Hailing from Brisbane is emerging Pop Music Artist and Official Wild Dog Stomp Artist, Chandler Jay. Already with seven singles behind him, ‘I’m Original’ (awarded highly commended in the schools section of the 2018 Queensland Music Awards), ‘My Own Personal Pain’, ‘Party In The House’, ‘Meant To Be’, 'You'll Be Mine', 'Glitter In Her Eyes' and his most recent single, 'You Always Told Me', the young Singer-Songwriter continues to bring his stories to life through music.
Not only does Chandler write and perform his original music, he also has a repertoire of popular music covers from the 60's right through to now. Drawing musical inspiration from his idols including Elton John, Prince, Guy Sebastian, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Charlie Puth, Maisie Peters, Delta Goodrem, John Mayer, Queen, The Beatles and Coldplay, people of all ages are amazed at his musical versatility.
With youth on his side Chandler is already a veteran in the music industry and has clocked up over nine years of performing regularly at different venues between Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Melbourne. Over the years Chandler has also performed at events like the Brisbane Festival, EKKA, Buskers by the Lake, Brisbane Convoy for Kids, Stones Corner Festival and Melbourne's Moomba Festival.
Chandler has achieved incredible educational milestones so far including Grade 5 Piano Performance, Grade 3 Theory of Music, Certificate II in Music Industry, Certificate IV in Music Industry (Performance) and a Diploma of Arts (Music). As a testament to his skills, knowledge and talent as a musician, Chandler was accepted into the Australian College of the Arts (COLLARTS) to study his Diploma of Arts (Music) at only 17 years of age, the youngest to have ever been accepted into the Diploma Course to date.
Chandler has been mentored by Tim Watson and Tim Wild (Taxi Ride), Clio Renner (Rock Wiz), Keppie Coutts (mentored by John Mayer), Pat Pattison (Professor at Berklee College of Music) and he worked with Dean Gordon (Sheppard) and Lee Novak (Savage Garden) on two of his released singles. Chandler continues to develop his piano skills with help from his mentor Adam Rudegeair (who has recorded with Dr Matt Fink (Prince and the Revolution) and who also taught piano to Paul Kelly in the lead-up to Paul’s 2017 album ‘Life is Fine’).
An accomplished performer with an enthusiastic soul, Chandler continues to develop and hone his unique sound and is certainly a new artist to watch. Youthful and talented his journey is just beginning with many more releases on the horizon.
Chandler's unique vocal tones and piano skillset have been compared to that of Tim Freedman from The Whitlams.