Born is Alice Springs in Central Australia, the 4th son of six kids, with a
politician father of Italian descent and an Irish mother, Luc was never going
to be shy and retiring.
Luc's formative years found him indulging in many outdoor pursuits - one of those being falling down Ayers Rock, whilst on a camping holiday! After that he took to occasionally falling off of slightly smaller things - he took up horse riding. Luc shone at this sport and represented the Northern Territory at the age of 14. He continued to compete in show jumping at a higher level over the next few years.
Luc's first job of selling windmills in Alice Springs, lead him to decide to pursue something a little more long term and moved to Adelaide to study Chiropractic. However, Luc only completed 2 years of his 6 years course; as he changed again to follow his real love; music.
Having always had enforced upon Luc since childhood that he must get a 'proper job' and that music could only ever be a hobby; his parents heard him sing at his sister's wedding and were reduced to tears; realising what a talent they were denying.
Luc financed his university studies through his other love, horses, by working at a local show jumping stud farm, morning and evenings.
Luc moved to England to pursue his dream of becoming a professional musician and first stayed in Newcastle with his sister and her English husband. A major career in music did not fall at his feet immediately, it took until day five, when Luc was overheard singing through an open window by a film director who was looking for music for his next film, He convinced Luc that he had to move London to get anywhere in the Music Business, so after 6 months of commuting to London he packed his bags and headed south.
Having arrived in London
with nowhere to stay and no friends, Luc took a chance and called someone who
had given him their number, when they had heard him singing at another wedding
in Australia. She was organising a major charity event," Walk The Walk", a
breast cancer event in Battersea Park; and she asked Luc to sing there, in
front of 25.000 people. Somewhat of a baptism of fire, as Luc's previous
audiences, mainly at weddings, had been more like 250, They were so delighted
with Luc's performance, they asked him if he could write a single for them and
this track entitled Walk In To Our Day was given to the 25000 women to train
to the following year.
Once in London, Luc started making contacts within the music business. One of
these was Nettie Batton composer and vocal coach to some of the most renowned
voices in the industry. Luc wrote a song called "Superheroes with Nettie, for
boy soprano Dominic Burnes, who performed the track at the Royal Albert Hall,
Silverstone and at the opening of The Special Needs Olympics. Dominic recorded
the track with full symphony Orchestra and it was released on Indigo Records.
Luc's varied musical styles enable him to work with many different
artists/co-writers, from dance, to Jazz.
Luc teamed up with Soul Diva Angie Brown to co-write, and sing a duet "Taboo,"
on the dance label Point 4. "Taboo" topped the dance charts and was on 10 ten
radio play lists around the world.
In 2006 Luc was asked asked to be a patron of the Save the Amazon Rainforest Organisation, STARO to which he wrote and recorded the single "Breathe." With the charity, Luc did a schools tour across the UK and Australia talking about the environment and singing the song. After a TV interview on channel 7 in Australia the station approached Luc to use the song as their theme tune.
Luc has played at UK
venues like Glastonbury, Cafe de Paris, China Whites, Hyde Park and The Royal
Festival Hall to name just a few.
Luc is also becoming known as a writer with collaborations with Marcella
Detroit, music legend Barry Mason, British soul star Ola, Mitch Ogugua (MI7-
NME single of the week) and Phil Cebrano to name a few.
Luc has sang and
appeared alongside Marcella Detroit, Angie Brown, Lifford from Artful Dodger,
DJ Paul Simmons, SuperFly, Joseph Washbourne from Top loader, Glenn Matlock
from the Sex Pistols, Darren Hayes, Jamilia, Chris Difford from Squeeze,
Russell Brand, Chazany Lewis, Kim Mazelle, John Themis and Nate James.
"Breathe" features a 16 piece gospel choir and was produced by Kit Woolven
(who's worked with David Bowie, Dave Gilmour, Thin Lizzy)
Download "Breathe" for £1 from www.staro.org