Percussionist, Composer, Author
The long-awaited Paint Drumming Project is complete!!!
All the snippets have been shared, the video is edited, all that's left is for you to enjoy :) I would like to present to you 'Volcano Rising', the three-month production involving 25 crew members, 20 pizzas, 10 litres of soft drink, 3 bags of cookies, a whole lot of water, lights, cameras, action, recording equipment, drums and true joy for the production of originality and support of talent.
The piece will be used as part of a series
Snippet No. 2 for your viewing pleasure!!
This one's a bit longer than the previous video - which you can see here. For all those who wanted a longer snippet;)
I sat with the editor Takahiro Nogita on Monday and finalised the video. We added all the titles and credits, played around with fonts and
Here's a little snippet of the paint drumming piece, filmed by my friend Andrew Butler as part of a backstage video of the project.
Something for everyone to have a look at while the big video is being edited and finalised.
Share the snippet, show it to your friends and family :)
I hope you enjoy this little treat of what is to come and see the amount of work put into this amazing, massive
Last year, at the beginning of 2012, I wrote a paint drumming piece for 12 percussionists. The composition was intended to be a collaboration between high schools around Queensland as part of Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage.
The idea was sparked mainly due to a past performance of mine at high school which you can see and read about Read More
This is one of my compositions from 2012, written for an event at the Queensland Conservatorium called 'Craptacular'.
It’s a performance put on by the percussion majors at the conservatorium to comment on the music we play, learn about and are encouraged to embrace, and a chance for us to compose and arrange some of our own or other popular culture works.
We all dressed up in interesting costumes to look as 'individual' as possible and had a laugh with the audience.
'Claptacular' (pun
So Tsoof and Sarah are back again, and this time we've got some new stuff to share.
Towards the end of last year, on Saturday the 3rd of November, we were invited to perform an hour set at an event called 'Relay for Life' which is organised by the cancer council in Queensland. Relay For Life is an overnight event that is an opportunity for friends and family to get together with the community and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back against a disease
Guess who's back? Back again? Tsoof is back! Tell a friend WOOAAAHH!
So, the next song in the Mayfest set is a bit of an 'oldie'. Sarah and I picked it to get the audience dancing and liven the mood a bit. It did just that and even got the compere's for the day dancing.
This is a video of Sarah and me singing 'Shake A Tail Feather' originally by The Five Du-Tones, though most famously covered by Ray Charles and The Blues Brothers.
See if you know all the moves ;)
There will be more
But wait, there's more!
Here is yet another video of my friend Sarah and me performing earlier on in the day during our afternoon set. The crowd was amazing and we had a great time. We chose to sing this song because we thought that everyone would really enjoy it after all the hype of Gotye's success. Turns out we picked correctly!
This is a video of Sarah singing 'Somebody That I Used To Know' by Gotye with me playing guitar and singing as well.
And yep, you guessed it! There will be
A few months ago (better late than never), I was invited by the organizers of Amnesty International's White Ribbon Day in Brisbane to perform 5 songs related to violence against women. Sarah La Sala joined me and proved to be an amazing singing partner.
This performance was a bit challenging, because the songs had to suit the White Ribbon Day theme of violence against women. In the end, Sarah managed to come up with a few really great songs, and in a few days, we managed to pull together a
And the video's just keep coming!
An update from the last Mayfest video, this is another video of my friend Sarah and me performing earlier on in the day during our afternoon set. We had a great crowd that afternoon and we really had a great time. This song was one of my personal favourites of the day.
This is a video of Sarah singing 'Steer' by Missy Higgins with me playing guitar and singing some backing vocals.
There will be more videos of us singing at Mayfest
