Everyone needs a bit of musical inspiration from time to time – aspiring musicians possibly most of all.
Maker Resonate, Dimitrios and Sarah EIDA are three emerging Aussie musicians who are currently taking part in the GRID Series 2016 artist development program, which has selected eight acts from Melbourne’s South East to play a series of showcases running from August 18 – 27 at The Village Green and The Pelly Bar.
For a bit of extra inspiration to get us through to the end of the week, we’ve asked these three acts to share with us some of the tracks that have inspired them to pursue a career in music.
Maker Resonate
Maker Resonate are a fledgling four-piece post-hardcore/hard rock band from Melbourne, who just released their debut EP Fear In Faith in June.
Dayseeker – Dead Man
The chorus melody is killer, so it’s really melodic and the lyrics are killer! Always love a good chorus.
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
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Simple, heavy riffs blended with tight vocals, and guitar artistry way ahead of its time. Tom’s guitar work opened my eyes to what you can achieve thinking outside of the box when it comes to guitar.
Nick Johnston – Atomic Mind
This song has some versatile, melodic guitar playing which has really influenced my playing along with some rhythmic grooves.
Erra – Ultraviolet
This song pushes the boundaries of guitar and drum playing and it continues to challenge and inspire my playing.
Stories – Alone In The Fallout
The clean tones and structure inspired me to develop more dynamic sounding songs. It made me realise the beauty in the music that I was writing, instead of the constant “heavy” sounding riffs that made up a typical metal song, it inspired me to write songs that were still “heavy” but with more dynamics.
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Dimitrios
Dimitrios is an 18-year-old hip hop artist from Melbourne, who produces music with a blend of styles, drawing on inspiration from artists from Mac Miller to King Krule.
Mac Miller (featuring Anderson Paak) – Dang
This track is just so honest that it feels good, Mac is one of my favourite rappers ever and this is why.
Chance the Rapper (feat. Saba) – Angels
This just gives me good sad vibes, who said music has to always be happy? I can’t help but smile when I hear Chance rap like this. Its just fire in the most unique way.
GoldLink – Spectrum
I automatically feel 10 times cooler when I listen to this song. GoldLink raps faster than I can think, but it just works.
Kendrick Lamar – Untitled 02 0206.232014
I think Kendrick is already one of the best of all time, this song is the perfect explanation why. Who even does this?
Sarah EIDA
Sarah EIDA is a Melbourne alt-blues/folk singer-songwriter who draws on strong influences from darker alternative sources, and fronts rock band Sub Rosa.
Tonight Tonight – Smashing Pumpkins
Tonight Tonight was probably the first song that got my attention about The Smashing Pumpkins. The obscure look and sound shun a bright light to me on my misfit high school days.
Spark – Tori Amos
Spark by Tori Amos inspired me because it gave me an idea of what kind of an artist I wanted to be. The production of the song is quite dark and quirky like the rest of the Album ‘at the choir girl hotel’
The Day The Whole World Went Away
Blew my mind ever so greatly at 16 years of age. I remember when I first heard it on triple J. It was another world that I had to know about. The Fragile was probably the first album that introduced me to electronic rock.
Big Exit – PJ Harvey
This inspired me with the clean rock guitar tones. With her songs it was as if she gave me permission to project my voice greater than usual.
The Sky Is Fallin’ – Queens of The Stone Age
This was my first introduction to Josh Homme’s lush vocal melodies and Harmonies. His desert inspired music inspired how I sing my melodies. I was so in love with this song that ended up covering it as a piano ballad.
