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luke mcavenna

luke mcAvenna......wiritng/production/percussion

About Me

Luke McAvenna - writer/producer/percussionist/drummer.Luke writes & produces both songs and soundtrack material for Rhythm Nation Productions (www.rhythmnation.net.au) in Australia & for Compound (www.compound.com) in New York. Luke also hits stuff - drums/percussion and whatever else makes a good sound. He engages in these activities at the request of anyone who is doing quality stuff...... if it's rockin' he'll be there.Luke holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he studied performance and composition. He then went on to study with teachers at both the Manhattan School of Music and Julliard in New York. Luke has worked in both Commercial & Classical music fields and everything in between. Luke has worked with the likes of Aria Award winning and multi-platinum acts such as Human Nature and Pnau through to Australian Opera and Tap Dogs. ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........Writing/Production: Rhythm Nation Productions, Pnau, L'More, Compound NYC, Melinda Jackson (check out her hot new single !), Shep Solomon, Private Eyes - (check out myspace) Toyota Aurion, Holden Barina, Ovation TV, Ancestry.com, Foxtel Pay TV, Generation Network, Attradius Insurance-Netherlands, Compound NYC, Longrain, Task 2 ............................................................ ............................................................ .....Drums/Percussion: Human Nature (SonyBMG), Paulini (SonyBMG), Pnau (Warner), L'More (EMI/Underwater), Tammin Sursok (SonyBMG), Danielle Spencer, Tap Dogs. Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra. English National Ballet Orchestra, Royal Ballet Orchestra. Sprung Percsuission, Vince Pizzinga, Big Bang Theory. Luke is endorsed by Yamaha Drums, Paiste Cymbals, LP Percussion --------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2006
Band Website: rhythmnation.net.au
Band Members:
Influences: in no particular order........Quincy Jones, Leiber & Stoller, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Rod Temperton, Beck, The Who, AC/DC, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Bjork, Outkast, Parliament, Les Rhythmes Digitales-Jacques lu Conte, James Brown, Prince, Le Tigre, Stravinsky, Lalo Schifrin, Michael Jackson, Herbert, The Neptunes/ N*E*R*D, Timbaland, Hall &; Oates, Babyface, L.A Reid, A Tribe Called Quest, D'Angelo, Sigur Ros, David Bowie, Snoop Dogg, Rick Rubin, Phil Spector (musically - not the alleged House of Blues & Gun incident!!), Bartok, Thomas Newman, Ennio Morricone, Ravel, Dr. Dre., Robert Palmer, Sly & The Family Stone, Oscar Peterson, The Police, Nile Rogers, Vanda & Young, Trevor Horn, Q-Tip, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Frank Sinatra, Sting, McCoy Tyner, Dean Martin, Steely Dan, The Meters, Smokey Robinson, Air, Paulina Da Costa, John Robinson, Steve Gadd, Manu Katche, Steve Jordan, Vinnie Colaiuta, Airto, Herbie Hancock, Nathan East, Pino Palladino, George Michael, Jeff Porcaro, Alicia Keys, Debussy, Marvin Gaye, Wagner, Madonna, Kool & The Gang, Rolling Stones, Eno, Shostakovich, Miles Davis (again), Massive Attack, Craig Armstrong, Nirvana, U2, No Doubt, Donny Hathaway, Beyonce, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Peter Gabriel, Toto, Van Halen.......
Sounds Like: it should !
Type of Label: None