Jeff Cripps
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Jeff Cripps is an Australia
n recording artist and music producer both for many local bands within New South Wales
as well as throughout Australia and many internationally. Many see him solely as a producer of great blues
music (because of the many blues related awards he has received) though he can and has recorded many styles for a variety of bands. Cripps almost always works out of the A# Recording Studio in Sydney, NSW though he also does a copious amount of live events also.
Over the years Cripps has worked with and produced works for several big bands and artists including The Vines
, Cask Thomson, Throwdown, The D4
, James Blundell
and The Atlantics
. He has also worked on various other regional and international projects including producing the soundtrack for the movie Garage Days
and producing the official AFL
songs.
He is currently the lead guitarist and vocalist of the band Mississippi Shakedown and was previously the drummer in the band Ol' 55
.
As a reflection of his work Jeff Cripps has been awarded with numerous music awards http://www.asharp.com.au/awards.html, some of which include:
Cripps is also the owner of A# Sharp Recording Studio in Sydney, New South Wales.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n recording artist and music producer both for many local bands within New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
as well as throughout Australia and many internationally. Many see him solely as a producer of great blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
music (because of the many blues related awards he has received) though he can and has recorded many styles for a variety of bands. Cripps almost always works out of the A# Recording Studio in Sydney, NSW though he also does a copious amount of live events also.
Over the years Cripps has worked with and produced works for several big bands and artists including The Vines
The Vines
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, Cask Thomson, Throwdown, The D4
The D4
The D4 was a rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. Their music was released by Hollywood Records in the U.S., Flying Nun Records in New Zealand and by Infectious Records in the UK....
, James Blundell
James Blundell (singer)
-Music:He won a Golden Guitar Award for best new talent of 1987.Blundell's eponymous first album, in 1989, followed up by "Hand It Down", which was released in the United States in 1990 following its success in Australia. Successive albums were This Road and Touch of Water. This Road included the...
and The Atlantics
The Atlantics
This article refers to the Australian Surf rock band. See paragraph at the end of this page for information on other bands called The Atlantics....
. He has also worked on various other regional and international projects including producing the soundtrack for the movie Garage Days
Garage Days
Garage Days is a 2002 Australian film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. The Garage Days soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" featuring Katie Noonan, David McCormack and Andrew Lancaster.-Plot:...
and producing the official AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
songs.
He is currently the lead guitarist and vocalist of the band Mississippi Shakedown and was previously the drummer in the band Ol' 55
Ol' 55
Ol' 55 was an Australian band specialising in retro, 1950s-era Rock 'n' Roll. They formed as Fanis in 1972 in Sutherland, Sydney, New South Wales . Drummer Geoff Plummer was working with Glenn A. Baker at the NSW Department of Media and invited Baker to hear his part-time band, including Pat...
.
As a reflection of his work Jeff Cripps has been awarded with numerous music awards http://www.asharp.com.au/awards.html, some of which include:
- Goulburn Music Festival: producer of the year in 2003 and 2005, Album of the Year 2003, Album of the Year 1999
- Aust Blues Music Awards: Producer of the Year 2005 http://www.australianbluesfestival.com.au/browse.asp?cid=822&sid=70&caid=0&cpid=0, Female Vocalist of the Year 2001
- Italian Song Festival: Best Song
- Country Music Australian Awards: Gold Guitar 2004
Cripps is also the owner of A# Sharp Recording Studio in Sydney, New South Wales.