Phillip has been a live music performer for many years. He draws his influences from many styles including funk, soul, rock, blues, jazz and Eastern European melodies, The Fab Four, Rolling Stones, Supertramp, The Police, Radiohead, from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, has inspired his original music.
He wrote his first song, Fire Inside, in 1978 and has recently completed his new original album, Charmed By A House, released in April 2024.
Phillip has been a performer in the local and international music scene for many years. In 1983, equipped with his acoustic guitar he travelled the length and breadth of Australia, into South East Asia and onto Continental Europe. This musical journey culminated with him joining the Constellation Orchestra on board the Greek Cruise boat “Atalante” in early 1984 as a singing bass player for the Summer cruise boat season in the Mediterranean… what a blast…
In 1985, he returned to Melbourne, Australia and teamed up with piano player, John Hudson. Together they performed as Hudson and Michael for a couple of years around the Melbourne piano bar circuit. During this period he honed his songwriting craft and in 1987 released his first solo record Tricks Of The Trade.
In 1989 his song Ozone Blues had an honorable mention in the ASA awards and at that time he successfully completed music studies at Footscray City Secondary College and Preston TAFE, Victoria, Australia.
The early ‘90’s as songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist he released two original albums Radical Karma I and Radical Karma II and performed on the Indie original circuit in Melbourne, the music capital of the world.
In 1996, he joined Abbey Road as singer/bassist, the Rembrandts house band in Wantirna, Melbourne. With over 1000 live band performances until the covid pandemic swept the globe and effected the live performance arena.
As a solo artist Phillip’s powerful and soulful vocals have always made him an in demand musician and will warm any room. He has a vast repertoire and performs as a solo artist with his guitar, many of the great tunes from the 50’s thru to present day.
Since 2020 he has fronted the Urban Souls, as the lead vocalist/ singing bass player. This band performs regularly including popular songs from the 60’s – 90’s as well as some of his original tunes.
Phil wrote his first song in 1978, this coincided with his first public performance in his High School band, Nightride.
The early ‘80’s saw him travel the world. He wrote many songs wandering with his guitar.
In 1984, he joined the Greek cruise ship, Atalante, as a singing bass player for the Summer cruise boat season.
In 1985, he returned to Melbourne, Australia and teamed up with piano player, John Hudson. Together they performed as Hudson and Michael for a couple of years around the Melbourne piano bar circuit. During this period he honed his songwriting craft and in 1987 released his first solo record Tricks Of The Trade.
In 1989 his song Ozone Blues had an honourable mention in the ASA awards and at that time he successfully completed music studies at Footscray City Secondary College and Preston TAFE.
The early ‘90’s as songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist he released two original albums Radical Karma I and Radical Karma II and performed on the Indie original circuit in Melbourne, the music capital of the world.
In 1996, he joined function band Remix which he continues to perform with, 15 years and 850 gigs later.
This century he has continued his solo songwriting career and released My Particles (2003), Slow Influence (2006), When EP (2007), Live Acoustic recorded EP Razing Sth Morang (2007).
In 2009 he released Cat O’Lane, two songs from this album were short listed in consecutive years in the Australian Song Writing Association Song Of The Year category.
2011 he released When and Here which is a compilation of his previous works put together for his entry into the world of iTunes. He currently is working on a new album to be released in 2012.
Phillip’s original music touches on many of the major issues confronting society in the 21st Century. His lyric content often reflects his social conscience and how he views the world. Rivers Of Gold is one such song and is currently being promoted by the International River Foundation as a song to help change our attitudes to the use and abuse of our environment.