Angus Gill Music Infopack:!

Official Biography!

Meet Angus Gill, the dynamic, determined and dedicated musical showstopper.!

Known for his live wire stage persona, electrifying showmanship, multi-instrumental ability and wacky western costumes, Angus Gill is a quirky entertainer, and when music is not calling his name, he is an avid compere and comedian. At 16 years of age, with a Maton guitar slung over his back, a rich unique voice and a songwriting knack, Angus has his sights firmly set on a professional career in the Entertainment Industry.!

Having first picked up his Dad's classical guitar at the tender age of seven, Angus’ early musical influences included artists such as: Keith Urban, Adam Harvey, Gina Jeffreys and Beccy Cole. His musical journey kickstarted when retired professional Country music artist William Lane taught him how to sing and play guitar. !

He has performed by invitation from Golden Guitar winning artists, such as: Adam Harvey, Catherine Britt and Pete Denahy and performed countless times at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, appeared at the Gympie Muster and on Crusin’ Country 3. In addition, Angus has performed as a support act for well known artists, such as: Catherine Britt, Graham Rodger, Caroline Trengove, David Flowers and Star Maker winner Bob Corbett. He has also appeared in Golden Guitar winner Felicity Urquhart's film clip titled "The Girl in the Mall.”!

Angus' musical interests are diverse, ranging from Contemporary Bush Ballad to Country Rock, Western Swing, Comedy, Folk, Cabaret, Rock ’n’ Roll, Singer/Songwriter Pop and Blues. He plays a wide range of instruments including: rhythm and lead guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, drums, bass, keyboard, ukulele, stomp box and dobro. He was a graduate of the 2012 Australian CMAA Academy of Country Music in Tamworth, the country music capital of Australia. He was selected by the Australian Bush Balladeers' Association to attend the Academy.!

Acceptance to the Academy saw Angus work alongside 21 other youngsters from across Australia and New Zealand during the unique seven day intensive music workshop. His tutors included Felicity Urquhart, Amber Lawrence, Tamara Stewart, Jim Haynes, Lee Bowman of Jetty Road, Simon Johnson and other recording and songwriting industry greats.!

In the songwriting spectrum, Angus achieved first place lyrical success in the 2011 Australian Children's Music Association "National Songwriting Competition" with his song Names Upon the Wall. In 2013, Angus was honoured to take home a highly prestigious Tamworth Songwriter’s Association Junior Songwriter of the Year award at the Tamworth Festival for the same song. He has also collaborated with the likes of Country Music veteran and funny man Jim Haynes and Golden Guitar Winning Tamara Stewart. His Australian ballad style of songwriting reaches out to the younger generation of Country music fans, but also to the dedicated fans that enjoy honest Australian material.!

His love of music not only extends onto the stage but also inside 2WAY FM 103.9 Radio Station where he has his own show on a Sunday afternoon from 4-6pm. He has interviewed the likes of: Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole, Sara Storer, McAlister Kemp, Lachlan Bryan, The McClymonts, John Williamson, Shane Nicholson, Catherine Britt, Felicity Urquhart, Sunny Cowgirls, Luke O'Shea, Dianna Corcoran, Pete

Denahy, Bob Corbett and Kransky Sisters, as well as covering the Tamworth Country Music Festival and also the red carpet at 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia. !

In 2014, Angus Gill released his highly acclaimed debut album LIVEWIRE, produced by multi-talented session musician Brad Bergen. LIVEWIRE contains co-writes with Golden Guitar winner Tamara Stewart and Coonamble’s Cate Tempo, along with a Western Swing rendition of Slim Dusty’s Bushland Boogie and the reflective Help the Candle Burn, from the pen of Toowoomba’s Alan Mackey. Country music icon and 2008 Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan praised the album, adding, “I’m really impressed by your vocals and song craft. Our music genre needs more original artists like you telling that great Australian story through song.” Legendary pedal steel player Michel Rose, Beccy Cole’s ex-husband and Australian fiddle champion Mick Albeck, The Bushwackers’ frontman and Golden guitar winner Roger Corbett and accomplished pianist Michael Varecka were the wired session musicians joining virtuoso guitarist and drummer Brad Bergen on the CD. LIVEWIRE can be purchased via: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/livewire/id797912636/!

!Sample Setlist - 3x 45 minute set @ mixed venue!

Set 1 (acoustic dinner music):!Bushland Boogie (Slim Dusty - western swing version)!Peace Train (Cat Stevens)!Down on the Corner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)!Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)!Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)!I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)!Backwater Boy (A.Gill/C.Dobson/J.Colville)!Wide World (Cat Stevens)!The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)!Easy (Lionel Richie)!I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley & the Wailers)!Chattahoochee (Alan Jackson)!!Set 2 (medium uptempo):!Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac)!Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)!Fly Like A Bird (Boz Scaggs)!Smooth (Santana)!Last Song on the Radio (Angus Gill)!Highwaymen (The Highwaymen)!Trails of Crime (Angus Gill)!Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)!If My Nose is Running Money (Mike Snider)!Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (John Prine)!Banjo (Rascal Flatts)!Banjo Medley: Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Flatts/Scruggs) Cripple Creek (Trad.) and Duelling Banjoes (Flatts/Scruggs)!Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)!Mandolin Medley: Wildwood Flower (Carter Family), Maggie May (Rod Stewart)!!!

Set 3 (dance music):!Hit the Ground Runnin’ (Keith Urban)!Stuck in the Middle With You (Stealer’s Wheel)!Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)!Camouflage (Brad Paisley)!Start A Band (Brad Paisley)!Lonely Boy (Black Keys)!Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)!I Got Stripes (Johnny Cash)!Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)!Rockin’ All Over The World (Status Quo)!Encore: Khe Sahn (Cold Chisel) !Departing Medley: Clear Road Ahead (Angus Gill)/On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)!!Repertoire!

Country and Folk!

Chattahoochee (Alan Jackson)!

Wildfire (John Mayer)!

Camouflage (Brad Paisley)!

Workin’ on a Tan (Brad Paisley)!

Start a Band (Brad Paisley)!

Toothbrush (Brad Paisley)!

Highwayman (The Highwaymen)!

On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)!

Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain (Willie Nelson)!

Wildwood Flower (Carter Family) Instrumental!

Duelling Banjos (Trad)!

Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Flatts/Scruggs)!

The Way that it Goes (Gillian Welch)!

Killing the Blues (Allison Krauss/Robert Plant)!

Toes (Zac Brown Band)!

Drive it on Home (Toby Keith)!

When the Sun Goes Down (Kenny Chesney/Uncle Kracker)!

Small Y’all (Kenny Chesney/George Jones)!

Heartland (George Strait)!

Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys (Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson)!

Good Hearted Woman (Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson)!

When the Next Teardrop Falls (Freddy Fender)!

Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine (Tom T. Hall)!

Small Time Big Time (Blake Shelton)!

Window on the World (Jimmy Buffett) !

Conky Tonkin’ (Jimmy Buffett)!

Sea of Heartbreak (Jimmy Buffett/George Strait)!

Water’s Edge (Rick Price)!

Jambalaya (Hank Williams)!

Your Cheatin’ Heart (Hank Williams) !

Takin’ Back the Country (Hank Williams JR)!

Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)!

The Gamber (Kenny Rogers)!

The Coward of The County (Kenny Rogers)!

Standing Outside The Fire (Garth Brooks)!

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton)!

9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)!

Seven Spanish Angels (Ray Charles/Willie Nelson)!

King of the Road (Roger Miller)!

Boot Scootin’ Boogie (Brooks & Dunn)!

Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)!

Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)!

I Got Stripes (Johnny Cash)!

Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson)!

The Auctioneer (Leroy Van-Dyke)!

Where the Blacktop Ends (Keith Urban)!

Hit the Ground Runnin’ (Keith Urban)!

Banjo (Rascal Flatts)!

Diamantina Drover (Redgum)!

Only 19 (Redgum)!

Help the Candle Burn (Alan Mackey)!

Where Country Is (Slim Dusty)!

Country Revival (Slim Dusty)!

Cunnamulla Fella (Slim Dusty)!

Bushland Boogie (Slim Dusty)!

Walk A Country Mile (Slim Dusty)!

Charleville (Slim Dusty)!

Losin' My Blues Tonight (Slim Dusty)!

Looking Forward, Looking Back (Slim Dusty)!

Paddy William (Norma O'Hara - Murphy)!

Just An Old Cattle Dog (Norma O'Hara - Murphy)!

Rainbow Over the Rock (Kevin "Bloody" Wilson)!

I Am Australian (The Bushwackers)!

1000 Miles Away (The Bushwackers)!

Lime Juice Tub (The Bushwackers)!

Flash Jack from Gundagai (The Bushwackers)!

True Blue (John Williamson)!

Raining on the Rock (John Williamson)!

Sailsbury Street (John Williamson)!

Old Man Emu (John Williamson)!

Uncle Pete (Adam Brand)!

New England Highway (Adam Brand)!

Spirit of the Bush (Lee Kernaghan)!

Dirt (Lee Kernaghan)!

From Little Things, Big Things Grow (Paul Kelly)!

Our Sunshine (Paul Kelly)!

Last Song on the Radio (Angus Gill)!

Trails of Crime (Angus Gill)!

Names Upon the Wall (Angus Gill)!

Clear Road Ahead (Angus Gill)!

Tea and Biscuits (Angus Gill & Tamara Stewart)!

Memories at God’s Acre (Angus Gill & Tamara Stewart)!

Drover Street (Angus Gill & Cate Tempo)!

Backwater Boy (Angus Gill, Cathy Dobson & John Colville)!

April Moon (Angus Gill & Sabrina Soares)!

Rockabilly (Angus Gill & Tom Vorias)!

Let the Cane Fields Burn (Graeme Connors)!

Ballad of Hollis Brown (Bob Dylan)!

Wind Blows Cold on the Mountain (Pete Denahy)!

Sydney on a 747 (Paul Kelly)!

Wagon Wheel (Darius Rucker)!

Pancho and Lefty (Waylon and Willie)!

!Rock!

Dumb Things (Paul Kelly)!

To Her Door (Paul Kelly)!

Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)!

Down on the Corner (CCR)!

Bad Moon Rising (CCR)!

Have You Ever Seen the Rain (CCR)!

Proud Mary (CCR)!

Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)!

Rockin’ All Over the World (Status Quo)!

Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)!

Fly Like a Bird (Boz Scaggs)!

Lonely Boy (Black Keys)!

Let’s Stick Together (Bryan Ferry)!

Apache (The Shadows)!

I’m Gonna Be - 500 Miles (The Proclaimers)!

Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)!

All Summer Long (Kid Rock)!

Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)!

Smooth (Santana)!

Stuck in the Middle (Stealer’s Wheel)!

Rock this Town (Stray Cats)!

Don’t Stop (Fleetwood Mac)!

Summer of ’69 (Bryan Adams)!

Piano Man (Billy Joel)!

Zebra (John Butler Trio)!

Better Than (John Butler Trio)!

Rockabilly Fever (Carl Perkins)!

Most People I Know (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs)!

Old Time Rock ’n’ Roll (Bob Segar)!

April Sun in Cuba (Dragon)!

American Pie (Don McLean)!

Cannibals (Mark Knopfler)!

Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets)!

Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)!

Workin’ for the Man (Roy Orbison)!

Crocodile Rock (Elton John)!

Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)!

How Long (The Eagles)!

!Cabaret!

Moondance (Van Morrison)!

King of the Road (Roger Miller)!

Deadwood Stage (Doris Day)!

Black Hills of Dakota (Doris Day)!

Sunny Side of the Street (Various)!

Cabaret (Lisa Minnelli)!

When the Saints Go Marchin’ in (Trad)!

!Soul/Funk!

Superstition (Stevie Wonder) !

Signed, Sealed, Delivered - I’m Yours (Stevie Wonder)!

I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)!

Shake A Tail Feather (Ray Charles)!

Play that Funky Music (Wild Cherry)!

Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)!

Shake, Rattle and Roll (Bill Haley and the Comets)!

Minnie the Moocher (The Blues Brothers)!

Everybody (The Blues Brothers)!

!Comedy!

Braces (Angus Gill)!

Facebook Song (Angus Gill)!

Nan’s Cooking (Angus Gill)!

Cat’s in the Kettle (Weird Al Yankovic)!

Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (John Prine)!

If My Nose is Runnin’ Money (Mike Snider)!

My Voice is Changing (Arrogant Worms)!

Chinese Laundry Blues (George Formby Snr)!

When I’m Cleaning Windows (George Formby Snr)!

I’m Gonna Hire a Wino (Lefty Frizzell)!

It’s Me Again, Margaret (Ray Stevens)!

!Pop!

Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Guy Sebastian)!

Wake Me Up (Avicii)!

Hey Brother (Avicii)!

Little Bit of Everything (Keith Urban)!

Like it Like That (Guy Sebastian) !

Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)!

Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams)!

Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)!

Down Under (Men at Work)!

Love is in the Air (John Paul Young)!

I’m A Believer (Smash Mouth) !

Footloose (Kenny Loggins)!

I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)!

Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)!

Another Saturday Night (Cat Stevens)!

Wild World (Cat Stevens)!

Peace Train (Cat Stevens)!

Moonshadow (Cat Stevens)!

One Man Band (Leo Sayer)!

I Shot the Sheriff (Bob Marley and the Wailers) !

Maggie May (Rod Stewart)!

Good Riddance (Green Day) !

Opportunity (Pete Murray)!

Play Mumma Play (John J. Francis)!

Lyin’ Eyes (The Eagles)!

You Can’t Hurry Love (Phil Collins)!

!N.B. Song list is always subject to change!

Songs are chosen to suit the demographic of the venue!

!!!Please contact M&D Music Management Group:!

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!!

Tanya Rousell @ M&D!

Mobile: 0437 860 554!

Email: mdmusicmanagement@gmail.com!

!Solo Prices!

$140 - 2x 30 minute sets!

$225 - 3x 45 minute sets!

$75 - 1/2 hour rate!

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Shows!

Open Wide and Be Surprised: !

In this open mic style show, Angus encourages audience members to come up, be accompanied on the guitar and sing a song. A prize is awarded to the best contestant on the night. Recommended duration: 2x 30 minute sets.!

Comedy Carnival:!

With an gut aching range of comedy/novelty songs, Angus can impress and spill laughter out of any “switched on” crowd. In between the songs, you will hear the yarns, stories and gags from a gifted observational comedian. Material contained in this show is child friendly. Recommended duration: 2x 30 minute sets.!

Livewired:!

Contains excerpts from Kooky Covers, Comedy Carnival and Flying Solo, sure to impress a crowd of any taste. Special guests drop in for a song and the audience will be bedazzled by his live wire showmanship, crazy western costumes, multi-instrumental ability and audience interaction. Recommended duration: 3x 45 minute sets!

Kooky Covers:!

Paying tribute to the classic pub rockers, Angus aims to get the crowds singing along to diehard songs that have shaped multiple nations. Audience members are welcome to throw requests. Recommended duration: 3x 45 minute sets. !

Flying Solo:!

Flying solo is all about thumping out a beat on the stomp box, plucking a mellow tone on an acoustic guitar and covering a range of originals and covers from Country, Pop, Blues, Folk and Soft Rock genres. Recommended duration: 3x 45 minute sets.!

!What you are playing for:!

*Angus to rock up to the venue and play for the specified time!

*Use of professional sound, lighting equipment and musical instruments!

*Maintenance of the music equipment!

*Publicity and promotional costs!

*Rehearsal time!

*Costuming!

*Transport to and from the venue!

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Promotional Pictures!

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ou have recently returned from performing at the Tam-worth Country Music festival, what was that like?

Tamworth was an absolutely beguiling experience. I played

15 shows at various venues including: the Oasis Hotel, the Atrium Shopping Centre, Toyota Fanzone, DAG Sheep Station,The Pub and the HQ Stage, which was a lot of fun.

2012 Star Maker winner Bob Corbett asked me to do a guest spot on his show and also two time Golden Guitar winner Pete Denahy on his Com-edy Bluegrass show; it was brilliant to catch up with those guys and enjoy their amazing work.

Even though the festival was hot and dusty and my Suzi Quatro leather pants were sticking like dandruff to a shirt collar, it was all worth it…and so was the Johnston’s Baby powder. For me it was all about getting out there, selling some CD’s, pulling some wild antics and having a ball.

At the Pub gig that I did in Tamworth, I was lucky enough to have multi Golden Guitar win-ning cinematographer Duncan Toombs’ company Filmery shoot a clip for me, which was a fabulous experience, with a super receptive audience. An-gus Gill - live at the pub is on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYOdvMoavDo/ Equally enthusiastic, was the crowd at the Cav-alcade Parade, as we putted down Peel Street in the LIVEWIRE decorated Holden ute.You've been to the festival a couple of times now, why do you keep going back?

Tamworth is about catching up with good mates that I only see once a year, having a yarn and hearing their stories. A lot of my CMAA Country Music College mates live on the other side of this country, so it is great to catch up with

them at a gig.Interviewing on the red carpet at the 42nd CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia must have been a wonderful experience?

It was hectic, but fun. I got to catch up with my mate Travis Collins, who must’ve been on the same wavelength as me when he released his album of a similar name and a similar time, “Wired.” Also speaking to my awe-some producer Brad Bergen and Golden Guitar winner Tamara Stewart was brilliant after her hearing the work that is contained on my new album LIVEWIRE.Tell us about your new album; LIVEWIRE, which you launched at the festival...

On arrival at the festival, picking up my completed CD’s from Tamworth Transit was so relieving. I am so proud of this project and the overall response has been over-whelming. Getting out and fl ying the LIVEWIRE fl ag at the Tamworth festival was truly awesome.

I managed to get the A-Listers to help me out on the CD including legendary pedal steel player Michel Rose, Beccy Cole’s ex-husband and Australian fi ddle champion Mick Albeck, Golden guitar winning Roger Corbett and accomplished pianist Michael Varecka were the wired session musicians joining virtuoso guitarist and drummer Brad Bergen.

I can’t wait to launch it around the Mid North Coast and I will be getting out as much as I

can to do gigs around the country. We are currently arranging a songwriting trip and also a brief tour of NT and WA.You received a bit of praise in email form recently, who was that

from?Yes I did. It was extremely

rewarding to receive an email from country music icon and 2008

Australian of the Year Lee Kernaghan praising me on my fi rst single “Tea and Biscuits”, that I co-wrote with Tamara Stewart, he wrote: “I’m really impressed by your vocals and song craft. Our music genre needs more original artists like you telling that great Australian story through song.”Tell us about your new music video and where can we view it?

Creating the “Tea and Biscuits” music video with local videographer Adam Gilmour was so much fun. I wish that Tam and I didn’t write such a descriptive song because we had to clear out Nan’s cupboards and ring friends to try and wing all of the props needed for the clip.

The video was shot at a friend’s place in Com-boyne and we had my real Grandparents acting as themselves. I have no idea how we managed to talk them into it. Grandpa had to pretend he liked the cricket, much to his displeasure. Writing “Tea and Biscuits” with Tam was so awesome and I will never forget that experience. It just fl owed and we had a hell of a time drinking tea and eating monte carlo biscuits beside our laptop computers. The song was really honest and I think the ’cricket’ part of the song was about the only detail we had to make up. Tea and Biscuits video clip is now live on Youtube.How can readers follow you on your music journey?

Cindy Myer from Webstyles in Wauchope has created a new website for me and I feel extremely privileged to work with her. She's done a really funky job! Check it out at: http://www.angusgill.com.au/ and I’d love it if you could give me your “like” on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/angusgillmusic

The PlugAngus Gill - LIVEWIRE is now on iTunes for only $11 or available from Bago Real Estate in Wau-chope for $15Thanks Angus.

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Upcoming Country Music Star, Wauchope's Angus Gill has

ticked a few boxes off his career bucket list, launching his new

album and participating in the Tamworth Country Music

Festival in January. Chrissy Jones chatted with Angus...

“I’m really impressed by your

vocals and song craft.

Our music genre needs

more original artists like

you telling that great

Australian story through

song.” - Lee Kernaghan to

Wauchope showstopper

Angus Gill.”

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Music Samples:!

http://www.angusgill.com.au/!

LIVEWIRE (Official Album Preview): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7axIZaApbk/!

TEA AND BISCUITS Music Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2IGREZAe8Y/!

Angus Gill LIVE @ THE PUB on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYOdvMoavDo/

You are about to launch your first debut album Angus; tell us about that…

My forthcoming album is a compilation of mostly

song I’ve co-written or original works. Two examples of exceptions on the disc is my boppy Western Swing cover of a classic Slim Dusty song, Bushland Boogie and a song that Toowoomba Country music artist Alan Mackey wrote for me, titled Help the Candle Burn. I was thrilled to include two songs I co-wrote with Tamara Stewart, hit songwriter and most recently a CMAA award recipient. Your family are a great support, your grandmother in particular is a fantastic influence. How does she help you?

One song, titled Tea and Biscuits, was written about my grandmother and how she revives the wonderful old school traditions. Grandma hates going down to the doctor’s surgery without a crossword puzzle and I asked her to swap her crossword book for a pen and paper pad. I thought I’d give her a few ideas to chew over and see if she could come up with some titles for me.

The title that I took to Tamara was a stand-out selection that Grandma wrote; it had her stamped all over it. Memories at God’s Acre was another song that I co-wrote with Ta-mara. This one was extremely sentimental to write and also for me to perform. I wrote a verse or two about my Pop’s passing and the rituals that Nan would undergo at the cem-etery. I needed an extra verse about my Pop’s

life and I took it to the wonderful songstress Tamara, and in 15 minutes, she had weaved another masterpiece. What are some other songs on the album?

Also included on the album is “ Trails of Crime”, a song I wrote a few years ago about notori-ous bushranger Jimmy Governor, who was shot out the back of Wauchope. Also, “Last Song on the Radio” is rather fitting, as I am a fully qualified radio presenter and love it. It is written about the history of the “wireless”, I am comparing the past with the future and hoping that I won’t be around to hear the last song on the radio. As technology advances, I hate to say it, but we are losing some forms of entertainment.

My composition “Drover Street” is a song I wrote with Coonamble’s Cate Tempo. This song is all about urbanization and my childhood playground. Keep posted for the launch dates for my album via the mailing list on my website www.angusgill.com/You have been busy organizing and co-ordinating the Wauchope Country Club Talent Quest. How did this come about?

I have been on the talent quest circuit for

many years as a developing musician and have been involved in many shows over the

years, when I was asked to organise the Wauchope Country Club’s Talent

Quest I jumped at the chance to sit back and observe the

artists coming through. The talent quest will showcase the growing talents of singers, musicians, rappers, dancers, actors and poets in the local area.

Can people still enter the quest and what’s

involved?It is not too late to register

for the talent quest, we have $1000 up for grabs, plus prizes and

you only have to be 8 years or over to enter. Entry is only $10 and the forms are on my website http://www.angusgill.com/talent-quest/. I will also be recording the highlights of the talent quest for my radio program on Sunday afternoons from 4-6pm on 103.9 2WAY FM or http://2wayfm.listen2myradio.com/. Our first show kicked off on the 11th August with the Vocal and Instrumental section, this was held in the Downstairs Auditorium of the Wauchope Country Club and was a great afternoon of entertainment.

Music heats were held on the 18th and 25th of August. Dance, Drama and Poetry sections heats will be held on 1st, 8th and

15th September, Semi Finals will be on 22nd September and the Grand Final will be on the 29th September. I will be busy, busy, busy! I am looking forward to being the M.C. for the Grand Final – it will be a fantas-tic night and I invite everyone to come along for an evening of fantastic local entertain-ment.On another note, you have just returned from the inaugural Singer/Songwriter’s Retreat at the DAG Sheep Station in Nundle. What did you learn there to help you with your musical career?

I had an awesome time writing and learn-ing with Golden Guitar winners/finalists such as Bill Chambers, Allan Caswell, Aleyce Simmonds, Lachlan Bryan, Amos Morris, Luke O’Shea and NZ Female Artist of the Year - Aly Cook. Meeting and working with some great likeminded songwriters, I came home with some songs I had wished made the deadline for my album.

I wrote a really cool cajun/country blues flavoured song with a Toowoomban Ac-cordion player John Colville and Melbourne Blues/Roots Songbird Cathy Dobson. The DAG was also a great place to take photos, my Dad and Aly Cook had Canon’s armed to gather some shots amongst the rustic scen-ery. The authentic wool shed was marvellous to capture the heart of Country music. It had such a true blue feel, it made me proud to be Australian.Thank you Angus; and best of luck with your MC Role at the Talent Quest, see you there!

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“MY COMPOSITION

“DROVER STREET”

IS A SONG I WROTE WITH

COONAMBLE’S CATE

TEMPO. THIS SONG IS ALL

ABOUT URBANIZATION

AND MY CHILDHOOD

PLAYGROUND.”

After returning home from recording his

first debut album with multi-talented

industry expert Brad Bergen and Golden

Guitar winner Tamara Stewart, Angus

Gill from Wauchope is set to knock

down the doors of opportunity.

Chrissy Jones found out more…

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