Georgia Germein - vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12 string guitar
Quentin Eyers - Bass guitar, drums, strings

Produced, mixed and engineered by Quentin Eyers at Q The Music

Georgia Germein is an Australian, Adelaide-based singer/songwriter who has been developing her musical craft since she was four years of age. She is a multi-instrumentalist and gifted composer who has won a number of prestigious awards including seven ASME Young Composers Awards and the 2007 South Australian Premier's Award. She was also a semi finalist in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition. Georgia's entry in the 2009 Young Bloods Radio competition to promote blood donation was the National winner, earning her advertisement airplay on Nova nationally

Georgia's songs are wide-ranging in theme, richly evocative, deeply heartfelt and reflect her musical journey over many years. They draw on her experience of growing up in the bush in the Adelaide Hills combined with her commitment to the Environment, Indigenous Reconciliation, her work in the Kalahari, South Africa and Nepal as World Vision's 2010 Youth Ambassador.

Georgia has recently returned from a highly successful music tour of Malaysia to finished her debut album Take My Hand with Producer Ian Pritchett (Angus and Julia Stone and the Beautiful Girls)

I Won't Forget You was a co-winner of SCALA's Festival of Original Music (FOOM) Song Competition 2009.

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Marta Bayly - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Andy Armstrong - Acoustic Guitar
Stuart Day - Bass
Recording Engineer: David Gully
Recording Studio: Backbeat Studios
Producers: Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly

Born in Poland, Marta Bayly arrived to the shock of a hot Australian summer at the age of 4 and she has called Adelaide her home ever since. Marta grew up singing along with anything and everything on the radio. She studied piano as a teenager but when she picked up an acoustic guitar for the first time it was love at first sight! Writing songs naturally followed and these passions, combined with a gift for singing harmonies, eventually led her to take to the stage with singer-songwriter Andy Armstrong. Together they recorded their first studio album Harmony of One in late 2009.

Note: This recording of Since I Met You is a special SCALA CD Version and is not the same version of the song that appears on the Harmony of One CD. Since I Met You was Highly Commended in the Live Section of SCALA's FOOM Song Competition 2009.

Marta and Andy's myspace music site

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Corey Stewart - Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Darren Zaza - Electric Guitar
Drums - Tim Irrgang
Studio - Red Brick Music
Engineer - Anthony Stewart
Producers - Anthony Stewart/Corey Stewart/Darren Zaza

Corey Stewart started his journey as a songwriter and performing musician over twenty years ago. In that time he has performed in countless bands, written hundreds of songs, played in too many gigs to remember, made many friends and experienced all the highs and lows of being a singer/songwriter/musician in Australia.

In between writing songs and performing (for his own projects and for other artists) Corey has also been involved with different songwriting organisations around Australia and the world, has judged many songwriting contests and band competitions, taught guitar and bass, been a musical director for touring bands and worked in recording studios as a session musician for hire plus, he also runs the Open Mic Network and is very active within the local Adelaide music scene.

Billboard Angel is one of many songwriting collaborations Corey has undertaken with long time friend and accomplished guitarist, Jeff Smith, who runs RhymeWorks Productions. There will be more songs to come.

Corey Stewart Online  Corey's Open Mic Network  Corey on MySpace  Corey's Facebook Page

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Spacejunk:
Ria Loof - vocals, acoustic guitar
C.J. Rhodes - bass
Craig Lauritsen - drums
James Brown - electric guitar
Renee Donaghy - backing vocals
Adam Page -soprano sax, backing vocals
Nat Bruce - keyboards
Violin: Aaron Kemp
Cello: Briohny Campbell-Taylor

Recorded at The Cheese Factory, Clarence Park, South Australia
Engineered and mixed by Kim Webster.
Mastered by Oscar Gaona (www.oscargaona.com), Studios 301, Sydney, Australia.

Ria Loof is known as an accomplished, entertaining soloist and backing vocalist with a voice that is impressive and captivatingly full of soulful sensitivity. She has a performance/recording/teaching history that is rich in diversity and experience; from backing vocals for John Schumann and numerous corporate bands to diva disco cabaret and rock n roll bands; from solo pub sing-a-longs to Motown classics. Ria enjoys all styles and genres including theatre and festival work.

From 2001 to 2006 Ria was in one of Adelaide's finest funk bands SpaceJunk. The song Nothing to hide was the token ballad in their sets and was always well received. Now the song is mostly played acoustically in Ria's solo sets. "It's a song about longing and sweet unconditional love."

"Outstanding performer" - Sunday Mail
"Smooth and soulful" - Music SA
"Her loving and trusting personality shines through in her lyrics and feel reminiscent of 70s icon Karen Carpenter with the R&B sensibilities of Sade.." - Furry Red Records

Ria on Myspace  Ria on Facebook   Email Ria

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Kenny Green - vocals
Costa - percussion
Anthony Stewart - lead and rhythm
Engineered and produced by Anthony Stewart at Red Brick Studio.

In 1992 Kenny Green found an album of an artist that inspired him to start playing guitar. That album was called Raging Thirst which unknown to him at the time was by a local Adelaide artist, Don Morrison. It was nearly 17 years later that Kenny recognized Don's voice at a music festival in Semaphore, South Australia.

From humble beginnings in Mt Gambier around a drumfire singing and playing, to becoming a member of SCALA and CMASA, (Country Music Association South Australia) present day Kenny has written around 30 songs over the years but it wasn't until he met and listened to the advice of Welsh born, emigrant to Australia Jimmy Williams (Twyce Daily) that it really started to be any good. Jimmy Williams took out three APRA awards in 2008 including SA country song of the year with Gypsy in my heart. Jimmy has some non-conventional ways of songwriting that are truly amazing to watch in action, a sort of spiritual contact.

Kenny met Jimmy at a local open mic and became friends, Kenny showed Jimmy what he had done as a songwriter thus far and Jimmy spent hours with Kenny spilling some much needed truths on what Kenny was doing. It was late 2008 when they collaborated on the song Rescue Me. After becoming quite a requested and popular song at open mics, Rescue Me was judged a co-winner in SCALA's FOOM song competition Live Section in 2009.

Kenny on Myspace

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Sasha Galliver - vocals
Quentin Eyers - All other instruments
Engineered and produced by Quentin Eyers at Q The Music.

Sasha Galliver: I always loved singing from a young age. I can remember singing in primary school. I then became interested in guitar when I was at high school and learnt that for a term and then decided to leave school. Music became my emotional outlet and a way to express myself as I was a withdrawn teenager so It became a way to connect with people. I played at the folk festival when I was 15 and at 16 entered the busk-of competition in which I came first in the junior section. I entered again the next year and won again - this time the prize was $1000.

I used to busk a lot down the main street of my home town, Victor Harbor (South Australia). One day a man came up to me and suggested I come up to Adelaide and play on the radio, so I did! After playing an original song called The drinking song the host of the live radio show (Terry Bradford) pulled me aside and was keen to sign me up to his record label. From there I recorded my first CD Angel Baby at 18 whilst 8 months pregnant. It was hard to hold some of those notes but I gave it a good shot! I have still been writing a lot and I hope to record another CD when the time is right as now I am a busy mum of two boys.

As I Am was a co-winner in SCALA's FOOM song competition Live Section in 2009

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Gloria Albanese - Vocals/Harmonies/Guitar
Lorrae Southby - Keyboard
Craig Kelly - Bass Guitar
Jared Murray - Drums/Percussion
Brett Rozek - Lead Guitar

Recorded at Access Audio (Private Studio), December 2008
Producer/Engineer: Danny Bryan

Now an accomplished guitarist/singer/songwriter, Gloria Albanese first started out her music career performing covers at various local Italian festivals. Her proud father deemed this a good enough reason to buy her lots of little instruments. Tucked away in her bedroom with all her new toys, a spark for songwriting opened her eyes to new musical possibilities. This is where her father threatened to take all these toys away!

Her success as a songwriter developed when she became one of 5 national finalists to perform in the 2004 Glenn Shorrock Music Scholarship Awards, and she has since played alongside well known SA acts including a support spot for Melbourne artist 'Mark Eden'. Her songs have featured on a number of compilation CDs including SCALA Over the Edge, DB Magazines Sound of MISA Volume#4, and Siena College's Time's Gone - where she was invited back to the school as Patron of the Arts for 2005.

She formed the band ULTRAVIOLET in 2006, with individual influences inspiring a fusion of pop/funk/soul - their sound creation best known as 'acoustic groove'.

High And Dry was co-winner in the Studio Open Section of SCALA's FOOM 2009 Song Competition.

Ultraviolet on Myspace   Ultraviolet on Unsigned

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Mika El Inspire Wonder -vocal / bass / keyboard / percussion
Gabriel Agostino - lead guitar / mix

Recorded at Chapel Lane Studios, Hindmarsh, SA
Engineered by Gabriel Agostino
Produced by Mika El Inspire Wonder

Mika El Inspire Wonder is a Japanese singer/songwriter residing in Adelaide, South Australia. English is not her mother tongue but she uses the disadvantage as her advantage for her song writing, creating lyrics with Japanese intertwining with English. Her cultural background adds unusual flavour to the melody lines. The mixture of Eastern music scale with her world music oriented background and her eclectic interest in wide variety of genres creates mesmerising effect in her original music, capturing unique concepts and style.

Lullaby for Cosmonauts The content of lyrics is way out there from day-to-day life, but that's one of the characteristics of Mika El's music. This is an experimental tune. The oriental taste brought forward by including Japanese lyrics enhances the strange and mystic feel to the song. All the foreign language-lyrics sounded somewhat like instrument tracks rather than as vocals when I was a kid. The meaning of lyrics didn't matter because I never understood them. It's strange but still it is a way to enjoy music. And I hoped to share this wacky way of appreciating music with audiences.

Lullaby for Cosmonauts co-won the Demo Open section of SCALA's FOOM 2009 song competition.

Mika on Myspace Music

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Shaez Mortimer - Vocals
Peter Merchant - Piano
Geoff Miller - Bass
Robert Mastripolito - Drums

Produced and engineered by Corey Hosking at Chapel Lane Studios.

Shaez Mortimer Mortimer is a Law/Arts student at Flinders Uni. She has been singing since the age of about 7 in various a'cappella groups, choirs, musicals and theatre productions. She was recently in the Adelaide premiere of RENT! The Musical in the 2009 Feast Festival, in The Revolution Starts Here in the 2009 Fringe Festival and My Sweet Specter in the 2010 Fringe Festival. .

Adelaide Jazz Trio have been playing an entertaining style of well known jazz standards at public gigs and private functions for over 10 years. Sometimes augmented with vocals (Jazzbird, Lainie) and saxophone. A perfect accompaniment for weddings, parties, and corporate functions. Always classy, always fun! More information available from Adelaide Jazz Trio website.

Adrian Miller and Gary Stiliano have collaborated on several splendid songs. When I'm Near You was a Co-Winner FOOM Live Section in 2005 and appears on the SCALA Shadows and Light CD performed by Casey Finlay. Love Is A Gift was a Co-Winner FOOM Demo Open Section in 2007 and appears on SCALA Another Lesson In Love CD performed by Shaez Mortimer and Adelaide Jazz Trio.

Guided Tour of Love was Highly Commended in the 2007 FOOM Demo Open Section.

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Marta Bayly - Main Vocal
Andy Armstrong - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
James Evan Jones - Vocals
Stuart Day - Acoustic Guitar
Steve Fleming - Bass
Liv Bafile - Percussion

Recording Engineer: David Gully
Recording Studio: Backbeat Studios
Producers: Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly

Inspired by 50's melodic pop - Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers then the harmonies of Peter, Paul and Mary - Andy started playing guitar and writing songs while in high school. Always a solo performer, he sang on hundreds of advertising jingles then moved into children's music in the 90's. In 2009 he is solo no more. With Marta Bayly he is gigging and recording original songs.

Honeybee was a co-winner in the Demo Section of SCALA's FOOM Song Competition 2009.

Andy and Marta's myspace music site

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Olivia Hand: Vocals and Keys
Josh Simoes: Guitar and back up vocals
Recorded by Josh Simoes in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Stirling Collective is a Melbourne based band made up of singer songwriters Olivia Hand and Josh Simoes. Olivia and Josh grew up in Adelaide and formed the Stirling Collective (named after their hometown) earlier this year. Their influences range from The Beatles to Bon Iver, Fleet wood Mac to the Fleet Foxes. The band has been playing gigs extensively throughout the inner northern suburbs and hope to release an EP in the new year. Stay tuned!

The Ghost Of Henry Halls was co-winner of SCALA's 2009 FOOM Song Competition Live Section.

The Stirling Collective on Myspace  The Stirling Collective on Myspace  Email: The Stirling Collective

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Cate Rogers - vocals
Rick Daniels - guitar, vocals & percussion
Mike Green - violin
Recorded at Red Brick Music and Bell Tone Audio
Engineered by Anthony Stewart & Ricky Dee
Mixed by Anthony Stewart
Produced by Ricky Dee

Cate & Rick are an acoustic duo. They write songs of love, loss and all the fun and crazy stuff in between. Rick, moonlighting from his rock outfit Whiskey Mojo, plays a mean guitar by turns full and percussive or delicate and virtuosic as the song demands. Cate with her audience friendly stage presence complements Rick with warm and expressive vocals. Together they bring you their original music, gentle and folk-tinged, sassy and bluesy, a few tunes to make you tap your feet, a few to break your heart.

Home was a co-winner in the Demo Section of SCALA's FOOM song competition in 2009.

Cate and Rick on Myspace

Cate Rogers
PO Box 159
Henley Beach SA 5022
Email: Cate

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Danny Calvo - Vocal
Simon Chan - Guitar
Dario Bortolin - Bass Guitar & Drums
Recorded in Sydney, Australia
Produced byDario Bortolin

Simon Chan is a renowned and award winning songwriter. His songs have received critical acclaim and awards in numerous songwriting competitions including first prize and awards for his songs Flickering Shadows, Suspended, Just a broken dream and Come dance with me in SCALA's FOOM song competitions. Suspended and Flickering Shadows also received Honourable Mention in US Billboard Magazine's 14th Annual Billboard World Songwriting Contest. It's gone was selected for the Canadian Music Week Unsigned Artists 2006 compilation CD as well as SoundsLike Cafe Vol 13 compilation CD in Australia.

With a piano teacher for a mother and a guitarist and composer for a father, Melissa Chan grew up in a house surrounded by music. A classically trained pianist, Melissa is now trying her hand at other forms of musical expression and is particularly interested in combining her love for writing with music. Inspired and encouraged by her father, Flickering Shadows was her first attempt to put lyrics to paper. Melissa would like to thank her mother Dorothy for her musical contribution and brainstorming of final lyrics

Flickering Shadows was a co-winner in the Studio Open Section of SCALA's FOOM Song Competition 2010.

Simon's sonicbids site

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Mika El Inspire Wonder - vocal / bass / keyboard / percussion
Adriana Francescangeli - congas / djembe
Russell Harding - Djembe
Daniel Seymour - kit drum
Recorded at Billy Hyde Recording Studio, Adelaide, SA
Engineer/Mixer - Luke Vicery / Owen Gillett

See track 8, Lullaby For Cosmonauts, for a photo and bio of Mika.

The most important thing about this song for me was that the recording was done in a way I'd probably never repeat again, unless I was swimming in dollars (Let's hope that will happen soon and I can get back into recording at the studios). Because I was new to recording, I didn't know how to maximise the use of space, time and engineers, and I've done it the most expensive way, almost as professionals do. It made a huge dent on my bank account but I could feel what it'd be like to have all the stuff involved in to be absolutely on my side, trying to create the best music that I can produce. What a juicy experience to have - I can aim at this level of quality in any other recording opportunities in future. I treasure all the experiences through the production of this song.

Fresh Start co-won the Studio Open section of SCALA's FOOM 2009 song competition.

Mika on Myspace Music

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Mick Kidd - Guitars
Peter Thomas - Bass
Colin Jevons - Drums
Recorded at Cashel St. Studios, St Mary's, South Australia
Studio Sound : Marty Jones
Mastering: Marty Jones & Andy Voight

Mick has worked in the Adelaide music scene for over 25 years as a Guitarist/ Vocalist, playing in venues ranging from the Adelaide Festival Theatre, the Convention Centre to countless Hotel and Club gigs around the state as well as Blues Festivals both in South Australia and interstate. Mick's original material has reached the finals of the national MUSICOZ awards (blues category) in 2004 and 2005 and he successfully auditioned for the role of lead guitarist in the sold-out "A.S.O. Plays Pink Floyd" shows at Adelaide's Festival Theatre (2008 season). Mick is currently performing a solo acoustic blues set in and around Adelaide and he released his first solo CD These Old Shoes in November 2009. He is currently working on a second CD to be released early in 2011. Full Details on Mick's myspace page

Slow Burn won the Studio Instrumental Section of SCALA's FOOM Song Competition 2010.

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Gloria Albanese - Vocals/Harmonies/Guitar
Lorrae Southby - Keyboard
Craig Kelly - Bass Guitar
Jared Murray - Drums/Percussion
Danny Bryan - Synth Strings

Recorded at Access Audio (Private Studio) December 2009; Producer/Engineer: Danny Bryan

About the song: So who is the Angel In Disguise? She is a character of true circumstance who was burnt in a fire and scared for life, and thought that true love would never come her way. A young man had seen past the imperfections, giving her reason to no longer fear the future ahead.

My own personal romantic notions of life triggered these feelings of sadness and heart-felt happiness, and I was compelled to turn this story into a song. Inner qualities are sometimes ignored and this situation is a perfect example of the beauty within.

High And Dry won the Studio Open Section of SCALA's FOOM 2010 Song Competition and Gloria Albanese was inaugural winner of The Electric Room prize.

See track 7, High And Dry, for a photo of Ultraviolet, a bio of Gloria Albanese and website information.

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Shaez Mortimer - Vocals
Peter Merchant - Piano
Geoff Miller - Bass
Robert Mastripolito - Drums

Produced and engineered by Corey Hosking at Chapel Lane Studios.

For details about Shaez Mortimer and the Adelaide Jazz Trio see track 9, Guided Tour Of Love.

Gary Stiliano does not wish to be compared to Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, or George Gershwin but he is clearly much taller. Adrian Miller is not as tall as Gary Stiliano, but is taller than Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and Leonard Cohen.

Adrian's Myspace music page  Adrian on YouTube

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David Robinson - vocals, guitar, harmonica, tambourine
Recorded by Gabriel Agostino at Chapel Lane Studios, 1 June 2009.
Produced by Gabriel and David

David Robinson writes, performs and records his own songs. He has released two albums, and has also appeared on a dozen or so compilation CDs. Occasionally categorising his sound as Britfolk, he can be found strumming his much loved and well used 12-string guitar at venues around town. In the last couple of years David has rediscovered his passion for songwriting, and this in turn has rekindled his desire to record. David's songs paint lyrical pictures that reflect many themes; in general his compositions wonder what it is really all about.

David's website  Email David

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Mika El Inspire Wonder (vocal / bass/ guitar/producer)
Owen Gillett (guitar solo)
Recorded at Billy Hyde Recording Studio, Adelaide, SA
Engineer / Mixer / Producer - Owen Gillett

See track 8, Lullaby For Cosmonauts, for a photo and bio of Mika.

For three and a half months into learning how to play a guitar, I created this song on my sick bed, using my first guitar that was given to me by my musical mentor. Because I didn't have any pre-set ideas how to create songs, the structure was purely dependant on inspirations that were coming. This song was my fourth song I have ever written using a guitar. Not knowing what chords I'm playing were also an advantage. I used my ears and how my body wanted to hear the sound as the guidance. This song received Honourable Mention at 2010 Songwars Songwriting Competition in the USA. "...,I really like the structure of this song. It is almost like Pink Floyd. And the melody is very good too." Jack Douglas (Producer for John Lennon, The Who, Miles Davis, and Aerosmith, etc).

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Gloria Albanese - Vocals/Harmonies/Guitar
Lorrae Southby - Keyboard
Craig Kelly - Bass Guitar
Jared Murray - Drums/Percussion

Recorded at Access Audio (Private Studio); November 2008
Producer/Engineer: Danny Bryan

See track 7, High And Dry, for a photo of Ultraviolet, a bio of Gloria Albanese and website information

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