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Tony started writing songs in the 70’s
while living in South Africa.
His early successes came by writing songs for his award-winning group
“Sweet Ride” on their debut
EMI release.
As his record production skills developed, he found himself co-writing
with many of the African artists whose albums he was working on.
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Success also came with his many commissions to write songs for movies
and TV.
Most notably the theme song for the National Zulu TV hit series
Sgudi
Snaysi and the theme
for No Jacket Required, a weekly program that
ran for 10 years on National English TV. He also wrote the opening theme
song for
The London International Advertising Awards.
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After immigrating to Canada in the early nineties he wrote and
produced material for numerous Canadian artists including
Rachel Matkin,
Brent Howard,
Bobbi Smith
and Juno award recipients
Farmer's Daughter. Tony's song
'Borderline Angel' was a breakout
hit for the trio and won him Song of the Year.
Various co-writers include Grammy
award winners
Tia Sillers,
Kostas and Stephanie
Bentley as well as
Paul Williams.
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Tony has been conducting professional songwriting workshops for a number of years.
He has also been a staff writer with
Zomba
and BMG
Publishing, (Nashville)
and currently maintains a co-publishing agreement with BMG.
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