Michael-John Azzopardi

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Singer - Songwriter - Multi Instrumentalist - Visual Artist

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What I Do

I write and sing songs, play guitar and make noise out of a myriad of other musical instruments. I call Sydney, where I have been performing for quite a few years now, home.
I am about as independent a musical artist as you can get. I pretty much write, perform, record, and produce everything myself with the odd exception.
I have performed at scores of venues, some small, some large, in and around Sydney as well as at folk clubs and festivals further afield.
I have done some session guitar work and have played a variety of styles of music in a variety of bands, none of which, to my knowledge, achieving much fame.
Not being a great fan of band politics and temperamental egos I steered towards solo performance. As a solo performer, I have shared the stage with other artists too numerous to count, some achieving various levels of fame, most achieving very little to none.
My solo performances comprise myself and an acoustic guitar in the main and on occasion have played other instruments or been accompanied by a cellist, percussionist or vocalist.
I taught myself how to sing and play and first attempted penning songs as soon as I could string a couple of chords together.
I suffer a phobia of being labelled and am by no means a purist when it comes to playing any particular genre. I think of myself as a singer songwriter musician and have had my music described as alternative/progressive/trance/new - folk/rock in various reviews etc. though I prefer to let the music speak for itself.

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My Music

My Albums

Above are my solo albums to date. Click on each image for a larger view and click on the enlarged image to return to My Music page.You can also click on the My Albums button above which will take you a page with each of my albums listed. If you click on the album graphic it will take you to the relative Bandcamp page for that album where you can listen, read lyrics and buy the album or where available individual tracks if you wish.At the moment I have not uploaded all my albums to Bandcamp. If the album is not yet uploaded the image will be linked to a single track from the relative album on my Bandcamp page for listening and/or purchase. Full albums will eventually be uploaded.To return to My Music page from Bandcamp simply hit your browser’s back button.

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You'll also find review links on the Albums page under the related album cover graphic.

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Coming Soon

During my hiatus from gigging I have been busy writing a bunch of new songs which will make up a new album which at this stage will be titled Once Around The Sun.
This will be a very stripped back album with just one vocal and one acoustic guitar. As a bit of a teaser below I have included a very rough working version recording of the title track Once Around The Sun. Please note this is a working version and NOT the final take.