Scott has been a member of ARIA award-winning comedy act Tripod since 1994, within which he has been writing and playing music of all shapes and sizes. The Universe represents an opportunity for Scod to showcase the less joke-ridden aspects of his songwriting. Scod grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Simon and Garfunkel and They Might be Giants. So you do the math.
Mick Meagher (double bass, vocals)
As well as being a part of the Universe, Michael Meagher plays bass with the Black Arm Band, Impressions Trio ( Ted Vining, Bob Sedergreen), contemporary free jazz ensemble Blow, The Putbacks and K fa Cool.
Michael also works actively as a freelance musician.
Rory McDougall (drums)
Rory has played (with mick) on the Black Arm Band in the Melbourne Festival, City City City, Vada and the Pearly Shells. More when i get hold of Doogs' bio.
Eamon McNelis (trumpet)
He doesn't even have a Myspace bio i can cut and paste. Let me make one up: Eamon studied at VCA and plays in pretty much every band in Melbourne, including Vada (with Rory and the awesome Aaron Choulai - their recent show 'we don't dance for no reason' was magic), the Band Who Knew Too Much, and probably the Pearly Shells i imagine. And other stuff.
The recordings and photos on this page also feature:
Xani Kolac (violin, vocals)
Violin wunderkind Xani has studied under some extraordinary musicians, including Nigel MacLean, Giya Kanchelli, Alex Pertout, Mark Levine - to name but a few. She studied the the Impro course at the Victorian College of the Arts and has played with Martin Martini's Bone Palace Orchestra, My Friend the Chocolate Cake and her own bands the Twoks and the award-winning Yohosie
Simon Barfoot (guitar, mandolin, accordion, vocals)
Simon is a member of the amazing Blue Grassy Knoll which has taken him to all sorts of interesting places all over the world. Including London. Where he now is.
Influences
Nat King Cole Trio, The Jungle Book Soundtrack (first record i ever owned... SWINGS), Queen, Rickie Lee Jones (her first album Changed my Life), Rufus Wainwright, Ray Charles (helped me understand country music, oddly enough), Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Harry Belafonte (try Live at Carnegie Hall... if you can find it. Vinyl, not CD. The cd only has about half the show). Oh and the Beatles of course. And the theme song from Doctor Who. And Paul Kelly's last two records. OK I'll stop now.
Hey Folks! Been a while since i updated this - sorry - rest assured it's because we're doing work. Promise. If you want proof come check us out Thursday nights in April at the Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Carlton. We are joined by Carlo Barbaro on sax and, on the black and whites, Steve Teikel. It's gonna be a Universe you ain't seen. Promise.
And don't forget, The Universe's Debut Album, "Scott Edgar and the Universe", is now available on Itunes!! We are very proud of it - it's 14 tracks of Pure Gold baby. Press my button. Go ahead.
And if you're not so much with the digital age and want the Real Thing in Actual Compact Disk Format then you can mail order one here:
FYI we're talking Australian dollars here.
The tracks on this page are from the album. Hope you dig 'em.
Scott Edgar & The Universe's Friend Space (Randomized)
Hi Scott, Thanks so much for the add! I enjoy your singing with Tripod so much that I wanted more and was glad to find you have this Universe of wonderful songs! I've been enjoying the album very much (by the way, glad to hear a fiddle in the band! And Xani is phenomenal!) More, please! Best wishes from the Pacific Northwest, USA, Marjorie
Hey there, We are in Melbourne launching our new album This Sat 24th Oct at The John Curtin Band Room (29 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC). Playing with us on the night are local artists Ronit and Dreamtwins. We love to see you guys there! Yours forever, Special Patrol.
Finally, here it is, a cookbook with recipes submitted by twenty six
ukulele players from around the world... including Aya (Japan), Big
Muffin Serious Band (New Zealand), Catgreenbike (England), Charles
Altmann (Australia), Craig Wilson (England), Doctor Sparkles (US),
Eilidh (Scotland), James Hill (Canada), Janet Klein (US), Jen Kwok
(US), Juha Vaananen (Germand/Finland), Jukka Lehtinen (Sweden), Lil Rev
(US), Michelle Kiba (US), Molly and Me (Denmark/Scotland), Oliver Brown
(US), Paul Moore / Ukuleles for Peace (Israel), Peter and Donna Thomas
(US), Peter van Eyck (Belgium), Professor Peter and Dr Dick (Holland),
Ralph Shaw (Canada), Rose Turtle Ertler (Australia), Sarah van Jellie
(England), Sweet Soubrette (US), Ukulele Pete (Scotland), Ukulelezaza
(Belgium) look at: www.ukuleleland.org
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We have the CDs back now and we are pretty stoked and really excited to be launching it with The Woohoo Revue and Jamie Hay. Not long now (Sat 22nd @ The East Brunswick Club)
Come join the party!
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Hey! We are playing at The ArtHouse tommorow night [Thursday] with Among The Devoured. Opens at 8.00. $6. Be rad if you could join us yeah. -Ophidian's.
With an all star line up:
Eddie Perfect
Paul Capsis
The Conglomerate
Abbie Cardwell
Sophie Brous
Tommy Spender
Casey Benetto
Video Day
Steve Sedergreen
Jan Skubiszewski
Marc Testart
Xani Kolac
Peter 'The Dog' Burgess
Ben Hendry
Brother Grim
Jelly Tub Rollers
and
Clairy Baby Brown & The Bangin Rackettes
Hi there, we're heading over to Melbourne town this Saturday 4th July for a show at Northcote Social Club with Skipping Girl Vinegar. Hope you can make it!
Salut from Hamburg, Amigo! I was listening your music, you have totally cool songs on your player! Wish you a wonderful rest of the sunday. Keep Rockin, Silva
Wow, the new songs sound amazing. I especially am loving Deal Another Hand; I'm of the opinion that adding sax to anything makes it that much better haha. I'm hoping that your next album will sound a lot more like this new stuff, it's great.
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