Clare Moore

Clare Moore near Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, 2012

Clare Christina Moore[1] is an Australian musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and performer whose principal instrument is the drums. She has also performed as a keyboard player, singer and vibraphone player. Moore writes and performs with Dave Graney, her husband, fronting various bands including The Moodists, Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes, the Lurid Yellow Mist featuring Dave Graney and Clare Moore and, currently, Dave Graney & the mistLY.[2]

She also writes, sings and performs as part of The Dames, a band she formed with Kaye Louise Patterson (piano).

History

Moore began performing in 1974, playing drums for a singing nun (Sister Janet Mead) in Adelaide. The Moodists went to the UK in 1983 on an independent record deal, touring extensively in Europe and the USA. In 1986, singer Dave Graney decided to pursue a solo career and, with Moore as his virtual music director, formed The Coral Snakes before returning to Australia around 1990. In the following five or six years they worked with Universal Records, for whom they recorded four albums, then continued to forge ahead independently with Dave Graney & the mistLY.

She also plays drums as part of Harry Howard and the NDE and Jane Dust and the Giant Hoopoes and plays vibes with the Ukeladies.

Moore has made about 30 albums and many EPs. Other than the drums, she sings and plays the vibraphone and keyboards. She works in the studio to make her own CDs and remix the work of other artists. She released her first solo album The Third Woman in 2001. Working with Dave Graney, Moore co-wrote the soundtrack to the Tony Martin film Bad Eggs.[3]

Other film soundtrack work has been done for various ABC documentaries as well as the short film "ray" by Tony Mahony and the feature JOHNNY GHOST (Donna McRae 2012) .

Studio Production work

Recording and mixing the two albums by the Darling Downs (Kim Salmon and Ron Peno) "How can I forget this heart of Mine?(2005) "From one to another" (2007)
Mixing "International Travel" by Kaye Louise Patterson (2007)

Recording and mixing "a spray of red from the deep" by Jane Dust (2008)

Appearances and bands

Moore estimates the number of her live performances at around 2500 appearances. She has performed or recorded with the following artists and groups:

Discography

References

  1. ↑ ""All of Me" at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 14 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Patrick Donovan (17 November 2005), "Dave Graney and Clare Moore", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ↑ Jonathan Pearlman (15 August 2003), "David Graney and Clare Moore, Bad Eggs", The Sydney Morning Herald

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