{"id":137876,"date":"2025-05-07T23:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archiduc.com\/live-sessions\/simon-wright\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T23:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:42:25","slug":"simon-wright","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/archiduc.com\/nl\/live-sessions\/simon-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Wright is an Australian acoustic\/hip hop\/roots loop artist. Born in Byron Bay, NSW Australia on the 2nd Jan 1982. Former front man of The Wright Brothers, The Groove Collective and The Eclective. Though he didn\u2019t play music till the age of 19 he has performed over 1600 shows in his 12 year professional music career. In 2013 he was nominated Live Artist of the Year at the MusicOZ AIMA and was a finalist in the Telstra Road to Discovery and the Catapult Song Contest with his acoustic hip hop track entitled \u201cMusic\u201d.<br \/>\nThe Wright family live and breathe music. Simon\u2019s father Dave is a blues guitarists and a huge influence in his introduction to musical concepts, his brother Jedi is the guitarist for progressive metal outfit ENGINE (Formerly Engine Three Seven) and was his partner in fronting his first group The Wright Brothers. Simon\u2019s family of four brothers and a sister were brought up in northern New South Wales alternative coastal town of Byron Bay. It was in Byron that Simon had his start in music with The Wright Brothers then later fronting The Groove Collective.<br \/>\nThe Wright Brothers<br \/>\nThe Wright Brothers From left: Shane Evans (Drums) Aryn Carkeet (Bass) Simon Wright (Vocals, Acoustic guitar) Jedi Wright (Vocals Electric Guitar)<\/p>\n<p>In 2007 Simon moved to Melbourne chasing bigger fish and put together 8 piece backing band The Eclective. The Eclective enjoyed mild success Australia wide playing several festival spots and holding a memorable two year residency at Melbourne\u2019s Evelyn Hotel.<br \/>\nWhat started out as an idea developed into a dream and now Simon is setting off to #LoopTheWorld with his guitar, loop station, change of underwear and girlfriend Hannah. \u201cThe idea is simple, gowhere the music takes us. It\u2019s an adventure in living simply and putting faith into humanity and the unknown.\u201d With shows already booked for East Coast Australia, Thailand, Greece and then through Europe the couple plan to live off performance fees, CD sales and the pocket change of strangers, literally singing for their super.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance Free <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Wright is an Australian acoustic\/hip hop\/roots loop artist. Born in Byron Bay, NSW Australia on the 2nd Jan 1982. 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