Daniel Jones (born 22 July 1973) is an English-born Australian musician,

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and real estate agent. He was a member of the Australian pop duo

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, whose international hit singles included " I Want You", " To the Moon and Back", "

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", "

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", and " Crash and Burn".

Personal life

Jones was born in

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, England, the youngest of 3 boys. When he was a year old, his family moved to

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, Australia. In 2000, Jones met Kathleen de Leon (born 1 September 1977), an original member of Hi-5, an Australian children's musical group aligned with a TV series of the same name, at the 42nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards. Jones proposed to de Leon on his 30th birthday at the GPO Bar in

. Jones wed de Leon at ''Avica Weddings and Resort'' on the

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on 9 October 2005.

Musical career

Early career

Jones was about 18 years old when he was in a band called Red Edge with his brother and some friends, but the band needed a singer. Jones put an advertisement in the local Brisbane music paper, ''Time Off'', looking for a suitable singer.

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responded to the ad and became their singer. Hayes got tired of performing other people's songs and he was ready to quit Red Edge, and Jones wanted to create his own music. Both decided to leave the band and began to pursue a career together, marking the beginning of

Savage Garden

According to the credits on their albums,

handled lead vocals and arrangements, while Jones played guitar, keyboard and sang. They wrote their songs together. Originally, both men traveled the world to promote their first

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, ''Savage Garden'' (1997). As travel strain and other issues began to take their toll on Jones, he decided that he was not comfortable with the press junket circuits and the intense scrutiny from fans and media that came with them, and informed the band's manager that he wanted to leave. As a result, Hayes agreed to take on the lion's share of the promotional duties for the band until the release of their second album. ''Affirmation'' (1999). In 2001, Hayes announced that Savage Garden was over. ''Affirmation'' sold 8 million copies.

After Savage Garden

In 2001, Jones built his own recording studio and launched the music label Meridien Musik. The label's first act was

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, a duo consisting of Grant Wallis and Jennifer Waite, who was one of the backing vocalists who travelled with Savage Garden during their

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tour. Meridien Musik released their album ''Words in Place of Objects''; Jones five songs with Waite: "Dearest", "She Says", "Saving Grace", "Feel This Fool" and "Sugarlust". That was the only music Aneiki would release. In 2002, Jones worked with another Australian duo, called

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, to co-write a song called "Falling" for their fourth and last album, ''Dysfunctional''. In 2004, Jones helped produce for Australian pop-rock musician Julie Strickland and the Australian act The Wish (Peter Freebairn and Bill Kio) for their respective debut albums. Jones then left the music industry, moved to Las Vegas, and went into the real estate business. As of 2015, Jones, de Leon, and their two daughters, Mikayla (born 2006) and Keira (born 2010) reside in the United States.http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/savage-garden-darren-hayes-and-daniel-jones-finally-talk-about-why-they-split/story-fnn8dlfs-1227425410411

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Daniel 1973 births Living people APRA Award winners Australian pop musicians Australian record producers Australian songwriters Australian rock guitarists Australian keyboardists Australian multi-instrumentalists English emigrants to Australia Australian people of English descent Musicians from Brisbane People from Southend-on-Sea Musicians from Essex Savage Garden members Australian expatriates in the United States