Ante Novaselic is a musician/guitarist/songwriter from the small port town of San Pedro, California where he was born to immigrant parents of Croatian decent. A musical family with generations of musicians throughout the family tree. The family is also proud to have a Grammy Award winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee rock star perched on one of those family tree branches as well.
That would be Ante's 1st cousin Krist Novaselic original member, co-founder and bassist for a little Seattle band called NIRVANA Ante's own musical journey began at the age of 9 when he got his first guitar and lessons at a neighborhood music school. By 18 Ante was fronting a popular cover band during the summer months in Croatia. At the age of 23 Ante got his first pro gig and was touring/playing on some of Europe's finest stages and venues with Croatian pop star Tony Cetinski and later with the band FORUM who were at the top of the Croatian charts at the time and selling out venues in Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium
Thirty years old and back in the USA Ante caught the songwriting and song production bug and the music making hasn't stopped since then.
Other Notable credits include: Three consecutive tours with 80's synth pop pioneers Naked Eyes who had big hits with their songs Always Something there to Remind me and Promises Promises. (Guitar, Backing Vocals, Synthseizer)
- Belinda Carlisle of the GOGO's (Guitar, Backing Vocals)
- 80's Love song balladeers Air Supply. ( Guitars, Backing Vocals )
- Krist Novaselic's first post Nirvana band- Eye's Adrift ( Guitar, Backing Vocals, Album Co-writing credits)
- A song on the Billboard Top 20 dance/club chart with a dj remix of a song Ante co-wrote with his band COSTIN. The song is called NAKED. Placed 12th
Since 2018 Ante has been shifting gears from the stage to the studio and started on a music licensing journey. So far Ante has had his music picked up by several music libraries including: Addicted Audio, Outbound Music, Chris Bell Publishing, Noted Audio, MusicSupervisor.com, Gateway Music and more.
Ante also wrote 2 production music albums for music licensing giant APM MUSIC. Genres: Americana & Garage Rock with a third album due to be completed and released by early 2022. Genre: Ambient Acoustic
Ante has over 200 sync licensing placements and growing catalog of songs in various genres.
Other credits include. The DIY Network, The Cooking Channel, A&E, AMC, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel, Sports Broadcasting for MLB & NFL games, Monday Night Football on ABC, Ray Donavon on Showtime, ESPN and more
Lyrics
Trying to reach the ground turning upside down yeah Trying to reach the ground as my world came crashing down you had nothing to say.....
Trying to catch the sounds of places left behind Trying to read the signs that echo through my mind that echo through my mind....
