My name is Stevie Taylor. I’m getting the stories of the musicians, producers, performers and industry people from Australia, NZ and beyond, and bringing them to you. I think we’re rolling...
Episodes
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Mark Costa. Bass player, arranger, composer and music teacher from Sydney.
Mark has performed and toured with numerous Australian and international artists, this list includes The Temptations, Tom Jones, Leo Sayer, Go West, Chris Isaak, Debbie Reynolds, Thelma Houston, Maxine Nightingale, Marcia Hines, Margaret Urlich, Shannon Noll, Guy Sebastian, Wa Wa Nee, James Morrison, Emma Pask, and John Foreman among many others.
Bassist and arranger in the Australian Idol house band.
Bassist in musical stage shows including “We Will Rock You”, “The Bodyguard”, “Mama Mia”, “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” and currently “Madiba”
Recorded in Northmead, NSW Australia. 07/12/18
Episode Music: Father's Love and Stand and Deliver by Mark Costa. From the album "Textures"
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mark+costa+bass
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Thursday Dec 27, 2018
Marc Malouf. Artist, Session Guitarist, Vocalist and award winning Music Producer and Songwriter from Sydney, Australia.
Currently with JOY, and Lucy Neville.
Recorded in Five Dock, NSW Australia 28/11/18.
https://www.instagram.com/mrmarcmalouf
https://open.spotify.com/artist/47Y4E7oP5Swy55wbY9fgUd?si=lv1Ut39ISb6smWfRd2oQfg
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0bq4n0hc3bUfuqIFU79sBC?si=z44UFK3NT7WE7Wz713FuwA
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Sam Trevethick (aka Sambora)
New Zealand producer, DJ, director, guitarist, keyboard player and one of the founding members of Shapeshifter, and Peacekeepers.
Recorded on 11/12/2018
Episode Music: Oculus - Shapeshifter.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12150900
https://www.shapeshifter.co.nz
https://www.instagram.com/samboralot/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/shapeshifterlivenz/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/peacekeepersnz/?hl=en
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Wednesday Dec 19, 2018
Victor Rounds. Fijian born Bass Player from Sydney.
James Morrison, Jenny Morris, Marcia Hines, Renee Geyer, Paul Gray, Rick Astley, The Monkees, Tommy Emanuel and many more.
One of the coolest cats in town…
Recorded in Bexley, NSW Australia 27/11/2018
https://www.facebook.com/victor.rounds.9
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Thursday Dec 13, 2018
Jess Ciampa began his musical life as a trumpet player but changed to percussion halfway through a Bachelor of Music Education degree at the NSW Conservatorium. He is a multi instrumentalist at home in a variety of styles of music, ranging from mainstream orchestral through to jazz, latin and commercial. He has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Synergy Percussion, the Seymour Group and the Sydney Dance Company and was also percussionist for The Lion King stage show. Jess has performed with several groups as part of the Musica Viva in Schools program. He currently plays with the group Zeeko as part of this program.
Recorded in Northmead, NSW Australia 22/11/2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRNYP6oKgEM
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
Yanya Boston: “Since the turn of the millennium I have spent a lot of time on the road all around the globe as both drummer and more recently drummer/musical director. As a strong supporter of upcoming original music, I'm happiest holding down the backbeat behind some of Australias finest upcoming talent, Thandi Phoenix, JOY, Thelma Plum, Karen Lee Andrews, but I also have had the pleasure of playing for the likes of Tina Arena, Danni Minogue, Human Nature, Ronan Keating, Jess Mauboy, Guy Sebastian, Emma Donovan… and I've done numerous television appearances with touring acts such as Katy Perry, Neo, Robyn Thicke, Jessie J, Megan Trainor, Anne-Marie, to name a few.”
Recorded in Alexandria, NSW Australia 06/11/2018
https://www.instagram.com/yanyaboston/
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Thursday Nov 29, 2018
Diana Rouvas, most recently known for her appearance on the first Season of the Voice Australia… Has always embraced music as a way of life. Starting vocal training at the age of 4, and writing original material at the age of 8.
At the age of 17, Diana joined the multi ARIA award-winning Tina Arena on backing vocals on a tour of France, where she performed to capacity crowds at the legendary Olympia Hall. Diana has been invited to represent her home of Australia at the Annual Australia Week G’day LA Celebrations held in Los Angeles, celebrating US achievements by Australians including Mel Gibson, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Olivia Newton John.
Diana has also had the privilege of recording her original material with legendary soul funk band "RUFUS" from "RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN" in 2006.
Over the years her material sparked the attention of artists such as Mary.J Blige, The Pussy Cat Dolls, And Alicia keys.
This singer is bewitching in live performance mode…. And some have gone as far to say she superseded their expectations when seeing her live.
Currently working on a new material for a future release.
Recorded in Northmead, NSW Australia 23/11/2018
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyxCrTd-ERkQcGhOYptn95w
https://www.facebook.com/dianarouvas/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DsnHe5DjvpuS4iFQgVypp?si=nuywRq0ORwONVTcfJ2E1wA
23/05/19 UPDATE!: Diana is now featuring on The Voice Australia Season 8 as a member of Team Boy George
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Sunday Nov 25, 2018
Jonnie Adams. Long time drummer for Doug Williams & The Mix, and former staff member of the old Billy Hydes Drumcraft.
Recorded in Northmead, NSW Australia 20/11/2018
https://www.facebook.com/dougwilliamsandthemix/
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Thursday Nov 22, 2018
Fran Kora. Vocalist, bass player and actor from the bay of plenty in New Zealand. Current front man and founding member of the band KORA, and also a member of the Modern Maori Quartet.
Recorded in Auckland, NZ & Sydney, Australia 15/11/2018
https://www.facebook.com/KoraOfficial/
https://www.facebook.com/ModernMaoriQuartet/
https://www.instagram.com/franciskora/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/modernmaoriquartet/?hl=en
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Craig Calhoun. Award winning Composer, Producer, multi-instrumentalist, mentor, Music Technologist and creator of Eurofunk.
The Supremes, Chris Hinze, Marcia Hines, Wa Wa Nee, Renee Geyer, Kevin Borich, Marks Williams and Erana Clarke to name just a few.
Recorded in Forrestville, NSW Australia 12/11/2018
https://www.facebook.com/craig.calhoun.9480
https://www.youtube.com/user/ccbass16/videos
https://www.instagram.com/craigcalhounofficial/?hl=en