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Mark Ronson’s Australian protégé speaks to STV

The latest protégé from the Mark Ronson stable has told STV how his demo CD was picked up by the legendary producer who immediately brought him out to his New York base after hearing it. Australian Daniel Merriweather had just finished songs for an independent label in Melbourne when the call came from Ronson who had been given a copy and loved what he heard. Merriweather told STV: “It was six years ago and I was on an independent label in Melbourne and I was putting together a demo CD and someone gave Mark the DJ because he was a DJ in New York. “He gave us a call out the blue and said, ‘I love what you do, you should come over, come out for a week and get in the studio.’ “I just wanted to go to New York to be honest.” The pair would end up collaborating for a cover of The Smiths' Stop Me, which was included on Ronson’s mega-selling Version album. Merriweather has stayed good pals with Ronson, who has just produced his new album. The Aussie added: “I guess there’s a lot of different shades to my album and what I do. I put out Change first and Red’s kind of like the other side to that album, the sort of more sensitive side.”