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Pete Hawkes
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Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, [1] musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years. Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.[4] He is often referred to as "The worlds greatest unknown composer"
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Pete Hawkes
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Pete Hawkes (born 28 May 1965) is an Australian composer, poet, [1] musician and luthier. There are over 1200 recordings by Hawkes, covering a wide range of genres. He has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Joe Cocker, Phil Emmanuel, and Dave Swarbrick.[2][3] He is an accomplished fingerstyle and slide guitarist and has won multiple awards over the years. Hawkes has been featured in a number of music and guitar magazines and some of his musical works have been kept for preservation at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Hawkes has chromesthesia, a form of synesthesia where he sees sound in colors.[4] He is often referred to as "The worlds greatest unknown composer"
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Arabiana ( Orchestral Version, Movements 1, II, III & IV)
Recorded over 20 years this includes a piece that has 37 plus musicians, including operatic elements, and has strong Arabic influences over Western music genres Over 11 minutes long - this is all movements and the entire piece. This is a major piece of work - The styles change throughout the piece ...check it out on the album "A touch of Opera"more
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Genie ( Spunky Junkie)
this was many years work and soon to be released ( few days) its found its way through several countries and studios and had 27 plus great musicians on the track.. I hope you like it ..its soon to be released on the album Genie through distrokid, Pete Hawkes more
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If Time Was An Ocean
First released with guest starts Dave Swarbrick (Fairport Convention) and Phil Emmanuel. Good songs have something to say..... more
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