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Michael Bevan

About Me

Check out www.michaelbevan.com for more info, songs, videos and free downloads! Want to download the mp3's? Pay what you think with the donate button!

Michael Bevan is an experienced and exciting singer/ songwriter. With a powerful voice and unique style.Some points of interest regarding Michael’s musical journey- Michael was lead singer and bass player in Sydney bands “Red Moon Down” and “Tripwire”.- Sang in original band “Green Manalishi” in Dublin, Ireland- Performed 5 hrs per night, 7 nights per week as the singer in a cover band in Lanzarote, Canary Islands- Michael is well known as a beer bottle playing busker on the streets of Australia’s cities as well as in Tokyo and Kyoto.Michael draws on this wealth of experience to make him an artist truly worth checking out.Pre release copies of his CD "Rescue" are now available. Message me for more details. You can get a preview and check out more tunes at michaelbevan.com.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: michaelbevan.com
Influences: The Beatles, Soundgarden, Mike Patton, Ray Charles, George Gershwin, Herbie Hancock, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Queen, Beck, Billy Joel, Steve Miller Band, Nick Cave, Bee Gees, Radiohead, David Bowie, The Doors, Tracy Chapman, Vivaldi, Chopin, The Black Crowes, U2, Jerry Lee Lewis, Paul Pena, Tuvan throat singing, Tripwire, B52's, Carol King, Frank Sinatra, The Police, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, john frusciante, pj harvey, the police, deftones, ani difranco, elliott smith, the who, nirvana, the clouds, lisa loeb, joe satriani, the b52's, 311, pearl jam, bjork, nick drake, pink floyd, tool, the beach boys, red hot chili peppers, beth orton, glen campbell, dave matthews band, the tea party, ben kweller, peter frampton, david bowie, crowded house, kings of leon, the church, frank zappa, alice in chains, queens of the stone age, tori amos, smashing pumpkins, bush, lenny kravitz, fiona apple, john lennon, paul mccartney, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luciano Pavarotti.
Sounds Like: Ben Folds, Ben Kweller, Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Crowded House, The Beatles... I don't bloody know, listen and make up your own mind!

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New songs, cant find the words& Lyrics constipation

Ive got two new songs in the works which are suffering from lyrics constipation. I think these two will be the best Ive ever written, as long as I can get the lyrics right. I suppose putting pressur...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:35:00 GMT

New Blog New Website (in progress)

Well, I just wrote my first Wordpress blog post. I'm going to see if I can link it up with myspace with this pingback stuff. Not sure of it works for that... I suppose I'll soon find out. I also...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:08:00 GMT

Don't you just love bureaucracy! (Circular Quay)

Well, I thought I might take my keyboard down and test a few of my new songs on an unsuspecting public at Circular Quay. So I took my public liability insurance policy and passport photo to the office...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Stella McCartney - Stella

Well, my song Stella may be a mystery to many of you. It is a rather odd song I must admit. Those of you in Australia would remember when a Stella McCartney range of clothes was released at Target sto...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:32:00 GMT

New tunes uploaded. Platinum or One by One???? Both are getting nearly double the plays

Well I uploaded a whole lot of new tunes a couple of days ago and it emerged that "Platinum" was getting a whole lot more plays than the others so I figured that this tune must be the one that is conn...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:47:00 GMT

Drummer and Bassplayer wanted who can bicycle

Well,I’m looking for a drummer and a bassplayer. Preferably able to tour later in the year and possibly able and willing to ride a bicycle from Brisbane to Melbourne. Is this too much too ask???...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:05:00 GMT

Sydney Nude!

For those of you who aren't in Sydney, you may or may not be aware that it has been raining solidly here for about the past two weeks and they are expecting 130km/h winds tonight, how exciting.The con...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:05:00 GMT

"My Island" on FBi Radio, cool!!!

Well, I distributed a few cd's to FBi radio a couple of weeks ago and what do you know, I have actually heard them play My Island now three times in the space of as many days (and I'm not listening 24...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:36:00 GMT

Gig this Thursay 19th, Brighton Bar, FREE come down!

My upcoming gigs thingy isn't working for some reason, so her it is.Brighton Bar, 77 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.Starts at 8pm with Cass Smiles, forgot the name of the second act at 9pm, I'm on at 10pm un...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:35:00 GMT

New Tunes, on piano/ gig on Thursday 19th / Busker News

I just posted a couple of demos of piano ballads. If you listen to "My Island" in contrast, you can tell that I have pretty eclectic tastes. I'm going to put down some rockier piano numbers over the n...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:58:00 GMT