Buy Joe’s EP Here: Joe Oppenheimer is launching his piano EP ‘Still I Want You’ @ Compass Pizza on June 1st. A heartfelt collection of solo ballads, Joe will make the most of Compass’ grand piano with his melodious songwriting and yearning vocals.This 4-track EP contains songs written primarily during the lengthy courtship of his […]
Continue readingDROPPING THE MASK Who would have thought when I started Songcrafting with Melbourne’s Clare Dea last year that we’d end up writing a musical together? Yet that’s exactly what happened! Launching on the 11th of May at Second Story Studios in Collingwood, the opening night has nearly sold out already! With a 5-night run, a […]
Continue readingTHE SONGCRAFT METHOD: This jam-packed one-day programme explores the art of songwriting from the ground up, starting with such questions as:What are songs, and why do we love them so much? What does a songwriting journey look like, from inspiration to completion?What tools and techniques can songwriters use to develop their songwriting?What roles do emotion and […]
Continue readingSONGCRAFT SYMPOSIUM: songwriting / ˈsɒŋrʌɪtɪŋ / noun- the activity or process of writing songs or a musical creation.symposium / sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm / noun- a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.# 1: September 10, 2017The SongCraft Symposium is a public examination of the catchiest ever subject matter – songwriting. Many people have tried songwriting, and many more have […]
Continue readingTHE WASTE INVADERS ARE HERE… the Earth Warriors are gonna clean ’em up! Created specially for Strawberry Fields festival 2017, ten Earth Warriors will be on duty to watch for uncontrolled Waste Invaders and keeping humanity safe from harm. It may be too late to keep the Waste Invaders from Planet Earth… now we fight for to keep […]
Continue readingThe perfect way to kick off the 2017 festival scene! Opening the stage at Pirainia for the 6-day marathon event that is Australia’s Burning Seed festival. Having last offered the Evolver Lounge in 2014, I’m excited to return to Burning Seed without too much of the hassle of building and maintaining a Theme Camp. I can […]
Continue readingBuilt around weddings, old friends and the Walcha Show, Joe Oppenheimer and Aya-Rosa are going on tour! An epic display of music and it’s craft, this is a special event not to be missed!
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I’ve been a fan of Fleassy’s poetry for a long time, seeing her perform over the years at Rainbow Serpent, Synergy events, and of course her very own Mother Tongue event for women’s spoken work.
Check out my collaboration with the super talented film-maker/writer/editor Shahriah Shadab at Art, Not Apart 2016. Canberra’s Art, Not Apart festival is a yearly opportunity for artists of all formats to get together and show what they’ve got.
Continue readingThe night I met JOE OPPENHEIMER I’d just come from a Bob Dylan tribute gig. I walked in to the wonderfully ramshackle sharehouse to find a lanky, long-haired, bespectacled man flawlessly belting out Beatles hits, his big hands flying over a beautiful old piano.
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