Maurice D'Abruzzo

Hi, I am a guitar teacher/arranger, with a deep background as artist, producer, soundtrack writer, label owner (via MGM Distribution) & publisher (registered with APRA) and over 30 years experience in the music industry. I have been living & working on Sydney’s Lower North Shore for about 25 years. Some of my career highlights include being founder member/vocalist/guitarist with national ARIA charting/popular bands Eighty Eights & Getaway Plane, Top 10 Jazz Artist D’Abruzzo & now a project with my son, who himself made the Honours Roll in HSC Music 2006 – that project being Aaron & Maurice (Check it out on iTunes!). During the 80s, my biggest live audience was playing to 30, 000 at the Tanelorn Festival. My biggest TV audience was over a million on the ABC’s Countdown. During the 90s, I was commissioned to arrange 3 songbooks for popular Australian bands “Girlfriend”, “The Cruel Sea” & “Beasts of Bourbon”. In 1998 I published a guitar info site called “Guitar Lix Interactive” – featured by Yahoo as Yahoo Site of the Week. I have also written film/TV soundtracks including the full score for the award winning documentary “The Amazing World of Minibeasts, distributed worldwide by National Geographic. As a guitarist, I appreciate all styles – from the beautiful simplicity of Bob Dylan to the astounding complexity of Paco de Lucia. I look forward to sharing your musical journey:-)