John Paul Young- Singer & Composer

John Paul Young (JPY) has cemented his place in music history with a string of hits resulting in over 4 million record sales. He understands what makes a tune ‘catchy’. Moreover, he knows how to deliver a tune to create a desired emotion.

Not only does he take great pleasure in putting his creative talents to creating jingles, he thrives at a challenge to nail the brief, every time!

JPY has worked some of the greats in the Music Industry, including some here as part of the core Jingle Joint crew. He remains in contact with a large variety of singers, music artists and production professionals to call upon when required.

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Danny Marx Young- Singer & Sound Engineer

Danny's voice and engineering work has made it to every network on Australian TV as well as Australian Films from jingles to Theme Songs. In 2006 Danny penned a Song for The FIFA World Cup which reached an audience of over 4 billion throughout Asia and the Pacific, and South Africa.

In 2020 Danny teamed up with a stellar cast of Aussie musicians ( Russell Morris, Angry Anderson, Dave Gleeson, Killing Heidi, Kevin Bloody Wilson) in a song penned by Comedian Chris Franklin called “Stay the Fuck at home” which has been viewed over 2.5 million times and spawned various different versions for different countries.

It was after High School that Danny started his performance career, travelling to Germany. He was performing 30 dates in 35 days, which further fuelled his passion for being an entertainer / frontman. Upon his return, Young started a rock band where he entertained the local surf scene whilst building a following.

Young came through to win a national song contest presented by 2DayFM’s Ugly Phil, with their song Waking Up.

Young looked to bigger and better things as he established an originals band called Circlework. Touring the East Coast of Australia, the band played pubs, entertainment centres and venues that catered for all-ages.

It was then that Circlework began working with legendary producer Harry Vanda, who is renowned for his work writing and producing hits for a number of groups and solo singers including John Paul Young (Danny’s father), Rose Tattoo, The Angels and AC/DC.

Liaising with the likes of Billy Thorpe and Molly Meldrum, Young received plenty of feedback in his time which included Billy Thorpe’s glowing review which claimed that Danny Marx Young had a singing style that stood out from other singers in the industry.

After the passing of Billy Thorpe, Danny took to the stage as front man for the Aztecs to Sing their Iconic Songs.

Amongst various singing gigs and engineering in Newcastle and Sydney, Young was scouted to sing for a new Australian megaband under Vanda’s Production and Management.

Danny participated on the soundtrack for Australian film Razzle Dazzle doing a blistering cover of Angry Andersons "Bound For Glory" and also recording Vocals for Israeli troup Global warming and Pavex (Crystal Lake) recently being signed by Dutch Superstar Dj Jan Waynes label Cuepoint Records.

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Warren “The Pig” Morgan- Music Director, Musician, Composer

The Pig (Warren) has been in The Allstar Band for the last 40 years (the backing band for JPY since the Mid 70’s) as their Musical Director. Performing with a plethora of renowned Australian Music Artists, along with releasing two independent CD’, his career continues to thrive.

Warren began playing in various make up bands for private functions in Perth in the early 60’s before one of those line-ups became “The Beaten Tracks”. One of Perth’s first rock bands. Success in the “Hoadley’s Battle of the Sounds, saw Ross Partington, Ace Follington, Murry Wilkins, Phil Manning & The Pig (so named by Phil Manning), head to Melbourne to chase the dream. After a change of singers from Ross Partington to Wendy Saddington and a new name, “Chain” was born.

As a founding member of the mercurial blues band from 1968, he recorded 2 albums with them and provided compositions as well. He joined The Aztecs (twice) between 1970 to 74, recording 4 albums with them, again, involving his compositions.

1975 he toured with Stevie Wright and created The Allstar Band in the process, introducing JPY to touring in the band, as a backing vocalist for Stevie. He also composed and produced 2 singles for Shirlie Straughan around this time.

In the late 70’s, Warren played on 2 albums for Harry Vanda & George Young’s studio outfit, Flash and the Pan and on a number of T.M.G. albums. He also composed music for Daryl Braithwaite, Denise Drysdale, Carlotta and the tele-movie theme for Nostradamus.

During the 90’s Morgan did stints with Pete Wells, Ian Moss, a re-formed Aztecs and toured and recorded with Slim Dusty. In the late 90’s he reunited with a few other Aztecs in the Billy Thorpe Show.

Outside of his usual role with JPY & The Allstar Band, he’s recently been recording with “The Rockwell’s”, Ronnie Peel (another Allstar Band member) and Bobby Fletcher’s down ‘n’ dirty duo and Ivor Simpson Kennedy, a new talent with the ghosts of “Chain” clearly buzzing in his sounds ~ “The Pig” has come full circle.

Morgan has release 2 independent CD’s:“In the spirit of things” – 1994 & “Three Aztecs and a Chain” – 1998.

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Donovan Whitworth- Musician, Composer Sound Engineer & Producer

Donny’s resume includes working as a musician, sound engineer and producer for Alice in Chains, Heart, Alain Johannes and Mark Lanegan amongst others.

As a composer, Donovan’s list of film and television credits (some credited as Matter) include The Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus, Riding Giants and The New Adventures of Old Christine. He has created commercial music for Apple, Audi, Nestlé, Budweiser, ESPN, Vitamin Water and more.

As a musician and bass player, Donovan has had varying amounts of success with his own bands, landing a record deal in 2003 with Dreamworks with the band Cinderglass, as well as having a Top 10 hit in Europe in 2006 with the band Collision. He is currently playing bass with John Paul Young and the Allstar Band.

He is a Los Angeles native, a recent addition to the Australian entertainment and music scene.

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Jake Tuffin - Musician & Composer

Jake has proven his versatility and impressed audiences time and time again with his expertise and face-melting shredding and intricate composition. Jake has a bachelor of contemporary music with distinctions in performance and music theory.

He has performed on many main stages including that of the Tamworth Country Music
Festival, Oxford Arts factory, and the Metro in Sydney. After touring overseas numerous times, performing at world renowned music festivals such as SXSW and Canadian Music Week, Jake has recently composed music for numerous radio and TV advertisements and shows.

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