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John Willsteed is an award winning Australian musician and sound designer. As a musician, he is best known as a member of the iconic Brisbane band The Go-Betweens, in which he played bass guitar from 1987–1989, most notably on the album ''16 Lovers Lane''. As a sound designer he won Australian Film Institute awards for his work on ''The Beat Manifesto'' (1996), ''Vietnam Nurses'' (2005, as composer) and ''Rare Chicken Rescue'' (2008). He is a lecturer in Music at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. ==Early career== Terence John Willsteed was born in Brisbane, Australia. In 1978, and with little formal musical training, John became a member of Brisbane feminist punk group Zero (later Xiro) after a chance meeting with drummer Lindy Morrison and Brisbane visual artist Gary Warner. Willsteed became the bass player, replacing former member Catharine Hunt.〔() John O'Donnell, 'You can go home again', ''Rolling Stone'', at The Go-Betweens Archive〕 He remained a member of the band until 1985. Over this period the name, nature and line-up of Zero changed considerably as the original punk covers band evolved into an avant-pop duo. Xiro released two cassette EPs in 1981 (''Religious Wars'', ''Half the Profits''), and, as Xero, a 12 inch vinyl EP (''Lust in the Dust'' on MSquared) in 1982. Willsteed was a member of the Brisbane artist collective ZIP, which released four interdisciplinary audio/visual packages between 1982 and 1987. As John-e Xero, Willsteed contributed a number of experimental electronic music works to the ZIP releases.〔Project BNE: (Brisbane Independent Electronic Music Production 1979-2014 )〕 His move to Sydney in 1985 heralded a period of musical expansion. Over the next three years Willsteed played bass in a number of Sydney bands ranging from country (Tender Mercies) to quirky pop (Machines That Walk).〔() The Go-Betweens Background Triple J J-Files Archive〕 It was also in this period that Willsteed contributed to film soundtracks for the first time. His long relationship with Gary Warner, then with the Sydney Super 8 Film Group, drew him into the work of filmmaker Ross Gibson (''Camera Natura, Wild, Dead to the World''), and he contributed as a musician to the scores of these films and others.〔Williams, Deane (1996) ''Mapping the Imaginary: Ross Gibson’s Camera Natura'', Carlton South, Vic. : Australian Teachers of Media in association with Australian Film Institute Research and Information Centre and Deakin University School of Visual, Performing and Media Arts〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Willsteed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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