[3] He attended St Joseph's College, Nudgee, for his final two years of secondary schooling.

[3] At the college, Murray showed talent in rugby union, athletics, and swimming.

When he was 18, his father died of a heart attack,[3] which made him realise "how precious time was".

[5] Eventually, he worked up the courage to take his guitar to a barbecue, singing songs by Neil Young and Crowded House.

Murray played small gigs around the country with flautist Col McIntyre, eventually putting a band together (including the keyboard player Ben McCarthy, who works with him to this day).

In 2001, Murray released the EP D Day followed by the album, The Game on Auxiliary Records.

In early 2003, Murray signed a contract with Sony BMG and he entered the studio with producer Paul McKercher and his band (consisting of Ben McCarthy on bass guitar and keyboards, Christian Sargeant on drums, Paul Tyrell on guitar and Col McIntyre on reeds & flute) to make the Feeler album.

His reputation was building fast and he started selling out shows in smaller venues.

[10] In 2023, Murray was unmasked as "Tiny" on the fifth season of Network 10's The Masked Singer Australia.

[11] Murray married Amanda Coutts on 7 October 2006 in the New South Wales town of Eureka.

[1] The APRA Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) to recognise composing and song writing skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.