Quick learners have given a successful start to the music industry skills course run by the South West Institute of TAFE. The students gave their second performance this week at the TAFE cafe - only eight days into the course. For the next 12 weeks, under the instruction of Warrnambool musicians Chris van Bakel and Lyn Eales, students are getting an overview of the music industry. This will include performance, networking, business management, technical aspects, song writing and making a demo tape. The course efforts are to result in formal accreditation for the students. At Tuesday's performance, Ms. Eales said she was impressed with the variety, multiple skills, and talent of the 20 students, aged 16 to 42. She said there were heavy metal, thrash, country and alternative. "One of the main things is that they're learning to diversify their music" she said. Those normally into heavy metal were learning to play country music to enable other students to sing, Ms. Eales said. "Its a good network. They're supporting each other" she said. The next course will be held in February.
Big day out for all -- Warrnambool Standard 6th Nov. 1997 - Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1997. All rights reserved.
Catering to music tastes of all kinds is high on the agenda of the South West Institute of TAFE's music industry skills course. Featuring everything from the technical side to performing to songwriting, students are required to organise a community event as part of their course. Not scared of going the "whole hog" the students are planning the Big Bay Out in conjunction with Brauer College students and Warrnambool City Council on November 29. In an attempt to satisfy everybody's interests, the event will feature all kinds of music, market stalls and could even include a giant jumping castle for the kids. The TAFE students will host an all-ages gig in and around the Lady Bay Hotel between 1pm and 7pm while Brauer students will take over the organisation between 7.30pm and 2am with an under 18s gig at the Warrnambool Surf Life Saving Club. There is no reason not to attend what is expected to be a large affair, aiming for about 20 bands and a major headline act. Tafe student, Jake Tuck said the Lady Bay Hotel had been deregulated in the event of wet weather. The Brauer students also do modules of the music course. Confirmed as an Ausmusic event, coinciding with Australian Music Week, the event also has Freeza funding. Tafe student Heidi Gass said during the day they were hoping for music workshops and clinics with well-known players. A promotional marquee will also be erected for local bands who want to display their CD, posters and contact numbers. Tafe tutor Lyn Eales said she was impressed with the way the institutions were working together and students taking on the challenge.
Tafe students in Sorry Day -- Warrnambool Standard 21st May 1998 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1998. All rights reserved.
Music industry skills students at South West Institute of TAFE on Tuesday will present an industry night aimed at establishing contacts and raising awareness. Throughout their course, students have written, recorded and engineered their own songs which will be performed on the night. To be held at Images Restaurant from 7 pm it will be part of National Sorry Day. The students said it was their way to "contribute our point of view to the "stolen generations" discussion". District musician Andy Alberts will be among the performers. Participants in the course will include members of local bands Motorvators, Toe Jam, Second Line, Mix Bowl, Liquid Nales, Gramps, Fryd-knot and It's Your Thing. The students hope it will become a regular event, presenting an opportunity for the music industry to come together. Tickets are $5 ($4 concession). The funds will be put into a special music industry skills development fund to enable more nights to happen.
Seeking music notes -- by Kylie Smith - Warrnambool Standard 28th Oct. 1998 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1998. All rights reserved.
Collecting snippets of musical history, from front, are Kate Gane, Cherie Amor, Kerrie Dawe, Andy Shirtcliffe, Robert Allen and Peter Maudsley.
TAFE music industry skills studentsWARRNAMBOOL has never been lacking in musicianship and now the prodigious musical history of the area is to go ondisplay. South West TAFE's music industry skills students are seeking rock 'n' roll memorabilia from the region for an exhibition as part of Ausmusic week next month. The display will form part of "Expose Your Arts", a night of celebration of Warrnambool's music and arts scene, including live musical and poetry performances. Music industry skills student Kate Gane said the exhibition organisers were trying to get hold of any display items that related to the Warrnambool music scene. Ms Gane said the students hoped to include film footage, photographs, clothing, old instruments, recordings and other items of memorabilia. Skills course coordinator Lyn Eales said the night would be an opportunity to showcase the diversity of musical talent in the region. "The idea is to have a real selection of musical genres," Ms Eales said. The students will perform original songs they have written as part of the course and hope to have other local musicians on stage during the night. The students are also looking for sponsors for the exhibition and hope that if a venue can be found it may become a permanent display. "It would be a pity if the exhibit dribbled back into people's homes and garages," Ms Eales said. "Expose Your Arts" will begin at the Gallery Nightclub on November 24.(Report: KYLIE SMITH. Picture: ROBIN SHARROCK)
Emerging stars - Students launch first CD -- Warrnambool Standard 13th April 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
CATCH a taste of emerging original musicians and show your support for local music publication Com-fusion at a benefit gig in Warrnambool next Tuesday night. Students from Tafe’s Music Industry Skills course will be launching their CD of original tunes at the Warrnambool Surf Life-saving Club, which will also feature live comedy and an art exhibition including work from Tafe and Deakin students. MIS student Kat Anderson said the Tafe musicians had spent the past three weeks in recording sessions at Warrnambool’s Motherlode studios to complete the 17-track CD. As a member of Warrnambool band Tukan Sam, which released its debut album last year, Anderson is familiar with the inside of a studio.However, for most of the students the sessions were their first recording experience and the result is a diverse mix of sounds and influences. Fellow student Nick Costa said the students had already performed at lunchtime gigs at Tafe and the CD launch promised to be a great night of music with “lots of vibe”. The musical newcomers on the night will be joined by some of the south-west’s well-established musicians — Slap ’N’ The Cats, Hi-Way and Guy Smiley Trio, featuring Richard Tankard.Money raised will go towards Comfusion, a regular music newsletter run by volunteers which has been published for less than a year. Anderson said the publication was important for the Warrnambool music scene because of the exposure it gave to local musicians. Get Com-fused at the surf club on May 18 from 8pm until 1am. Tickets will be $5 or $3 concession.
Skilled performance - Review -- By KYLIE SMITH Warrnambool Standard 20th May 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
THE latest crop of talented south-west musicians took to the stage this week at the Tafe music industry skills course CD launch. The evening was a chance for the students to showcase the fruits of their labor over the last few weeks — 15 original songs that make up the Cut The Mustard CD. It was also a great testament to the hard work and musical abilities of those involved, and a truly collaborative effort. The night featured an amazing variety of musical styles, with songwriters tackling subjects as diverse as single motherhood, car chases and sentimental love songs. Highlights of the evening included an appearance by the Guy Smiley Trio, featuring the magnificent multi-talented Richard Tankard, who set the keyboard on fire with some original tunes. MIS graduate Cassandra, who reportedly had no musical aspirations when she joined the course, made a great stage debut with her composition Advice For The Emotional Cripple. Greg Logan, another performer to watch out for, showed his impressive vocal talents on Backyard Love and an impromptu rendition of Let Me Buzz Around Your Honey Pot. Also worth a mention is the gorgeous vocals of Jenni Finch, as backing singer for Logan and on her own track, Got So Much. The CD was recorded and produced at Warrnambool’s Motherlode studios on a shoestring budget and may only be available according to demand. Anyone who missed out on last Tuesday night’s performance can check out MIS graduates Nick Costa (in a solo acoustic set) and Steph Walter and Kat Anderson (one half of the brilliant Tukan Sam) at the Gallery tonight. For those interested in the Warrnambool music scene and its future directions,Cut The Mustard is well worth checking out and a great way to support the MIS course. For a copy or to find out more, call the Tafe music department on 5564 8911.
New class kicks off -- Warrnambool Standard 27th May 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
SOUTH-WEST musicians will have a chance to hone their songwriting and performing skills with the introduction of a new Tafe course. The music industry skills course at South West Institute of Tafe has been extended to include a certificate in contemporary performance, beginning on June 8. Course coordinator Lyn Eales said the course will expand on the teaching of earlier certificate courses. “The first course was a general course, this one specifically focuses on performance,” Eales said. An information session for the course will be held at the Tafe band hall at 6 pm on Tuesday, June 1. SOUTH West Tafe’s musical maestros will be cutting the mustard again today with a mini-launch of their new CD. Following last week’s successful benefit gig and CD launch for Cut The Mustard, the music industry skills’ students will perform at the Tafe cafeteria at lunch time today. Anyone who missed the gig last Thursday at the Warrnambool Surf Club should get on down to Tafe to see some great original music from a range of performers. The CD, featuring 15 tracks from Tafe students, will be on sale at today’s gig, where punters can also enter a raffle to win a host of gift vouchers.
Broderick shares wisdom -- By KYLIE SMITH Warrnambool Standard 22nd July 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
WARRNAMBOOL’S Tafe music students had a rare opportunity yesterday to draw on a wealth of Australian music industry experience. Renowned Australian bluesman Broderick Smith and fellow guitarist Mick Ahearn joined a Tafe music industry skills class to talk about music, songwriting and the perils and pleasures of the business. Smith, who has been playing the blues since 1962, has released 12 albums to date and recorded with the likes of Jimmy Barnes and Tommy Emmanuel.His message to Warrnambool’s budding musicians was to avoid the increasing corporatisation of music and draw on life experiences when writing songs. “We are in a very mechanical period in pop music, especially what you hear on the radio,” Smith said. “It’s very important people get back to themselves instead of making music in a corporate way.” The epitome of the corporatisation of music was the trend toward tying movies, merchandising and songs together, Smith said. “Those songs, I think they are a disease, they all sound the same,” he said. What the music industry needed was more Australian songs on radio playlists, and legislation to enforce a greater percentage of Australian content on air, Smith said. “The Australian music scene needs to be protected, it’s still at a fairly young age, and if it’s not protected it is very easy for it to become swamped.” Smith, who is currently working on a new album, is a regular visitor to the south-west. “Warrnambool has always been traditionally a music town ... I think it’s something to do with the surf.” After a gig last night at the Hotel Warrnambool, Smith will visit Brauer College today to perform and speak with secondary students. “I’m at an age when I am really hoping to pass on anything I have learned in the hope someone will take advantage of it,” he said.
Tafe jazzes up session -- Warrnambool Standard 12th August 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
Performers from South West Tafe’s music industry course are set to take over the running of next week’s jam session at the Jazz Blues Restaurant. It’s been a busy two weeks for the students, who also provided behind the scenes support at a Warrnambool gig on Tuesday in honor of the state’s fearless leader, one Jeffrey Kennett.
Tafe turns up the music -- Warrnambool Standard 2nd September 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
TAFE music students will be turning up the amps at the Criterion Hotel tomorrow night for a gig designed to showcase the heavier side of the Warrnambool music scene. Kingswood 69 and S.I.R. will be among the local bands taking to the stage, with students from Tafe’s music industry course forming some new combinations for the night. Tickets, for a measly $2, are available at the door of the Cellar Bar at the Criterion Hotel.
High energy year-end bash -- Warrnambool Standard 18th November 1999 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 1999. All rights reserved
As part of the Tafe end of year bash six-piece ensemble The Hoodangers will be playing at the Gallery Nightclub on Sunday night. The Hoodangers’ high energy blend of jazz, funk, rock and punk should provide audiences with a unique
performance. With a fusion of brass, woodwind, strings and percussion, The Hoodangers are headlining the Tafe Gongbangers Ball, which will also include an art exhibition, spoken word performances and the Music Industry Skills Course CD launch. Doors open from 7pm, tickets at $5 or $3 concession.
Music industry course session -- Warrnambool Standard 27th Feb 2000 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2000 All rights reserved
ANYONE after an inside edge on how to survive in the cut-throat music world will get a chance to see how things work with an information session tonight. The South West Tafe music industry skills course is running again this year, with the addition of a Koorie music course which will also offer dance and movement classes. Program coordinator Lyn Eales said it would also utilise the teaching talents of both local and outside performers, such as Andy Alberts, Richard Tankard and in March, Western Australia’s Velvet Jones. The information night will be held at the Tafe Band Hall from 7pm.
Tribute night to music industry -- Warrnambool Standard 25 May 2000 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2000 All rights reserved
THE best of the Warrnambool music industry will be honored next Monday night at a local music industry awards night. Warrnambool Associated Music Industry awards night, organised by students of South West TAFE’s Music Industry Skills course, will acknowledge the contribution of local community members to the Warrnambool music industry. Music Industry Skills student Stephen Griegson said the WAMI awards night was a light-hearted and fun way to pay tribute to everyone who contributed to the local music scene. He said the night would resemble an Oscars or Logies award night, with a fancy formal dress code. While many of the awards honored people who had made significant contributions to the local industry, the majority were fun awards, Mr Griegson said. He said an example was the ‘medicinal support to industry award’, which would be awarded to a local cafe that supplies the best coffee to hungover musicians. A feature of the evening will be the launch of a CD of work by Music Industry Skills students. “Part of the curriculum is we actually write and record a compilation CD of our works. We have to launch it and plan an event as well,” Mr Griegson said.He said the WAMI awards night providedan opportunity for the students to fulfill both requirements.
Koorie focus to CD launch-- Warrnambool Standard 7th Sept. 2000 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2000 All rights reserved
A film and live music night will launch the latest CD offering from South West TAFE Music Industry Skills students. The latest Music Industry Skills course a Koorie-based course, designed specifically for Koorie students. The students’ combined CD features songs "straight from the heart". Released under the name The Rainbow Mob, it will be launched at a musical and film night at Proudfoots’ chapel. The evening will open with a short film viewing of eight Koorie-based films on loan from the state film library. The collection of films entitled Shifting Sands — from Sand to Celluloid will be shown before the CD launch. Each of the films, which run for about 10 minutes, focus on different indigenous issues. The Rainbow Mob CD will be launched with live performances from contributors, featuring a diverse range of musical styles. The evening will conclude with a performance by Port Campbell surf band Surge Whitewater and the Filthy Left. Surge and the boys will perform their classic guitar instrumental surf rock to round off the night. Their music will be accompanied by footage of legendary Koorie surfer Normie Cooper. The Rainbow Mob CD launch will be held on Saturday, September 16.
Moving music to centre stage -- Warrnambool Standard 12th October 2001 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2001 All rights reserved
Australian music week has almost passed completely unnoticed in Warrnambool this week, but TAFE's Music Industry Skills students intend to change that. The MIS crew will hold an open mic afternoon in the TAFE cafeteria today from 1 pm until 2 pm and are inviting all former MIS students to take part. The one hour jam will be followed up on Saturday by a group busking session to be held near the finish line of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic. MIS student Carly Clifford said the students had organised the open mic and busking because of a lack of Australian music week events in town. She attributed the lack of gigs to a failure by Warrnambool venues to support original bands in town, and lack of promotion from the week's organising body. Other original bands performing in Warrnambool include the Frisky Go Cats, which will play at the Caffe Regal's Sandpit Bar on Friday night, and the Hog Stompin' Zydegators, who are performing at the Criterion on Saturday night with the Elements and Rob Bundle.
MIS a hit at TAFE -- Warrnambool Standard 25th July 2002 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2002 All rights reserved
A new teacher and record student levels have given this semester’s TAFE Music Industry Skills course a flying start. Twenty-three budding musicians have signed on for MIS Certificate III, which will run for six months, culminating in a CD launch and gig at the end of the year. Running the course is former MIS student and GFX percussionist Georgia Henderson, who will be ably assisted by some esteemed fellow musicians, including Richard Tankard, Ben Hedderman, John Hudson, John Maroniti and Jason Nelson. Henderson completed Certificate II in 1999 and Certificate III last year and said she was excited by the prospect of being on the other side of the student desk for this semester’s course. She said Certificate III focuses on "performance and song composition, maximising a performer’s employability and evaluating and improving their performances". There is also a major business component, covering finance, contracts, negotiations and copyright. Henderson said the wealth of students meant the end of semester class recording project could turn into a double album, which would be a first for the MIS course. As usual there is an eclectic range of musicians, covering genres from rock and metal to folk and funk, plus everything in between.
Big year for MIS -- Warrnambool Standard Feb 02 2006 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2006. All rights reserved
TAFE’S Music Industry Skills (MIS) course returns with what could be its biggest year. The long-running course, which has helped produce some of Warrnambool’s top musicians, will cover certificates three and four simultaneously when it kicks off on February 13. Teachers Lyn Eales and Gavin Franklin said the MIS would feature a strong emphasis on performance, rehearsing, song composition and home recording. Eales said the course would also have a visual component, with the opportunity for students to produce a film clip.
TAFE students rock the Green -- By AMY MARSHALL Warrnambool Standard April 15, 2006 - ©Copyright Warrnambool Standard 2006. All rights reserved
SUMMER is over and budding local bands have practically passed up the opportunity for free-of-charge exposure. However, the powerful, gravelly tones of acoustic rock singer- songwriter Essie Thomas drew a lunch-time crowd to Warrnambool’s Civic Green stage Thursday, proving the venue provided an excellent opportunity for musicians to be heard. Warrnambool City Council offered the stage free of charge during summer hoping to add to the festive summer holiday environment, saying at the time the stage was grossly under-used. Miss Thomas, 15, was one of an eight-member force from South West TAFE’S Certificate III/IV in Music class which utilised the space. Their teacher Lyn Eales sprang the task on the group the day before, issuing them the challenge of playing a repertoire together as a band which didn’t include songs they had performed before. “We’re making the metal guys play with the country guys. . . the idea is that they have to develop their repertoires and be back-up in a band,” she said. Miss Thomas said the stage was an awesome venue. “We’re pretty stoked, it’s nice people have come along, it’s really accessible and there’s lots of space,” she said. Ms Eales said Thursday’s performance was a fantastic experience for her students and it was a great stage. We would love to use it more,” she said.
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