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MICHAEL TAN
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Musical Director: Keyboards
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Guitar
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Violin
Michael Tan is a Perth-born musician and
producer. Since moving to Sydney in 2012,
he has produced numerous commercial hits
with Anja Nissen, Johnny Ruffo, Chelsea
Basham, Omar Dean, Karise Eden, and
Fatai, and his productions have featured on
Channel 7, Channel 9 and Disney Channel.
In 2016, he arranged and co-produced Dami
Im’s “Classic Carpenters” album, which
debuted at #3 on the Australian ARIA
charts. Outside of the studio, he has recently
toured with Shannon Noll, Steve Clisby
and Omar Dean, as well as being Musical
Director for Dami Im on her “Yesterday
Once More” 2016 tour. Michael is officially
endorsed by Yamaha Music as a keyboardist
and JH Audio In-Ear Monitoring. He also
holds a PhD in Psychophysics from the
University of Western Australia.
CHRIS TRAVAGLINI
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Guitar
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Tenor Saxophone
Chris is a multi instrumentalist originally
from Perth. He began playing guitar at age
3, and quickly developed a strong passion
for music. In 2012, Chris was awarded the
prestigious James Morrison Scholarship for
Best Instrumentalist. Since this time, he
has performed regularly as a keyboardist,
drummer, saxophonist and guitarist, has
recorded for many high profile artists, and
has recently relocated to Sydney where he
hopes to continue his passion for performing
and composing.
ADRIAN VEALE
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Trumpet
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Flugel
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Sampler
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Percussion
After completing a Masters in Architecture
and working in the field for a number of
years, Adrian decided to pursue his passion
for music full time, and has never looked
back. He has toured over 20 countries,
with bands, orchestras, stage shows, and
pop artists including multiple Grammy,
ARIA and Latin Grammy award winners.
His playing can be heard on television
commercials from MasterCard through to
Tic Tacs and Tip Top. Adrian has also been
nominated for an ARIA award in the best
jazz category with the band The Mellotones
and Australian jazz legend, Don Burrows.
BOBBY POULTON
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Bass
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Upright bass
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Synth
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Vocals
Bobby Poulton is a Sydney-based rock
and roll bassist, vocalist, musical director
and audio engineer. One of the most in-
demand rock bassists in Sydney, he plays
alongside Australia’s most prolific guitarist
Peter Northcote; and is a member of Sydney
soul rockers The Widowbirds, featuring
Simon Meli on vocals. Bobby performs
every Monday night at Sydney’s ultimate
rock hangout, Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice
as part of Frankie’s World Famous House
Band. Bobby proudly plays Fender basses
and uses JH Audio in-ear monitoring.
KINGSLEY OLDMEADOW
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Drums
Born in Perth to a musical family, and heavily
influenced by his father, Kingsley Oldmeadow
started playing drums at the age of 2. He was
accepted into the Australian Academy of
Music at 4, started playing professionally at 12
and was then awarded a music scholarship to
Guildford Grammar in Perth. Over the past
5 years, Kingsley’s been touring nationally and
internationally with a successful corporate
band and backing some of the country’s biggest
acts. An accomplished and skilled musician
born for the job, Kingsley’s experience, stage
presence and obvious love for playing, shows
in every tireless and memorable performance.
IZAYAH MARINER
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Backing Vocal
Izayah is a Sydney-based singer songwriter that
puts his unique style of R’n’B pop into new and
existing music. Izayah rose to national fame as
a member of the vocal band “Fourtunate”, who
placed in the finals of X-Factor in 2012. With
this group, Izayah has toured nationally and
internationally, performing alongside artists
such as One Direction.
NAJLA MICHEL
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Backing Vocal
Najla is a Sydney-based soul / R&B vocalist
who has seen much success as YouTube
sensation “SoundMind137”.
She
has
accumulated millions of views on her videos,
and has an extensive online fan base. Najla
has worked with Tom Bleasby, Sean Paul and
J.Wess Crew.
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