Tash
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General Info
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Genre: Folk / Glam / Pop
Location Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Profile Views: 35655
Last Login: 7/17/2011
Member Since 2/5/2007
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRhc2hwYXJrZXIuY29t
Record Label Little Buildings
Type of Label Unsigned
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Bio
Listening to Tash Parker is like stumbling across a secret patch of serenity in the middle of a crowded city. Part of you wants to call a friend, to tell them about your discovery, but another voice in the back of your head tells you to keep the place a secret, keep it yours. Her lyrics are deeply personal, yet somehow familiar, and the arrangements are original without being exclusive. Like all quality artists, Tash grabs you upon first listen and then shakes you upon second, third and fourth listens. In this sense, her music simultaneously works on two levels; at surface, it’s fun and poppy; at bottom, it’s powerfully evocative art. Having supported Paul Greene, Liz Stringer, The Basics and Tin Pan Orange, and played on the same stages as Kate Ceberano, Bondi Cigars, Mental as Anything and various others, Tash is mature in musical wisdom well beyond her young age. Born in Perth and raised on a tropical fruit farm in the Kimberley, her past lends itself to her music. With songs that range from the upbeat ‘Baby All The Time’ to the deeply melancholic ‘I Feel Nowhere,’ she leaves the listener with the sense they have not just passed through a set of melodies, but have journeyed through an immensely diverse landscape of vivid colour and introspection. Only picking up the guitar as a teenager, Tash quickly wowed contemporaries and was invited at the age of eighteen to support The Waifs. She learned the national and international touring ropes by working for Gotye as a drum tech (her partner is Wally de Backer, aka Gotye) and has herself toured extensively up and down the East Coast, playing at The Troubadour and The Joynt in Brisbane; as well as Notes, Raval, The Brass Monkey and Old Manly Boat Shed in Sydney. Tash Parker has also toured several times in the Northern Territory and Kimberley regions, and has all flights within this region sponsored by Airnoth. In 2009, she independently released her first single, ‘I Take The Blame,’ which received play on Triple J and continuous support from Fbi in Sydney and 4ZzZ in Brisbane. Triple J’s Rosie Beaton lauded Tash’s “lovely voice” and Dan Buhagiar of Triple J has called ‘I Take The Blame’ a “pretty and stylish acoustic pop song.” Her second single, ‘Not Unprepared,’ was released in April 2010 and has also received play on Triple J, as well as regular airplay on Melbourne’s famous forerunner of independent music, RRR. Tash’s talent has also helped her gain helping hands in the production of her latest album, Waking Up. The majority of Waking Up was recorded with producer J. Walker (Machine Translations), who has produced albums for C.W. Stoneking, Andrew Morris and The Boat People. Tash also received backup accompaniment from Wally De Backer, who produced two of the album’s tracks: ‘I Take The Blame’ and ‘When It Rains,’ and was supported by producer Nick Huggins, who has produced for Kid Sam, Otouto, Whitley and Laura Imbruglia. Guest mix engineers on the album were Franc Tetaz and Andy Stewart; pretty much nailing down that the music industry is already behind Tash. And it’s obvious why. The final product, which will be released on Tash’s record label, Little Buildings, and distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Inertia, is clean and sharp as cut glass, emphasizing her gentle voice without muffling the passion behind it. Tash Parker is an artist you may secretly want to keep for yourself, like that little patch of serenity, but you may as well start spreading the word, because, like all great talents, she’s bound to rise to the top. Bryan Whalen -
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Influences
Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega, Vashti Bunyan, Kings Of Convenience, Machine Translations, Gotye, Leah Flanagan, Liz Stringer, Holly Throsby, Luluc. -
Sounds Like
Suzanne Vega, Kings of Convenience, Laura Marling, Sarah Blasko.
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10 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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- Gabriela Guerra Castillo8 months ago
Hi Tash! I'd just like to tell you that I love your music, your voice, the lyrics ,all! It's so magical!! Your voice is incredibly!
- Leah Flanagan2 years ago
glam pop aye?
- Alex Gibson2 years ago
Hey Friends!
I have just set up a facebook fan page... If you could check it out that would be amazing. If you like it then 'like' it.
Thanks.
Alex
http://www.facebook.com/alexgibsonmusic - Tim Montgomery2 years ago
Hey, loved the gig last night, love your style :)
- Wayne2 years ago
Hi and greetings from Wollongong. i am currently listening to CD's that have been sent to voxfm here in the gong. my job is to distribute them to suitable announcers. Your song not uprepared have been deemed ok for air play. In fact i'll play it on my programme first. good luck with your music
- Florence S. Click2 years ago
Hey! - Florence S. Click2 years ago
Hello,How are you ? - Florence S. Click2 years ago
Hey,How are you todady .i love you space fans. - Mijo Biscan2 years ago
tash! beautiful songs. so delicate and calm and wonderful. i might put it on repeat for a bit! i hope all's going great for you. xo Mijo
- David Franks: Walkabout…2 years ago
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on MySpace...
Poem cum song 5 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my Blog for details):
STATE TO STATE
(TUNE:
C F G F
C F G F
C F G F
C F G F
F G F C
F G F C
F G F C
C F F F)
From Sydney Town,
In uni. break,
I drove out west
To earnings make
Onion picking,
On the fields
Of Echuca,
That year’s yields.
After day’s work,
From Y.H.A.,
A group of us
Would not delay
To walk on down
To the dirt rim
Of the Murray,
For a cool swim.
On one such day,
I do declare,
Some three of us
Had a big dare
To swim across,
From state to state,
The wide Murray -
I took the bait.
Yes, foolishly,
I took the bait -
A choice that I
Would come to hate,
For I almost
Did drown that date,
Making the swim
From state to state.
(C) David Franks 2003
Bio:
Tash Parker is a young musician originally from the remote town of Kununurra in the North East Kimberley area of Western Australia. In 2007 Tash relocated to Melbourne to pursue her music career and she is now based in the small beach side community of Somers on the Mornington Peninsula.
Tash has been writing, playing and performing her original songs since she first picked up an acoustic guitar in 2002. Although many of her songs have a folk/pop element Tash is constantly challenging the boundaries of contemporary folk and pop music and this is demonstrated in her more recent recordings. From the bluesy “Baby All The Time” and “For The Sake Of It”, to the vocally dynamic “The Mourning”, to the gentle whisper of “When it Rains” she weaves her thoughtful lyrics through unexpected melodic progressions that captivate on first listen.
Her major musical influences include Joni Mitchell and Suzane Vega, while more recently Feist, Holly Throsby and Emiliana Torini have inspired. Despite this, Tash has a style entirely distinct from these established artists; a sound not limited by the boundary of one specific genre of music. There are elements of jazz, folk and pop in Tash’s songs, but they are merely signposts on a tour into a special musical territory she defines as she goes
Last year Tash traveled extensively throughout Europe, Japan and regional Australia in search of new ideas and inspiration. The 24-year-old singer-songwriter has begun recording her debut album, collaborating with a collection of Melbourne based musicians and producers. She will release two of these tracks later this month and is hoping to complete her debut album, the remainder of which will be recorded with Greg Walker, by the end of the year, for public release in early 2010.
