High profile Gippsland musician and music teacher Brett Glover has looked to what he knows best to raise our spirits and keep the region’s music community together. Brett’s idea of a music clip featuring singers and musicians collaborating from home on a classic Aussie hit has just gone online. More than a hundred of them contributed to a Gippslandesque rendition of INXS’s Never Tear Us … Continue reading Gippsland’s musos won’t be torn apart
A 16 year old boy took his 12-string guitar onto a hometown stage for a performance that led him to multiple recording sessions and two national tours over the following three years. MATTHEW BENTLEY’s musical growth has been as organic as the music he writes and performs. Everywhere the talented Victorian goes, from WA to QLD, his infectiously fun coastal music and his lovable personality … Continue reading Matthew Bentley: folk’n surf
The final ever ‘Live at Spectrum’ TV show will be broadcast this Sunday night after four years of highlighting Gippsland’s live music scene. Monthly shows have been broadcast live over digital platforms from the Spectrum studio in Traralgon and replayed later on Foxtel and Melbourne’s Channel 31. Creator and Producer Brett Tippet said over the four years, the program has lifted the profile of many … Continue reading Live at Spectrum takes its final bow
In his first year of primary school, Jacob Schutte was asked what instrument he would like to learn. When he chose drums, he set himself on a path that is already opening-up amazing opportunities in music. The 20 year old from Warragul has been performing with Golden Guitarists Tom Curtain, Steve Passfield and Mike ‘Fettler’ Kerin, as well as Luke Austen, Amber Joy Poulton, Meg … Continue reading Tamworth festival connections set up a busy 2019 for drummer Jacob Schutte
“There’s just no feeling like it,” says Amanda Joy about sharing her gift of song. After singing at eisteddfods, dances and weddings through her teenage years, Amanda Joy stepped away from the microphone in her early 20s to raise four amazing children with her husband Kelvin. But now she’s back and sounding better than ever! Singing again before appreciative audiences returns Amanda Joy to her … Continue reading Amanda Joy is back and sounding better than ever
Musicians in the Latrobe Valley’s youth music space, stand up! Especially if you’re anything but some form of metal. A call for more variety is going out. The Latrobe Valley has many talented musicians, of all ages and across a range of genres. However, it seems the music scene for and by young people has less diversity, which is of concern to at least some … Continue reading LV youth music: metal is good, diversity is better
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