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There are two artists by the name of Whitley listed on Last.fm:
1) Whitley is an artist from Melbourne, Australia.
Whitley seamlessly blends organic acoustic flavours with electronic overtones creating songs with hushed, whimsical tales of love and loss.
Whitley’s previous incarnations in hardcore and punk bands were tempered when he was dragged along to see alt-country stars Keiran Cane and Kevin Welsh by a friend’s dad. He had an epiphany and was converted to the “songs that made sense” and started listening to traditional country. The result of these influences has produced a folktronic sound all of his own.
Whitley first met producer and collaborator, Nick Huggins, from watching him play the Mississippi folk instrument the steel lap guitar (dobro). The friendship evolved through a shared love of music and Nick was the natural choice to work on the album.
The pair took a pragmatic approach to recording, decamping to the surrounds of Nick’s family home in Point Lonsdale converting the old house into a studio with a sleeping barracks out the back.
Instead of a rigid schedule and time restraints, recording revolved around the Geelong footy fixture and the surfing tides.
“We planned the whole album around the footy and surfing. It was a matter of working around that stuff. You don’t want to do anything when you’re not feeling creative. So we would only create and only write and only make music when we wanted.
“Nick is a mad Geelong fan and he refused to record on any days when Geelong was playing. And it would really influence the way Nick recorded that week. If Geelong won, he would be up beat and on fire and if they lost he would just be miserable.”
1) Whitley is an artist from Melbourne, Australia.
Whitley seamlessly blends organic acoustic flavours with electronic overtones creating songs with hushed, whimsical tales of love and loss.
Whitley’s previous incarnations in hardcore and punk bands were tempered when he was dragged along to see alt-country stars Keiran Cane and Kevin Welsh by a friend’s dad. He had an epiphany and was converted to the “songs that made sense” and started listening to traditional country. The result of these influences has produced a folktronic sound all of his own.
Whitley first met producer and collaborator, Nick Huggins, from watching him play the Mississippi folk instrument the steel lap guitar (dobro). The friendship evolved through a shared love of music and Nick was the natural choice to work on the album.
The pair took a pragmatic approach to recording, decamping to the surrounds of Nick’s family home in Point Lonsdale converting the old house into a studio with a sleeping barracks out the back.
Instead of a rigid schedule and time restraints, recording revolved around the Geelong footy fixture and the surfing tides.
“We planned the whole album around the footy and surfing. It was a matter of working around that stuff. You don’t want to do anything when you’re not feeling creative. So we would only create and only write and only make music when we wanted.
“Nick is a mad Geelong fan and he refused to record on any days when Geelong was playing. And it would really influence the way Nick recorded that week. If Geelong won, he would be up beat and on fire and if they lost he would just be miserable.”
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The Submarine
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Go Forth, Find Mammoth
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timleto wrote:
More Than Life <3 !
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ricardocrvg wrote:
pes 2011
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elverdaderoekra wrote:
Fuck you stupid songwriter i'm trying to listen to my nigga Whitely stop deflecting my scrobblings
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caitlinforeman wrote:
He is extremely soothing. You can feel his feelings. [2]
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artfeedsmia wrote:
He is extremely soothing. You can feel his feelings.
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satriaji wrote:
Heard it on PES 2011, absolutely amazing. :P [4]
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durbanizable wrote:
me quedo con killer
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renanjunio wrote:
Heard it on PES 2011, absolutely amazing. :P [3]
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Junior_Lins wrote:
Heard it on PES 2011, absolutely amazing. :P [2]
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zione wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/lawrencegreenwood
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andremiguelaa wrote:
Head, first, down!
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malounge wrote:
heard it at shane o'neills skate mental part of 2010
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x00eve00x wrote:
Thanks for making such amazing music.
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azul0182 wrote:
love love love... had to spread word over at http://bitchyvegansoundtrack.com/2010/12/i-remember/
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ramxtreme wrote:
a piece of my life
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taylor2008 wrote:
i saw him when he opened for Ben Kweller in Austin, Texas way back in 2008. Fantastic musician. He's got an awesome sense of humor as well.
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flame_leaf wrote:
Heard it on Flashforward, absolutely amazing. [20]
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jabastronaut wrote:
I don't even know what Flashforward is. [2]
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harrisaros wrote:
Heard it on PES 2011, absolutely amazing. :P
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Yana_Montana wrote:
Heard it on Flashforward, absolutely amazing. [19]
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Moving on...
30 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/whitleymusic
Hello there.I'm using the Whitley myspace to direct traffic
to my new, solo project that is slowly evolving. I'll keep you up
to date on what is happening in my world and post some music over
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alexraup, jennamwalker, raraputrinda and 24 other people added Whitley to their libraries. yesterday morning
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alexi1000 tagged Whitley with australian, acoustic, folk and one other tag. last month
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mrswinchester24, stellar-, kait1989 and 10 other people added Whitley to their libraries. last month
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timleto tagged Whitley with acoustic and singer-songwriter. December 2011
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timleto, Chris_Tina91, Sola_Damefortun and 51 other people added Whitley to their libraries. December 2011
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Cattieyote wrote about Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth in Favorite Albums of 2009. December 2009
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starrise wrote about Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth in Best albums in 2009. December 2009
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PJ27 wrote about Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth in 50 Favourites of 2009. December 2009
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PJ27 wrote about Whitley – Go Forth, Find Mammoth in a deleted journal. December 2009
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