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June 2010 Hello Legends!! How are you all? I hope fantastic?! I have some exciting news- my LIVE CD/DVD is almost ready! But, inevitably, I NEED YOUR HELP (do I ever stop needing your help? Am I a little bit too needy? I hope not…I like to hope that you know you can count on me if you need something too!!) Here's the thing, I recorded a LIVE DVD and CD of my last performance of the "Fanfare For Love" EP launch tour. It was a beautiful show at The Toff in Town in Melbourne and I would LOVE to get it out to you guys as soon as possible. Because I am saving my bum off to get to Europe and the USA for the tour, I had a BRILLIANT idea! If you want a copy of the double DVD/CD, then it would help me SO much if you could pre order it now. That way, once a few people do it, I will have the money to manufacture them and get them to you before I leave for my trip at the end of August!! YAY!! Check out one of the tracks, “This Heart Of Mine”, here on Youtube…it has been compressed so the quality is not too great but the DVD is in perfect high definition!!
The DVD not only has six full tracks from the live performance with the band, but also both of my videoclips and "the making of" video from my time in the USA when I recorded "Fanfare For Love". It also has the ten track live audio CD too. All for only $25!! So please click HERE to PRE ORDER your copy now: Well since I last spoke to you lots of exciting things have happened in regards to my trip…I booked my ROUND THE WORLD TICKET for my European and US tour!! Canada is also on the cards at the moment- Woo hoo! I am really really looking forward to it and I am saving my bum off to get some funds together for the trip. I have also been applying like crazy to venues in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, London, Boston, New York and LA. I am really relying on help from all the super friendly Europeans and Scandinavians who have contacted me recently because of the Bon Aqua TV Commercial. So, for those of you who are friends with me on facebook this is the event I have created about the European leg of the tour and if you have any suggestions, advice, names of venues or friends over there who could help in any way, I would appreciate that so much! For the USA and Canada as well! Please click HERE to view my facebook Thurs 1st July 8pm-10pm, Settlers Tavern, Margaret River That’s it! That’s everything! I hope everyone wants to buy a DVD and Live CD :) But on a serious note, thankyou a million times for always supporting me and my music and my wonderful dream. I will never ever forget your kindness and I’m sending big love your way! Lots of love, Coby xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx May 2010 Hello my scrumptious ones!! Well, I am very excited indeed- I know some of you have heard whispers of a Scandinavian tour and promotional visit to the USA and those whispers are steadily turning into LOUD VOICES IN MY HEAD!!! And soon I will be shouting it over the rooftops for all to hear because yes I am coming and yes I am booking my flights this week. So as soon as it is all confirmed 100% (I’m a little tiny bit of a negative nancy until things are for SURE ya know?) I will be popping all the dates and times and places up here and hoping to see lots of foreign but smiling faces More great news is, I finally have the FINAL version of the Scandinavian TV Commercial for Coca Cola’s water bottle brand, Bon Aqua. I had to take down the first version I put up as I didn’t realize but it was not quite the final and I was so bummed because so many of you had looked at it and commented- so please check out this final Swedish version. I think I’m going to learn the song in Swedish so I can sing it when I get there!! Check it out below and head to my Youtube to write a comment.
Also, the “Fanfare For Love” EP is OUT THERE on the world wide web!! You can now PURCHASE the tracks online at www.itunes.com/cobygrant or get the EP from the music or merch page or from www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CobyGrant . It has four original tracks plus the “Heartbeat” videoclip for you to watch. You can check out the new songs at www.myspace.com/cobygrant . Well thankyou again for reading about my adventures and supporting me so much. You must know by now just how much I love you all but in case you didn’t, I really really do!!! Lots of love, Coby xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx April 2010 Hello!!!! Me Again!! Well here I am on the other side of the six week national tour for “Fanfare For Love”….WOW!! I had THE most incredible time and I really have you guys to thank for coming along and supporting me and making the shows so wonderful. In the end that is why I am doing what I do, to share my music with you, to sing for you, to perform for you. The Brisbane and Sydney shows at The Troubadour and Raval Bar were beautiful- that leg of the tour was solo and I really enjoyed the intimate performances and how quiet the audiences were. The highlight of the whole tour for me was definitely Apollo Bay Music Festival…I can’t even describe how magic it was. The reception was incredible- I took SO many cd’s and sold out of them all (sorry to all of you wonderful people who missed out!). The three shows that I did with my amazing band were each different but it was the organization, the volunteers and of course the audiences who made the weekend so incredible. I really hope to play more festivals this year and I will most definitely be applying for Apollo Bay again! Then there was the Melbourne shows- even though it was Easter weekend the Saturday night still SOLD OUT! And you guys were extremely quiet…I could hear myself thinking! Thankyou thankyou thankyou because, as those of you who came know, I was filming a live DVD that night. The footage is looking wonderful and the tracks will be mixed and mastered by the end of May so I will most definitely release a couple of the DVD tracks on Youtube and then hopefully the release of the live CD/DVD will follow shortly after. I’m still watering the money tree like mad so fingers crossed haha. I still have one more place to visit, one of my favourites, Tassie! Although it wasn’t on the official tour run I couldn’t not come down to Hobart to play for you guys and get dinner at the yummy Indian place on Elizabeth Street!! So on Wednesday May 5th I will be heading down to sing my heart out at Republic Bar and Café- head to the tours page for more info. Well thankyou again and you must know by now just how much I love you all but in case you didn’t, I really really do!!! Lots of love, Coby xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx March 2010 Oh Me Oh My I have some awesome news!!! My song, "A Song About Me" from my first studio EP "Coby Grant Is In Full Colour" was chosen by Bon Aqua (a Coca Cola Company brand) for a television commercial. It will play for a year in Scandinavia and has been re recorded in Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian. Iceland has kept the English version. Anyway I'm very excited- thankyou to Grant Gillies from Gaga Publishing here in Melbourne for putting me forward and making this happen! This is my first TV AD so here's hoping for many more. I'm also hoping to get across to Scandinavia in August to promote my music and make the most of this opportunity, so let me know if you have any friends over there who want a friendly Aussie musician crashing with them!! I will have the FINAL version very soon and it’ll be up on the videos page so check back in the coming weeks. Woooo!!! In other news, the national tour for the new EP “Fanfare For Love” is well underway. The Perth launch was SOLD OUT and it was fantastic to play for my home crowd. Nannup Festival in WA was amazing, I had the best time and some of the music there was incredible- thankyou to those of you who made it down. Next was my very first Pushover Festival in Melbourne. It is an all ages event and it was their 18th Birthday so it was huge to be a part of and it was awesome to meet my underage fans and friends- thanks to all the little legends who lined up for my signing!! You can check out the remaining dates of the tour on the tours page. Don’t forget the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Launches are still coming up so get your friends together and email info@cobygrant.com for tickets. I’m also heading down to Apollo Bay Music Festival at the end of March too- lots of great stuff happening!! Ok I think that’s it for now, thankyou thankyou thankyou for reading on and for leaving all your wonderful comments on my pages and for just being the BEST! Big Love, Coby xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
February 2010 Hello Gorgeous Creatures!! How is everyone? I hope fantastic J I am feeling incredible after the Perth EP Launch last night for “Fanfare For Love”. It was SOLD OUT and such a wonderful gig- thankyou to those of you who came down and supported my music. You were all so incredibly quiet and appreciative. After spending the day running around like a MANIAC setting up the room with stage, lighting and PA it was the perfect end to the night. I sold a bunch of EP’s so I hope everyone is enjoying them, but for those of you who weren’t there the EP is now available from my website (on the merch or the music page) or from my myspace http://www.myspace.com/cobygrant . You can hear the new tunes on myspace as well! Or if you just want to buy the tracks head straight to my itunes store http://www.itunes.com/cobygrant . I took some video footage last night on my brand new handycam (yay for me) so check out the videos page as they will be up there soon!! So now we are off to Nannup Festival- I’m very excited about playing this one. Even though it’s a smaller community festival there are some AMAZING acts playing, some of my absolute favourites (Jordie Lane and The Little Stevies) as well as some new ones I’ve been wanting to check out (Liz Stringer and Tinpan Orange) so have a look at the Journal page for a more indepth description of my adventures!! In other news, don’t forget to grab your tickets to the Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne launches- all the details are on the Tour page so get in and help me sell those ones out as well!!! Ok that’s it for now, we’re running late (I’m not looking forward to the 3 and a half hour drive) so I better pull my finger out! Lots of love to everyone,
January 2010 Hello Everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Well well well- here we are already at the end of January 2010!! I just cannot believe how time flies by- especially when you are having fun (and man I am having a BALL!). Already this year I got to support Toni Childs at three of her Victorian shows. She was INCREDIBLE. Her voice is out of this world and she has such a beautiful soul. Right now at this moment in time I am on an East Coast tour supporting Bonjah, a band from Melbourne doing very well for themselves. Ryan Meeking and the Few (also from Melbourne) are on the tour as well and it has been absolutely awesome. Both of these bands are amazing- their music brings me a lot of happiness and hanging out with 11 boys hasn’t been nearly as smelly as I thought it would haha. We are all friends from the Melbourne music scene so it has been really nice to have all that driving time in the tour bus to catch up and talk nonsense. Plus who knew I could be capable of going without shampoo and conditioner for so long? EWWWW!!! For the tour dates, check out the tours page. Anyway, the most exciting news so far for 2010 is the fact that I have my brand new EP in my hot little hands!! So so looking forward to getting the new music out there to you guys and I am going to do that with a NATIONAL tour starting in my home town (oh how I miss it), Perth. I can’t wait to go to the BEACH! So the new EP is called “Fanfare For Love” and the official release date for online (i-tunes and my website) is February 25th. The tour starts that night in Margaret River at one of my favourite venues in the country, Settlers Tavern. I will be playing shows in Perth, Margaret River, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and also performing at three amazing festivals- Apollo Bay Music Festival in Victoria, Nannup Music Festival in WA and Pushover Festival in Melbourne (all ages). It’s my first year at all of these festivals so I’m really looking forward to it!! I’ll be writing a journal and filming a lot of the tour so look out for new videos and nonsense (as always). Ok I think that’s all the news for now- thankyou a million times over for your wonderful support and for taking the time to read this. I hope to see you all at one of the shows and I would love to hear back from you anytime! Lots of love and here’s to a fantastic new year!! Coby xxxx DECEMBER 09 Hello for the last time in 2009! Before I say anything else, I was recently playing in Launceston and did a live interview on ABC Launceston and ABC Hobart. The producer asked if I could sing a Christmas carol for them to play in the lead up to Christmas and although I didn’t know any carols off by heart I quickly searched the net and got the chords for “Silent Night”. We put it down and I would like to share it with you, so as a little Christmas present, the song is now up on my myspace and you can DOWNLOAD it for FREE!!! Just head to http://www.myspace.com/cobygrant and click on “Silent Night”. I love Christmas!! I find it hard to believe we are almost out of the noughties J This year has absolutely flown by and I have had a ball. The release of the debut EP “Coby Grant is in Full Colour” and the national tour that went with it, the second national tour with a bunch of talented indie acts from around the country, the second trip to Boston to record the new EP and finally, the recording of the “Heartbeat” videoclip and the east coast tour that went with that. Plus…I have signed up with Premier Artists (the booking agency) and played some amazing support shows to top it all off. Phew!!! Very busy!! I hope that you all had an amazing year as well. I wanted to say a huge thankyou to all who made it down to the gigs on the Heartbeat tour. I was playing in Melbourne, Sydney, Katoomba, Gold Coast, Byron, Mullum Music Festival, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston and Burnie. I had such an amazing time and I was blown away with the positive response and the continued support. I hope you guys all enjoyed the shows and the new clip- for those who haven’t seen it you can check it out on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/cobygrant01. The artwork for the new EP is coming along and the release date is set for February 25th 2010. Already, Premier and I are booking next year up to April. I have some amazing stuff coming up- some shows supporting Toni Childs in mid Jan, a tour up the East Coast supporting Bonjah in Jan and through to Feb, then the national EP launch tour from Feb 25th, kicking off in my home town of Perth. There will be a few festivals in there as well, including Apollo Bay Music Festival and Nannup Music Festival. So keep your eyes peeled to the tours section of my website and I will certainly keep you updated. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas with the people that they love most. Thankyou for your continued support and I can’t wait to share some new music with you in the New Year!! Bring on 2010! Lots of love Coby xxx NOVEMBER 09 Well hello there! First of all, a HUGE thank you to all the amazing Melbournians who came to my Videoclip Launch for “Heartbeat”- I can’t believe it sold out on pre sales!! I had an amazing night and it was wonderful to watch every face in the crowd stand still and take in the clip on the big screen at the Toff (man was that screen massive- HELLLLOOO PORES!). A big big thankyou to Tony Ferrieri who filmed and edited the clip- I’m very proud of what we came up with for the tiny weeny budget we had. I’m constantly watching these million dollar budget videos on Channel V and I can’t WAIT to be able to go nuts and be as creative and adventurous as I like one day when I have a mental budget like that, although I can’t imagine spending that much to be honest! Anyway, it was a perfect night (despite the fact that I was sick as a dog!) and I have YOU to thank for coming down. I’m off to Sydney next, then all around the country so check out the tours page for more info. You can also watch the new clip on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/cobygrant01. I am so happy to be back in my beautiful home country but I certainly did have the most amazing time recording over in the states. To end the trip, I traveled down from Boston to New York and over the weekend that I was there, we saw Laura Marling on Friday night (amazing), went to Jersey Boys on Broadway on Saturday night (incredible) and got tickets to Van Morrison at Madison Square Gardens on Sunday night (ummmm…one of my all time IDOLS!). Where else can you do this kind of magical stuff at a moments notice? New York is truly amazing, it’s hard not to get caught up in the incredible vibe there. So…the recording was a success (well, I hope!) and the tracks are off in New York getting mastered at Universal Studios. Once again, Karyadi and Anthony outdid themselves and I was so honoured to be at Bopnique Musique working with them. Sometimes I have to pinch myself I think it’s all a dream! Once I have those mastered tracks I will be getting the artwork and design happening and sending them off to the manufacturers. It’s all very exciting! I’ll keep you updated as to when a release date and national tour will be so keep your eyes peeled. In the meantime, in the words of my Dad, try and remember that “everyday is a miracle”. And…get yourselves a Mumford and Sons CD and the new Newton Faulkner Album. Three words- A MA ZING. Lots of love, Coby xxxxxxxxxx
OCTOBER 09 Hello to everyone back home and around the world! Right at this very moment i am sitting in the Bopnique Musique studio in Boston, Massachusetts while the drums and bass are being edited by Anthony J Resta and Karyadi Sutedja (the two very talented gentlemen who i worked with on "A Song About Me" and "Young Love".) So when the guys are editing i am sitting...like a stunned mullet...so i thought i would message you!! I am really excited to be back here (even though it is VERY cold) and recording again. It feels like ages since i have been in the studio and i have lots of new songs! I can't wait to share the final product with everyone...hopefully by feb next year i will be launching the new EP- it really depends whether i get the grant from Arts Victoria that i applied for- that would speed up the process of getting the artwork and manufacturing done. But anyway i'll keep you guys updated FO SHIZZLE! hahaha. So i'm here till next wednesday recording then i head to New York City for four days of fun with my mama (Head Manager of Merchandise- Denise Grant) haha! Before i left Australia i managed to get the new film clip to "Heartbeat" all done. There are some "Behind the scenes" pics on the photos page so have a look if you get a chance. It will be playing on Rage in the coming weeks and i will be posting it online after the launch in Melbourne on November 7th. If you want to subscribe to my youtube channel (which i have only recently figured out) just head to http://www.youtube.com/cobygrant01 and you'll be notified when the new clip is up! Also, for those of you yet to get your tickets to the Melbourne launch on Saturday 7th November at the Toff In Town, there are only 40 tickets left so email me back if you want some! I am also now selling tickets to the Sydney show on November 19th at El Rocco's. You can check out all the details on the tours page. I'm also playing shows in Byron, Gold Coast, Mullumbimby, Lismore, Hobart, Launceston, Upper Burnie and Geelong in the coming months so hopefully i'll see you all somewhere along the line! As always thankyou for your wonderful support! I hope all is well in your world! xxxxxx Coby
SEPTEMBER 09 Hello hello everyone! PS. I recently supported Newton Faulkner at his Melbourne show. It was the most amazing gig- the crowd was so lovely and Newton Faulkner was an awesome musician and such a humble person. Thankyou to all the new fans and friends who bought my music and joined my mailing list because of it!
Hi Guys!! Hope all is well with everyone :) I am FANTASTIC and have some amazing news...i am now officially represented by Premier Artists- the biggest booking agency in the country. I was approached by the company and they came along to my gig at Manchester Lane (thanks to you legends who came and cheered loudly and sang along!). Then went in for a meeting and BANG i have agent extraordinaire Nick Yates batting for the Coby Grant team!! Also, Melbournians, keep November 7th free. I will be playing a show at the Toff in Town to launch a new VIDEOCLIP!!! That's right, i'm recoridng another clip to one of the crowd favourite songs, Heartbeat. Other news is that i'm heading back to the states to record another EP with Anthony J Resta, the same extremely talented man who produced "A Song About Me" and "Young Love". So i will soon have a new recording for you all. Know any rich people who want to invest in a motivated artist like me? Call me if you do!!! So that's about all the news for now, i'll write again soon with more updates!! Lots of love xxxxx "
JUNE 09 Everyone!!! I'm so excited!!! I have been played every night for the last five weeks on Channel U!! What is Channel U I hear you ask?? Channel U is a new program on Channel V that let's the public decide what they want to watch. It's on weeknights from 8:30pm. Basically, I submitted my videoclip to A Song About Me into Channel V. Already you have done an amazing job keeping me in the top rated but in order to keep getting the AMAZING exposure that i am from being played on Channel V i need you to keep voting, (but don't feel like you have to, only if you can find the time). It's really simple, click on the image below
Then you just have to enter your name, mobile and email address. Be sure to tick the box that says you agree to legal stuff (I've read it, it's legit). There is another way to vote- via SMS. All you have to do is send my video's code, which is U1241 to this number 1999 85 85. The sms's cost 50c MAX, depending on who you are with. And if you want to circulate this around to your friends then please do that as well!! So thanks so much guys for all your support and remember you can vote as many times as you like!!! I hope your love for me and my music is directly proportional to the amount of votes you cast hahaha. LOTS OF LOVE!!! (I just had to shout that cause I'm so excited) Xxxxxxx Coby
FEB 09 Well Happy New Year to everyone… My new website is finally up and running- sorry to those of you who kept coming back and finding the “under construction” page still up after a few months. I got a bit slack with all the Christmas cheer and festive season stuff going on around me. Well…actually I only got slack with the website because I have been incredibly incredibly (double incredibly just to show the gravity of the situation) BUSY getting my first ever professionally recorded studio EP ready for you guys!!! So after the states I had to work for a few months so I had enough moolah to print the cd’s and now I am here!!! I am ready!! I have them ready to go and sitting in quite a few boxes in my little study. I have spent the last six weeks organizing my 24 date NATIONAL tour…I’m visiting six states over six weeks with varying degrees of band members (all of whom are incredibly talented and only charging mates rates!!). Check out the dates in the Tour section. Anyway guys…I best be off but be sure to see when a gig near you is on and how to get your hands on some tickets for the launches. I am excited about finally getting this new stuff out there and singing my brains out for you!!! Watch this space…and watch your back…Kidding, kidding!! Love love love….Coby xxxxx |
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