Dave Maton

Dave Maton
Background information
Birth name	David John Kuchel
Born	Adelaide, Australia
Genres	Acoustic
Occupations	Singer Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1986-present
Associated acts	This Aint Rocket Science
Website	http://www.facebook.com/davematonmusic

Dave Maton Born Adelaide, South Australia 1 January 1963) is an Australian singer/songwriter with an acoustic style.

Biography

Dave Maton was born on 1 January 1963 in Adelaide, South Australia where he still lives today although he travels to America each year and is frequently seen in Austin, TX.

Career

Dave started his career in 1986 working for The Advertiser, a newspaper in Adelaide now owned by News Limited, part of The News Corporation. While there he met a number of musicians including Kevin Sheehy who still plays bass with Dave today and Steve Horne who played electric guitar in the first of Dave's bands.

On Christmas ever 1986 Dave and others from his work formed a band on the day of the work Christmas party, playing covers and 12 bar to an enthusiastic and drunk audience. The band needed a name for the evening and came up with "Kevin Sheehy and the Shemen", a band which only did one gig under that name.

They did however go on to form The Red Cadillacs playing mostly '60s rock and roll tunes and Stones covers at backyard parties and small pubs. As the years progressed they changed their name to "This Aint Rocket Science" and went on to larger venues with a residency at the Norwood Hotel in Adelaide in the early to mid 2000s. This band played a mix of 60s to 90s music and was popular with a committed crowd. It was at this time that Dave met Craig "Max' Rodda, a local drummer who Dave still plays with today.

After some time, lead guitar player Steve Horne tried to incorporate a number of instrumental surf tunes into the band - a move that didn't prove popular with fans, and crowds and the band quickly lost their regular gig and were offered only secondary shows at country hotels and dives.

A new band was formed, Surf Fiction, which had limited success over a few months. But Dave tired of instrumentals and covers and quit the band after a gig at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel.

In 2007 he began a career of writing and recording his solo work. This is when he met engineer and co-producer, Dave Lokan.

His short film Spas Like Us, won honorable mention at the 2009 Indie Short Film Competition.^[1]

Discography

In 2008, Dave released his first solo CD of all original tracks - Federal Commotion.^[2] Many of the songs were inspired by a road trip across the States from San Francisco to Chicago via Austin, Memphis and Nashville in October 2007. The title track from the CD was regarded as one of the finest tracks on the CD along with 54321 (Let's Have Some Fun). The style is best described as "country pop", and featured some of Adelaide's finest musicians including Michael Potter (electric guitar), Craig "Max" Rodda (drums) and Bridget McDowal (violin). But this style of music was not to last for Dave.

In 2011, Dave released his second CD, Ignorance and Bliss, with nine original tracks and one cover, the Rolling Stones song, Dead Flowers. This CD took a more acoustic approach and included a number of protest songs utilising double bass and violin. Dave also played all of the acoustic guitar tracks on this records.

While Michael Potter played some electric guitar on the CD, most was performed by Dave's good friend and engineer Dave Lokan.

Dave still lives in Adelaide.

References

1. ^ http://www.indieshortfilms.net/2009winners.html
2. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Dave+Maton/a/albums.htm

External links

• Artist website
• http://www.reverbnation.com/davematon