Lesbian PLATFORM @ Scarlet
Lesbian Platform is an initiative specifically set up for female performers giving Brisbane’s lesbians the opportunity to have their original music heard in the highly competitive and male dominated entertainment industry. 8-10 performers will perform a set each for us.
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If you would like to be considered for a performance set at Lesbian Platform please contact coordinator Vikki Grant on 0403277278 or vikkigrant@bigpond.com
Performers
VIKKI GRANT (PLATFORM COORDINATOR)Performing up and down the east coast of Australia, Vikki Grant has stunned crowds with her unique vocals and charismatic demenor. The coordinator of PLATFORM and a music teacher, she looks to pass on her passion for live music in each performance. Vocally trained by Venetta Fields, Vikki combines acoustic guitar, djembe and the raw power of a stomp box to deliver heartfelt stories of life lessons, hopes and fantasies. |
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AMY HENSCHELLI am a singer/songwriter playing bluesy/folk songs on acoustic guitar. My influences are Van Morrison, Ani DiFranco, Jesus Rodriguez, Kasey Chambers, Paul Kelly and Jewel. I have played my music at venues including Broxburn Country Music Festival, weddings and various venues in the Toowoomba and Brisbane area. |
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HOLLY KERCHEVALHolly Kercheval has been writing poetry for 15 years, since the age of 9. A self-taught musician, Holly's music and lyrics are deeply emotive with a strong focus on humanity and her raw, life experiences. With influences such as The Cranberries and Ani DiFranco, Holly doesn't just write love songs, she is a diverse rock chick who delights in her own alternate style. Holly has recorded an EP, titled 'Radiate', which contains the track 'Feel Like This', which won her a finalist position in the Annual Byron Bay Dolphin Awards. Holly regularly supports youth and community events, and is emerging into the gay and lesbian social scene, performing her set of earthy tunes and funky rhythms, including songs from her EP, Radiate. |
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JANNY DAVISI am proudly NZ born but relocated to Australia's warmer pastures and beaches in 1995. I learned to play the piano and guitar from an early age, but didn't apply these skills until later in life. Now after many adventures and distractions, I have decided to launch my live performance career as a solo artist. |
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JAXONVILLERachael and Rebecca (Twin Sisters) from Brisbane have spent their young lives pursuing their musical dreams, doing the hard yards of the well-worn country music and contemporary talent quests which run from Newcastle to far north Queensland.The duet are versatile in the music they sing and play. Jaxonville consist of Rebecca (violin, mandolin, guitar Vocals), (Rachael Rhythm Guitar and Vocals). Two gifted individuals who take vocal harmony to new heights. This has always been considered meant to be and it seems like forever as the girls have been writing songs and performing together since an early age.They are well accomplished songwriters and have performed their own songs at many established venues over the past few years. Music has been a lifetime event and individually each vocalist shines but with their combined voices is nothing short of dazzling! Jaxonville are very experienced in stage presentation and performance skills and their overall act is very lively and their ability to engage the audience with their performance, they have been described as not only singers/instrumentalists but also Entertainers with harmonies that can only be achieved by being sisters. |
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KRISSY SCOTTAcoustic singer/songwriter Krissy Scott writes music like poetry. Drawing from life experiences and influenced by many of the great folk singer/songwriters of the 60's, she conjures a genuine appreciation for all things human and all things "real". With a background playing brass instruments in jazz and blues bands and more recently playing throughout South-East QLD singing in a capella groups, she has a varied and diverse musical background from which to draw. As a solo artist she has found her feet writing music more along the folk genre - honest and raw, she writes and sings from the heart. http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Artists/View.aspx?artistid=18892 |
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MJ EVANSMelissa J Evans has that rare ability to explain a lifetime in 3 minutes. You will be enthralled with her genre bending songs and find yourself lost in every lyric. Her compositions are beautifully crafted, where her universal themes capture the souls of a multitude of listeners. You don't simply listen to these songs you participate in them... they are about you and me! They are about acceptance, love, life and death. Her new album, has a collection of 7 fascinating songs, each has a life of it's own, but they are strangely connected by a passion for living. Melissa explores the human condition with such care and sensitivity that you feel she has reached into my heart, head and life and explained who you are, without concious effort. She has the skill to make you believe she is telling your story. The past 12 months has seen Melissa evolve into a consumate performer, playing her original music solidly around Brisbane and the southeast. She has also ventured to Melbourne to play around the groovy cafes and bars of St Kilda! Melissa [with the help of Sue Drummond - percussion and harmony] opened for the Kransky Sisters at their homecoming gig in Esk to a packed house at the Lyceum Hall - it was an inspirational performance!! Keep an eye on www.myspace.com/melissajevans to see where Melissa is playing next! |
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MJ GWYNNEGrand finalist of Fretfest 2007, headlining many and varied bands as well as a long solo career, MJ Gwynne brings sincerity, lust, honesty and the ability to make people stand up and listen. Playing in just about every establishment worth playing in all over the country, MJ has entranced crowds as she freely uses light and shade blended with awesome acoustic guitar skills and a voice to die for. |
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RACHEL REGANI have been playing music and writing songs since I can remember, I grew up in Manchester playing with musicians in my first Traditional Irish band "Cairde" with Rob Mager, Rory Geraghty, and Phil Reed.We had success with our songs at local perormances and our first live radio performance on BBC GMR's "The Parlour" and Tv interview on Granada Reports was something to be proud of. Moving to Cork, Ireland in 2002 led my life in a new direction enjoying all the magic of the Emerald Isle, here I enjoyed regular sessions at O' Connells, Glanmire and The North Gate Pub, playing bluegrass, folk, trad, blues and a bit of everything else. Meeting Irene O Connell and setting up the band "The Sad Cows" really spurred my own songwriting and gigs around Cork. In April 2007 I recorded my debut album, "Wandering Child" here in Cork, 10 tracks with a mix of acoustic ballads and instrumentals, with an influence of all the music I have played over the past couple of years. The single "Babygirl" is available to download from www.seeingredrecords.net, and the album is available in "Vibes and Scribes", Cork. I am travelling promoting my album and songs at the moment and having a great time doing so, I hope you enjoy listening to my songs! I believe music is a gift, a special something that cannot be compared to anything else. I will continue to share it. |
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RUTH GARDNERGuitarist::Songwriter::Singer::Producer Ruth Gardner has been playing guitar since she got her first axe from K-Mart age 8 and writing songs from the tender age the age of 11. She is certain that it is a positive that she can’t remember many of the early songs! Immediately after high school Ruth applied for and was accepted to what is now affectionately known as “Rock School” at Southbank and surprisingly passed the yearlong intensive performance course. The album Student Body created from a compilation of student compositions including Ruth’s work went on to win a Sunnie Award (QLD recording award) for best Pop album in 1993. A year after leaving Rock School she decided to travel to London where she met up with fellow traveler Kath Barham and began to co-write together and perform in such places as The 12-Bar Club in Tin Pan Alley and The Marquee. Two years later with a substantial body of work behind them the pair returned to Australia and proceed to record their first album. Under the name One, Ruth along with Kath released independently “Unlucky, Dented Guiding Star” in 1997 to a packed house at Ric’s. In support of this release they played all over Brisbane including The Zoo, The Press Club, The Rev and various Uni O-Weeks and Rec. Clubs. The Single from the album “Just Stay” also receive favorable airplay on B105, JoyFM (Melbourne), ABC Radio National, 4zzz and strange regional radio such as 3BBB in Ballarat. The album also saw the girls get a small look in to the American market and sign a management deal with the then personal assistant to Arista Records president, Clive Davis. Their music was then put forward to Sarah McLaughlin for consideration as performers at the Lilith Fair, Joan Osbourne and various other multi-national recording companies A & R departments. In 2000 a new musical horizon began when Ruth formed a trio called The Peepshow with Sofia Woods and Lisa Wojawoski. They performed around Brisbane for the following 4 years at Big Gay Day, Pride Fair Day, Straight Out of Brisbane Festival, 2-High Festival, & Valley Rotunda. Ruth continues today to perform and write with Lisa under the name CockFighter combining Hip-Hop folk and roots to deliver a truly original sound. She has also contributed the original work “No God” co-written and performed by Neroli and Claudia Bordini for “7 Nights”, a short film, written and directed by Claudia. Currently along with CockFighter, Ruth performs with the LesbianSuperGroup along side Melissa J Evans, Sue Drummond and Shiv Zimmerman. Ruth has also discovered late in life the wonders of performing Cabaret when she played for Jo Doyle in The Fruit Tingle Cabaret at the Judith Wright Center. She has subsequently performed at the West End Cabaret alongside Chris Maver. She also travels with her home studio to record and produce local artists and is preparing to produce her first solo album due for release in mid 2008. Ruth sounds like …… what ever way that you interpret skilled electronic programming alongside intuitive guitar playing and subtle vocals which she plans to fuse for her upcoming release. |
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SHELBY LIMSinger/songwriter Shelby Lim is a young, emerging acoustic-rock solo artist out of Brisbane. Although young, Shelby has become a veteran of the Open Mic scene, forcing casual pub-goers to put down their beers and take notice. But this is just the beginning. |
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