Craig Porteils

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Craig Porteils
BornAustralia
Origin
R&B, soul, country
Years active1980s–2022

Craig Porteils was an Australian

composer, songwriter, and guitarist based in Sydney.[1]

Biography

Career

Porteils began his career in the decade of the 1980s, as the guitarist of his own band. However, Porteils excelled in behind-the-scenes production and started producing music in continuation. From 1989 to 1996, Porteils was based out of

Terence Trent D'arby's Symphony or Damn, Rod Stewart's "Rhythm of My Heart", Ozzy Osbourne's No More Tears, and Richie Sambora's "One Light Burning".[1]

Porteils has been the production manager and composer of many

Micky Rourke, and Cry-Baby, starring Johnny Depp.,[1]

In 1996, Porteils returned to Australia to work in the music industry of his native country. He has participated in the production of the popular show

David Campbell, Deni Hines, Ultimo, Damien Lieth, Young Divas, Joel Turner, Michala Banas, The Noll Brothers, The Jefferson and Human Nature.[1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

On 10 February 2009, it was revealed by the Greek networks

MAD TV (Greece) that Porteilis along with Greek-Australian songwriter and record executive Cameron Giles-Webb had written the lyrics to two songs called "Right on Time" and "This is Our Night" for Greek superstar Sakis Rouvas as two of three potential candidates that competed in the Greek National Final where both the public and a professional jury voted on 18 February to select Rouvas' entry to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.[2]

Porteils and Giles-Webb were competing against an up-and-coming Greek lyricist Alexandra Zakka, whose first works as a songwriter was her collaboration for the Eurovision. All three songs had been produced by

Hilton Hotel on 11 February, however, small pieces of information were given out the day before, while the official press conference where the songs will be presented for the first time will take place on 12 February. On 18 February 2009, Rouvas will perform all three songs in the National Final, with full choreography by Fokas Evangelinos
. The selected entry will represent Greece in the Eurovision.

The song "Right on Time" was described as a dynamic, mid-tempo song, while "This Is Our Night" was characterized as an imposing dance song.[2]

Portiels died on the 30th of April, 2022 from cancer.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ERT. Archived from the original
    on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. ^
    MAD TV (Greece)
    . Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  3. ^ Cribb, Dan (2 May 2022). "Revered Aus Producer Craig Porteils Passes Away". TheMusic.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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