Watch Jack Gray perform a stripped-back rendition of his new single, “Winter City”, on Mood on the Roof. Jack says that the track reflects on the learning curve that comes with long-distance relationships. “It's got a special place in my heart,” says Jack, and it’s definitely on display in this powerful performance.
Jack Gray is one of those artists that can do it all. He’s the songwriter, producer, vocalist, and instrumentalist on the majority of his tracks. But of all his talents, Jack says that learning music production was the biggest gamechanger for his work.
“I think being a producer has made a massive impact on my music. I think that's been the biggest thing that's helped me get to where I am. For me being able to sit in a room and get out all of the bad ideas and experiment, find what I do like, what I don't like. I feel like getting into a room with other producers and other writers. That can be very scary, wanting to try weird ideas that might come out really bad.”
Through that process of elimination, Jack has been dropping a constant stream of singles, as well as his debut EP, “Nights Like This”. His discography (so far) darts between tracks that’ll punch you in the heart, and sunny indie-rock jams that are impossible to have a bad time to. With the amount of time this man spends in the studio, we know there’s lots more music to come.
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At the beginning of the year, Jack Gray had been settling into his new life in Los Angeles. In 2019, his life was on double speed, touring across North America and Europe, and writing and recording plenty of music. But when the pandemic began, he knew he had to get home to Australia, ASAP.
“I got the next flight home and I packed like all of my stuff. It's over there still in my car, all of my clothes. I took like a little suitcase and all of my production stuff is still over there. So that's a bit annoying, but I got home, and nine months later, here we are.”
Jack says that this year has been focused on the people around him. “I've got such an amazing family and it's been such a privilege to be able to hang out with those guys and spend some quality time with them and be home. Like I've got a lot of good friends here. I'm a people person, you know, family and friends. And that has kind of been so special for me and just writing a bunch of music too. So it's been productive, but also like rejuvenating, which is cool.”
Raised in Mackay, Queensland, Jack recorded this episode on an extended trip to Sydney - spending the beginning of summer with the interstate mates he’s spent most of the year apart from.
“Some of my biggest influences outside of music, I think are my friends. And I'm so lucky to have the coolest friends in the world that are all doing a similar thing, whether it be an artist project or producing or something like that. And to be able to grow with these people and spend a bunch of time with them and learn from each other, I think that's super cool.”
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Performed by:
Artist: Jack Gray
Creative Director/Cinematography: Ben Develin
Producer: Ned Philpot
Engineer: Taka Perry
Vocal Mix/Master: Robby De Sa
Shot at Mude Studios, Sydney.
www.mude.com.au
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