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Pete Hawkes
Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, musician and mathematician. He is best known for his ability to compose music from many different genres. In 2002 Hawkes won the ABC Newcastle Songwriter of the Year Award, and won another ABC award in 2009 for his instrumental works. In 2012 he was recognised as an Australian music legend by receiving a MUSICOZ Legend award. He has recorded over 1200 recordings covering a wide range of different genres (Hawkes has composed original Celtic, Folk, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Classical, Chamber Music, World music, Rock, Gothic rock, Ragtime, Blues, Folk Blues, Delta Blues, Ambient, Singer Songwriter, Baroque and hybrid styles) and is known for significant innovation and melding of different musical styles. In 2014, Fine Music Magazine featured Hawkes in recognition of his enormous contribution to music, and in particular, his prolific composing ability across all styles of music. In 2015 Hawkes was featured in Australian Guitar Magazine in recognition of his unique guitar style, his composing talent and his views in relation to the development, progression and evolution of contemporary guitar playing.
Hawkes has supported, recorded and/or other wise worked with artists as diverse as Bert Jansch, Dave Swarbrick, Steeleye Span, Martin Carthy, Phil Emmanuel, James Taylor (support act), The Coors (support act),Phil Bywater, Shane Leistedeau, Lok Davidson (who’s credits include Stevie Wonder, John Farnham, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Maria Schneider among others), Mike McClintock (credits such as Crowded House, Goyte), Joe Cocker, Bob Venier (credits include Split Enz, Little River Band, Mondo Rock and The Black Sorrows amongst others, see also Australian jazz), Ernie Gruner, Cam MacCalistair (Alice Cooper band), Jan Preston, Richard Steele, Juzzie Smith, Paul Stender, Justin Price Rees, Imelda Baligod, Louise Woodward, Josephine Veins, Rachael Kim, Charlotte Winsdale, Zoe Olly, Elisha Maiyah, Phil Haynes, Sue Aston (credits such as Nigel Kennedy, Peter Donohoe, Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Charles Groves and Esa Pekka Salonen), Phil Binnotto (credits include Dancing with the Stars, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, the Lion King, Nina Ferro, Lloyd Spiegel, the AFI awards), Anthony Branagin and many many others, including international orchestras, string quartets and session players (see biography and references).
Like Franz List and Duke Ellington, Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees the sounds in colors. He believes music should not be classified and that it should be primarily judged by the emotional impact the music makes to listeners rather than technical prowess.
- Screen name:
- pete92389
- Member since:
- May 08 2023
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Touring
- Years playing music:
- 45
- Gigs played:
- Over 100
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 6-7 nights a week
Influences
To many to mention
Instrument experience:
- Acoustic Guitar:
- Expert
EQUIPMENT
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