"Oliver The Penguin" is Rie Sinclair & Abandoned Pools, Tommy Walter.
Sometimes Allison Ash, Alisha Bauer, and Bryan Head back me up at live gigs. Sometimes I sling out my Maurader & hit the stage with Jason Bouma and Joe Karnes... Bryan Head again on drums. "On The Fifth Floor" has a slew of credits. Current projects also include: Rick Krizman, Sean Woolfenhulme did some mean guitars the other day, Dave Carpenteur, Bob DeMaa, Smidi & I will get around to something one of these days...
"Glow" Producer / Co-writer Bob Hartry.
Musicians: Jonathan Ahrens, Joe Ayoub, Beth Balmer, Matt Bissonette, Steve Latanation, Kris Pooley, Rich Renken, Aaron Sterling, & Dan Strain. Other musicians/producers I love working with: RC Cates, Dave Macloed, David Larring, JJ Farris, Dan Beyer, Jason Bouma, Adam & Brandon Culvey, Justin Schier, Joel Shearer, Eli Thomson, Byron Hagan, Rich Young, Shawn Tubbs, Paul Dexter, Ricky Newton, Glenn Pearce, and Bryan Carlstrom.
Rie’s got a ‘thing’ that’s a little hard to describe. Her music has a haunting poetry that makes you think, and not necessarily about the story she’s singing. While listening to this Sia-like voice you’ll catch yourself being reminded of moments in life, memories bubbling to the surface for no apparent reason other than Rie’s underlying soundtrack. Quirky production and an extremely vulnerable vocal delivery will break down any walls you may be bringing to the table allowing you to swim in whatever floods rush behind your closed eyelids.
Since 2004, the Emmy-Nominated songwriter has been writing music for ABC, where a majority of her songs have seen airplay. Whether performed by Rie herself or other vocalists, her lyrics and melodies have captivated a wide range of fans, from Indie followers to loyal Daytime viewers. As an artist, Miss Sinclair is finding her spotlight as the starlet who ‘walked in the back door’. Not only was she the voice of SOAPnet’s first original series, “General Hospital: Night Shift”, producing music for 11/13 episodes, but numerous placements on Day-time & Prime-time shows have given Rie a graceful span of eclectic range for this chameleon-like composer.
Now also sprouting her own career as a performer and musician on her newly found label, I Miss You Records, she is finishing her debut album, “A Moment You Never Dreamed” with a release date fall, 2009. Though releasing a full-length album of end of 2007 for ABC fans (after her first EP, “Glow” - July 2006), “A Moment” will be more true to the artist’s dark, moody, atmospheric tones and similar to her itunes-only “Bee's” release (a quirky collection of B-sides produced by the artist).
Sinclair is also 1/2 of the duo Oliver The Penguin with Tommy Walter (Abandoned Pools, Eels). The production team originally started out collaborating on music for TV (Spring 2009's theme song "What's A Girl To Do" on the CW), and ended up as bandmates, launching Oliver's debut album, "Button Pusher" on iTunes in March 2009.
“She balances the truth of love, both good and bad. With a perfect combination of the maturity of one who has had their heart broken, and the wide-eyed innocence that we all had before we found out that love can be painful, Rie Sinclair will lead you into your own dreams of love as well as remind you of the heartbreak that you outgrew. She is absolutely seamless.” – Helium
Additional music credits include:
CW's new Reality Show: TBD (The Hills-DC Edition) -Theme song!!
Californication - SHOW (Live performance of Elton John's "Mona Lisa's and Madhatters")
Dirt - FX
Samantha Who - ABC
Horse Whisperer - CBS
Bionic Woman - NBC
Lipstick Jungle - NBC
Making Of The Band - MTV
The Hills - MTV
America's Prom Queen - ABC Family
Secret Life Of A Teenage Girl - ABC Family
Samurai Girl - ABC Family
Law & Order (AUS - Promos)
Neighbours (AUS - Promos)
All My Children - ABC (ongoing placements)
One Life To Live - ABC (ongoing placements)
And - General Hospital :)
For further details on Rie Sinclair, check out her music on itunes and Amazon.com.
