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Wed 27 Oct 2004

Female singer wanted for cover band

A keen, motivated and enthusiastic female Singer is wanted for our cover band.

The current female singer, due to her work commitments next year, will be unable to continue with the band as from the end of February 2005.

They work regularly and play at venues such as the Old Lion, Village Tavern, The Grand Hotel, The Cavern, The Royal, Semaphore Palais, Holdfast Hotel, etc.

Their current set list includes songs from artists such as Avril Lavigne, Bachelor Girl, Lash, Anastacia, Michelle Branch and the like. The are open to the singer suggesting songs.

For further information please contact Mick McClounan on 0411 446645 or email beartime@senet.com.au

Tue 26 Oct 2004

Delta Goodrem facts...

Did you know?

• Delta Lea Goodrem was born November 9, 1984 in Sydney.
• Delta was named after the Joe Cocker song Delta Lady
• Delta's career started at the age of 7 in television shows Hey Dad, A Country Practice, Police Rescue and Neighbours
• Born to Try from Delta's debut album Innocent Eyes went to No. 1
• Five No. 1 singles have seen Delta's local record sales top the 1.7 million mark and given her the Australian record for becoming the first artist to have five No. 1 singles from a debut album
• Delta won 6 awards at the 2003 ARIA Music Awards including Best Female Artist, Highest Selling Single Born To Try, Highest Selling Album Innocent Eyes and Best New Artist
• At the 2004 Aria Music Awards she won highest selling album catagory with Innocent Eyes. Guy Sebastain won the highest selling single catagory with Angels Brought Me Here

Thur 21 Oct 2004

Enemies of the Voice PART 5

Emotional Stress

from The Singing Voice: An Owners Manual by Pat Wilson, Currency Press, Sydney, 1997

Enemies of the Voice PART 1

Enemies of the Voice PART 2

Enemies of the Voice PART 3

Enemies of the Voice PART 4

Pat Wilson, in the above book, states that there are some things a singer should avoid. Some foods, some environments, some drugs and some activities that can threaten the health and strength of the voice; it is wise to be aware of them:

Emotional Stress

Personal stress can wreck the health of your body. It will tighten all the muscles around your neck and shoulders. It will give extra work to your nervous system. It will play havoc with your digestion, and turn your last meal to quick-setting concrete.

Performance requires fee availability of tones, relaxed muscles ready to work at split-second command, and a calm control of your nervous responses so that you can give the performance all your emotional attention.

If it's at all possible, avoid emotional stress before performance. If you feel nervous, edgy and argumentative, stick pins in a teddy bear, or do knitting or crossword puzzles before you perform - whatever helps you to relax.

Avoid confrontation: it bleeds you of performance energy. If necessary, promise yourself a huge blow-up argument after the show. Never, ever before. It short-changes your audience.

Thu 7 Oct 2004

Search for a Star & Battle of the Bands GRAND FINAL

Held at Thebarton Theatre on Friday 19 November, 7.00pm

Featuring Vanessa Amorosi Live In Concert, and the Search for a Star and Battle of the Bands Grand Finalists.

Tickets $39.00.

Available from Leanne Hoad Singing Studio ph (08) 8364 0773 or email and Fellini Cafe, 102 O'Connell Street, North Adelaide or ph (08) 8239 2235

Download flyer (PDF) for Vanessa Amorosi & Search for a Star Grand Final

Female singer interested in joining band
Female singer very keen to join a new or established pop and rock band. She is particulaly interested in getting into a band that wants to write and produce original material of a pop/rock nature.

Please phone Sharon Boyd on 8463 4508 or A/H 8336 2249

Tue 5 Oct 2004

Enemies of the Voice PART 4

Dope Smoke

from The Singing Voice: An Owners Manual by Pat Wilson, Currency Press, Sydney, 1997

Enemies of the Voice PART 1

Enemies of the Voice PART 2

Enemies of the Voice PART 3

Enemies of the Voice PART 5

Pat Wilson, in the above book, states that there are some things a singer should avoid. Some foods, some environments, some drugs and some activities that can threaten the health and strength of the voice; it is wise to be aware of them:

Dope Smoke

Cannabis burns hotter than tobacco, so its smoke hits your throat at a far higher temperature that that of cigarette smoke. It carries more resins and topical irritants within it that does cigarette smoke - more than tailor-mades or rollies, French cigarettes , even more than beedies. A good rule of thumb: one joint equals one pack of cigarettes.

Because of the combustion temperature, dope smoke tends to remove the lining off your throat tissues. It's rather like falling over and grazing your knee where the abrasion removes the top layer of your skin. A clear fluid (plasma) may ooze through the abrasion and it stings furiously, as surface wounds tend to do. Now imagine the tissue minus its top layer of skin and relocated in your throat. try seeing your vocal folds weeping plasma. And never, ever put your voice to any work at all for at least three clear days after smoking dope.

Now the good news: head and neck wounds tend to heal much faster than similar wounds elsewhere on the body. Because of this it should take only three clear days for your damaged throat to repair itself.

No bong is able to lower the temperature of the smoke sufficiently to stop it burning your skin. Neither an Arabian hookah pipe nor any number of ingenious filters will prevent surface burns to your throat tissue.