: About Me

I spend most of my time creating music - writing songs, piano pieces, orchestral pieces. Next up would be time spent playing music - on my piano, guitar or singing. I've won a number of awards in music competitions over the years, and continue to strive to improve my musical skills. I would like to write a musical soon - having just been inspired by "Dr Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog".

I enjoyed writing in Primary school, and won an award in 3rd class for a story about the moon landing. In High School, creative writing was not encouraged and I switched off, though I did win the school song competition. Once I left school I started writing poems, many of which turned into songs.

When I'm not being creative and artistic, I love being at the beach - swimming, relaxing, and playing beach volleyball. I live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia, which is a beautiful and inspiring place. I've travelled in Europe, but wouldn't live anywhere else but here.

===My Music and Books (see My Links section)===

"Piano Chords - The Easy Way" - a quick chord based approach to learning the piano.

"My Guitar Scale & Chord Finder" - simple and easy to use.

"Australian Birdsong Improvisations" - solo piano inspired by nature.

"Love Lullabies and Fairytales" - 6 songs about the cycle of love.

"Children's Songs" - an album of songs for young kids.

My passion is ...

Writing Music and Songs.

I know too much about ...

The Piano.

My parents always told me ...

Not to pursue my dreams.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a Composer

My favorite memory ...

Visiting my Grandparents and just hanging with them.

Why I write ...

Because I have to express myself creatively.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Documentaries about the making of famous music albums.

My first job ...

Computer Programming

My best moment ...

Winning a Music Award when I was 12.

My inspiration ...

Nature and Relationships

Entertainment > Music Education How to layer background vocals

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Recently I've been watching documentaries about the making of famous albums. The one I saw last night revealed the secrets of Queen's classic album - "A Night at the Opera". The band Queen are renowned for their distinctive vocal harmony style. When Freddy Mercury was alive they excelled at background vocals. Their worldwide hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a testament to brilliant vocal layers. But how did they do it? Firstly lets look at their vocalists. They had three main singers - Freddy Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor. Each of them had their own particular sound. Together their voices ...

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