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I started playing music back
in about 1985. I didn't really have a clue, except that I knew I wanted to make music. For
my birthday I bought myself a keyboard and at my birthday party I remember playing with
the keyboard instead of attending to my guests.
I didn't really start writing music until a little later, and with absolutely no equipment
besides my keyboard and a normal tape deck, I laid down the first version of 'Sailing
Away'.
Along the way I met some other new musicians that were working on a studio House project.
They heard my stuff that I was busy with and asked if I wanted to join them in their
studio and help them with some of the arrangements. The band 'The Third Wave' was born. We
were never designed to go out on a tour or perform live, but the record company insisted
we get a complete band together and go on tour. After three intensive months of
rehearsing, we eventually left, but due to our inexperience, the tour soon flopped. None
of us were live musicians and our inexperience let us down.
Nevertheless, I pursued my musical interest and started doing one man band gigs all over
the country. That got a bit boring after a few years and I joined up with one of the
former members of the previous band and we did a duo thing together. That was quite
successful and we wrote many songs together in my little garage studio. None of the
material was released, but we persisted anyway, as we were having fun at the time.
Nothing really much happened for a few years besides doing four to eight gigs a week. I
eventually met a girl by the name of Caz (Dilana Robichaux), and we rehearsed for a few months in the view of
doing two piece gigs, but due to her circumstances beyond my control, none of that
materialized. A few years later, I joined Caz (Dilana Robichaux) in Holland and became part of her band
Cazmelion. Within a short time we had great success, playing the biggest venues around the
country, and I gained a lot of stage experience and confidence in that time. The band
split up due to numerous reasons, and I decided I had had enough of the music industry.
Five years later however, the bug hit me again and I picked up my guitar and started
rehearsing again. I joined another band and we played pubs and weddings.
The whole Dutch music just wasn't my scene, and I was missing my roots, so I decided to
move back to South Africa.
Currently I am doing gigs around Johannesburg, but things have changed, and it's not as
easy as I remembered.
Oh well, at least I'm having fun....
Credits:
Radio
Highveld & Jacaranda playlisted 'This Time' & 'Please Love
Me' & 'Lost for Words'
Competitions:
Song
of the Year Competition
http://www.songoftheyear.com/
they have an award
page, started in 2006
here
Sailing Away – July 2005 – Honourable mention
Please Love Me – August -2005 – Runner up
Love You Even More – September 2005 – Suggested artist
This Time – October 2005 – Suggested Artist
This Is Not Elvis – November 2005 – Runner up
Lost For Words – December 2005 - Finalist
Love You Even More - February 2006 - Honourable Mention
You - April 2006 - Runner Up
She's a 69 - May 2006 - Suggested Artist
Lost for Words - June 2006 - Runner Up
Internet Junkie - September 2006 - Finalist
Throw me a Line - December 2006 - Suggested Artist
Ocean of Time - July 2007 - Honourable Mention
Released material:
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MEDIA |
TITLE |
CONTRIBUTION |
RECORD LABEL |
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CD |
Voices For Victory |
Singer, Songwriter, production |
Accelerated Concepts |
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Vinyl / Tape |
The 3rd Wave |
Singer, arranger, guitars. Production. |
Tusk |
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CD |
We Want More Vol 8 |
Singer, Songwriter, production |
Tusk |
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CD |
Dancecore #2 |
Arrangements |
EMI |
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CD |
Lindsay
McGuire |
Backing vocals |
?? |
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CD |
Lost for Words |
Everything |
To be released / The Label |
More details here
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