Cllaw is a songwriter/musician

from Sydney Australia,(orig Adelaide).

THEN

After the obligatory school bands/garage launchings,played guitar/keys for

"The Riff",an original/cover band gigging around the circuits of the Shire,in Sydney's south.

The remaining members went onto be the founding owners of Stagedoor, one of Sydney's best loved rehearsal studios.

Supported many major acts,(Mick Fleetwood's Zoo, Sherbet's last farewell,!!!,Emmanuelle Bros,Dragon,Mi-sex,Choirboys,

X-Men,Party Boys),toured with The Party Girls all over NSW,toured most towns of QLD, recorded,

fell over alot, released single/video,tour,etc Good fun.

Played keys/guit in lots of covers bands gigs,including "Savannah",with FOH maestro Rob Burton,

working all over Sydney/ NSW for a number of years.

In meantime enjoyed the fruits of being a biscuit representative,a police car dismantler,

a cakemix representative, a catamaran grinder,a cooking oil representative and many other meaningful careers.

Lived off mint slice, choc sponge and fried food for a time...

Went on to doing production and jinglework (Pfizer,radio commercials..) programming for bands,recording,and teaching music for number of years,doing piano bars, tribute bands,duos etc.

Continued writing and recording, doing material with engineer K.O. Kazokas (Stagedoor)

working with musicians such as James Valentine(The Models, ABC).

NOW

After continued prod stuff for Wildlife Sanctuaries(video),comedy jingles and lots of writing,

resumed some serious original recordings again early 2006,leading to an album being released 2007,

with some great musos and engineers.

Album (RAISE) extended and reworked 2008.

Still gigging in friends bands( 'Living in the Seventies' Festival, The Rocks in March etc)

Still recording,looking forward to new releases/band/gigs soon.

Sad addiction to cereal toys.

Dog person.