Composer and instrumentalist Greg Sneddon has been in the music industry since the early 1970’s, working in various bands (Alroy 1974 and Rainbow Theatre 1976), as a session man playing on Skyhooks albums 'Living In The 70’s' and 'Ego Is Not A Dirty Word' and even the Comedy Company (Kylie Mole’s ''I Go I Go''). Greg was also one of the founding members of Men At Work.
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While studying economics in 1979 at university, Colin Hay met drummer Jerry Speiser and invited Speiser to one of the duo's informal jams at the Grace Emily Hotel. With a drummer on board Men at Work joined prog-rocking keyboard player Greg Sneddon to provide backing music for the amateur musical Riff Raff to which Sneddon had written the lyrics and music. For a short time, Sneddon was an official member of Men At Work but multi-instrumentalist Greg Ham who provided keys, sax, flute and other instruments to the Men at Work sound replaced him.
Sneddon released a solo album in 1974 called ‘Mind Stroll’ with a follow up single ''Take It Slow and Easy / Minuet In E'' in 1975. Rare and essential mid 70s piano/synth driven melodic progressive rock but was never picked up by the radios. With flavours of Rick Wakeman in his keyboard playing and vocals similar to Peter Gabriel, this album is still worth a listen, and a vital addition to any collector’s vault. From the early 80s onwards, Sneddon turned to more commercial ventures being commissioned to write scores for award winning films, television eg (The Theme To The ABC TV Series The Explorers), commercials and events.
Greg’s major credits include feature film Arrows Of The Thunder Dragon (2013). He has also written many scores for other TV series and documentaries including Nancy Wake and Sword of Honour. Greg has received an Australia Council for the Arts fellowship and has written the scores for numerous live events including The Haunted and Wader Birds, the grand openings of new building complexes and many theatre productions.
''Take It Slow And Easy / Minuet In E'' 1975 Mushroom
''The Explorers (The Theme To The ABC TV Series "The Explorers") 1984 ABC
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'Mind Stroll' 1974 Mushroom
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