Withmorethan29yearsoflocal&interna4onalexperience,Francoisistheul4mateentertainerwitharepertoirecoveringRock,Jazz,Funk,Blues,Pop,BigBandSwing,Reggaeandall-4meclassicBallads.Thereasonforhissuccessissimple;Francoisdoesn’tjustperformsongsfromhisamazingly,extendedrepertoire,heentertainshisaudiencefromtheminutehestartshisshow.

Inmodern)mes,therehasbeenaparadigmshi3frommusiciantoentertainerandthisnewapproachhastakenthisnewbreedofentertainerstoatotalnewrealm;butmostofall,hastakentheiraudienceswiththemonthisawesomejourney!

Francoisstartedhismusicalcareeratthetenderageof6years,whenhisfathertaughthimhowtoplaytheguitar.Overtheyears,manypeoplehelpedhimnurturehistalentun)lhemadetheobvioustransi)ontoprofessionalmusicianattheageof21inAugust1986.Forthepast29years,hehasperformedlocally(inSouthAfrica)andinterna)onallycrea)ngademandforhisincredibleperformances,whereverhisjourneytakeshim–Dubai,Britain,Denmark,GermanyandevenNamibiaandTanzania.Thereasonforhissuccessissimple;Francoisdoesn’tjustperformsongsinfromhisamazingly,extendedrepertoire,heentertainshisaudiencefromtheminutehestartshisshow!

FrancoisMiniBiog

Tostaycompe44veintheever-changingcovermusicindustry,youhavetokeepreinven4ngyourself,butbythesametoken,notlosethatspecialsomethingthathascreatedyouriden4ty.Youhavetobecomeanentertainer,whokeepsaddingdifferentdimensions(andpartytricks)tohisperformance.Indoingso,youkeeptheshowpiecesanden4tythateveryonelovesandiden4fieswith,butyoukeepgenera4ngnewinterestandbuildingnewaudiencesasyouexplorenewstylesandgenres.

Overthepast44yearsmyjourneyhastakenmefrombeingaguitarist,whocouldsingaliUle,toamul4-dimensionalentertainer,confidentinhisstageabili4es,whetheritisbehindthemicrophoneorbehindmyguitar.Mostofallthough,someonewhos4llneedstoperform,tolive!Forthepast29years;Ihaveperformedlocallyandinterna4onallyinmanyluxurioushotels,upmarketrestaurants,populartaverns,pubsandshows!Duringmyjourney,myrepertoirehasexpandedexponen4ally,tocopewiththedemandformyspecialbrandofmagicandmyrepertoirenowencompassesavariety,rangingfromRocktoBigbandSwing,FunktoBlues,PoptoReggaeandClassicAcous4cBalladeertunes.Oflate,Ihaveintroducedanon-stop,1-2hour,LIVE,instrumentalfreestyleset,incorpora4ngLoungeJazz,Funk,La4n,HouseandDeepHousestylestocaterforthemoremoderntastesduringpre-drinkssessionsatWeddingsandCorporateevents.

IamoneSouthAfrica`stopSoloEntertainers,duetomyVersa4lityandperformanceexperience,myexcep4onalabilitytoreadmyaudienceandmydynamicstagepresenceandenergy!

In2007Icreatedacompany,Bands4Africa,commiUedtothecon4nuousimprovement,educa4onandedifica4onofourAr4stswithintheCoverMusicindustry,inSouthAfrica.Myobjec4veistoestablishaformalplaborm,wherenewtalentcanbenurturedanddevelopedandexis4ngar4stscanexcelinasecureandethicalworkingenvironment.

Musicistheessencethatkeepsmysoulaliveandbristlingwithenthusiasmandthisnomoreapparent,thanespeciallynow!

Comeexperiencemypassion!

FRANCOIS’REPERTOIRE(February2016) TITLE ARTIST

1 1973 JAMESBLUNT 2 500MILES THEPROCLAIMERS 3 AIN'TNOSUNSHINE BILLWITHERS 4 ADVENTUREOFALIFETIME COLDPLAY5 AMERICANPIE DONMCLEAN 6 ANGELS ROBBIEWILLIAMS 7 ANOTHERBRICKINTHEWALL PINKFLOYD 8 ARTHURSTHEME CHRISTOPHERCROSS 9 ASAYAKE CASIOPEA 10 BABYILOVEYORWAY BIGMOUNTAIN 11 BABYWHENYOU'REGONE BRYANADAMS/MELC 12 BADLOVE ERICCLAPTON 13 BADMOONRISING CCR 14 BAD,BADLEROYBROWN JIMCROCHE/FRANKSINATRA 15 BAKERSTREET GERRYRAFFERTY 16 BASKETCASE GREENDAY 17 BEMYBABY UB40 18 BEATLESMEDLEY THEBEATLES

Eightdaysaweek Cantbuymelove/ Allmyloving

19 BEDOFROSES BONJOVI 20 BILLHALEYMEDLEY BILLHALEY

Sa)sfac)on JumpingJackFlash

21 BLACKISBLACK LOSBRAVOS 22 BLACKMAGICWOMAN SANTANA 23 BLAMEITONTHEBOOGIE MICHAELJACKSON 24 BLUEBERRYHILL FATSDOMINO 25 BLUESUEDESHOES ELVISPRESLEY 26 BREEZIN' GEORGEBENSON 27 BROWNEYEDGIRL VANMORRISON 28 BUFFALOSOLDIER BOBMARLEY 29 BUDAPEST GEORGEEZRA 30 CAN'TGETENOUGHOFYOURLOVE BADCOMPANY 31 CAN'THELPFALLINGINLOVE UB40 32 CCRMEDLEY CCR 33 CELEBRATION COOL&THEGANG 34 COCAINE JJCALE 35 COPACABANA BARRYMANILOW 36 COULDYOUBELOVED BOBMARLEY 37 COUNTINGTHECOST KOINONIA 38 CRAZYLOVE MICHAELBUBLE 39 DANIEL ELTONJOHN 40 DAYDREAMERSBLUES FRANCOISORIGINAL 41 DON'TLETTHESUNGODOWN ELTONJOHN&GEORGEMICHAEL 42 DON'TSTOP FLEETWOODMAC 43 DREADLOCKHOLIDAY 10CC 44 ELVISMEDLEY ELVIS

45 EVERYBREATH POLICE

46 EVERYTHINGIDO,IDOFORYOU. BRYANADAMS

47 EXCITED POINTERSISTERS

48 FEEL ROBBIEWILLIAMS

49 FUNKYTOWN PSEUDOECHO

50 GETDOWNONIT COOL&THEGANG

51 GIMMEHOPEJOHANNA EDDYGRANT

52 GOODTHING FINEYOUNGCANNIBALS

53 GREATBALLSOFFIRE JERRYLEELEWIS

54 GREENDOOR SHAKIN'STEVENS

55 HANDLEWITHCARE TRAVELLINGWILBURYS

56 HAPPENINGTOYOU FRANCOISORIGINAL

57 HAVEYOUEVERSEENTHERAIN CCR

58 HAVEYOUEVERSEENTHERAIN SPINDOCTORS

59 HEYBABY DJOTZI 60 HEYJOE JIMIHENDRIX

61 HEYJUDE THEBEATLES

62 HOLDTHELINE TOTO

63 HOLDBACKTHERIVER JAMESBAY

64 HONKYTONKWOMAN THEROLLINGSTONES

65 HOTELCALIFORNIA THEEAGLES

66 HOUSEOFFUN MADNESS

67 HOUSEOFTHERISINGSUN–(REGGAE) THEANIMALS

68 HURTSOGOOD JOHNCOUGAR/EDEN

69 ICANSEECLEARLYNOW JIMMYCLIFF

70 IFEELGOOD JAMESBROWN

71 ILOVEROCK'NROLL JOANJETTANDTHEBLACKHEARTS

72 IONLYWANNABEWITHYOU HOOTIEANDTHEBLOWFISH

73 ISHOTTHESHERRIF BOBMARLEY

74 IWILLSURVIVE GLORIAGAYNOR

75 IWONDER RODRIQUES

76 IMAGINE JOHNLENON

77 INSANEWAYS FRANCOISORIGINAL

78 ISSHEREALLYGOINGOUTWITHHIM JOEJACKSON

79 ISTHISLOVE? BOBMARLEY

80 IT’SMYLIFE BONJOVI 81 JAILHOUSEROCK ELVIS

82 JESSIE JOSHUAKADISON

83 JUSTCAN'TGETENOUGH DEPECHEMODE

84 JUSTTHETWOOFUS GROVERWASHINGTON

85 JUSTTHEWAYYOUARE BILLYJOEL

86 KINGSTONTOWN UB40

87 LABAMBA RICHIEVALENS

88 LADYINRED CHRISDEBURGH

89 LAMBADA TRADITIONAL

90 LAYDOWNSALLY ERICCLAPTON

91 LEGRANGE ZZTOP

92 LEAVINGOFLIVERPOOL SING-A-LONG

93 LETITBE THEBEATLES 94 LIFE DESIREE 95 LIFEOUTSIDEMYWINDOW FRANCOISORIGINAL 96 LISA'SSONG FRANCOISORIGINAL 97 LIVINGITUP BILLTHEBOUNTY 98 LITTLEDANCER FRANCOISORIGINAL 99 LONGTRAINRUNNING DOOBIEBROTHERS 100 LOSINGMYRELIGION R.E.M 101 MOONFLOWER SANTANA 102 MUSTANGSALLY THECOMMITMENTS 103 MYLIFE BILLYJOEL 104 MYWAY FRANKSINTRA 105 NEVERTEARUSAPART INXS 106 NEWYORK,NEWYORK FRANKSINTRA 107 NOWOMAN,NOCRY BOBMARLEY 108 OBLADIOBLADA THEBEATLES 109 ODETOBRENTONBLUE FRANCOISORIGINAL 110 OLDBEFOREIDIE ROBBIEWILLIAMS 111 OLDTIMEROCK&ROLL BOBSEGER 112 OVERMYSHOULDER MIKE&THEMECHANICS 113 OVERKILL MENATWORK 114 PARISIENNEWALKWAYS GARYMOORE 115 PIANOMAN BILLYJOEL 116 PICTUREOFYOU BOYZONE 117 PROUDMARY TINATURNERVERSION 118 PROUDMARY CCR 119 QUANDO,QUANDO,QUANDO ENGELBERTHUMPERDINCK 120 RADARLOVE GOLDENEARRING 121 REDREDWINE UB40 122 REGGAENIGHT JIMMYCLIFF 123 ROADTOHELL CHRISREA 124 ROADHOUSEBLUES THEDOORS 125 ROCKDJ ROBBIEWILLIAMS

126 ROCKINGALLOVERTHEWORLD STATUSQUO 127 ROMEWASN’TBUILTINADAY MORCHEEBA 128 ROUTE66 KENTUCKYHEADHUNTERS 129 ROUTE66 NATALIECOLE 130 RUDE MAGIC 131 SANDMAN AMERICA 132 SHAPEI'MIN JO-JOZEP&THEFALCONS 133 SHOOTINGSTAR BADCOMPANY 134 SIMPLYTHEBEST TINATURNER 135 SLOWDOWN FRANCOISORIGINAL 136 SMOKEONTHEWATER DEEPPURPLE 137 SOFARAWAYFROMME DIRESTRAITS 138 SOWHAT RONNIEJORDAN 139 SOMETHINGBEAUTIFUL ROBBIEWILLIAMS 140 SOMETHINGGOTMESTARTED SIMPLYRED 141 STAGES ZZTOP 142 STAGGERLEE LLOYDPRICE 143 STAIRWAYTOHEAVEN LEDZEPPELIN

144 STANDBYME BEN.E.KING 145 STEALMYKISSES BENHARPER 146 STILLROCK'NROLLTOME BILLYJOEL 147 STONESMEDLEY THEROLLINGSTONES 148 STUCKINTHEMIDDLEWITHYOU STEELERSWHEEL/BUBLE 149 SULTANSOFSWING DIRESTRAITS 150 SUMMEROF'69 BRYANADAMS 151 SUMMERTIME JAZZSTANDARD 152 SWEETHOMEALABAMA LYNYRDSKYNYRD 153 SWEETHOMEMEDLEY LYNYRDSKYNYRD/KIDROCK 154 TAINTEDLOVE SOFTCELL 155 TAKEITEASY THEEAGLES 156 THEGAMESPEOPLEPLAY INNERCIRCLE 157 THELONER GARYMOORE 158 THEROSE BETTEMIDLER 159 THISLOVE MAROON5 160 THREELITTLEBIRDS BOBMARLEY 161 TIMETOWORKTHINGSOUT FRANCOISORIGINAL 162 TIMEWARP ROCKYHORRORPIC.SHOW 163 TOOTIRED GARYMOORE 164 TUSH ZZTOP 165 TWOPRINCES SPINDOCTORS 166 U2MEDLEY U2

SundaybloodySunday S)llhaven'tfoundwhatI'mlookingfor Withorwithoutyou Wherethestreetshavenoname

167 UPTOWNFUNK BRUNOMARS 168 UNCHAINMYHEART JOECOCKER 169 UNDERTHEBOARDWALK THEROLLINGSTONES 170 WAKEMEUP AVICCII 171 WALKOFLIFE DIRESTRAITS 172 WALKINGBYMYSELF GARYMOORE 173 WALKINGONSUNSHINE KATRINA&THEWAVES 174 WALKINGINMEMPHIS MARCCOHN 175 WEATHERWITHYOU CROWDEDHOUSE 176 WHISKEYINTHEJAR IRISHSING-ALONG 177 WHITEWEDDING BILLYIDOL 178 WHITERSHADEOFPALE PROCALHAREM 179 WHOCANITBENOW MENATWORK 180 WHO'LLSTOPTHERAIN CCR 181 WILDWORLD MAXIPRIEST(REGGAEVERSION) 182 WILDWORLD CATSTEVENS 183 WONDERWALL OASIS 184 WONDERFULTONIGHT ERICCLAPTON 185 YOUCAN'THURRYLOVE PHILCOLLINS 186 YOUGOTIT ROYORBISON 187 YOUGOTTATAKEIT FRANCOISORIGINAL 188 YOUMAYBERIGHT BILLYJOEL 189 YOUTOMEAREEVERYTHING THEREALTHING

1 NEWSWINGSHOW 2 BEYONDTHESEA BOBBYDARRIN

3 COMEFLYWITHME FRANKSINATRA

4 CRAZYLITTLETHINGCALLEDLOVE MICHAELBUBLE

5 EVERYTHING MICHAELBUBLE

6 FLYMETOTHEMOON FRANKSINATRA

7 IGETAKICKOUTOFYOU FRANKSINATRA

8 KICKINTHEHEAD DEANMARTIN

9 LOVEANDMARRIAGE FRANKSINATRA

10 MR.BOJANGLES ROBBIEWILLIAMS

11 MACKTHEKNIFE BOBBYDARIN

12 MOONDANCE MICHAELBUBLE

13 SAVETHELASTDANCEFORME MICHAELBUBLE

14 SPIDERMAN MICHAELBUBLE

15 STRANGERSINTHENIGHT FRANKSINATRA

16 SWAY MICHAELBUBLE

17 THAT’SLIFE FRANKSINATRA

18 THELADYISATRAMP FRANKSINATRA

19 THESUMMERWIND MICHAELBUBLE

20 UNDERMYSKIN FRANKSINATRA

21 LAISMYLADY FRANKSINATRA

InstrumentalPre-drinksSHOWforCorporatesandWeddings 1 DMBalladJam

2 FreestyleMix3

3 CTJamShort

4 CTJamMix1

5 SmoothJazzinEm

6 GuthrieGovanTrackinCm

7 CmMixolidianTrackGm

8 FunkJamtrackCm

9 SexybluestrackinCm

10 FeelgoodReggaeBluesjamE

11 MinorSwingGypsyJazzAm

12 SoulfullhousejamCm

13 DeepHousemixOne

14 DeepHousemix2014HD

15 SeveMix

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SomeReferences

Theessenceofme.

Ifsomeoneaskedmetheques)on:Howdifficultisittoplaytheguitar,theonlyanswerIwillbeabletogive;isthatIdon’tknow;I’vealwaysplayedtheguitar.Assomeoneoncesaid:“Whenhecameoutofhis

mother’swombtheymusthaveputaguitarinhishands”.

IrememberplayingtheShadows,CCR,DireStraitsandotherbandssongswhileIwasatschoolbutmostofthehardworklearningtomastertheguitar,islostsomewhereinthecornersofmymind.

IfIcastmythoughtsbacktowhenIstartedmyprofessionalcareerin1986,Irememberprac)cingmyscales,a3ersomeonegavemealist

andsaid:”Thisishowyougoaboutbeingaleadguitarist”.

ScalescameandwentandsodidthenewsongsIrehearseddaya3erdaytoexpandmyrepertoire,butthejoyofplayingmyloved

instrumenthasneverceased.Thisjoy,love,passionandprideIfeelwhenIperform,mustbethemo)va)onthatbringspeopleback,)mea3er)me,toexperiencethesameoldclassictracksorthecoupleof

originaltunesthatIhavemasteredover)me.

Essen)ally,Iamacoverspecialistwithavastrepertoiretoentertainmyaudience;whethertheyare18or81oranythinginbetween;butin

essence,I’majourneymanwhoperformstolive!

TechRiderA) 2xJBLPRX615forF.O.H.PAorsimilarquality,(inclStandsandcabling)

2xJBLPRX715Subsorsimilarquality(notNeeded)1xJBLPRX615Monitor

B) 1x12CHANNELmixingdeskwithParametricEQandonboardFXand

1xDBXDriverackPAforProcessing

PreferredDesks(YamahaMG166CX,Soundcra3MFXi12,MackiePro12FXorA&HZED10FX.)

C) Stageligh)ng:

About4LEDParCans2withClampsorDuckstands

D) CablingNeeded

2xF-XLR–MXLRcables.Max2m(WirelessMic’sx2todesk)2xJack–Jackcables.Max5m(GtrFXtodesk)

1xJacktoJackcable.Max1-2m(GuitarFXtoGuitaramplifier)1xJacktoJackcable.Max1-2m(Psm200-Desk)

1xStereoJacktoMiniJackforiPod(2m)and1xStereoJacktoMiniJackforiPad(5m)

E)

SmallGuitarbacklineampandaGuitarstand.

(eg.VoxAD30VTValvetronix,FenderDeVille,PeaveyClassic30)

F) Stagesize/area-3mx2mx0.3m(MinHeight)

G)

AsolidMicstandorBookstandtodisplaymyiPadonandAsmallsturdytabletoputmy19”GuitarRackon.

H)Op)onalWirelesssystemsNeeded

1xShurePSM200in-earsystem(exclearphones)1xDBXChannelstrip–Vocalprocessor.