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Risemann

Risemann

Risemann is a dynamic 3 piece outfit consisting of Nathan Hein on guitar/lead vocals, Neil Pearce on bass/keyboards, and Joel Stibbard on drums/percussion. They are three very different people who met by chance, and believe in fate. They know that they were meant to cross each other's path to start a new chapter in life.

Risemanns's Myspace Music page.


Courtney Robb

Courtney Robb

Courtney Robb is an independent singer/songwriter born in the isolated mining town of Broken Hill, now based in Adelaide. Courtney released her debut album, Unarmed in 2006. Then for the next 18 months she explored Australia from Fremantle to Broome, Darwin to Alice Springs, playing gigs in some of the most remote towns in the country. This gave her the chance to free herself from the ties of everyday life and opened her up to a new world of songwriting. Her new CD is entitled Amid the Noise + the Haste.

Awards

2008
  • Jaded - Highly Commended - FOOM

    2004

  • Star Encouragement Award - FOOM


    Releases

    Courtney CD 2010  Courtney CD 2007 
    2010
  • Amid the Noise + the Haste CD
    2007
  • Unarmed CD

    Web

    Courtney's Website


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    David Robinson

    David Robinson

    David was born in England and came to Australia as a very young boy. He calls Adelaide, South Australia, home.

    Music has always been the central theme of David's life and he has played in many bands in Adelaide. He performed at the Bicentennial celebrations in 1988 and has appeared as an actor and musician at the Adelaide Fringe Festival . He has appeared on more than 10 CDs and has enjoyed airplay on 891 ABC Adelaide, 5MMM (now 3D radio), Coast FM, 5UV (now Radio Adelaide), Air FM and WCUW FM (Worcester MA) amongst others.

    David was the winner of the 'Working Life' section of the 1997 Songwriters Event (run by SCALA) with his composition Monday Bloody Monday.

    David also writes, and his poetry has appeared in the Derbyshire Evening Telegraph and Write Away. He has had articles and reviews published in such esteemed organs as Rip it Up, Modern Times, SCALA News, Cycle and The Fix, to name but a few. He counts his six-word letter to The Guardian, published in March 2005, amongst his finest literary achievements...

    David is influenced by many artists, from Muddy Waters to Nirvana to Oasis, but cites The Beatles as having the biggest effect upon his musical outlook. This is evident in many of his songs. Non-musical influences include Kurt Vonnegut Jnr, Mark Rothko, Roger McGough, Jack Kerouac and Jackson Pollock.

    Get some David Robinson in your life.

    Awards

    1997
  • Monday, Bloody Monday - Winner, Songwriters Event Working Life Section

    Releases

    David Robinson CD 2010  David Robinson CD 2007 
    Complete list of albums that David has appeared on


    2000

  • A Drop In The Ocean CD
    1997
  • Dogwater Soursob CD

    Web

    David's Website
    David's Myspace music site
    David's Garageband site




    David Robinson


    Liz Ros

    Released her debut CD Violet to Red on 31 March 2007 at SCALA's venue.

    Glenn Ryder

    Glenn Ryder

    Glenn was born in Mt Isa in Queensland and grew up in Blackall. He has worked as a jackaroo, fencer, concreter and currently is a shearer. He has been on the road with a caravan travelling from state to state shearing for about eight years now and this has made him realise there's so much to see in this country.

    Glenn has always written songs as a hobby until this year when he has devoted more time finding out all he can about songwriting, even travelling from Hamilton in Victoria to one of SCALA's workshops earlier in the year. Glenn says he's not interested in fame but he says "you have to be known to open doors to hopefully write for some of the big stars - my passion is for songwriting."

    Glenn won the 2008 FOOM Demo section with two of his songs - the first time he'd entered FOOM.

    Copyright © Glenn Ryder 2008

    Extracted from SCALA News # 115 (July/August/September 2008)

    Awards

    2008
  • Falling In Love - Joint Winner FOOM Demo Open
  • Outback Driving - Joint Winner FOOM Demo Open




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