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A triple threat singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, Melbourne's DC Cardwell sealed his credentials by taking out TWO of the top prizes at the Australian Catapult Song Contest in 2011.

I AM STILL THE SAME
His award-winning song, I Am Still the Same, comes from his debut album Some Hope and has a startling video which was selected for both the SoCal Film Festival & the Newport Beach Film Festival in the US.

INFLUENCES
DC has a wide taste in music, with The Beatles as his 'gold-standard', but he also credits classic influences such as Neil Young, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Al Green & The Kinks and has a deep love for a wide range of genres including soul, bebop, reggae, country, folk, indie, punk... in fact he draws from so many wells that he likes to use a term coined by one of his heroines, cult singer-songwriter Sam Phillips, to describe his own music: OMNIPOP!

SOME HOPE
DC’s self-produced debut album Some Hope was released in the US in 2010, and met with glowing reviews. Aaron Kupferberg from Powerpopaholic wrote,
“DC Cardwell creates a heartfelt gem here, full of wonderful melodic hooks and a Ray Davies styled vocal. The chords and harmonies that open “I Am Still The Same” are both brilliant and poignant. “Birthday Present” is another example of solid composition and a revelatory Harrison styled guitar break. Some of the mid-tempo ballads are like magical combinations of both Paul Simon & McCartney. ”

LOS ANGELES
The success of the album also paved the way for other opportunities abroad. In 2010 noted Hollywood music supervisor/film composer Jaymee Carpenter (The Fighter, Crime After Crime) heard one of his songs (Birthday Present) on a Youtube video and immediately invited DC to L.A. to record six of his songs for use in his film projects. Jaymee’s reaction to DC’s music is worth noting, and is quoted here with permission:
“I am seriously blown away by your album. I think it may be the greatest thing I’ve heard in years! I don’t want to freak you out, but I’m drooling over here. You just easily became my favorite ‘new’ artist!”