Andraea (songwriter, rhythm guitar), Natasha Crook (lead vocals, BV's) Ian Harrison (lead guitar), Alexander Pick (rhythm guitar, BVs, drum machine), Jon Coupe & Damian (bass guitar).
Influences
Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart/The Faces, Hanson, Sting/The Police, The Who/Pete Townshend, Backstreet Boys, Shania Twain, Elton John, Billy Joel, Chris De Burgh, Van Morrison, Tina Turner, Micheal Buble and Bruce Springsteen.
Andraea is a songwriter, who has finished studying for her BA (Hons) in Professional Musicianship degree at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music (BIMM). She also earned a Higher Diploma in Modern Songwriting, during her first year.
Since the age of six, she has played an active role in music, despite losing 70% of her hearing at the age of seven. Armed with two highly powered hearing aids and much determination, she attended Stagecoach, performed in many musical theatre shows and as well singing; she also took up the piano, the flute, the drums and guitar. In desperate need for another hobby, she began to write songs.
Excited at the prospect of having had possibly discovered her niche, she studied songwriting tuition books and listened to as much of her favourite artists as possible in order to improve her songwriting skills. She has many musical influences, including Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting and Bruce Springsteen. Her main goal is to become a singer/songwriter. Still, she would also like to produce and write for other artists as well.
Her most recent achievement is getting a song on a charity album called ‘The Tales of Rottingdean’, which is being sold to raise money for a little charity shop called PARC in that is nestled in the little village of Rottingdean, where the songwriter also resides.
As part of one of her projects during her degree, she had to produce and mix a recording of a band in only one hour. For this she recorded function band The Dancefloor Fillers (see Friend's List) with their version of 'We Are Family', when Sam was the lead singer.
Andraea also has another MySpace page @ www.myspace.com/andraeaz. Soon this page will be used to showcase the photograhy work she is doing for other artists.
Hope this new year is finding you well. I wanted to let you know that i'm playing this Sunday in Brighton at Joogleberry's.....and if you are not playing yourself...would love to see you at the show?!?
Anyway, hope to see you soon!
Kevin
Come and join us THIS MONDAY the 17th Dec 07 for the last AKL OPEN MIC NIGHT of 2007!!! The Hope, Queens rd, Brighton! We will be returning on 7th Jan 2008!
Come and perform or come and enjoy the music of others! We start booking slots on the night from 8, 1st come 1st serve! Come and get festive with us! :)
Hey Andraea! Your status said you were feeling fragile-hope it's nothing too serious! And glad I cheered you up a little! The weather sure is warming up now-after a heap of rain last week! Funny how the hot weather means Christmas is coming-as it's the opposite for you! Everything is good here, keeping busy with all the usual family stuff. I hope you are doing ok and feel better soon! hugs kath xx
Yeha i met the lovely stephen fry and his parents!! He was filming at my house for the second series of Kingdam, our library is to double up as Cambridge Uinversity Library, he really is a very nice guy. His mum and dad are so lovely too!! Apparently they only stay a few miles away from here.
It was a lovely day, but very tiring, they arrived at about 7.10am and left at 9pm!!
Hi Andraea! I had some pc issues but it's all sorted now and I am back! Still trying to find everyone though! Things are good here thanks-nothing very exciting happening-just the usual day-to-day stuff! Hope you are well? Take care kath xx
Oh! Thanks Andraea! I left you a message also on bryanadams.com board. I know that you don't sing, but i like your songs very much, especially Ain't in the mood for talking, and I like your work and your ability to listen to heart...I mean that in this period I'm a bit confused and I don't know what I really want and what I can do...I feel only a deep love for music but I don't know how to express it...when I went to school I plyed the piano and the guitar, but then I started to go to university and I had to give up: now almost everything I had learned is lost and I can't recover it anymore, so when I'll get my degree I'd like learning to sing...I know it's late, but I don't mind where I'll get to, I just want to start to do what I really want, because this means to start to live...some time ago I thought that I could do what my parents wanted from me, that maybe they were right and I was wrong, so I've never tried to reach my dreams, but now I can't stand this situation anymore!!!! I can't wait to start to sing!
Hi!!! hehe, well, I've disappeared from the web since I started working :S
I'm ok and very happy after the great gig at Wembley!!! what about you? any upcoming gig???
Kisses!
Andraea,
Can you come join us on July 5th? We checked out the stage last week while we were in Key West and it will be cool! Kevin, Danny, Shurman, and Howard
Andraea
Hey! Hope you are doing well. I'm in Key West right now......playing at the Hogsbreath......lost the voice last night, but with the help of a steroid shot....we will see what happens tonight!!?
Anyway, i'm hitting it hard in June and July.....in June i'll be on the road with Tommy Allsup of Buddy Holly fame. I made a little video about the tour and put it on youtube. You can see it here. July will find us in Key West for the Songs in the Sun festival. I've booked Shurman, Howard Livingston, and Danny White for the special concert on the water. It will be a party, and i'm inviting you now! I made a video for the festival as well. You can see it here. Anyway, take care and i hope you are doing well........Sincerely,
Kevin Montgomery..
Hey Andraea How are you? I just wanted to drop in on you and say hello all the way from MIAMI! Hehe Hope everything is going great for you. Okay I will talk to you later. bye
Andraea
Hey! I'm back from the tour,and i put together video of the highlights of 2006....complete with an interesting encounter i had with a Japanese toilet.....click here to see the video. Take care and i hope to see you soon.
Kevin
The bosses at Brighton's number 1 radio station Juice 107.2 have been crazy enough to give us our own show. Monday to Friday 10 -12 "The Soundlocker Show" Juice 107.2 starts March 26th. Send us your demo's and let us know if you want to come on the show, also tell us your news and latest listings and we will tell the Brighton people.
