...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:19:00 GMT

Clash of the Titans commentary

Im not going to get all worked up in this blog, Im going to be like a sports announcer giving you a blow-by-blow account of this clash of the titans. So without further ado Ladies and gentlemen in th...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:28:00 GMT

It's Happening: EMI on the anti-new-band-wagon

Its happening!Last week I posted a blog (see myspace.com/kanvasgrey) talking about Universals deal with an internet company offering free, legal music downloads of Universals entire roster. I talked ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:04:00 GMT

MySpace Strikes Back - major labels left reeling.

I was accused recently of falsely labeling MySpace as a Music Industry Revolution. Similarly, I posted a controversial bulletin recently about how terrible it was that free music downloading was to b...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:12:00 GMT

Pirating is legal? (long but worth reading)

Read this with the following in mind: This is NOT an anti-pirating rant. Music pirating impacts big artists in a big way and its terrible, but thats not what Im talking about in this email. This em...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:41:00 GMT