Glenn McDonald is a solo sometimes duo, sometimes trio, sometimes full band playing artist from Melbourne Victoria.
He started out his playing career in Gippsland playing gigs all around regional Victoria for the first few years. Honing his skills and building his library of original acoustic music he has since moved to Melbourne to pursue a career in music. Influenced by everything from jazz to funk, hip hop, rock and classical, he has succeeded in creating passionate music with a message that you can take in or just listen to.
Heavily influenced by recent acoustic artists such as the John Butler Trio, Xavier Rudd, Jack Johnson, and Incubus, and equally by such classic artists as Neil Young, Nick Drake, Mark Lizotte (Diesel), Crowded House and others, Glenn has been forging ahead with different styles and genres currently with numerous residencies around Melbourne. Glenn featured on the TripleJ Unearthed website in 2003, Finished 6th in the National Musicoz Unsigned artists competition in 2004, Finished 16th in Musicoz in 2005, and completed support slots with artists such as Diesel, James Reyne, Joe Camilleri, Tex Perkins and Dan Hall. 2006 Saw Glenn perform for the first time in years on Melbourne Radio station 3RPP and saw him complete gigs in the Victorian ski fields and numerous other places around Melbourne.
Glenn is currently a top ten finalist in the National Music Oz competition and Working on an EP for release before the end of 2006. With some great artists helping him on the way credit must be given to Dylan Hammond, Sally Tatterson, Andrew Sylvio, Jerome Phillips, and Troy Trigwell to name a few.
“Creating music is a great passion of mine and I love the opportunity to share it with anyone willing to listen”.
“To everyone that has ever seen me play, thanks for listening and I hope you enjoyed it, come again soon I look forward to being able to provide you guys and girls with a cd you can take home with you and listen to.”
You can see Glenn McDonald play at numerous gigs around town by keeping an eye on the news page or joining the e-mail database. Whether it’s playing his own brand of acoustic funk/jazz/rock/folk……man sooooooo many slashes, or putting a unique spin on songs you know and love be sure to catch Glenn soon.
Thankyou