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10 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Music, Performance, Singing Tags: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian music, interview, original music, professional musician, singer/songwriter, singing, Tasmanian music, The Fringe Dwellers
Hey everyone,
This is a lovely article on the ABC Northern Tasmania blog written by the most articulate tech in the country – Chris Ball. I’ll be writing a blog of my own in the next few days….. with less photos of me in it!
Wherever you are, enjoy!
Deb
In the ABC Northern Tas studio
21 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Music, Performance, Singing Tags: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian music, Australian radio, live concert, live music, music touring, original music, singing, Tasmanian music
Hi friends,
Just a quick reminder that I’ve got a solo concert coming up next Friday, 28th September at Skwiz Cafe & Gallery in Sheffield, Tasmania. I don’t get up to the north of the state often enough for my taste and I’ve heard nothing but brilliant things about the venue and the organisers. Details here.
For those of you able to attend I’ll have copies of The Fringe Dwellers‘ album “After Time” available plus high quality MP3’s of my solo album “The Woman on the Edge of The World” – so bring a USB and grab some music!
In conjunction with the Skwiz concert, I’m doing an interview and playing a few songs on ABC Northern Tas. This is going to air at approximately 5:30PM Friday 28th Sept Australian Eastern Standard Time – that’s +10 UTC to the time zone savvy. Thanks to the magic of the Internet this broadcast will be able to be heard by anyone anywhere!
It’s really cool to think that friends & family as far away as Broome, Singapore, Manhattan and London are planning on listening in. If you’re interested in hearing me babble, here’s how!
Make sure you’ve got the right time – I use the World Clock at Time & Date, it seems the easiest. Go to the ABC Northern Tasmania website and find the “Listen Now” tab (on the right hand side) and there you go! I’m performing on the Drive Show.
Meanwhile, I’m taking my new camera (Wayne) on the road with me and I’m sure to have lots of new photos to share once I get back home. I’ll leave you with a new pic courtesy of the very talented Hailey Gearman, Hobart photographer and all-round great gal!
15 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in Music, Performance, Recording Tags: Australian music, live music, music, original music, professional musicians, recordings, Tasmania
The Fringe Dwellers are my new band – Mal Battersby (The Bat Band) – guitars & vocals, Oscar Neyland – bass guitar, James Excell – drums and me on vocals & rhythm guitar.
As some of you might be aware, it’s a very long time since I’ve been in a band and this is shaping up to being a very rewarding experience! The music is a broad mix of genres, with songs written by Mal and some by me.
We’re just in the final stages of completing our first full recording “After Time” and it’s sounding excellent!
For those of you in southern Tasmania, we’re playing our first proper pub gig next Friday 22nd June at The Grand Poobah in Liverpool St, Hobart. It’s the end of mid-year exams for all my uni friends, so we’re planning to party! We’d love to see you there 😀
Meanwhile, this is one of my favourite photos of Mal & me, taken by our beautiful photographer friend Saria Phillips…… it kinda sums things up pretty well – we have a lot of fun 😉
Debra Manskey 