Stories from a Shower Singer Cheep Trill

In our very first episode, Emma Dean and Tony Dean interview completely blind Brisbane based singer-songwriter David Truong about the role creativity and music plays in his life. Featuring a special rendition of David's favourite shower song (Crowded House - “Better Be Home Soon”) which Emma & Tony will teach you so you can sing along!

Listen to David Truong’s music (Ambition Road) on Bandcamp https://ambitionroad.bandcamp.com/

In our second episode, Emma Dean and Tony Dean interview Neridah Waters, a choreographer, performer and theatre maker. We listen to Neridah’s story about uncovering her true talent, learning why Brisbane is the place to get your creative freak on, and what she’s working on now - the Common People Dance Project (which ends in an epic Eisteddfod dance battle of “blood and sequins”). Featuring an extraordinary version of the song stuck in Neridah’s head (Pat Benatar - “Love is a Battlefield”) which Emma & Tony will teach you a backing part so you can sing along!

Check out Neridah’s Common People Dance Project here: https://www.commonpeopledanceproject.com.au/

In our third episode, Emma Dean and Tony Dean interview David Burton, an award winning writer from Brisbane, who has published two books and written 30 professionally produced plays for theatres across Australia. Closet country fan, Dave shares stories of his murder mystery writing, mental illness awareness and how music ties into his works. Featuring the beautiful “Rainbows” (by Kasey Musgraves) shower singing rendition (sung by David) which Emma & Tony will teach you some backing vocals so you can sing along!

Check out Dave Burton’s books here: http://www.daveburton.com.au/

In our fourth episode, Emma Dean and Tony Dean interview one of their favourite guests to date - their Dad, Christopher Dean! Chris shares his memories of mango fights in North Queensland, growing up in a non-music oriented household, and singing as a boy soprano!

During the folk boom of the ‘60s, Chris bought his first guitar and first LP record. This marked the start of his musical adventures which saw him go on to be on the grand final of “New Faces” hosted by Bert Newton.

As fate would have it, Emma and Tony’s mum (and Chris’ future wife), Anna Dean, was watching from home. Listen to this moving episode to hear this romantic and breath-taking story.

Featuring a unique rendition of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Meditation”, Christopher Dean will sing straight to your heart. And as always, Emma & Tony will teach you some backing vocals so you can sing along at home!

In our fifth episode, Emma and Tony interview the incomparable Melissa Western & Tnee Dyer. Melissa is a British-born Brisbane-raised singer with Sri-Lankan heritage. She is an actor, writer, singer, cabaret and jazz performer who sells out shows in Australia and internationally. Tnee Dyer is a charismatic musical artist with a contagious enthusiasm for creativity. He is known for his virtuosic jazz piano playing and sensitive musicality, spanning a diverse range of genres & styles, and more recently his growing video production business ‘Raw Mint’. Melissa and Tnee are life partners and co-artistic directors of Western-Dyer Productions.

In this episode we chat about creativity, french horns, busking the streets of Australia, young love, and the excitement of Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Featuring the sweeeeeeetest version of Marvin Gaye’s “How Sweet It Is” in which you’ll hear the duo accompanying themselves on ukelele and keyboard! As always, Emma & Tony will teach you some backing vocals so you can sing along at home!

In our sixth episode, Emma and Tony interview one of Australia’s pre-eminent guitarists/vocalists – Tim Gaze.
“I cannot speak highly enough of him, he is one of nature’s true gentlemen. But not only that, he can make his guitar sing like an angel and scream like the devil.” - Jimmy Barnes
Playing professionally from the age of 15, ARIA Award winner Tim Gaze, has had a diversified career both here and overseas. As a recording artist, producer and teacher, he has worked with a multitude of artists and bands such as Jimmy Barnes, Tamam Shud, Jon Lord (of Deep Purple), Bob Daisley (Ozzie Osbourne, Rainbow, etc), and so many more.
In this episode we chat about the beautiful way music used to be made and appreciated – records, cds, mini discs - and how special it was to spend hours analysing album artwork and reading the lyrics of each song. We also discuss the power and enjoyment of music and how Tim made a career of it, how different and unique music lessons are these days, how Tim taught himself various guitar techniques like bending and vibrato by listening to his idol Eric Clapton, and the heartfelt story of how Tim was gifted his very first guitar.
Featuring the rock song “After Midnight” originally by J.J. Cale in which you’ll hear Tim and his “singing angel and screaming devil” guitar chops! As always, Emma & Tony will teach you some backing vocals so you can sing along at home!